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2017 Games for Change Festival

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9:00am EDT

Day 2 Welcome Tishman Auditorium

9:15am EDT

Keynote - Gaming the System: The Political Potential of Play with Colleen Macklin Tishman Auditorium

9:45am EDT

Keynote - Educational Games and the 'Invisible Learning' Opportunity: An Investor's View on the Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Dynamic Game-based Learning Market with Jason Horne Tishman Auditorium

10:15am EDT

Keynote - The Case for Evidence-Based Design with Mary Flanagan Tishman Auditorium

11:00am EDT

Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Motivating Millennials to Save Money through Gaming Starr Foundation Narrating Chronic Pain—Using Video Games to Tell Aspirational Stories Room 104 Panel - Industry Insights: A Conversation with Craig Hagen, EA and Alan Lewis, Take-Two Interactive Tishman Auditorium Mini-Talk Series - Highlights from the Latest Game-Based Learning Research Room 105

11:15am EDT

The Secret Process for Making Games that Matter Starr Foundation

11:30am EDT

Panel - A Conversation with Federal Funders and Artists Tishman Auditorium

11:35am EDT

Design Lessons from 3 Years at GlassLab Starr Foundation

11:45am EDT

The Power, Cost and Limits of Adaptivity in Neurogaming Room 104

12:00pm EDT

An Active Learning Game for Better Sound Localization Using Augmented Reality (AR) Room 104 Games on a Budget: Change for Change Starr Foundation Panel - Pick Me! Win More Fans With These Lessons from Platform Providers Room 105

12:15pm EDT

From Proteins to Planets: The First Year of Project Discovery Tishman Auditorium

12:45pm EDT

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Showcase 5th Floor Playtesting and Prototyping Games for the Classroom: Putting Students and Teachers at the Center of Playful Learning Starr Foundation

1:45pm EDT

Engagement for Change: Improving News Media through Game Design Room 105 Government Grants for Health & Science Games Room 104 Well Played: Walden, a Game Tishman Auditorium Panel - From Player to Maker: Lessons Learned from Young Creators Starr Foundation

2:00pm EDT

Player Centered Design: Reframing the World through Play Room 105 Leveling Up Demographics: A Data Dive into Who Plays What Games and Why to Broaden Your Audience and Empower Your Impact Room 104 Meet the Experts 7th Floor Teacher's Lounge

2:15pm EDT

Improving Scientific Discovery Games with Data Room 104 Panel - All of the Above: Building Learning Games for Both Home and School Room 105

2:30pm EDT

VR Hacking:  from Innovation to Preservation Room 104 Playing Outwards: Critical Games in Context Tishman Auditorium

3:00pm EDT

Axon - A Social Media Showdown in Space, A Live VR Game Starr Foundation

4:00pm EDT

Xbox Fitness: A Success Story. How One Psychiatrist Used this Game to Lose and Maintain Significant Weight Loss Room 104 What do 'Fake News' and Video Games Have in Common? Exploration of Some Human Mind Limitations and their Impact on our Behavior and our Society. Room 105 Minecraft Edu Hackjam Outcomes Presentations Starr Foundation Panel - The Women of Overwatch: The Journey of Bringing Strong Female Characters to Life Tishman Auditorium

4:10pm EDT

How Uncertainty can be Used to Improve Learning Room 104

4:15pm EDT

After 'Reality' - Can a Game About Media-Making Save Democracy? Room 105

4:20pm EDT

Linking Rhythm Processing and Reading Development Young Children Using an Interactive Self-guided App Room 104

4:30pm EDT

The 5 Rules of Virtual Humans Room 104 Measuring Impact Room 105 Pre-Production Frameworks: Tools for Teams to Create Better Design, Development, and Evaluation of Games for Change Starr Foundation

4:40pm EDT

Fit Brains: A Summary of Eight Years in Brain Training Room 104

4:50pm EDT

Exploring the Feasibility of Video Games for Cognitive Assessment Room 104

5:15pm EDT

Keynote - Unity Education: Democratizing Learning, Creativity, and Impact with Jessica Lindl Tishman Auditorium

5:45pm EDT

Keynote - Into The Future : A World Without Edges with Graeme Devine Tishman Auditorium

6:15pm EDT

Gaming in the Real World Tishman Auditorium