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2017 Games for Change Festival

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11:15am EDT

10 Years, 100 Countries: The Programmatic Growth of Global Game Jam, Inc. Room 104

11:30am EDT

Beyond the Holocaust: Embodying Jewish Values in WWII Games Room 104 The Videogame Pioneers Archive at the Smithsonian: Preserving the Legacy Tishman Auditorium

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 Making Games for Good: Kickstarter as a Platform for Games with Impact 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 Unpacking Unconscious Gender Bias in Media Tishman Auditorium

12:15pm EDT

Playing for Change: Ten Years of Kids Helping Kids in the Virtual World of Club Penguin Starr Foundation

12:20pm EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

How Gaming is Bringing Education to Children in Conflict Zones 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

4:15pm EDT

Panel: How G4C’s Migration Challenge led Developers to Think about a Global Problem Room 105

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

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

12:00pm EDT

Games on a Budget: Change for Change Starr Foundation

12:45pm EDT

Civics & Social Issues Microtalk Showcase 5th Floor

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

2:30pm EDT

Playing Outwards: Critical Games in Context Tishman Auditorium

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

5:45pm EDT

Keynote - Into The Future : A World Without Edges with Graeme Devine Tishman Auditorium