This Newsletter's topics include Kings of Gamification, Wearable Technologies, Digital Health Initiatives, Robotic Drones, Technology and Society, Creative Industry Roadmaps, Upcoming Conferences The King is Dead – Long Live the King !! Items • Developments in Wearable Technologies • East Midlands Medilink Digital Health Special Interest Group (SIG) • Robotic Drones • Immersive Camera Technologies • Technology and Society Conference • Creative Industries Roadmap • Ted-X Leicester • Review of Recent Conferences and Exhibitions o Medicon 2016 Pafos, Greece • Featured Upcoming Events o April 21/22 Asia Pacific Medical Simulations 2016, Kuala Lumpur o April 27-29 Bangkok International Digital Content o June 17-19 6th Annual Digital Medicine Academic Meeting of Chinese Medical Association o July 7/8 International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE) o July 28/29 Thaisim o Sept 7/9 VS Games 2016 o Sept 23/24 Singapore Health and BioMedical Congress o Nov 28/Dec 1st SEANES 2016 Ergonomics and Human Factors Conference • Calls for Papers • Recent Articles and Presentations • Future Events Listing

1. April 2016
Kings of Gamification, Wearable Technologies, Digital Health Initiatives, Robotic Drones,
Technology and Society, Creative Industry Roadmaps, Upcoming Conferences
The King is Dead – Long Live the King !!
Welcome tothe GAETSS April 2016 E-Newsletter.Those of youwhohave seenmypresentationsonGamificationorattendedany
of myworkshopsonimplementingGamificationinyourowncontext,whetherthatbe aspart of an educational strategy,for
corporate developmentorsimplytoachieve personal goals,willperhapsrememberthatI have oftencitedJose Mourinhoasan
example of a“GamificationMaster”or “Kingof Gamification”.Mourinhohasachievedsignificantsportingsuccessovermany
years,largelybecause of hisabilitytoapply gamespsychologyandmechanicsinhisdomainof footballmanagement.
I am happyto reportthat Jose,the formerKingof Gamificationnolongeroccupieshispositiononthe throne,notjustbecau se of
hisdemise atChelseabutbecause anewand,inmy eyes farmore worthyKinghasemergedinthe shape of ClaudioRanieri.My
absolute delightatthischange inaffairsisonlyinpart because Ihave spentthe majorityof mylife inLeicesterandLeicestershire
where Claudio’sLeicesterCityare onthe verge of one of the most remarkable successstoriesinsportinghistory.
In myopinion,ClaudioRanieri’suse of Gamificationtoachieve successcouldnotbe more of a contrast to Mourinho’sapproach
whicheventshave showntobe motivatedbyself-interestandagrosslyinflatedopinionof himself as“The Special One”.Where
once I admiredMourinhoforhisachievementsatChelsea,Inow abhorhisMachiavellianandsubversiveactions intryingtoget
one of hisfellow managers (LouisVanGaal) the sackfor hisownbenefit.
Notonlyis Ranieri averypersonable andseeminglyhonourable man,he hasprovedthatitis possible tobreakthe mouldof the
acceptedwisdomthatbigmoneyalone canwinsuccess.Ranieri’sLeicesterCity’ssuccessisbuiltongreatteamworkbetween
playerswhoare not bignamesand previouslyhave notknownthe kindof achievementwhichisnow withintheirgrasp.Itiscredit
to Ranieri andhisplayersanda great source of satisfactiontome thatvirtuallyall neutral supportersare willingLeicestertowin
the Premierleague againstall the odds.
For me,it isevidence thatGamification,appliedethicallyandnotforpersonal gloryorbenefit,isatransformational phenomenon
that we can all learnfrom inour personal and/orprofessionallives. Whetheryouare a manager,a teacher,a leaderora coach,
youcan use gamificationstrategiestopositivelyinfluence the livesof those aroundyou.
The Kingis Dead,Long Live the King!!!
In this Edition
 Developmentsin WearableTechnologies
 East MidlandsMedilinkDigitalHealthSpecial InterestGroup(SIG)
 RoboticDrones
 Immersive CameraTechnologies
 Technologyand SocietyConference
 Creative IndustriesRoadmap
 Ted-XLeicester
 Reviewof RecentConferencesandExhibitions
o Medicon2016 Pafos,Greece
 FeaturedUpcomingEvents
o April 21/22 AsiaPacificMedical Simulations2016, KualaLumpur
o April 27-29 BangkokInternational Digital Content
o June 17-19 6th Annual Digital Medicine AcademicMeetingof Chinese MedicalAssociation
o July7/8 InternationalSymposiumonDigital Earth(ISDE)
o July28/29 Thaisim
o Sept7/9 VSGames 2016
o Sept23/24 Singapore HealthandBioMedical Congress
o Nov28/Dec 1st
SEANES2016 Ergonomicsand HumanFactors Conference
 CallsforPapers
 RecentArticlesand Presentations
 Future EventsListing
Developments in Wearable Technologies
3D Immersive Video at the Wearable Technologies Show at the Excel Arena, London
The Wearable TechnologiesShowatExcel inLondoninMarch providedafascinatinginsightintothe latestdevelopmentsin
wearable technologiesandgadgetsthatare beginningtobecome mainstreamitemsacrossmultiplesectors.Ihadanticipatedthat
the majorityof the event’sfocuswouldbe onfitnesstrackersbutIwas surprisedandimpressedbythe wide range of devicesand
applicationsondisplayandbeingpresentedinall the seminarrooms. The applicationareascoveredatthe exhibitionincluded:-
 Internetof Things(IOT)
 AugmentedandVirtual Reality
 Smart Homesand ConnectedLiving
 Healthcare andDigital Apps
 Mobile PaymentsandRetail Apps

2.  Smart TextilesandSensors
 Performance SportsandFitness
In additiontothe variouspanel discussionsandkeynotepresentations,therewasalsoanarea for showingdevelopershowto
create apps usingconnecteddevices.
I have uploadedacollectionof imagesfromboththe presentationsessionsandthe exhibitionboothsontothe GAETSSFlickr
archivedimagesathttps://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwortley/albums/72157663675407963
What caught myeye inparticularas trendsto watch out forwere the large numberof exhibitorsshowingsmartclothingortextiles
withembeddedsensors.The applicationsbeingdevelopedaroundsmarttextilesnotonlyincludedhealthtrackingbutalso
environmental sensingtoenable smartadaptationof the clothingtospecificconditionsorevents.
East Midlands Medilink Digital Health Special Interest Group
Dr Dale Esliger presenting wearable technologies at the Medilink Workshop to launch the Digital Health SIG
The MedilinkEastMidlandsSIG onDigital Health waslaunchedata workshopinLoughboroughwhichfeaturedkeynote
presentationsfromDrDale Esligerof The NIHRLeicester-LoughboroughDiet,Lifestyle andPhysical ActivityBiomedical Research
Unit andDr JonathanTeddswhoisbasedat Healthand Research Data Informatics atLeicesterUniversity. DrEsligerisaCanadian
expertinwearable sensors andhispresentation of the various advancedbiomedical sensors eitheravailable today asconsumer
itemsor likely tobecome mainstreaminthe nearfuture wasaneye-opener. Dale’spresentation demonstrated agenuine
understandingof the potential impactof wearable technologies upon lifestyle behaviours andthe importance of gamification
strategieslinkedtoreal worlddata. Inparticular, Dale recognises the need tobe able torelate the lifestyledatasuchas pulse rate,
bloodpressure, weightandbody massindex todemonstrableshorttermresults. One of the majorproblems withthe applications
for healthandwellbeingisthat, especially inyoungpeople whoare generally naturally fitterbecause of theirage, the impactof
poor lifestylechoices indietandexercise isnotfeltuntil yearslatersothe motivation tochange and/orthe ability tosee the
benefits of goodhabitsare limited. Iamaimingto collaborate closely withDale andhisteaminLoughborough.
Dr Jonathan Tedds presented onBRISSKIT– Biomedical ResearchSoftware asaService. Hispassionate interestisthe use of open
source bigdata to analyse andinterpretthe vastamountsof information delivered bythe sensordevices, especiallythose
involved inreal time monitoringof healthparameters.
For more information onthe Medilink Digital HealthSpecial InterestGroupcontactCostaPhilippou atMedilink EastMidlands
usingcosta@medilinkem.co.uk
Robotic Drones
Aerial image taken using a 3DR robotic drone
My latesttechnologyacquisitionisa3DR drone witha gimbal and a GoPro Hero4 Black camera.I was promptedbyseeinga
selectionof dronesatmylocal PC Worldretail centre todo some researchintowhatwas available andtheirfunctionalities. I
eventuallychose tobuya 3DR drone andaccessories,primarilybecause of itsuse of smarttechnologiestoenable anovice user
like myself totake goodqualityaerial picturesandvideosafelyandwithminimal training.
The 3DR drone usessmart robotictechnologiestobuildinbothsafetyandusability.Itisa verylightdevice thattakesonl yafew
minutestosetup.I am fortunate tolive inavillage withopencountryside somyfirstoutingtookplace ina paddocknearwhere I
live.The 3DR comeswitha controller anda holderformy iPhone.The 3DRsoftware applicationonmyphone wirelesslyconnects
to the controllerandthe drone itself allowingme tocontrol the drone andcamera fromthe phone as well asviewandcapture live
imagesfromthe drone camera at a distance of up to half a mile.
Amongstthe impressive functionalityof the 3DRis the abilitytomake a single selectiontobringthe drone back toits original take
off point. Ihave uploadedaselectionof the imagesandvideosIhave takenat
I am nowofferingtosupply3DR dronesandprovide trainingtoanyone interested –please contactme at david@gaetss.com.
Immersive Camera Technologies
360 degree digital image of Boston Stump Church and Market Place
Anothernewimmersive technologywhichhascapturedmyattentionisthe ThetaS camerawhichcan take videosandimagesina
total 360 degree range.The image shownof BostonStumpwasone of the veryfirstI tookafterI got the camerawhich,like the
3DR drone,isable tobe controlledfrommyiPhone usingthe ThetaSapp.To view imagesandvideosintrue interactive 3D,you
needtoeitherlookatthemon your phone orPC or on the Theta S website whichcanhost all the images.
To see an example of atrue interactive 360 degree image takeninthe “Tombof the Kings”inPafos,Cyprus,goto the Thetaweb
site at https://theta360.com/s/pLGruKSolxRDsiN6lV9kOQBkG
The imagestakenwiththe ThetaS camera are alsocompatible withGoogle Streetmap.

3. Technology and Society Conference Buenos Aires
A Fellow Presentation in Buenos Aires on Wearable Fashion Technologies
In BuenosAires,Ipresentedthe latestresultsfromthe EuropeanDOREMIand Pegasoprojects aspart of a conference on
Technology,Knowledge andSociety.Mypresentationfocusedonthe needtonotonlyempowercitizenswiththe toolsforbetter
personal healthmanagementbutalsoshiftsome of the responsibilityforpublichealthbacktothe citizen.
The presentationlookedatthe potential approachestobe takentoaddressthe issue of lifestylerelatedconditionssuchas
obesity,diabetes,cardio-vascularproblemsandCOPDtogetherwithsolutionssuchasthose beingresearchedforteenagersin the
Pegasoproject(http://www.pegasof4f.eu/) andforthe elderlyinthe DOREMIproject(http://www.doremi-fp7.eu/)
The presentationgeneratedsome controversyamongstthe participantswhofeltthatitwaswrongto expectcitizenstochange
lifestyle behaviourstoavoidpublichealthresource problems.Mypresentationcanbe viewedanddownloadedat
http://www.slideshare.net/dwortley/lifestyle-technologies-and-society
Creative Industries Roadmap EU Project
A JamToday Workshop session in Barcelona
The final reportof the CRe-AMCreative IndustriesAdaptiveRoadmapprojectisdue tobe presentedinLuxembourgonApril 28th
.
In additiontothe GamesIndustryRoadmap,the final projectreportwill include some recommendationsforexploitingthe results
of the roadmappingexercise forall the creative sectorsinvolvedincludingart,design,architecture,mediaande-publishingand
videogames.
Afterthe reviewmeetinginLuxembourgatthe endof thismonthI hope to be able to make the final reportavailable toanyone
interested.If youwouldlike accesstoa copy,please email me at david@gaetss.com.
TED-X Leicester
TED-X Leicesterheldanevent entitled“Healthof the Nation –Shouldwe care?”on April 4th
. I wasaskedto speakat thiseventbut
unfortunatelythe date clashedwith the Medicon2016 conference inPafosbutIhope to become more involvedinfutureevents.
For detailsof TEDxLeicester,visit http://tedxleicester.com/.
Review of recent Conference and Exhibitions
Medicon 2016 Pafos, Cyprus
Presenting the PEGASO project at Medicon 2016
The Medicon2016 Conference inPafoswasthe 14th
MediterraneanConference onMedical andBiomedical Engineeringand
Computing.HeldfromMarch 31st
to April 2nd
,Medicon2016 was a verytechnical conference coveringaverywide spectrumof
medical applicationsanddisciplines.RepresentingMilanbasedseriousgamesspecialists,Imaginary,withwhomIco-wrote the
paperand presentationonthe topicof “GamifiedWellbeingforall Ages”mysessionwaspartof the Rehabilitation
Technologies/Systemstrack.
The presentationincludeddetailsof Imaginary’sEuropeanprojects Rehab@Home,PegasoandDOREMI.Youcan accessand /or
downloadacopy of the presentationfrom http://www.slideshare.net/dwortley/gamified-wellbeing-for-all-agesandfindmore
detailsaboutthe Medicon2016 conference at http://www.medicon2016.org/
I have alsouploadedagalleryof imagesfromthe conference andthe galadinnerat
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwortley/albums/72157664464600494
Featured Upcoming Events
April 21/22 AsiaPacific Medical Simulations 2016, KualaLumpur
The AsiaPacificMedical Simulations2016 conference takesplace atthe New WorldRenaissance HotelinKualaLumpuronApril
21/22. My presentationatthe conference ison“Medical SimulationsPast,PresentandFuture”andIwill be describinghow

4. medical simulationtechnologieshave evolvedoverthe last10 years,influencedbyadvancesinenablingtechnologiesandthe
involvementof multi-disciplinaryskillsandtechnologiesfromthe gamesindustry.
I will be sharingmythoughtsonthe future of medical simulationsandthe likelyimpactof wearables,IOTandbigdata. I planto
publishmypresentationandimagesfromthe conference inthe nexte-newsletter.
For more detailsof thiseventgoto http://www.mnmconferences.com/Asia-Pacific-Healthcare-Simulation-Conference-20161
April 27-29 Bangkok International Digital Content
BangkokIDC and BusinessMatching eventtakesplace inBangkokatthe endof thismonthand,like lastyear,providesan
opportunitytomeetupwithsome of the most innovativedigitalmediacompaniesinThailandandAsiathroughthe business
matchingeventwhere Iaimto provide mentoringadvice andnetworkconnectionstoaspiringandtalentedlocal companies.
If you are interestedincollaboration,outsourcingormarketdevelopmentinThailandorAsiagenerally,pleaseemail me at
david@gaettss.comwithanoutline of yourinterestsandIwill seekoutpotential opportunities
For more detailsof thisevent,goto http://www.bangkokdc.com/
June 17-19 6thAnnual Digital Medicine Academic Meeting of Chinese Medical Association
The 6th
Annual Digital Medicine AcademicMeetingof the ChineseMedical Association takesplace inJune inNanjing,Chinafrom
June 17-19. I have beeninvitedtospeakatthisconference whichboasts averylarge international selectionof speakers.My
presentationwill focusonthe impactof wearable technologiesonpersonal healthmanagement.
For more detailsof thiseventgoto http://www.bitcongress.com/nccsdm2016/
July 7/8 International Symposiumon Digital Earth(ISDE)
The International SymposiumforDigital Earth 6th
Summittakesplace inBeijingfromJuly7-8.The theme of thisyear’ssummitis
Digital Earth inthe era of Big Data.
For detailsof thiseventgoto http://isde2016summit.org/
July 28/29 Thaisim
The theme of thisyear’sannual Thaisimconference whichisbeingheldatSripathumEastUniversity,Chonburi inThailandis “The
powerof games,simulationsanddebriefingtoteachmore in lesstime”.Thaisimconferencesare alwaysmemorable eventsnot
onlyfortheircontentand networkingopportunitiesbutalsoforthe wonderful hosting.
For more detailsgoto http://www.thaisim.org/ts16/ts2016.html
Sept 7/9 VS-Games 2016
The VS-Games2016 conference inBarcelonaisthe 8th International Conference onVirtual WorldsandGamesforSerious
Applications.Topicsforthis year’sconferenceinclude:-
 Alternate realitygames
 Virtual environments
 Augmentedreality
 Game design
 Animationforseriousgamesandvirtual worlds
 AI applicationsforseriousgames
 Seriousgamesmethodologies
 User-modellinginseriousgames
 Pervasive gaming
 Interactivityissues
 Visualisationtechniques
 Human-computerinteraction
 Mobile games
 Educationand learning
 Multimediagaming
 Case studiesinseriousgamesandvirtual worlds
 Gamification
For more detailsgoto http://vsgames2016.com/
Sept 23/24 Singapore HealthandBiomedical Congress
The Singapore HealthandBioMedical Congressisflagshipinternational eventwithtopclassinternational speakerswhichthis year
will include JamesKinrossfromImperial College.The themeof thisyear’sconference is“ForgingaSustainable Relationship-Based
Healthcare System”.
For full detailsof the eventgoto http://shbc.com.sg/
Nov 28/Dec 1st
SEANES 2016 Ergonomics andHuman Factors Conference
The 4th
SEANES2016 Ergonomicsand Human Factorsconference inSouthEastAsiawill be heldinBandungIndonesia.The theme
of thisyear’seventwillbe:- “GreenErgonomics:Sustainability,Productivity, andWell-being”.Withinthistheme,SEANES2016
Conference supportsandexpandsthe applicationof humanfactorsandergonomics withregardstorecentlocal andglobal
needs. Thisinternational conference aimstoenhance the awarenessof the importance of HumanFactorsEngineering(HFE) in
varioushumanactivitiesandapplicationdomains,includingproductdesign,learning,communication,healthcare,transportation,
defence andsecurity.
For more detailsof the eventgoto https://seanes2016.org/
Calls for Papers
Belowisa selectionof currentcallsforPapers,PostersandArticlesthatmaybe of interest:-
………….……………..
The ThirteenthInternational Conference onTechnology,Knowledge,andSociety tobe heldatUniversityof Toronto,Toronto,
Canada from26-28 May 2017 is seekingproposalsforpapersandpresentations.
If you are interested,visitthe website at http://techandsoc.com/2017-conference/call-for-papers
……………………………
The 1st
Call for papersforESM'2016 - The 30th annual EuropeanSimulationandModellingConference SIANI - Universidadde Las
PalmasGran Canaria - SpainOctober26-28, 2016 hasbeenreleased.
For detailsof thisCFPgo to http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/383
……………………………………
Recent Articles and Papers
A comprehensive listof archivedarticles,presentationsandvideoscanbe accessedat my website –
http://www.davidwortley.com/listing.html
The most recentupdatesare shownbelow:-
Date Article/PresentationTitle Comments
March 2016 Technology,Knowledge andSociety
PresentationfromBuenosAires.
Viewthe presentation here
Viewconference images here
The Technology,KnowledgeandSocietyConferencecovered
a broad range of topicswhichexaminedthe positive and
negative aspectsof technologyonthe future of society
April 2016 GamifiedWellbeingforall AgesPaperand
PresentationforMedicon2016
Viewthe paperhere
Viewthe presentation here
Viewthe conferenceimages here
The Medicon2016 Conference providedanopportunityto
meetacademicsandpractitionersinvolvedinabroad range
of biomedical technologiesandapplications
Upcoming Events Listing
Belowisa listof forthcomingconferences –alsoaccessible at http://www.davidwortley.com/events.html
Date Event Name /
Description
Location Web URL

5. April
21/22
AsiaPacificMedical
Simulations2016
KualaLumpur http://www.mnmconferences.com/Asia-Pacific-Healthcare-Simulation-
Conference-20161
April 27-
29
BangkokInternational
Digital Content
Bangkok http://www.bangkokdc.com/
June 17-
19
6th
Annual Digital Medicine
AcademicMeetingof the
Chinese Medical
Association
Nanjing http://www.bitcongress.com/nccsdm2016/
Jul 7-8 ISDE Symposium –Digital
Earth
Beijing,China www.isde2016summit.org
Jul 28-
29
Thaisim– Gamesand
SimulationsforLearning
Bangkok,
Thailand
http://www.thaisim.org/ts16/ts2016.html
Sept7-9 VSGames 2016 Barcelona,
Spain
http://vsgames2016.com/
Sep23-
24
Singapore Healthand
BioMedical Congress
Singapore http://shbc.com.sg/
Nov28
– Dec
1st
SEANES2016 Ergonomics
and HumanFactors
Bandung,
Indonesia
https://seanes2016.org/
If you wouldlike anypresentations,videosordocumentscirculatedtomynetwork,Iam happyto provide thisservice freeof
charge forany material relevanttoreadersof thisnewsletter.If youare interested,contactme at david@davidwortley.com.
BestWishesfora BetterFuture for all Mankind
DavidWortleyFRSA
FounderandCEO
GAETSS – GamificationandEnablingTechnologiesStrategicSolutions
Shaping theFutureof Businessand Society through Human Developmentand Motivation
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