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2017 Games for Change Festival

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MrLim

Greater New York City Area

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

Panel - VR in the Classroom: Practices, Challenges and Opportunities Starr Foundation Roll for Learning – Games in the Core Classrooms Room 104 Games and Game-based Simulations in Medical Professional Training Room 105

11:45am EDT

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

12:15pm EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

How Gaming is Bringing Education to Children in Conflict Zones Room 104 English learning via Alphabear Tishman Auditorium

2:00pm EDT

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

3:00pm EDT

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Salon Starr Foundation

4:00pm EDT

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

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

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

11:30am EDT

Panel - A Conversation with Federal Funders and Artists Tishman Auditorium

12:00pm EDT

Games on a Budget: Change for Change Starr Foundation

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

Government Grants for Health & Science Games Room 104

2:00pm EDT

Meet the Experts 7th Floor Teacher's Lounge

3:00pm EDT

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

4:30pm EDT

Measuring Impact Room 105

5:15pm EDT

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

6:15pm EDT

Gaming in the Real World Tishman Auditorium

9:00am EDT

Welcome to the VR for Change Summit Tishman Auditorium

9:15am EDT

Keynote - A Call to Action for VR for Change with Megan Smith Tishman Auditorium

9:30am EDT

Keynote - Technology Can Transform the Way People Access Reproductive Health Care and Information with Dawn Laguens 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

11:10am EDT

Intimacy over Empathy: The Future of VR Tishman Auditorium

11:30am EDT

Youth Voices in Virtual Reality Room 105

1:30pm EDT

Journalism360: New Futures for Interactive News Cafeteria

2:00pm EDT

How High School Students Are Learning to Build VR Content for the Web Room 105

2:30pm EDT

Why VR and Machine Learning are Good for Science Room 105

3:00pm EDT

A Call for Collaboration in Education with Seth Andrew Tishman Auditorium

3:30pm EDT

Biometric VR: 21st-Century Therapeutics Room 105

3:45pm EDT

Hacking the Magic Circle: USSR's Mixed Reality Room 105

4:00pm EDT

Seeing the Future in the Past: Exploring and Designing History in VR Cafeteria

4:15pm EDT

Panel - The Way Ahead for VR in Education Tishman Auditorium

5:15pm EDT

Keynote - From the Ice Cap to the Trading Floor: Immersive Journalism using VR and AR with James Pallot Tishman Auditorium

5:45pm EDT

Keynote - Representing the Pain of Others with Gabo Arora Tishman Auditorium