ISAGA 2026 Stockholm
International Simulation and
Gaming Association’s (ISAGA) Conference 2026
22–25 June 2026 | Stockholm, Sweden
Conference Program
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Daily Overview |
| 9:00am - 10:00am |
Keynote address 2: Stefan Stenbom Location: T1 Learning in Total Defence: Civil–Military Wargaming and Command Exercises |
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| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Fika (coffee break) Location: Open Space Floor 5 |
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| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
Scientific Papers 2: Ethics and inclusion Location: T1 Instead of Trying to Solve It, Try to Understand It – Ethics in Simulation Games 11:00am - 11:30am Speaking for the Absent: From Value Expression to Hidden Goals in Two Gaming Simulations 11:30am - 12:00pm The Assembly: Designing a Role-playing Intervention to Foster Skills in Democratic Deliberation |
Workshop Location: T55 Designing Radically New Systems |
Workshop Location: Open Space Floor 5 Experiential Learning of Food Supply Chains through an Extended Beer Game Incorporating Food Waste Considerations |
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| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Location: Open Space Floor 5 |
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| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Scientific Papers 3: Crisis preparedness and resilience Location: T1 Training Crisis Management Resilience through Repeated Play of the Same Scenario: Design, Play and Facilitation challenges 1:30pm - 2:00pm Games Must Better Address Real Crises: A Manifesto 2:00pm - 2:30pm Developing a Training Programme to Increase Resilience Potential and Measuring its Educational Effects |
Workshop Location: T55 PhoneImpact: A serious game to explore the environmental and social impacts of smartphones |
Workshop Location: Open Space Floor 5 From Positioning Game Science to Designing Game-Based Research: Aligning Epistemology, Enactment, and Empirical Design |
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| 2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Fika (coffee break) Location: Open Space Floor 5 |
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Scientific Papers 4: Complex Systems Location: T1 SocioBalance: A Network-Based Simulation Game to Rank Links' Impact Strength in a Complex Social System 3:30pm - 4:00pm Scientists and the Science-Policy Interface. What competencies are utilized when scientists play a wickedly challenging energy transition game? 4:00pm - 4:30pm Towards a Pan-African Business Simulation Framework: A Bachelardian Epistemological Analysis of the PALOP Context |
Workshop Location: T55 Micro Tools for Better Simulations: Boosting Social Skills Through Interactive Interventions |
Workshop Location: T53 “What if…” simulation is a science, an occupation, a tool, a process and a profession, all at once? |
Workshop Location: Open Space Floor 5 Astronomy, Women in Science, and Play: A Scientist-Led Prototype for Inspiring the Next Generation |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
ISAGA Member meeting: Part 1 Location: T1 |
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| 5:30pm - 7:30pm |
Dinner: a Swedish Gatukök (street food) |
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