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Monday
, June 25
Cafeteria
7:30pm •
G4C Awards Reception
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
6:00pm •
XR Brain Jam
Tuesday
, June 26
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
8:30am •
XR Brain Jam
Wednesday
, June 27
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
8:30am •
XR Brain Jam
Thursday
, June 28
Mainstage - Tishman Auditorium
9:30am •
Opening Remarks
9:45am •
Keynote - Empowering Tech Crazed Kids to Save Lives with Rajesh Anandan
10:15am •
Keynote - Thinking Inside the Box: The Changing Landscape of Learning with Adam Bellow
11:15am •
Making a Game on a Topic You're Not Directly Concerned With: A Methodology
11:45am •
Keynote - Going Global: Using Games To Eradicate Illiteracy World Wide with Robert Torres
12:15pm •
Game On: What We Learned from Launching Our First Location-Based Game @ PAX
2:00pm •
Panel - Changing the Game: A Conversation with the Founders and Leaders of G4C
3:15pm •
Mozak: Turning the world into a neuroscience lab
3:45pm •
Keynote - Good Play with Katie Salen
4:45pm •
The Case of Climate Change: 15 Years of Ecogames
5:30pm •
Keynote - Beyond Gaming: How Assassin’s Creed Expanded for Learning with Maxime Durand, Marc-André Éthier, David Lefrançois
6:00pm •
Keynote - Changing Games and Changing an Industry: A Career in Cultural Change Advocacy with Kate Edwards
6:30pm •
Games for Change Awards Ceremony & Celebration - hosted by David Polgar
Room 104
11:15am •
From Apps to Nordic schools: How DragonBox created a full math curriculum with games, toys and storytelling
11:45am •
Project Briefs: Games for Learning
2:00pm •
Sesame Street: Coping with Traumatic Experiences
2:30pm •
Designing Games to Improve Health Behaviors: Evidence-based Principles and Strategies
3:15pm •
When Journalists Educate With Games: How and Why the New York Videogame Critics Circle Mentors Students and Older Adults
3:45pm •
Strategies for Advancing Mental Health in Games
4:15pm •
Can Game-Based Training Programs Support Childhood Development?
4:45pm •
September 12th - A Well Played Retrospective
Room 105
11:15am •
Using VR to Transform Childrens' Medical Procedures into an Adventure
11:45am •
Project Briefs: Neurogaming & Health
2:00pm •
Panel - Designing for the Playful Classroom
3:15pm •
Factitious News Game - Polling Fact from Fake
3:45pm •
Can I Lend You a Hand? How to Make Engaging Games for Neuromuscular Prosthesis Training
4:15pm •
Hopelab: Designing for Impact
4:45pm •
Games and Concussions: The Next Frontier in Neurological Testing
Room 204
3:45pm •
Meet the Funder: Marc Ruppel (NEH)
4:15pm •
Meet the Funder: David Miller (NIH)
Schwartz Concourse (5th Floor)
2:00pm •
Speed Networking
Starr Foundation
11:15am •
Pop-Up Museum: Remembering 15 Years of the Games for Change Festival
1:00pm •
FACTUALITY: A Gamified Crash Course on Structural Inequality
2:00pm •
Project Briefs: Civics & Social Issues
3:15pm •
Panel - e4j@g4cal: Education for Justice at Games for Change América Latina 2018-2020
4:15pm •
Classcraft Quests Workshop: Experience New Personalized Learning Adventures Firsthand
Friday
, June 29
Mainstage - Tishman Auditorium
9:30am •
Opening Remarks with Anne Gaines, Erik Huey
9:45am •
Keynote - Connected Learning with Mimi Ito
10:15am •
How Technology Is Changing Our Relationship to the Places We Live
11:15am •
Playing With Your Emotions: Games that Build Emotional Regulation
11:45am •
Panel - Beyond Blocks: How Minecraft is Helping Transform STEM Learning
2:00pm •
Hololab Champions VR: The Making of a VR Chemistry Lab
2:30pm •
A Fireside Chat with Anastasia Staten and Michael D. Gallagher about the State of the Industry
3:15pm •
Panel - BBC Earth: Life in VR
4:15pm •
Looking Back and Moving Forward - The Past Decade and Future of Social Impact Games
4:45pm •
Brain Age: A Well Played Retrospective
5:30pm •
Keynote - Social Impact for all Stakeholders with Jeffrey Burrell
6:00pm •
Keynote - Future Reality with Ken Perlin
Room 104
11:15am •
The Meaning of Truth in Games for Investigative Journalism
12:15pm •
Appetite for Change - Interactive storytelling inspiring healthy eating among children in the Pacific Islands
2:00pm •
Hypothesis Tested: Designing Social Impact Games with Theoretical Frameworks
2:30pm •
Using Behavior Change Techniques to Improve Game Outcomes
3:15pm •
#EsportsEDU: Building the K-12 to College #Esports Pipeline
3:45pm •
Programming the Illinois Map: Fostering Empathy & Digital Literacy through Collaborative Game Design
4:15pm •
The Truth in Our Stars: Using Actual Science to Educate and Entertain
4:45pm •
Neurogaming and Mental Health in the Era of Techlash
Room 105
11:15am •
Ending Poverty Wisely Through Games: EdTech Gamification Solutions for Global Financial Disparities
11:45am •
The Game: The Game (A Pick-Up Artist Dating Simulator)
12:15pm •
Thunderbird Strike: Sovereign Game Development Without Borders
2:00pm •
Panel - Teaching Games and Civics through the G4C Student Challenge
3:15pm •
Panel - Games and Empathy
4:15pm •
Panel - Supporting Underserved Communities Through Events
Room 204
11:45am •
Meet the Funder: Lakita Edwards (NEA)
3:15pm •
Meet the Funder: Edward Metz (US Dept. of Ed./SBIR)
4:15pm •
Meet the Funder: Jax Deluca (NEA)
4:45pm •
Meet the Funder: Philip Loew (NYCRIN)
Schwartz Concourse (5th Floor)
12:30pm •
Games for Change Mentor Lounge
Starr Foundation
11:15am •
Not Becoming History: The Future of Mission US
11:45am •
Panel - Cities Remixing PokémonGO
2:00pm •
Panel - Xbox Adaptive Controller: Industrial Design for Inclusivity
3:15pm •
Panel - Adventures in WHOville: The Proposed Gaming Disorder's Impact on Games for Change
4:15pm •
Using Two-player Co-op to Examine the Interaction Between a Psychosis Sufferer and a Bystander
4:45pm •
Panel - Game to Grow: How Esports Can Shape Student Success
Saturday
, June 30
Mainstage - Tishman Auditorium
9:30am •
Opening Remarks
9:45am •
Keynote - Augmenting Journalism: Immersive Storytelling at The New York Times (25 min)
10:10am •
Keynote - How Virtual and Augmented Reality Technology Will Impact and Transform Healthcare (25 min)
10:35am •
BREAK
11:00am •
Panel - XR for Good - The Creators' Perspective (45 min)
11:45am •
BREAK
12:00pm •
The Expanding Role of Libraries in Education (20 min)
12:25pm •
Making A New Reality (20 min)
12:45pm •
LUNCH BREAK
2:00pm •
Panel - Real Talk: What VC's Look For in XR Startups (45 min)
2:45pm •
BREAK
3:00pm •
XR and Science: Immersive technologies as a Blank Canvas to augment our minds (20 min)
3:20pm •
Storyworlds in Virtual Reality (20 min)
3:45pm •
Virtual Reality, Actual Divide. (20 min)
4:10pm •
To Mars We Go: Designing the Future of Humanity (20 min)
4:30pm •
BREAK
4:45pm •
Panel - Future of Work: The role of tech and what you should know(45 min)
5:30pm •
BREAK
5:45pm •
Keynote - Maslow's Hierarchy and the Gifts of XR (25 min)
6:10pm •
Keynote - XR and Humanity (25 min)
Room 105
11:25am •
Science in VR - An immersive future in design for social impact (20 min)
12:00pm •
Panel - VR is Complicated: The Potential for VR in Education from Student and Teacher Perspectives (45 min)
2:00pm •
Exploring Racism in VR (20 min)
2:25pm •
Building Social and Communication Skills using VR for Children with Autism (20 min)
3:00pm •
Project Briefs: XR for Change Summit (35 min)
3:45pm •
XR Brain Jam: Project Pitches (45 min)
4:45pm •
Show Me The Money - How to Fund VR Projects (20 min)
5:10pm •
EaseVR - A Mobile VR Application for Chronic Pain Management (20 min)
Schwartz Concourse (5th Floor)
3:45pm •
XR4C Speed Networking (45 min)
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