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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Logan Brock

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

Games and Game-based Simulations in Medical Professional Training Room 105

11:20am EDT

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

11:50am EDT

MISSING: Beyond Awareness Room 104

12:15pm EDT

Playing for Change: Ten Years of Kids Helping Kids in the Virtual World of Club Penguin Starr Foundation

1:45pm EDT

How Gaming is Bringing Education to Children in Conflict Zones Room 104

2:05pm EDT

G4C Live Pitch Event Tishman Auditorium

3:00pm EDT

Speed Networking Rooms 204 and 205

4:00pm EDT

Come out and Vote: How Play and Fun Improves Voter Participation Room 105

4:15pm EDT

Panel: How G4C’s Migration Challenge led Developers to Think about a Global Problem 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

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

Mini-Talk Series - Highlights from the Latest Game-Based Learning Research Room 105

12:45pm EDT

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Showcase 5th Floor

1:45pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

Player Centered Design: Reframing the World through Play Room 105

2:30pm EDT

Playing Outwards: Critical Games in Context Tishman Auditorium

3:00pm EDT

Axon - A Social Media Showdown in Space, A Live VR Game Starr Foundation

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

4:15pm EDT

After 'Reality' - Can a Game About Media-Making Save Democracy? Room 105

4:30pm EDT

Measuring Impact Room 105

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