ISAGA NEWS 2021-05

Dear ISAGA members and friends,
Thank you for reading our newsletter again. Our community is growing and new initiatives are blossoming, so keep an eye on the calendar and keep us informed on your activities so we can support a flourishing simulation and gaming community.
 
In this newsletter

1. A very sad announcement: Prof. Songsri
2. Important news on the SIGs
3. Conference update ISAGA 2021 fully online
4. Announcement 2 Day Jagsag Conference
5. The updated calendar with new webinars from Australasia

 

A very sad announcement

Recently we learned of the passing of our valued member, Prof. Songsri, Mahidol university, Thailand.
She co-organized the ISAGA 2016 conference in Bangkok, was co-host for a summer school, and contributed as an ISAGA Executive Board member. She is vice president and also general secretary of ThaiSim.

As ISAGA EB we like to express our deepest condolences. Prof. Songsri was a very valued member of our community and a very active contributor. We will miss her deeply. We wish strength to her family and friends around the world in dealing with this great loss.
 
https://songsrisora.wordpress.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_vSAK8kAAAAJ&hl=en
https://songsrisora.wordpress.com/songsri-2/
 

Important news on the Special Interest Groups!

For those who filled in the google form to show your interest to one of the special interest groups thank you for your contribution! Feel free to join any group, now or later, also if you are simply curious. You can find out for yourself if you like to stay and contribute or just listen in. Everyone is always welcome. Zoom links on meetings are (let us know if you are not available at this date and time)
 

Special interest group environmental games and sustainability Friday June 4, 9.30 am, UTC+2 zoom link; https://radbouduniversity.zoom.us/j/88010778648?pwd=Yi9Za0xpVElvV1FsQWRRT0dMeFU5dz09

Special interest group facilitation of simulation games Friday June 11, 9.30 am, UTC+2 zoom link; https://radbouduniversity.zoom.us/j/83586278136?pwd=c2pVMXNidlNTKzEvM1RjMVpmbHo0dz09

Special interest group Game Science will be further specified and planned soon, keep an eye on the news updates!

 
We below present the list of people wanting to attend the special interest groups. Please check if your name is on this list and if not please send an email to marieke@isaga.net. Unfortunately, not all email addresses came through. We would very much like to have you on board so please just send us your email so we can send you the zoom link for the first zoom meeting (will be planned this June).
 
Answers on questions coming to us from the google forms:
 
One of the comments we received was why not first start one group and then move on to more. This is a valid comment, for now we chose to start more theme groups at the same time (and of course you can take part in more than one, this was another question we received)
 
Another new Special Interest Group By em prof Jan Klabbers on Game Science!
We had a nice suggestion to use a forum for exchanging information and having discussions, thank you for this good suggestion. Yes, we will facilitate this when groups are starting we will discuss what platforms to use and how we will communicate on the proceedings of the sigs.
 
Em Prof. Dr Jan Klabbers announced another Special interest group on Game Science
As a frame of reference for this group Jan proposes the special issue of the Journal Simulation & Gaming: “On the architecture of Game Science”, vol. 49, Number 3, June 2018, as a frame of reference.
Overview of SIG’s with registered participants, please email us if your name is not in the list yet.

1. Sustainability games and environmental games

(we received 4 more responses in the google forms so please email marieke@isaga.net to add your name on this list)

• Markus Ulrich (UCS Creative simulations Switzerland)
• Helena Likhacheva (Russia)
• Abby Onencan (TU Delft, Kenya/the Netherlands)
• Pieter van der Hijden (Sofos Consultancy, the Netherlands)
• Karen Jeffers Tracy (United States, Ohio)
• Marieke de Wijse (Radboud University, the Netherlands)
• Jennifer Smith (Radboud University, USA)
• Jayanth Raghothama (KTH Stockholm, Sweden/India)
• David Crookall
• Jaap de Goede (Saganet The Netherlands)

 

1. Facilitation of simulation games and playful learning environments

(we received 6 more responses in the google forms so please email marieke@isaga.net to add your name on this list)

• Elyssebeth Leigh (Australia)
• Elena Likhacheva (Russia, Moscow)
• James Fielder (Canada)
• Joeri Vanlaere (Sweden)
• Laura Angelini (Spain)
• Anjum Naweed (Australia)
• Jennifer Excel (the Netherlands)
• Marieke de Wijse (the Netherlands)
• Maria Del Mar Amoros Portero (Spain)
• Vinod Dumblekar (India)
• Rut Muniz (Spain)

 

2 DAY JAGSAG conference

 
"Gaming Simulation in the Post-Corona Era"
Saturday, May 29, 2021,
13:00-17:00 JST
16:00-17:00 General Meeting)
The general meeting will be held in two channels on Zoom and at an actual location in the Kyoto area.
May 30, 2021 (Sun) 09:00-17:00
Application for participation (ticket purchase required)
https://jasag2021s.peatix.com

 

Conference update

 
The 52th ISAGA Conference will be held online. Due to the current Covid crises a hybrid conference it is not possible. However, we expect a very inspiring conference this year!
We welcome your contributions to this annual international conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA). It is the first conference of ISAGA in India and will provide a wide variety of learning and networking exposure to the game designers, developers, facilitators, researchers, and other educators as well as practitioners from around the world.
All accepted conference submission (abstracts and full papers) will be published in peer-reviewed conference proceedings (with ISBN). The selected full papers will be published as a Lecture Notes Computer Science (LNCS) revised post-proceedings volume by Springer.
 
Following Conference tracks have been developed on the basis of the popularity of the participants’ contributions in previous ISAGA conferences:

1. GS Design and design science
2. GS Facilitation
3. GS Learner behaviour
4. GS Serious games
5. GS Gamification
6. GS Industrial applications
7. GS Tools and technology
8. GS and the U. N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

However, we welcome new ideas in contributions, especially on the ISAGA2021 theme issues of innovations, challenges and opportunities, so that we may accommodate them in new categories.
To submit your proposals and register for the conference please logon HERE
You may also write us on isaga2021@svvv.edu.in Extended Deadlines for Submissions It is possible to organize special activities and thematic sessions. If you wish to take the initiative, please email your proposal with details such as objective, process, and resources needed to isaga2021@svvv.edu.in before May 15, 2021.
•          Deadline for paper submissions: May 30, 2021
•          Deadline for Workshop submissions: June 30, 2021
•          Notification of workshop acceptance: July 31, 2021
•          Reviews for papers due: June 30, 2021
•          Notification of initial paper evaluation Send out to authors: July 09,2021
•          Revisions due: July 21, 2021
•          Notification of final acceptance for papers: July 31, 2021
Please address all communications to isaga2021@svvv.edu.in Please feel free to circulate this message among your friends.
 
Regards
Dr. Upinder Dhar
Conference Chairperson,
ISAGA2021
 
 

Website update

 

As some of you may have seen, the website www.isaga.com has changed. We We (Elena, Sebas, Marieke and Nettie) are still working on its contents and format. For low cost and adaptability we now chose to work with wordpress. We are thinking of ways how to make it more inviting, how to give you members a place to present yourself and show your interest and of course the marketing on the web. If you have any suggestions, ideas or contributions feel free to contact us. And we could really use an extra pair of hands!
 
We have been working steadily on having more regular and interesting newsletters, starting up the sigs, formalizing the administration of ISAGA and of course supporting the conference, so there’s a lot of work on our hands and we can use any help we can get. We feel ISAGA is a very warm and valuable community and we do our best to be a welcoming organization and our work rewards, we are already attracting new members. NASAGA has been helping us advertising the conference and the special interest groups. We invite all Saga’s to spread the news of events and handing in interesting information for our members and we know many saga’s already have been doing this, thanks a lot! This helps us staying a flourishing community.
 

Calendar update, great new free webinars!

 
Have a look at the calendar (can also be found on the website www.isaga.com/news), it has been updated with many new webinars and mini conferences from Sim café Australasia, Ocean Literacy webinars and of course the Special Interest Groups.

Dates	Topic	Website/ links	Special notes
Sim cafe Australasia simulation community May 21, 2021 online webinar by Nancy An	Using Serious Games to Develop Wellbeing Literacy in Higher Education students	register at   http://ow.ly/alpH50CB3hN	all sessions are recorded see http://bit.ly/SimCafe
May 21&28 and June 4, 2021 (all Fridays)	Ocean, coast & climate literacy exploring the interrelations and influences among oceans, coastal processes, climate change, human activity & sustainability and drawing on active- & experiential-learning methodologies, such as participatory simulation, educational gaming and debriefing	International Ocean-Climate School (IOCS) https://oceansclimate.wixsite.com/oceansclimate	For questions contact oceans.climate@gmail.com
Date: May 22, 2021 (Saturday) Time: 03:00 to 04:05 p. m. (IST) Bharath Palavalli	ISAGA Indore Webinar Topic : “Gaming-simulations as tools to increase participation and inclusion, reduce time in policy-making and design better public-policy.”	Registration Link: https://forms.gle/NznauvjJaQLS9wfk6   For the full program and recordings http://www.isaga2021.com/webinars/	When you register you also receive the exact time and the link to the zoom meeting. All webinars of the past can be viewed on the youtube channel
May 28 & June 4, 2021 (all Fridays)	Ocean, coast & climate literacy exploring the interrelations and influences among oceans, coastal processes, climate change, human activity & sustainability and drawing on active- & experiential-learning methodologies, such as participatory simulation, educational gaming and debriefing	International Ocean-Climate School (IOCS) https://oceansclimate.wixsite.com/oceansclimate	For questions contact oceans.climate@gmail.com
Date: May 29, 2021 (Saturday) Time: 03:00 to 04:05 p. m. (IST)     Dr. Ramesh Sharma	ISAGA Indore Webinar Topic: “Simulation Games through Virtual Worlds in Education”	Registration Link: https://forms.gle/RLhSxfdB5tGSMjLR9   For the full program http://www.isaga2021.com/webinars/	When you register you also receive the exact time and the link to the zoom meeting. All webinars of the past can be viewed on the youtube channel
29-30 May 2 day JAGSAG conference Asia	"Gaming Simulation in the Post-Corona Era"	Application for participation (ticket purchase required) registration link https://jasag2021s.peatix.com	Most sessions will be in Japanese
ISAGA Special interest group meeting June 4, 9.30 -11am Amsterdam time	First zoom meeting  on environmental and sustainability games Everyone with interest is invited! Feel free to join and pass on this invitation	Join us on https://radbouduniversity.zoom.us/j/88010778648?pwd=Yi9Za0xpVElvV1FsQWRRT0dMeFU5dz09	You do not have to be an ISAGA member to join
May June 4, 2021 (all Fridays)	Ocean, coast & climate literacy exploring the interrelations and influences among oceans, coastal processes, climate change, human activity & sustainability and drawing on active- & experiential-learning methodologies, such as participatory simulation, educational gaming and debriefing	International Ocean-Climate School (IOCS) https://oceansclimate.wixsite.com/oceansclimate	For questions contact oceans.climate@gmail.com
Sim cafe Australasia simulation community June 4, 2021 online webinar by   Jan Roche	Exploring skills and knowledge across simulation disciplines.	register at http://ow.ly/alpH50CB3hN	all sessions are recorded see http://bit.ly/SimCafe
Date: June 5, 2021 (Saturday) Time: 03:00 to 04:05 p. m. (IST)   Dr. Ryoju Hamada	ISAGA Indore Webinar Topic : “Student Power to Accelerate your Simulation Gaming”	Registration Link: https://forms.gle/ER2BrhmKaV9fadkt5   For the full program http://www.isaga2021.com/webinars/	When you register you also receive the exact time and the link to the zoom meeting. All webinars of the past can be viewed on the youtube channel
ISAGA Special interest group meeting June 11, 9.30 -11am Amsterdam time	First zoom meeting  Facilitation of simulation games Everyone with interest is invited! Feel free to join and pass on this invitation	Join us on https://radbouduniversity.zoom.us/j/88010778648?pwd=Yi9Za0xpVElvV1FsQWRRT0dMeFU5dz09	You do not have to be an ISAGA member to join
Date: June 12, 2021 (Saturday) Time: 03:00 to 04:05 p. m. (IST)  Dr. Marcin Wardaszko	Webinar Topic: “Digital Game-Based Learning”	Registration Link: https://forms.gle/sfYNBmrbCTKBouSy9   For the full program http://www.isaga2021.com/webinars/	When you register you also receive the exact time and the link to the zoom meeting. All webinars of the past can be viewed on the youtube channel
June 17-18, 2021   Sagsaga	33e Europäische planspiel forum	Programm des EPF 2021	Program mainly for German speaking participants
Sim cafe Australasia simulation community June 18, 2021 online webinar by   Fiza T. Mughal	Mental health, modern day technologies and machine learning.	register at http://ow.ly/alpH50CB3hN	all sessions are recorded see http://bit.ly/SimCafe
Date: June 19, 2021 (Saturday) Time: 03:00 to 04:05 p. m. (IST)     Pongchai Dumrongrojwatthana, Ph.D.	ISAGA Indore Webinar Topic:  “Gaming and simulation: Bridging research and teaching for sustainable development”	Registration Link: https://forms.gle/9yhxNWenyJCN3jHf9   For the full program and recordings http://www.isaga2021.com/webinars/	When you register you also receive the exact time and the link to the zoom meeting. All webinars of the past can be viewed on the youtube channel
date coming July 2021	NASAGA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 1 Day Conference	registration information coming soon
August 23-27	Summerschool Japan		More information will follow, this will probably be an online event
September 6-10	52nd Annual International Conference of the INTERNATIONAL SIMULATION AND GAMING ASSOCIATION September 06-10, 2021 Indore, INDIA	Please submit your proposals and register for the conference at:   isaga2021@svvv.edu.in   For more information regarding the conference, please visit us at:   http://www.isaga2021.com	It was decided this conference will be at least partly digital
November 5-7	NASAGA conference, online highly interactive   great for inspiration, playing games, experiencing (online) facilitation techniques	registration information coming soon!