GALA Conf is organized every year by the SGS in collaboration with a local scientific team.
GALA Conf is an yearly conference, aimed at providing an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, technical, and applied areas of serious games. These objectives are accomplished through different means: presentation sessions, keynote speeches, a poster session, an exhibition, and a game competition.
GALA Conf proceedings are regularly published on Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS), indexed by Scopus.
GALA Conf is organized every year by the SGS in collaboration with a local scientific team. GALA Conf features a well established Program Committee, involving leading-edge academic and industrial researchers and practitioners.
This years 2023 edition will take place in Dublin, Ireland.
GALA Conf has reached its 12th edition.
Every year, the GALA conf hosts an international competition that aims to celebrate the best digital games for learning. Serious Games can be submitted in several categories: Academic, Business and Student.
The awards are based on an analysis of the games by a panel of Serious Games experts.
Each year, a special theme can be given but the Serious Games do not need to be in this theme.
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Proceedings volumes published on Springer LNCS, Scopus indexed
Proceedings volumes published by Elsevier, Scopus and ESCII WOS indexed