Call For Proposals for the International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA) conference

Contributions to the 53rd annual international conference of the International Simulation and Gaming
Association (ISAGA) are welcome. Founded in the seventies, ISAGA is one of the oldest communities of people involved in the domain of gaming and simulation. Its members cover a vast knowledge and tradition in developing and using simulation, gaming, and related methods. Today, the community spans everything from traditional policy
exercises to the latest in interactive technologies. ISAGA is highly relevant in this era of combining computer gaming, interactive media, serious gaming, new learning technologies and much more in a powerful mix to solve many complex societal challenges. We celebrate this “powerful mix” this year with our theme “Simulation and Gaming for Social Impact”.

The ISAGA 2022 conference is organized by the College of Arts, Media & Design at Northeastern University, which is located in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. The Greater Boston Area is home to some of the best educational institutions and research hospitals and companies – large to startups – in the world. Participants can get inspired and learn what Boston has to offer, while at the same time Boston can get inspired and learn from the ISAGA community.

The ISAGA conference is an active and vibrant community of game designers, developers, facilitators, researchers and other educators, as well as practitioners from around the world, that embraces both digital and analog forms of play – and everything in between. We encourage submissions that engage participants to play, discuss, and learn together.

The ISAGA conference welcomes a wide range related to theory, research, and practice in the field of gaming and simulation. This year we especially welcome papers related to the conference theme and its associated social impact sub-themes (education & training, resilience & sustainability, health, and social justice).

Full paper submissions due March 31, 2022.