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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Tom Lilge

gamelab.berlin
Lab manager
Berlin

Tom Lilge founded gamelab.berlin at the Humboldt-University in 2013. His research investigates the cultural technique of game-playing and develops related concepts and applications.

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

12:00pm EDT

Designing with Purpose: Creating Games for Global Competency Room 104

12:10pm EDT

Beyond Representation: Designing Games With Sociocultural Context Room 104

12:20pm EDT

How to use Comic Books and Augmented Reality to Challenge Sexual Violence Room 104

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

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

9:15am 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

Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Motivating Millennials to Save Money through Gaming Starr Foundation

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

12:15pm EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

Well Played: Walden, a Game Tishman Auditorium

2:30pm EDT

Playing Outwards: Critical Games in Context Tishman Auditorium

4:00pm EDT

Minecraft Edu Hackjam Outcomes Presentations Starr Foundation

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

6:15pm EDT

Gaming in the Real World 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

2:30pm EDT

Why VR and Machine Learning are Good for Science Room 105

3:30pm EDT

Biometric VR: 21st-Century Therapeutics Room 105

3:45pm EDT

Hacking the Magic Circle: USSR's Mixed Reality Room 105

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