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UCSF Gets into Competitive Spirit with UCSF2025 Game

The UCSF2025 game to address the opportunities and challenges facing the University in the coming decade concluded Thursday at  8 p.m., setting a record for fastest gameplay using the Institute for the Future's gaming platform, Foresight Engine. 

Within the first three hours, about 1,600 players from around the world had registered and logged more than 3,400 ideas. When the 36-hour game concluded, nearly 2,600 people logged on to UCSF2025 to share more than 24,600 ideas.

Here are scenes from around campus as members of the UCSF community mapped the future of UCSF together.

Slideshow photos by Susan Merrell

Two women talking at UCSF2025 Game.
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center co-hosted a lunchtime gaming session at China Basin.
UCSF2025 volunteers Yolanda Marquez, Pilar Deer, Suya Colorado-Caldwell and Jackie White discuss some of the game ideas.
UCSF2025 volunteers Yolanda Marquez, Pilar Deer, Suya Colorado-Caldwell and Jackie White discuss some of the game ideas.
UCSF2025 volunteer Jackie White, an office manager in University Development and Alumni Relations, helps Sherrell Thompson sign up for the game at an informational booth.
UCSF2025 volunteer Jackie White, an office manager in University Development and Alumni Relations, helps Sherrell Thompson sign up for the game at an informational booth in the Genentech Hall atrium at the Mission Bay campus.
UCSF2025 volunteer Jackie White, an office manager in University Development and Alumni Relations, helps Sherrell Thompson sign up for the game at an informational booth.
Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann logs in at a gaming station set up at a UCSF Foundation board meeting at the Aldea Center on Mount Sutro.
Benjamin Cohn, an engineer in Facilities Services, and Melissa Raby, assistant clinical professor in the School of Nursing, focus on gameplay in the Nursing Mezzanine on the Parnassus campus.
Benjamin Cohn, an engineer in Facilities Services, and Melissa Raby, assistant clinical professor in the School of Nursing, focus on gameplay in the Nursing Mezzanine on the Parnassus campus.
Katina Landon, at the UCSF2025 game.
Katina Landon, a fourth-year dental student, says she played the UCSF2025 game because "students are the future of UCSF."
Laura Wagner
Laura Wagner, assistant professor of geriatrics in the School of Nursing, plays her cards at a gaming station.
University Relations staff members.
University Relations staff members hold a team huddle to strategize their ideas on the Laurel Heights campus.
Idea cards from a UCSF2025 pre-game brainstorming session led by the School of Nursing.

Idea cards emerge from a pre-game brainstorming session led by the School of Nursing.

School of Nursing IT Director Kylie Grenier and Dean David Vlahov.
School of Nursing IT Director Kylie Grenier explains how to play the game to Dean David Vlahov.
School of Nursing IT Director Kylie Grenier and Dean David Vlahov.
Brenda Gee DePeralta, right, communications coordinator for the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost's Office, explains how to play the game to Andrea Ratti, left, and Jerry Lopez, center, at a booth set up in the Medical Sciences Building lobby.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jeff Bluestone playing UCSF2025 game in his office.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jeff Bluestone starts the day on the UCSF2025 game in his office. Click here to view a full-screen version of the slideshow.

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