“Gamification” gets a Conference. But Will it be Fun?

Gamification is the emerging trend of making ordinary, routine and boring activities seem more like games and as a result more fun to do. Increased attention has come from applications like foursquare and Groupon which incorporate game like features into their applications.

What is more fun than going to a conference? Maybe going to a conference about Gamification. Now there is one.

The first Gamification summit will be held on January 20 – 21, 2011 at San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference. Center. Speakers will include Playmatics CEO Margaret Wallace and Microsoft Bing Rewards Director Keith Smith.

For more, VentureBeat carried this piece about the Gamification Summit as did Gamasutra. We’ll wait to see how the conference itself is “gamified”.