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2017 Games for Change Festival

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VALERIE HERNANDEZ

TBA

Games and Learning Early Career Workshop (Invite Only) TBA Minecraft Edu Curriculum Hackjam (Advance Registration Required) Starr Foundation

8:30am EDT

VR Brain Jam (Advance Registration Required) Theresa Lang

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

11:00am EDT

Panel - Industry Insights: A Conversation with Craig Hagen, EA and Alan Lewis, Take-Two Interactive Tishman Auditorium Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Motivating Millennials to Save Money through Gaming Starr Foundation Mini-Talk Series - Highlights from the Latest Game-Based Learning Research Room 105 Narrating Chronic Pain—Using Video Games to Tell Aspirational Stories Room 104

11:15am EDT

The Secret Process for Making Games that Matter Starr Foundation

11:30am EDT

Panel - A Conversation with Federal Funders and Artists Tishman Auditorium

11:35am EDT

Design Lessons from 3 Years at GlassLab Starr Foundation

11:45am EDT

The Power, Cost and Limits of Adaptivity in Neurogaming Room 104

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 Panel - From Player to Maker: Lessons Learned from Young Creators Starr Foundation Government Grants for Health & Science Games Room 104

2:00pm EDT

Meet the Experts 7th Floor Teacher's Lounge Player Centered Design: Reframing the World through Play Room 105 Leveling Up Demographics: A Data Dive into Who Plays What Games and Why to Broaden Your Audience and Empower Your Impact Room 104

2:15pm EDT

Panel - All of the Above: Building Learning Games for Both Home and School Room 105 Improving Scientific Discovery Games with Data Room 104

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

10:30am EDT

VR for Change: Can VR Experiences Reduce Prejudice and Promote Empathy? Room 105 Keynote - Portals: Walk Through The Internet with Amar C. Bakshi Tishman Auditorium

10:50am EDT

Is Immersive Storytelling Journalism's Future? Tishman Auditorium

11:10am EDT

Intimacy over Empathy: The Future of VR Tishman Auditorium

11:30am EDT

Youth Voices in Virtual Reality Room 105

4:00pm EDT

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