Meaningful Play 2026 is a conference about theory, research, and game design innovations, principles and practices. Meaningful Play brings scholars,  industry professionals and games practitioners together to understand and improve upon games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade in meaningful ways. We invite academics, professionals, and practitioners to join us! Our target audience includes: 

• game researchers

• game designers and developers

• educators who use games and teach about games

• students

• government and NGOs interested in games