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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Eleni Vlachos

Sybonia Games
Founder
New York, NY

youbigtalker.com/sybonia

I'd love to ask you about your current project(s) and share ideas about creating fun, interactive experiences through games that also encourage treating the "other" kindly and with compassion.

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

Panel - VR in the Classroom: Practices, Challenges and Opportunities Starr Foundation

11:50am EDT

MISSING: Beyond Awareness Room 104

12:10pm EDT

Beyond Representation: Designing Games With Sociocultural Context Room 104

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

2:05pm EDT

G4C Live Pitch Event Tishman Auditorium

3:00pm EDT

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Salon Starr Foundation

4:00pm EDT

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

11:15am EDT

The Secret Process for Making Games that Matter Starr Foundation

11:35am EDT

Design Lessons from 3 Years at GlassLab Starr Foundation

12:00pm EDT

Panel - Pick Me! Win More Fans With These Lessons from Platform Providers Room 105

1:45pm EDT

Engagement for Change: Improving News Media through Game Design Room 105

2:30pm EDT

Playing Outwards: Critical Games in Context Tishman Auditorium

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

4:10pm EDT

How Uncertainty can be Used to Improve Learning Room 104

4:30pm EDT

The 5 Rules of Virtual Humans Room 104