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2017 Games for Change Festival

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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

11:00am EDT

Roll for Learning – Games in the Core Classrooms Room 104 Games and Game-based Simulations in Medical Professional Training Room 105

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

11:45am 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

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

1:45pm EDT

Panel - The Youth-to-Industry Pipeline: How Challenges & Game Jams Create Career Pathways Starr Foundation The Promise of Brain Training Games Room 105

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

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Salon Starr Foundation

4:00pm EDT

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

5:15pm EDT

A Neurogaming Poster Session with Engaged Learning Network Starr Foundation 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

5:45pm EDT

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

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 Narrating Chronic Pain—Using Video Games to Tell Aspirational Stories Room 104

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

Games on a Budget: Change for Change Starr Foundation An Active Learning Game for Better Sound Localization Using Augmented Reality (AR) Room 104

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 Panel - From Player to Maker: Lessons Learned from Young Creators Starr Foundation Government Grants for Health & Science Games Room 104

2:00pm EDT

Meet the Experts 7th Floor Teacher's Lounge 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

2:15pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

Panel - The Women of Overwatch: The Journey of Bringing Strong Female Characters to Life Tishman Auditorium Minecraft Edu Hackjam Outcomes Presentations Starr Foundation Xbox Fitness: A Success Story. How One Psychiatrist Used this Game to Lose and Maintain Significant Weight Loss Room 104

4:10pm EDT

How Uncertainty can be Used to Improve Learning Room 104

4:20pm EDT

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

4:30pm EDT

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

10:00am EDT

Keynote - The Promise of Virtual Reality and the Brain with Adam Gazzaley Tishman Auditorium

10:30am EDT

VR for Change: Can VR Experiences Reduce Prejudice and Promote Empathy? Room 105

10:50am EDT

Is Immersive Storytelling Journalism's Future? Tishman Auditorium

11:00am EDT

Lessons Learned From Making 'Injustice' Room 105

1:30pm EDT

Journalism360: New Futures for Interactive News Cafeteria Live Pitch Session: VR Brain Jam Showdown Tishman Auditorium

2:15pm EDT

Panel - Teleporting Audiences to Distant Horizons Tishman Auditorium