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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

Panel - VR in the Classroom: Practices, Challenges and Opportunities Starr Foundation Can Gaming Play Nicely with Pharma? Tishman Auditorium

11:20am EDT

The Importance of Screwing Up: Improving Health Through Failure Room 105

11:50am EDT

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

12:10pm EDT

Beyond Representation: Designing Games With Sociocultural Context Room 104 Unpacking Unconscious Gender Bias in Media Tishman Auditorium

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

2:15pm EDT

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

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

9:00am EDT

Day 2 Welcome 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 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 Narrating Chronic Pain—Using Video Games to Tell Aspirational Stories Room 104

11:30am EDT

Panel - A Conversation with Federal Funders and Artists Tishman Auditorium

12:00pm EDT

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

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

Well Played: Walden, a Game Tishman Auditorium Engagement for Change: Improving News Media through Game Design Room 105 Government Grants for Health & Science Games Room 104

2:00pm EDT

Player Centered Design: Reframing the World through Play Room 105

2:15pm EDT

Panel - All of the Above: Building Learning Games for Both Home and School Room 105

4:00pm EDT

Panel - The Women of Overwatch: The Journey of Bringing Strong Female Characters to Life Tishman Auditorium

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

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

10:30am EDT

VR for Change: Can VR Experiences Reduce Prejudice and Promote Empathy? Room 105

10:50am EDT

Is Immersive Storytelling Journalism's Future? Tishman Auditorium

11:10am EDT

Intimacy over Empathy: The Future of VR Tishman Auditorium