In 2022 The Games Institute (GI) ran its first-ever seed funding competition. Thus far, the GI Seed Program has supported eight interdisciplinary collaborations with $110,000 of funding over one year. In addition to the funding, researchers used the GI labs, equipment, and staff support to meet their goals.
The seed grant recipients have combined their varied expertise to tackle real-world problems facing indigenous communities, healthcare workers, mothers facing homelessness, citizen scientists, and more by creating local solutions to global problems.
On April 19th, 2024 the seed funding recipients will come together to present their work to the university community.
All are welcome to attend. Registration is required and lunch is provided.
While tickets to this event are now sold out you can use the link below to sign up for the waitlist!
Morning
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9:30 AM |
Registration and Coffee |
| 10:00 AM |
Welcome and Territorial Acknowledgement Agata Antkiewicz (Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Administration, Games Institute) |
| 10:05 AM |
Smudging Ceremony Melissa Star Ireland (Director, Indigenous Relations) |
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10:15 AM |
Opening remarks
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Moderator Dr. Emma Vossen (Knowledge Mobilization and Research Impact Officer, Games Institute) |
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10:30 AM |
The Future of First Nations First Responders Presented by Dr. Hector Perez (School of Public Health Sciences) |
| 11:00 AM |
The Future of Community Care Presented by Veen Wong (School of Public Health Sciences) |
| 11:30 AM |
The Future of Social VR Presented by Dr. Eugene Kukshinov (Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business), Dr. Daniel Harley (Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business), and Jonathan Baltrusaitis (English Language and Literature) |
Afternoon
| 12:00 PM |
Lunch Buffet Lunch will be provided to registered guests in the EC1 Lobby |
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1:30 PM |
The Future of Privacy in XR Presented by Hilda Hadan (Systems Design Engineering), and Dr. Leah Zhang-Kennedy (Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business) |
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2:00 PM |
The Future of XR Healthcare Presented by Marco Moran-Ledesma (Systems Design Engineering) |
| 2:30 PM |
The Future of Digital Feminism Presented by Dr. Brianna I. Wiens (English Language and Literature), and Dr. Shana MacDonald (Communication Arts) |
| 3:00 PM |
The Future of Machine Learning Presented by Dr. Randy Allen Harris (English Language and Literature), Rency Luan (English Language and Literature), and Adeshola Ogunsanya (History) |
| 3:30 PM |
The Future of Voice Assistant Interaction Presented by Emily Shiu (Psychology) |
| 4:00 PM |
Closing remarks Dr. Neil Randall (Executive Director, Games Institute) |