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9:30am EDT

Opening Remarks with Anne Gaines, Erik Huey Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumAnne Gaines • Erik Huey

9:45am EDT

Keynote - Connected Learning with Mimi Ito Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumMimi Ito

10:15am EDT

How Technology Is Changing Our Relationship to the Places We Live Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumSam Gill • Gabriel Stricker

11:15am EDT

The Meaning of Truth in Games for Investigative Journalism Room 104Nicholas Fortugno • Sisi Wei Ending Poverty Wisely Through Games: EdTech Gamification Solutions for Global Financial Disparities Room 105Angel Rich Not Becoming History: The Future of Mission US Starr FoundationDavid Langendoen • Leah Potter Playing With Your Emotions: Games that Build Emotional Regulation Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumTrevor Stricker

11:45am EDT

The Game: The Game (A Pick-Up Artist Dating Simulator) Room 105Angela Washko Meet the Funder: Lakita Edwards (NEA) Room 204Lakita Edwards Panel - Cities Remixing PokémonGO Starr FoundationBenjamin Stokes • Nathaniel Eddy • Eric Gordon • Ed Solis Panel - Beyond Blocks: How Minecraft is Helping Transform STEM Learning Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumMeenoo Rami • Trish Cloud • Chris Fuge • Beth Hobbs • James Protheroe

12:15pm EDT

Thunderbird Strike: Sovereign Game Development Without Borders Room 105Elizabeth LaPensée Appetite for Change - Interactive storytelling inspiring healthy eating among children in the Pacific Islands Room 104Wil Monte • Allan Soutaris • Tash Tan

12:30pm EDT

Games for Change Mentor Lounge Schwartz Concourse (5th Floor)

2:00pm EDT

Hololab Champions VR: The Making of a VR Chemistry Lab Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumHarley Baldwin • Jesse Schell Hypothesis Tested: Designing Social Impact Games with Theoretical Frameworks Room 104Clay Ewing Panel - Xbox Adaptive Controller: Industrial Design for Inclusivity Starr FoundationChris Kujawski • Richard Ellenson • Erin Hawley • Andrew Pilkington Panel - Teaching Games and Civics through the G4C Student Challenge Room 105Marc Lesser • Laura Levy • Kalonda McDonald • Stacie Pierpoint • Jennifer Stone

2:30pm EDT

A Fireside Chat with Anastasia Staten and Michael D. Gallagher about the State of the Industry Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumLibe Ackerman • Michael D. Gallagher • Anastasia Staten Using Behavior Change Techniques to Improve Game Outcomes Room 104Emily Treat

3:15pm EDT

#EsportsEDU: Building the K-12 to College #Esports Pipeline Room 104Steve Isaacs Meet the Funder: Edward Metz (US Dept. of Ed./SBIR) Room 204Edward Metz Panel - BBC Earth: Life in VR Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumSusanna Pollack • Bradley Crooks • Kellee Santiago • Phil Stuart Panel - Games and Empathy Room 105Arana Shapiro • Daniel Braunfeld • Matthew Farber • Karen Schrier • Rachelle Vallon • Jackson Westenskow Panel - Adventures in WHOville: The Proposed Gaming Disorder's Impact on Games for Change Starr FoundationJennifer McNamara • Kelli Dunlap • Lindsay Grace • Victoria Van Voorhis

3:45pm EDT

Programming the Illinois Map: Fostering Empathy & Digital Literacy through Collaborative Game Design Room 104Judith Pintar

4:15pm EDT

Looking Back and Moving Forward - The Past Decade and Future of Social Impact Games Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumAlan Gershenfeld The Truth in Our Stars: Using Actual Science to Educate and Entertain Room 104Alexander Winn Using Two-player Co-op to Examine the Interaction Between a Psychosis Sufferer and a Bystander Starr FoundationNick Bush Meet the Funder: Jax Deluca (NEA) Room 204Jax Deluca Panel - Supporting Underserved Communities Through Events Room 105Carol Mertz • Shawn Allen • Francesca Carletto-Leon • EMiSpicer • Alejandra Villanueva

4:45pm EDT

Neurogaming and Mental Health in the Era of Techlash Room 104Tracy Dennis-Tiwary Meet the Funder: Philip Loew (NYCRIN) Room 204Philip Loew Brain Age: A Well Played Retrospective Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumClara Fernandez-Vara Panel - Game to Grow: How Esports Can Shape Student Success Starr FoundationGerald Solomon • Adrian Olmedo • Constance Steinkuehler • Tom Turner

5:30pm EDT

Keynote - Social Impact for all Stakeholders with Jeffrey Burrell Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJeffrey Burrell

6:00pm EDT

Keynote - Future Reality with Ken Perlin Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumKen Perlin