[games_access] to ben. Games for Health. More information. Press release.!

Thu Jun 8 17:33:45 EDT 2006

I can coordinate with you a little more about what we need to do together
Ben for your event.  Sorry for the misspelling before I am from Glen Burnie
Maryland.  I am very passionate and feel knowledgeable about this issue can
put together the statistics I'm sure.  Thank you guys from this sig also for
opening the opportunity.

You can contact me personally also so we can talk about more of the details
for speaking.  I do motivational speaking as well and I'm anxious to see
what you're looking for more so to see what I could provide also.  Talk to
you again soon.

Check out the book Jeannie Novak, Game Development Essentials Interface
Design.  I am in the second chapter about accessible game interface.

To let everyone know here as well as Ben in downtown Baltimore we are trying
to arrange for June 19 possibly a later date museum opening of two of my
paintings Jay Gibbons oil portrait and Denison Cabral soccer star portrait.
You can find more information about this on my web site.  We are trying to
arrange the local media and sports radio for the event to get more coverage
people out to the show and share the story if you are interested in putting
out a press release to help get the story and word out before hand that
would be great if you can.

Robert Florio
www.RobertFlorio.com 
arthit73 at cablespeed.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Ben Sawyer
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 5:06 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: to ben about Speaker RE: [games_access] Games for Health

Hi robert this sounds great.  Lets shape the ideas I put forward and  
we'll get it working.  The big thing is for you as a speaker to  
provide strong surveys of all the collective work that I'm looking to  
present.  It would seem with your background in the forums that you  
have a strong knowledgebase of what's been done, and what needs to be  
done.

Given you proximity to Baltimore what logistics do you need for  
attending?

- Ben

On Jun 8, 2006, at 4:54 PM, Robert Florio wrote:

> Then I am located in clever in Maryland and would be most likely to  
> speak at
> your event about videogames for accessibility and rehabilitation  
> purposes.
> That's right up my interests as a 24-year-old pleasure plegic game  
> designer
> third year at the Art Institute online.  I'm very involved with  
> this group
> also the moderator of gamers with physical disabilities at
> www.game-accessibility.com .
>
> GDC scholar winner previously game developers conference and  
> working on
> prototypes of some games with friends in the process.  Please let  
> me know if
> I could help you this would be a great opportunity and be able to  
> share
> knowledge with people.
>
> My goal is to develop games for rehabilitation all purposes games  
> that are
> accessible so you can use it for any purpose not just rehab.
>
> Thank you Michele for letting Ben know about me.
> Sincerely.
> Robert Florio
> Art Institute online SGA President
> www.RobertFlorio.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access- 
> bounces at igda.org]
> On Behalf Of d. michelle hinn
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:11 PM
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Games for Health
>
> Well, unfortunately I'm definitely overbooked for this year. To my
> knowledge the only person in the SIG who this is local for is Robert
> Florio. He lives nearby and I would think would make an excellent
> speaker -- Robert, any interest?
>
> Michelle
>
>> We might be able to help with some of this if we're convinced it can
>> be a great set of sessions.
>>
>> We're in Baltimore, MD at the university of maryland school of  
>> medicine.
>>
>> I'll both make no promises but do as much as a I can.
>>
>> - Ben
>>
>> On Jun 7, 2006, at 4:34 PM, d. michelle hinn wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the email, Ben!
>>>
>>> Couple questions...Where is it? And is there any reimbursement for
>>> the speaker's travel expenses? We have no SIG funding and a lot of
>>> us already committed to at least one conference (Develop Brighton,
>>> which I see you are speaking at as well) in the next three
>>> months...which means our own budgets have been bled dry!
>>>
>>> Michelle
>>>
>>>> Yes and specifically our conference.
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 7, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Reid Kimball wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm guessing this is what you're talking about?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gamesforhealth.org/about2.html
>>>>>
>>>>> -Reid
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/7/06, Ben Sawyer <bsawyer at dmill.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Can IGDA Games Accessibility Sig provide a speaker for Games for
>>>>>> Health on 9/28-9/29
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm specifically looking for two sessions...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. A small (meaning I expect the audience to be say 30-40 talk on
>>>>>> game accessibility technology.  This would also be aimed not  
>>>>>> only at
>>>>>> making games more accessible to handicapped populations but  
>>>>>> also as
>>>>>> interface and technologies that might be used in rehab, motor  
>>>>>> skills
>>>>>> therapy, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. A larger talk focused on games that may be specifically for  
>>>>>> people
>>>>>> with a variety of conditions chronic or otherwise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Ben
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