The CHI 2011 Conference will be having a workshop on May 7 on gamification, bringing together many academics, designers, and others interested in the use of  video game elements in non-gaming systems to improve user experience (UX) and user engagement.  The workshop aims to bring together “practitioners and researchers to develop a shared understanding of existing approaches and findings around the gamification of information
systems, and identify key synergies, opportunities, and questions for future research.

A PDF bundle of the papers can be found at http://gamification-research.org/chi2011/papers/