Speaking Calendar
Sam speaks worldwide on the intersection of video games and medicine. Check out his past talks, and find out where he’ll be next.
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2024
October 1, 2024 | Helsinki, Finland
ARC Summit 2024: Transformation Unleashed
September 12, 2024 | Israel
FDA AI Public Workshop
Artificial Intelligence in Drug & Biological Product Development
August 6, 2024 | Washington, D.C.
TWIN Proximity
May 30, 2024 | Chicago, IL
HIMSS Spring Innovation Conference
May 16, 2024 | Chicago, IL
WPP Stream
The Neuroscience of Games and Social Hacking
May 14, 2024 | Santa Barbara, CA
PM360 SPARK: The Innovation Summit
AI in Healthcare
March 25, 2024 | New York, NY
Loyola’s Leading for Good – The New Business of Impact
AI For Good: Tool For Transformation (Talk and Panel)
March 21, 2024 | Chicago, IL
NATO TIDE Sprint 2024
Innovation to Strengthen Medical Support Challenges
March 19, 2024 | Dresden, Germany (presented virtually)
FDA AIRIS 2024
The Video Games Industry’s GenAI Revelations - Unleashed on Life Sciences
February 26, 2024 | Seoul, Korea
BBYO International Convention
Alumni Talk: In Pursuit of the Best Job in the World
February 16, 2024 | Orlando, FL
UIUC Game Studies and Design
Unleashing Video Game Tech & Neuroscience On Unsuspecting Industries 
February 13, 2024 | Champaign, IL
MATTER & Northwestern Medicine: Generative AI Summit
GenAI for Healthcare: Learnings from the Videogames Industry
February 8, 2024 | Chicago, IL
I-COM Behavioural Science Council Meeting
Unleashing Videogame Neuroscience in Marketing: Case Studies from Hollywood to Healthcare
February 6, 2024 | Virtual
MedTech Rising 2023
The Rise of Generative AI in Medtech: Opportunities and Implications
December 7, 2023 | Galway, Ireland
Horasis Global 2023
Technology for Betterment of Humanity (Panel)
October 22, 2023 | Gaziantep, Turkey
WPP Stream Europe 2023
GenAI for Healthcare Marketing and Beyond: Learnings from the Videogames Industry
October 20, 2023 | Athens, Greece
AdvaMed 2023
GenAI for MedTech: Learnings from the Videogames Industry
October 10, 2023 | Anaheim, CA
NATO TIDE Sprint
Gaming the System: Using Games to Train Medical Professionals
May 19, 2023 | Lillehammer, Norway
Einstein Frontiers
Medicine’s Metaverse: Cutting Through the Hype with a Scalpel
May 11, 2023 | São Paulo, Brazil
McKinsey Digital Roundtable for Life Sciences
Medicine’s Metaverse: Accelerating Adoption of Skills & Products using Videogame Tech & Design
May 11, 2023 | Virtual
Novartis Reimagining Medicine 2023
Keynote: Cutting Through the Metaverse Hype with a Scalpel
April 25, 2023 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Presented virtually)
Novartis Innovation Jam
The Neuroscience of [Medical] Game Design
April 13, 2023 | East Hanover, NJ
AstraZeneca Oncology Innovation Day
Emerging Technologies Panel
April 4, 2023 | Gaithersburg, MD
Zimmer BioMet Commercial Excellence Seminar
Unleashing the Videogame Industry's Toolbox: Device Sales and Pricing Models
February 14, 2023 | London, England
DLD Tel Aviv 2023
GAME ON! Gametech & The Revolution in Healthcare
February 2, 2023 | Tel Aviv, Israel
HLTH 2022
Level Ex with NASA: Videogames for Space Health
November 14, 2022 | Las Vegas, NV
American Heart Association 2022
Don’t Wait for Some “Metaverse”: Applying Video Game Tech in Cardiology Today
November 6, 2022 | Chicago, IL
Minimally Invasive Surgery Week 2022
Keynote: Game Technology for Remote, Collaborative Medical Training
September 10, 2022 | New Orleans, LA
Advancing Health Equity
Getting Under Your Skin: Addressing the Burden of Skin Cancer thru Tech
August 4, 2022 | Virtual panel
VON3 SUMMIT
Let's Practice Surgery Over Zoom! Astronauts, 5G and the Future of Collaborative Training
January 26, 2022 | Virtual talk
US DOD TATRC TeleRobotic Surgery Symposium
Videogame-Based Learning and Virtual Surgery
December 8, 2021 | Virtual
Unity for Humanity Summit
Reducing barriers to healthcare training with real-time 3D
October 12, 2021 | Virtual talk
Electrify! Esports, Education, Innovation
Entrepreneurship and video games in medicine
August 20, 2021 | Chicago, IL
Games for Change Festival
Advancing the Practice of Medicine Through Play
July 14, 2021 | Virtual talk
Digital Pharma Innovation Week
Leveling up: Using the science of video games to accelerate awareness, education, and adoption
June 15, 2021 | Virtual talk
Horasis Extraordinary Meeting
Trusting in Thrust: The Game-changing Potential of Virtual Reality
March 18, 2021 | Virtual panel
Speaker Programs Summit 2021
Advancing Virtual Platforms and Technologies, Managing Compliance Risk and Ensuring Health and Safety for the Return to Face-to-face
February 24, 2021 | Virtual talk
Healthcare x VR for Training
Highlighting VR for training and development in healthcare, empowering doctors to make more informed decisions through immersive insights and learning.
November 19, 2020 | Virtual panel
BIOMEDigital
Performing Multi-User Virtual Surgery over Zoom: Enabling Device Sales through Collaborative Surgical Training
November 4, 2020 | Virtual talk
Digital Pharma Innovation Week
Sales Detailing 2021: Diagnose and Treat Virtual Patients with Your Doctors Using Multiplayer Cloud Gaming Tech...Over Zoom!
October 28, 2020 | Virtual talk
Horasis Extraordinary Meeting
Advancing the Fifth Industrial Revolution
October 1, 2020 | Virtual panel
ASU+GSV Summit
Beating COVID-19… with Video Games: How frontline medical professionals are leveling up with video game technology
September 29, 2020 | Virtual talk
Space Health Innovation Conference
Computational Modeling and Virtual Human Simulation
November 2, 2019 | San Francisco, CA
Digital Pharma EAST
Your Doctors Are Learning with Video Games. And It’s a Win for Pharma.
September 17, 2019 | Philadelphia, PA
SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live!
Level Ex: Marching All Kinds of Rays…On Mobile
July 30, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA
Sam and Level Ex took second place as the audience choice among industry leaders like Epic, Unity, and Digital Domain.
Digital Pharma West (ExL)
When Doctors Play Video Games, Everybody Wins
June 26, 2019 | Burlingame, CA
Social Innovation Summit
Video Games: Changing Work, Medicine, and Behavior at Scale
June 4, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA
Game Developers Conference
Bloody Design: Gameplay, Fluid Physics and Rendering From the Inside-Out (Presented by Level Ex, Inc.)
March 21, 2019 | San Francisco, CA
Session ranked #1 in talks in the Design Track and #2 in the conference overall.
Interview with Celebrity Physician ZDoggMD
Finally, Dope Medical Video Games! (w/Sam Glassenberg)
March 20, 2019 | Las Vegas, NV
AHA Heart Innovation Forum
When Cardiologists Play Video Games, Everybody Wins
November 9, 2018 | Chicago, IL
Young Global Leaders and Alumni Annual Summit – World Economic Forum
Doctor of the Future: Virtual Patients
October 16, 2018 | San Francisco, CA
Comprehensive Strategies for Managing HCP Interactions
Digital Engagement Strategies for Insight into HCP Trends
October 10, 2018 | Philadelphia, PA
TWIN Global
VR+....And Beyond (panel 1) The Doctor of the Future (panel 2)
September 25, 2018 | Chicago, IL
SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live!
Gastro Ex: Real-Time Interactive Fluids and Soft Tissues on Mobile and VR
August 12, 2018 | Vancouver, Canada
Digital Marketing for Med Device – East (ExL)
Your Doctors are Learning with Video Games. And It's a Win for Med Device.
August 6, 2018 | Minneapolis, MN
Kinnernet Venice 2018
Virtual Patients and the Terrible Gadgets They Replace
August 2, 2018 | Venice, Italy
Kinnernet Venice 2018
Unleashing Game Technology and Psychology on Unsuspecting Audiences
August 2, 2018 | Venice, Italy
AHIP Institute & Expo
Innovate with Purpose: Technology Tools of Change (panel)
June 20, 2018 | San Diego, CA
Digital Marketing for Medical Device – West Coast (ExL)
Your Doctors are Learning with Video Games. And It's a Win for Med Device.
April 23, 2018 | San Francisco, CA
Disease Awareness Campaigns Forum (ExL)
Your Doctors are Learning with Video Games. And It's a Win for Pharma.
April 8, 2018 | Philadelphia, PA
IMSH Society for Simulation in Healthcare Conference (SSIH)
Video Game Technology: Push the Boundaries to Improve Practice
April 2, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
FiercePharmaMarketing Forum (ExL)
Your Doctors are Learning with Video Games. And It's a Win for Pharma.
March 6, 2018 | New York City, NY
NEURONFIRE Podcast presented by The Platypus Institute
Applying Video Game Knowledge to Medical Education
August 22, 2017 | Podcast
Caribe BIZ Forum 2017
Unleashing Video Game Technology and Design on Professional Industries
August 16, 2017 | Barranquilla, Colombia
ExL Digital Marketing for Medical Device – East Coast
Virtual Surgery: Using Video Games to Train Surgical Specialists on Medtech Products
August 1, 2017 | Minneapolis, MN
IC3 2017
Dr. Mario Is In: Unleashing Video Game Psychology on Professionals
July 13, 2017 | Jackson Hole, WY
ExL Digital Marketing for Medical Device – West Coast
Virtual Surgery: Using Video Games to Train Surgical Specialists on Medtech Products
April 24, 2017 | San Francisco, CA
XTech – Experiential Technology Conference 2017
Applying Video Game Technologies and Methodologies in Healthcare
March 14, 2017 | San Francisco, CA
Casual Connect Tel Aviv 2016
The Key to the Gates of Hollywood: Achieving Success in IP-Based Games
November 11, 2016 | Tel Aviv, Israel
WPP Stream 2016
Unleashing Video Game Technology on Unsuspecting Industries
October 13, 2016 | Ojai, California
Stanford Medicine X
They Never Knew What Hit Them: Game Technology Unleashed in Healthcare
September 17, 2016 | Stanford, CA
IC3 2016
Healthcare Futures Panel, Featuring Dr. Mehmet Oz, Robert Bradway, Sam Glassenberg, and Michael Rosenman
July 17, 2016 | Jackson Hole, WY
Casual Connect Tel Aviv 2016
Entering the Chinese Market - Can Western Developers Succeed?
January 1, 2016 | Tel Aviv, Israel