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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Peter Stidwill

FableVision Studios
Executive Producer
Boston, MA

fablevisionstudios.com

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

11:45am EDT

Panel - Building a Bigger Tent: How to Make Media that Includes All Kids Room 105

12:00pm EDT

Designing with Purpose: Creating Games for Global Competency Room 104

2:00pm EDT

Mini-Talk Series - How Teachers Use Games in the Classroom Room 104

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

5:45pm EDT

Keynote - Games of Life: Exploring the Arts and Humanities Through Play with Tracy Fullerton Tishman Auditorium

6:15pm EDT

Games for Change Awards 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

11:15am EDT

The Secret Process for Making Games that Matter Starr Foundation

11:35am EDT

Design Lessons from 3 Years at GlassLab Starr Foundation

1:45pm EDT

Well Played: Walden, a Game Tishman Auditorium

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 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

4:10pm EDT

How Uncertainty can be Used to Improve Learning Room 104

4:15pm EDT

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

4:30pm EDT

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

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

10:50am EDT

Is Immersive Storytelling Journalism's Future? Tishman Auditorium