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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

11:45am EDT

Panel - Building a Bigger Tent: How to Make Media that Includes All Kids 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

3:00pm EDT

Speed Networking Rooms 204 and 205 Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Salon Starr Foundation

4:00pm EDT

Mini-Talk Series - Developing Games for Informal Learning Spaces Room 104

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

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

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

11:35am EDT

Design Lessons from 3 Years at GlassLab Starr Foundation

12:15pm EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

Government Grants for Health & Science Games Room 104

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

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

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 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

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

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

11:10am EDT

Intimacy over Empathy: The Future of VR Tishman Auditorium

11:30am EDT

Youth Voices in Virtual Reality Room 105