Game4Change Dresden Final Conference

GameChangers: Innovating Business Education – 17 September 2025

Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Location

EHS Dresden
Dürer Straße 25
01307
Dresden
Germany

Join Us for an Exciting journey into New Generation Entrepreneurship Education!

We are pleased to invite you to the final conference of the Game4Change project, which will take place on September 17, 2025, in Dresden.

📅 Date: September 17, 2025

📍 Venue: EHS Dresden, Dürer Straße 25, 01307 Dresden, Germany

This conference serves as a pre-conference to GeNeMe 2025 (Gemeinschaften in Neuen Medien — Center for Open Digital Innovation and Participation (CODIP) — TU Dresden), the renowned conference series “Gemeinschaften in Neuen Medien”, which has been bringing together experts from fields such as computer science, data science, media technology, education, business, and social sciences for over 25 years. Following our event, GeNeMe 2025 will continue the discussions on online communities and digital collaboration across disciplines.

Join us as we present the key results of the project, discuss insights from our international cooperation, and explore the future of gamification in education. The conference will bring together educators, students, and professionals from across Europe for an inspiring exchange of ideas and experiences.

We are excited to invite you to the final Game4Change Conference 2025, a conference that brings together educators, game designers, business professionals, and thought leaders to explore how game-based learning can transform business education. Under the theme “GameChangers: Innovating Business Education”, this event will feature interactive workshops, inspiring keynotes, and engaging presentations showcasing the power of playful learning, serious games, and simulation in business teaching and training.

The final timetable and program will be communicated as soon as it is fixed. Please complete the registration form below to secure your spot. We look forward to welcoming you to an engaging experience that challenges conventional approaches and inspires new ways of thinking.

We look forward to welcoming you to Dresden!

📅Provisional conference programme

Program GameChangers: Innovating Business Education – Final Project Conference

Location: EHS Dresden, Dürerstraße 25, 01307 Dresden – Room 3.305

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

9:30 – 10:00	Arrival/Introduction
10:00 – 10:30	Game4Change Next Generation Entrepreneurship Keynote Prof. Dr. Helge Fischer, Technische Universität Dresden
10:30 – 11:15	Keynote Speech “Harnessing Games for Teaching Entrepreneurial Competencies” Prof. Dr. Marius Brade, Fachhochschule Dresden
11:15 – 12:00	Keynote Speech Rick Verhagen, Netherlands Defense Academy
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00	Workshop round 1 Playing is learning – co-creating across borders and in the classroom By Linda Mertens, Rotterdam University of Applied Sience and Prof. Marina Letonja, DOBA Faculty of Applied Business and Social Studies Maribor Workshop round 1 Gamification in XR Applications By Vincent Katsoulis, University College Leuven-Limburg Interactive Exhibition
14:00 – 15:00	Presentation Session A Gami\|cation 4 Next Generation Education By Matthias Heinz, TU Dresden and Josefin Müller, TU Dresden Title tba Presenter tba Presentation Session B Changealot – The Gamified Learning Environment for Change Advisors By SupraTix Dresden Bricks & Games Lab By Claudia Gränitz-Kleiber, MIKOMI University of Applied Science Mittweida
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00	Workshop round 2 Workshop tba Workshop round 2 LMS in gamification By Pawel Urgacz, WSB Akademia
17:00 – 17:30	Round up

Meet the Speakers

Helge Fischer

TUD Dresden University of Technology

Rick Verhagen

Dutch Defense Academy, the Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Marius Brade

Fachhochschule Dresden (FHD) - University of Applied Sciences

Marina Letonja

Doba Business School, Slovenia

With a PhD in Business and Management field, Marina is an Associate Professor at DOBA Business School with extensive experience in managing international projects related to entrepreneurship and education. Her expertise spans across numerous areas, from entrepreneurship research to hands-on consulting and teaching. She has taught at both DOBA Business School and GEA College, Faculty of […]