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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Katrina F Mateo

Greater New York City Area

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

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

12:10pm 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

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 Mini-Talk Series - Highlights from the Latest Game-Based Learning Research Room 105 Narrating Chronic Pain—Using Video Games to Tell Aspirational Stories Room 104

11:15am EDT

The Secret Process for Making Games that Matter Starr Foundation

11:30am EDT

Panel - A Conversation with Federal Funders and Artists 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

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

Player Centered Design: Reframing the World through Play Room 105 Leveling Up Demographics: A Data Dive into Who Plays What Games and Why to Broaden Your Audience and Empower Your Impact Room 104

2:30pm EDT

Playing Outwards: Critical Games in Context Tishman Auditorium

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

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

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

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

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

4:00pm EDT

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

4:15pm EDT

VR & Body Image: Living Life As An Eggplant Room 105

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