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2019 Games for Change Festival

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9:30am EDT

Opening Remarks with Anne Gaines Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumAnne Gaines

9:45am EDT

Keynote - It's All Game Design Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJessica Brillhart

10:15am EDT

Keynote - The Subversive Potential of XR in Fine Art and Public Access Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumNancy Baker Cahill

10:35am EDT

Keynote - The Transformative Potential of Immersive Technologies Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumKent Bye

11:15am EDT

Virtual Reality for Workplace Training Room 105Dr. Michael Casale Virtual Reality For Reentry: Designing Immersion with Incarcerated and Returning Citizens Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumEric Gordon • Melissa Teng • Jennie Dul • Barry Pousman • Lynn Lizotte

11:45am EDT

Smileyscope: VR in Pediatrics, One Year Later Room 105J Milligan

12:15pm EDT

Stopping Harassment Through Design Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumBrittan Heller Meet the Funder: Kris Severson (HTC Viveport) 7th Floor Teacher's LoungeKris Severson The Education Market: VR’s Best Hope? Room 105David Kleeman • Brooke Morrill, PhD. • S. Craig Watkins • Michael Preston • Dr. Bruce Homer

12:40pm EDT

Keynote - Waking Up to a New Reality: Building a Responsible Future for XR Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumRori DuBoff

2:00pm EDT

Fighting Addiction With Immersive Technology and AI Room 105Aldis Sipolins Funding in XR Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumAdaora Udoji • Marcie Jastrow • Kris Severson • Dr. David Miller • Steve Oyer

2:30pm EDT

Creating Empathy in VR Experiences Room 105Illya Szilak

3:00pm EDT

Fireside Chat: Marcie Jastrow and Jesse Damiani Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJesse Damiani • Marcie Jastrow Meet the Funder: Cezara Windrem (AARP Innovation Labs) 7th Floor Teacher's LoungeCezara Windrem Project Briefs: Female Founders Room 105Morgan Mercer • Cortney Harding • Dumeetha Luthra • Skye Von • Vassiliki Khonsari

3:20pm EDT

Techniques to Transform Online Cultures Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJessica Outlaw

4:00pm EDT

Meet the Funder: Justin Hendrix (NYC Media Lab/RLab) 7th Floor Teacher's LoungeJustin Hendrix Narrative and the Power of VR Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumSusanna Pollack • Pierre Zandrowicz • Tamara Patton • Steve Jamison XR Brain Jam Project Pitches Room 105

4:30pm EDT

smokeSCREEN VR: A Partnership for Social Change Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumDr. Kimberly Hieftje Meet the Funder: Amy Coveny (G4C Accelerator/Quake Capital) 7th Floor Teacher's LoungeAmy Coveny

5:00pm EDT

VR for Advocacy Room 105Tyler Gates Virtual Art in the Real World Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJesse Damiani • Nancy Baker Cahill • Carrie Able • Marjan Moghaddam • Ken Perlin • Sougwen Chung

5:30pm EDT

Game Design Thinking for Civic Engagement Room 105Libby Falck

6:00pm EDT

Keynote - Designing Future Realities Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumRobin Hunicke

6:20pm EDT

Keynote - The Many Ways That XR Technology is Transforming, Localizing, and Personalizing Healthcare Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumDr. Walter Greenleaf

6:40pm EDT

Keynote - How Diversity in Spatial Computing Inspires Change Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumTricia Katz