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2017 Games for Change Festival

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9:00am EDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks Tishman Auditorium

9:15am EDT

Keynote - with Michael D. Gallagher Tishman Auditorium

9:45am EDT

Keynote - Ten Important Findings from the Research on Games for Impact: A Look Back Over the Last Decade of Research with Constance Steinkuehler Tishman Auditorium

10:15am EDT

Keynote - How Unique are We? The New Neuroscience of Decision-making and Free Will with Moran Cerf Tishman Auditorium

11:00am EDT

Roll for Learning – Games in the Core Classrooms Room 104 Games and Game-based Simulations in Medical Professional Training Room 105 Can Gaming Play Nicely with Pharma? Tishman Auditorium Panel - VR in the Classroom: Practices, Challenges and Opportunities Starr Foundation

11:15am EDT

10 Years, 100 Countries: The Programmatic Growth of Global Game Jam, Inc. Room 104

11:20am EDT

The Importance of Screwing Up: Improving Health Through Failure Room 105

11:30am EDT

Beyond the Holocaust: Embodying Jewish Values in WWII Games Room 104 The Videogame Pioneers Archive at the Smithsonian: Preserving the Legacy Tishman Auditorium

11:45am EDT

iCivics: From Concept to Scale - 9 Years in the Baking. Why Good Ingredients Matter. Starr Foundation Panel - Building a Bigger Tent: How to Make Media that Includes All Kids Room 105

11:50am EDT

MISSING: Beyond Awareness Room 104 Making Games for Good: Kickstarter as a Platform for Games with Impact Tishman Auditorium

12:00pm EDT

Designing with Purpose: Creating Games for Global Competency Room 104

12:10pm EDT

Beyond Representation: Designing Games With Sociocultural Context Room 104 Unpacking Unconscious Gender Bias in Media Tishman Auditorium

12:15pm EDT

Playing for Change: Ten Years of Kids Helping Kids in the Virtual World of Club Penguin Starr Foundation

12:20pm EDT

How to use Comic Books and Augmented Reality to Challenge Sexual Violence Room 104

1:45pm EDT

How Gaming is Bringing Education to Children in Conflict Zones Room 104 English learning via Alphabear Tishman Auditorium The Promise of Brain Training Games Room 105 Panel - The Youth-to-Industry Pipeline: How Challenges & Game Jams Create Career Pathways Starr Foundation

2:00pm EDT

Mini-Talk Series - How Teachers Use Games in the Classroom Room 104

2:05pm EDT

G4C Live Pitch Event Tishman Auditorium

2:15pm EDT

Panel - Brain Training Games: Fact, Fiction, or Somewhere in Between? Room 105

3:00pm EDT

Speed Networking Rooms 204 and 205 Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Salon Starr Foundation

4:00pm EDT

Come out and Vote: How Play and Fun Improves Voter Participation Room 105 Industry Circle Town Hall Tishman Auditorium Mini-Talk Series - Developing Games for Informal Learning Spaces Room 104

4:15pm EDT

Panel: How G4C’s Migration Challenge led Developers to Think about a Global Problem Room 105

5:15pm EDT

Keynote - 3 Big Things We Got Wrong: How Humans Decide; How to Change Minds; and How to Craft Narratives that Fire Neurons with Chris Graves Tishman Auditorium A Neurogaming Poster Session with Engaged Learning Network Starr Foundation

5:45pm EDT

Keynote - Games of Life: Exploring the Arts and Humanities Through Play with Tracy Fullerton Tishman Auditorium

6:15pm EDT

Games for Change Awards Tishman Auditorium