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2018 Games for Change Festival
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Civics & Social Issues
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Games for Learning Summit
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Neurogaming & Health
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Monday
, June 25
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
5th Floor
2:00pm •
Speed Networking
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
11:45am •
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
4:15pm •
Changing Games and Changing an Industry: A Career in Cultural Change Advocacy
4:45pm •
Making a Game on a Topic You're Not Directly Concerned With: A Methodology
5:30pm •
Keynote - Beyond Gaming: How Assassin’s Creed Expanded for Learning with Maxime Durand, Marc-Andre Ethier, David Lefrancois
6:00pm •
Keynote - TBA
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
3:45pm •
Strategies for Advancing Mental Health in Games
4:15pm •
Can Game-Based Training Programs Support Childhood Development?
4:45pm •
Well Played Session
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 •
How Games Launched a Mission: The Fusion of Science and Design to Improve Health & Well-Being
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)
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 •
When Journalists Educate With Games: How and Why the New York Videogame Critics Circle Mentors Students and Older Adults
3:45pm •
The Case of Climate Change: 15 Years of Ecogames
TBA
6:30pm •
Games for Change Awards
Friday
, June 29
Mainstage - Tishman Auditorium
9:30am •
Opening Remarks
9:45am •
Keynote - Mimi Ito
10:15am •
Keynote - John Hanke and Sam Gill
11:15am •
Playing With Your Emotions: Games that Build Emotional Regulation
11:45am •
Panel - Beyond Blocks: How Minecraft is Helping Transform STEM Learning
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 •
Well Played Session
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
11:45am •
"You made a game about what?!" Fighting Stigma With Games at the Abortion Access Hackathon
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
3:45pm •
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 - 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)
Starr Foundation
11:15am •
Not Becoming History: The Future of Mission US
11:45am •
Panel - Cities Remixing PokémonGO
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 - TBA
10:10am •
Keynote - How Virtual and Augmented Reality Technology Will Impact and Transform Healthcare
11:00am •
Panel - XR for Good - The Creators' Perspective
12:00pm •
The Expanding Role of Libraries in Education
12:25pm •
Making A New Reality
2:00pm •
Panel - Real Talk - What VC's Look For in XR Startups
3:00pm •
Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and XR
3:20pm •
The Power of Immersive Worlds
3:45pm •
Virtual Reality, Actual Divide.
4:10pm •
To Mars We Go: Designing the Future of Humanity
4:45pm •
Panel - The Future of Work
5:45pm •
Keynote - Augmented Reality & Healthcare - A New Frontier
6:05pm •
Keynote - Tom Furness
Room 105
11:00am •
XR for Good
11:25am •
VR in Science: Science in VR - An immersive future in design for social impact
12:00pm •
Panel - VR is Complicated: The Potential for VR in Education from Student and Teacher Perspectives
2:00pm •
Exploring Racism in VR
2:25pm •
Building Social and Communication Skills using VR for Children with Autism
3:00pm •
Project Briefs: XR for Change Summit
3:45pm •
Panel - XR Brain Jam
4:45pm •
Show Me The Money - How to Fund VR Projects
5:10pm •
EaseVR - A Mobile VR Application for Chronic Pain Management
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2018 Games for Change Festival
Jun 25
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, June 25
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, June 26
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, June 27
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, June 28
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, June 29
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, June 30
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