Meet the Keynote Presenters
Ron Roberts has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and over 20 years of experience in the fields of Psychology and Business. He owned a family oriented Counseling Center for 12 years before branching out into the world of Management Psychology and Corporate Training. Roberts has created dozens of learning experiences and lectures that combine fun and learning. Currently, he holds numerous patents and trademarks on a series of games that are sold across the country. Professor Roberts has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Counseling, Communication, Management, Human Resources, and Public Speaking at Temple University Fox School of Business, Eastern College, and Penn State University.
Clark Quinn has been passionate about using technology to improve the ability to think and learn since he created his own major in Computer-Based Education while an undergraduate at the University of California, San Diego. He has designed and programmed educational computer games for businesses, universities, and governments in California, Pennsylvania, and Australia. He has an ongoing fascination with, and investigation of, the ways games can be used to facilitate learning. Quinn has applied cognitive science to thinking and learning processes, conducted research on tools for supporting model-based reasoning in science, and developed a game for investigating analogical processes in thinking. His soon-to-be-released book will focus on ways to enhance e-learning engagement.
Dennis Meadows is President of the Laboratory for Interactive Learning Emeritus Professor of Systems Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire. He has participated for ten years in the management board of The Browne Center where he facilitates workshops and contributes innovative and complex games to the curriculum. He is President of the Balaton Group, a network of 50 professionals in 25 nations involved in systems science and public policy. He has been a corporate board member and a consultant for government, industry and non-profit groups in the U.S. and many countries abroad. He has a Ph.D. in Management from MIT, where he served on the faculty, and four honorary doctorates. He has written or co-authored ten books on systems, futures, and educational games, which have been translated into more than 30 languages. Meadows is Past President of the International System Dynamics Society and the International Simulation and Games Association.
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