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URL:https://www.saganet.nl/events/20th-european-conference-on-games-based-
 learning/
SUMMARY:20th European Conference on Games Based Learning
DESCRIPTION:The European Conference on Games Based Learning was established
  19 years ago. It has been held in Austria\, Scotland\, Spain\, Portugal\,
  Germany\, Greece\, Norway and France to mention only some of the countrie
 s that have hosted it. ECGBL is generally attended by participants from mo
 re than 40 countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic s
 cholars\, practitioners\, game designers and individuals who are engaged i
 n various aspects of games-based learning and serious games. Among other j
 ournals\, the Electronic Journal of e-Learning publishes a special edition
  of the best papers presented at this conference.\nThe conference is also 
 host to The 14th International Educational Games Competition. On 30th Sep
 tember we will be hosting a playday where conference participants and loca
 l players will be able to play the games entered into this year’s compet
 ition.\nECGBL 2026 will be a physical event held in Germany. We will facil
 itate options for those who cannot attend in person to present their work 
 virtually. You will find options below to register to attend the event eit
 her in person or online.\nECGBL 2026 is being held at Technische Univers
 ität Darmstadt\, TU Darmstadt\, Germany\nNote you can sign up for the pla
 yday only: https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecgbl/ecgbl-pl
 ayday/\n\n\nImportant Dates\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract submission deadline\
 n10 March 2026\n\n\nNotification of abstract acceptance\n24 March 2026\n\n
 \nFull paper due for review\n29 April 2026\n\n\nNotification of paper acce
 ptance (with any requested changes)\n08 July 2026\n\n\nCall for Games Clos
 es\n03 May 2026\n\n\nNotification of Game acceptance\n02 June 2026\n\n\nEa
 rlybird registration closes\n22 July 2026\n\n\nFinal paper due (with any c
 hanges)\n05 August 2026\n\n\nFinal Author payment date\n26 August 2026\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are planning to run our series of conferences as physic
 al events with the option for participants to join virtually. We urge you 
 to continue to submit your abstracts and papers in line with the published
  dates (extensions will be granted on request). For more details contact i
 nfo@academic-conferences.org.\n\n\n\n\n
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