why games are the future of talent, science and humanity

Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit, Ph.D., MBA

22nd Nov. 2016CSW-EUROPE, BRUSSELS

Why Games are the Future of

Talent, Science and Humanity!

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THE COMING FUTURE is CONNECTED

2020

4 Billion

Connected people

25+ Million

Apps25+

Billion Embedded &

Intelligent systems

50 Trillion

GBs of Data

Data Source: IDC, Intel, McCafe 2012

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TALENT SCIENCE HUMANITY

D I S R U P T E DEVEN CROWDSOURCING

(or at least in the way we know it)

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DISRUPTION viewed through GAMES & GAMIFICATION

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KNACK

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GAMIFICATION & GAMES ….

Super Mario game LinkedIn profile bar Purposeful game

Graphic source:

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GAMIFICATION: “The process of adding games or game-like elements to something (as a task) to encourage participation”

- Wikipedia

Badges PointsLevelsLeaderboards Rules & Narratives

Acknow-ledgement

Active Feedback

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GAMIFICATION DISRUPTION EXAMPLE: PAIN SQUAD (mobile app)

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“A game is nothing but a set of problems to solve” - Gee in (Corbett, 2010)

“Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems”

- Sebastian Deterding

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But not just simple problems– BUT complex problem solving at a frantic pace…

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…that results in an ENGAGED (& engrossed) user

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It can be used to grow user & customer bases….

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It can be used to solve societal challenges….

Graphic source: Demand Metric

REAL CASE EXAMPLES:

CITIZEN SCIENCE LEADING THE WAY…

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Faculty of Science & Technology

@AarhusUni

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HIGH-LEVEL GAMIFICATION + CROWD-SOURCING FUSION

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Citizen Science at Cancer Research UK

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The findings, presented at the Neuroscience 2016 conference, harnessed data from 2.4 million people who downloaded the game and would have taken 9,400 years in the lab.

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By harnessing the power of the crowd to solve complex scientific & humanitarian problems at scales and rates that no one

individual can –

GAMES WILL BE THE FUTURE OF TALENT, SCIENCE & HUMANITY

CONCLUSION

THANK YOU

Faculty of Science & Technology @rajiv_VB@AarhusUni

Contact details: Email: rvb@au.dkTel: +45 5133 5302

Twitter handle: @rajiv_VB