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2017 Games for Change Festival

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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

1:45pm EDT

The Promise of Brain Training Games Room 105

2:15pm EDT

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

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

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

11:45am EDT

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

12:00pm EDT

An Active Learning Game for Better Sound Localization Using Augmented Reality (AR) Room 104

12:15pm EDT

From Proteins to Planets: The First Year of Project Discovery Tishman Auditorium

2:00pm EDT

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

Improving Scientific Discovery Games with Data 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

4:30pm EDT

Measuring Impact Room 105 Pre-Production Frameworks: Tools for Teams to Create Better Design, Development, and Evaluation of Games for Change Starr Foundation 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

9:00am EDT

Welcome to the VR for Change Summit Tishman Auditorium

10:00am EDT

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

10:50am EDT

Is Immersive Storytelling Journalism's Future? Tishman Auditorium