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IEEE Computer Society Presentation on Gamification; 2/28 @7pm Cal Poly Pomona

January 21, 2013

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Welcome IEEE and Guests; We have an excellent software application presentation lined up for you on the serious use of computer games in business (Gamification). Please read the details below and RSVP for our meal planning purposes.

Regards, Bill Grist

Chair, IEEE Foothill Section Computer Society

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IEEE Foothill Section Computer Society Chapter Meeting

Thursday, 28 February 2013 @ 7-9pm

Cal Poly University, Pomona, CA

(80 seats available; RSVP for pizza dinner required)

Engineering Bldg #9, Room 247

Fee $5 parking available at Campus Main Lot C

MAP – http://www.csupomona.edu/maps/directions.php

Agenda

7:00 P.M. – 7:15 P.M. Networking – Pizza provided at no cost

7:15 P.M. – 7:25 P.M. Announcements – Bill Grist, Computer
Society Chair

7:25 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. Introduction of Mario Herger, Senior Innovation Strategist, SAP Labs, Palo Alto CA

7:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. Presentation/Lecture

8:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. Questions & Answers

Topic: Enterprise Gamification – Exploiting people by letting them
have fun

(Please pre-submit some questions, email with
your RSVP, if you can.)

Speaker: Mario Herger, Ph.D.

Senior Innovation Strategist, SAP Labs, Palo Alto CA

Abstract

Title: Enterprise
Gamification – Exploiting people by letting them have fun

Abstract: Using game mechanics and game design techniques in non-game contexts like business
applications have shown significant increases in user engagement, and increased
the ROI and other metrics. In this talk we will learn what business can learn
from Angry Birds. We will shatter stereotypes about games, show what gamified
applications you already use, give you some facts and figures on the impact of Gamification
on results, and highlight examples in the corporate world.

About the Speaker
“I help organizations making work more fun.”

MARIO HERGER is a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California and Global Head of
the Gamification Initiative at SAP. He has worked in the past as developer,
development manager, architect, product manager and other roles on a series
of new SAP products. He has been driving communities for more than 15 years,
including innovative topics at SAP, like Visual Composer, Business Process
Experts, mobile and gamification.

In his work as head of the Gamification Initiative at SAP he has encountered and supported
gamification efforts in the enterprise from multiple levels and departments,
like Sustainability, On Demand, Mobile, HR, Training & Education, Banking
etc. He has driven the awareness around gamification inside and outside SAP
by organizing and leading innovation events around this topic, holding full
day gamification workshops, working with gamification platform- &
service-providers and game studios, consulting and advising organizations,
and by incorporating gamification into SAP’s strategy.

He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology and an
undergraduate degree in International Business Management from the Vienna
University of Economy.

He recently played through all levels of the iPad game Air
Attack and currently works with his five year old son on reaching
the final level of Angry Birds in Space.

Book: He is the author of the upcoming book “Enterprise Gamification – Exploiting people by
letting them have fun” that will be available February 2013, and the
co-author of the book Gamification @ Work: Designing
Engaging Business Software (available April 2013)

All Students Are Welcome to Attend

Event Sponsored by:

Cal Poly Pomona IEEE & IEEE Foothill Section – http://www.ieee-foothill.org/

Please RSVP by e-mailing your request to: bill.grist@ieee.org

no later than February 27^th (for pizza & room size count)

Driving Directions to Cal Poly Pomona

From Los Angeles:

Take the 10 freeway EAST and exit at Kellogg
Drive.

From Orange County:

Take the 57 freeway NORTH to Temple Avenue
and exit north (left-hand turn) to the campus.

From The Inland Empire:

Take the 10 freeway WEST and exit at Kellogg
Drive.

From the Pasadena area:

Take the 210 freeway EAST to 57 Freeway
SOUTH. Exit on Temple Avenue and turn north (right-hand turn) to the campus.

Visitors may park in any student parking lot, with the exception of parking lots F-1, P, and the
marked areas of lot B, which are reserved for on-campus residential community
parking (residence halls and/or suites). In addition, the faculty/staff lots C,
and J-1 & 2 are also available for student or visitor use after 5:30 p.m.
Please note that all other faculty/staff lot require a faculty/staff permit at
all times and are not available for student or visitor use.

Daily Visitor parking permit cost is $5.00 per day. You must purchase a parking permit from either the
Parking Information booth located at the edge of Lot C or from one of the many
self-serve booths located throughout campus. All students, faculty, staff, and
visitors who park a vehicle on the campus at California State University,
Pomona must purchase and display a permit. (Please note that parking rates are
subject to change at any time with or without notice).