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# The Future of Games - Global Social CRM #GlobalSCRM
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/the-future-of-games/
- Published: 2010-10-21T11:33:55.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-21T11:33:55.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: social computing & social media, collaboration, future, hyperconnectivity, innovation, internet, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

Yesterday I attended a fascinating session hosted by the [Bay Area Executives Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaExecutives/?ref=katecarruthers.com) on the topic of the [The Future of Games: enterprises, education, social + more](http://globalscrmoct2010.eventbrite.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com).

The session was conducted via CISCO Public TelePresence Suites, WebEx, Livestream, Twitter - with attendees from all around the world (Santa Clara, CA, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo). The panelists all have experience in social gaming in general and social gaming for education. Some of the questions we considered were:

- How do we use the energy of gaming to support organizational activities and broader missions?
- What are the other possible futures for gaming?

I suspect that many of the ideas covered during this session are going to ferment in my brain and lead to a number of follow up blog posts. Kudos to [Tatyana Kanzaveli](http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaExecutives/members/5341452/?ref=katecarruthers.com) for coordinating the session.

The panelists were:

- Lyle Fong – CEO & Co-Founder – Lithium Technologies
- Dr. Keith Devlin - Co-founder and Executive Director of the university's H-STAR institute, a co-founder of the StanfordMedia X research network, and a Senior Researcher at CSLI.
- Douglas Goldstein - a eFuturist and CEO of iConecto, Inc.
- Mathias Crawford - Research Manager at the Institute for the Future

The session was moderated most excellently by [Terri Griffith](http://www.terrigriffith.com/blog?ref=katecarruthers.com), Professor of Management, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.

**Attendees**  
Emmy Gengler  
Patrick Searle  
Carlos Miranda Levy  
Carl Hewitt  
Terry Mandel  
Terri Ducay  
Doug McDavid  
Daniel Holden  
IdaRose Sylvester  
Matt Perez  
Sanjeev Sisodiya  
Patrick Nicolas  
Robin Stavisky  
Yuko Ihara  
Haixia Yu  
Kate Carruthers  
Jay T Dautcher  
Anca Mosoiu  
Max Skibinsky  
Keith Devlin  
Lyle Fong  
Terri Griffith  
Tatyana Kanzaveli  
Ian McGee  
Jared Waxman  
Kristi Miller  
Tim Stephenson