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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Christine Zanchi

Curriculum Associates
Curriculum Associates

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 Games and Game-based Simulations in Medical Professional Training 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

12:20pm EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

The Promise of Brain Training Games Room 105

2:00pm EDT

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

2:15pm EDT

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

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

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 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

11:35am EDT

Design Lessons from 3 Years at GlassLab Starr Foundation

11:45am EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

Government Grants for Health & Science Games Room 104

2:30pm EDT

VR Hacking:  from Innovation to Preservation Room 104

4:00pm EDT

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 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

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

5:45pm EDT

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

10:00am 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

11:00am EDT

Lessons Learned From Making 'Injustice' Room 105

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 Live Pitch Session: VR Brain Jam Showdown Tishman Auditorium

2:30pm EDT

Why VR and Machine Learning are Good for Science Room 105

3:30pm EDT

Biometric VR: 21st-Century Therapeutics Room 105

4:15pm EDT

Panel - The Way Ahead for VR in Education Tishman Auditorium

4:30pm EDT

Hacking VR for High School Computer Science Room 105

5:45pm EDT

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