Grauschmitt, Olaf (Microsoft), DE

Panel Discussion: "Serious Games - USA meets Europe"

Olaf Grauschmitt works for Microsoft since 2006. After starting in the Developer Platform and Strategy Group he changed roles and run the CSR / e-skills campaign “IT Fitness” as project lead. “IT Fitness” promotes basic IT Skills and know-how for a breadth audience. IT Fitness´ goal is to have 4 Mio people in Germany touched and trained with basic e-skills until spring 2011. A very successful IT Fitness project was the development of a serious game called “Agent Attack IT” with the goal to implement this game in class and out of class as a learning and fun resource. Before his time at Microsoft Olaf Grauschmitt worked as an attorney at law specialized in IT-, IP-, Media- and Commercial Law.

summary of discussion

In this panel discussion different representatives from science, practice and industry from Europe and the US will talk about Serious Games. On this occasion, not only questions to the status quo in Europe and the US will be brought up; the different ways of financing and funding of Serious Games projects on both sides of the Atlantic is one further issue that will be considered. In addition, exciting developments and trends towards the subject of Serious Games will be discussed in depths.