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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Sabrina Culyba

Schell Games
Principal Designer

schellgames.com

Talk to me about transformational/educational games, game design, or the game development process.

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

iCivics: From Concept to Scale - 9 Years in the Baking. Why Good Ingredients Matter. Starr Foundation

12:10pm EDT

Beyond Representation: Designing Games With Sociocultural Context Room 104

1:45pm EDT

English learning via Alphabear Tishman Auditorium

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

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

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

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

2:00pm EDT

Player Centered Design: Reframing the World through Play Room 105

2:15pm 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

4:10pm EDT

How Uncertainty can be Used to Improve Learning Room 104

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

10:00am 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

Speed Networking: VR for Change Cafeteria

1:30pm EDT

Live Pitch Session: VR Brain Jam Showdown Tishman Auditorium

2:15pm EDT

Panel - Teleporting Audiences to Distant Horizons Tishman Auditorium

4:00pm EDT

Seeing the Future in the Past: Exploring and Designing History in VR Cafeteria

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