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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Daniel Ahn

Teachers College
MA Candidate
New York

Hi, I'm an MA Candidate in the Teachers College, Columbia University Design and Development of Digital Games program. I'm excited to learn about game design and development for education, social change, and positive impact, and to create great games that make life better for people all over the world!

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

Can Gaming Play Nicely with Pharma? Tishman Auditorium

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

11:50am EDT

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

12:20pm EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

English learning via Alphabear Tishman Auditorium The Promise of Brain Training Games Room 105

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

4:00pm EDT

Industry Circle Town Hall Tishman Auditorium

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

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

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

Panel - Industry Insights: A Conversation with Craig Hagen, EA and Alan Lewis, Take-Two Interactive Tishman Auditorium

11:35am EDT

Design Lessons from 3 Years at GlassLab Starr Foundation

12:00pm EDT

Games on a Budget: Change for Change Starr Foundation

12:45pm EDT

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Showcase 5th Floor

1:45pm EDT

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

2:30pm EDT

VR Hacking:  from Innovation to Preservation Room 104

4:00pm EDT

Panel - The Women of Overwatch: The Journey of Bringing Strong Female Characters to Life Tishman Auditorium Xbox Fitness: A Success Story. How One Psychiatrist Used this Game to Lose and Maintain Significant Weight Loss 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 The 5 Rules of Virtual Humans Room 104

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

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

10:00am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

Keynote - Portals: Walk Through The Internet with Amar C. Bakshi Tishman Auditorium

10:50am EDT

Is Immersive Storytelling Journalism's Future? Tishman Auditorium

11:00am EDT

Speed Networking: VR for Change Cafeteria

1:30pm EDT

Live Pitch Session: VR Brain Jam Showdown Tishman Auditorium

2:15pm EDT

Panel - Teleporting Audiences to Distant Horizons Tishman Auditorium

3:30pm EDT

Biometric VR: 21st-Century Therapeutics Room 105

4:00pm EDT

Revitalizing Education with Hands-on-Learning in VR Room 105

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