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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Taylor Burch

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 Roll for Learning – Games in the Core Classrooms Room 104

11:45am EDT

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

11:50am EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

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

3:00pm EDT

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Salon Starr Foundation

4:00pm EDT

Come out and Vote: How Play and Fun Improves Voter Participation Room 105 Mini-Talk Series - Developing Games for Informal Learning Spaces Room 104

5:45pm EDT

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

9:15am EDT

Keynote - Gaming the System: The Political Potential of Play with Colleen Macklin Tishman Auditorium

11:00am EDT

Panel - Industry Insights: A Conversation with Craig Hagen, EA and Alan Lewis, Take-Two Interactive Tishman Auditorium Mini-Talk Series - Highlights from the Latest Game-Based Learning Research Room 105

11:35am EDT

Design Lessons from 3 Years at GlassLab Starr Foundation

12:45pm EDT

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Showcase 5th Floor 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

2:30pm EDT

VR Hacking:  from Innovation to Preservation Room 104

4:10pm EDT

How Uncertainty can be Used to Improve Learning Room 104

4:30pm EDT

Measuring Impact Room 105

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

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

3:00pm EDT

A Call for Collaboration in Education with Seth Andrew Tishman Auditorium

4:00pm EDT

Revitalizing Education with Hands-on-Learning in VR Room 105 Seeing the Future in the Past: Exploring and Designing History in VR Cafeteria

4:15pm EDT

Panel - The Way Ahead for VR in Education Tishman Auditorium

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