A gathering of people with a common interest

#play14 is an international gathering for people who share the idea that playing is a great way to teach, learn and understand!
Many different profiles of people are invited to share serious games, good practices, tips, knowledge, laughts and smiles in a common goal of spreading new ways to teach, learn, create or train. These profiles could be for example (and not exhaustively) : serious gamers, learning-by-doing practitioners, games designers, serious games facilitators from various communities like agile, teachers, specialists, service designer, actors, improvisers, therapists, speech therapists, creativity, Human Resources managers ... you!

What do we understand by Serious games?

Benjamin Franklin said “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
During the whole weekend (two and a half day), we'll play using metaphors, stories, competitions, sticky notes, drawing, improv, singing, and many others innovative ways!
During #play14 we will use or create no digital or video games, because we want to focus on the face to face nature of play and we believe it to be most relevant in the context of this event.

What is unconference?

Unconference is a conference format where attendees are also session contributors.
There are some simple rules for participants. They will be explained during the Friday evening plenary welcome speech, but usually, participants create the scheduling of the sessions during a marketplace session taking place at the beginning of the event (Saturday morning ).
Anyone who wants to initiate a topic can claim a time slot in the agenda.

How long does it last?

#play14 take course over a whole weekend.
Friday starts around 6 P.M. with some ice breakers and warm up games, and then a nice get-to-know-each-other dinner.
On Saturday, we start around 9 A.M. with the marketplace. Then, the sessions start. Lunch is usually served around 1 P.M. and a short debrief will take place at the end of the day, around 5 P.M.. Then it's pizza & drink time.

More: Promotional Teaser for London edition

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