Welcome
9:00

Find your way to the location and meet with your fellow invitees.

Design Session I
9:30

Stretch your design muscles with a free-form brainstorm and shareout.

Framing the Possibilities
10:00

Hear David Gagnon's proposal for an event to combine researcher outreach with educator professional development, through the medium of games.

Demos
10:30

Try out Field Day's existing game projects.

Design Session II
11:30

Try out game design methods by finding the verbs and win state of your discipline.

Catered Lunch
12:00

Educational Trends and Needs
1:00

Hear about the current issues in Wisconsin education from DPI.

Design Session III
1:30

Define the "Boss Levels" of your practice: the big questions and challenges driving research.

Wake Demo
2:00

See how Field Day developed a game from the professional practices of marine biology.

Design Session V
2:30

Consider what a Wake-style "research station" of your lab would look like.

Design Session VI
3:00

Inspired by Wake, create three "Jobs"  that players could take in your research station.

Concept Pitches
3:30

Using all of the design sessions, develop and pitch a concept for a Wake station based