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2019 Games for Change Festival

Gail Evenari

World Wise
Founder
Half Moon Bay, California

maidenvoyage.org

World Wise uses VR documentaries and interactive, project-based curriculum to foster empathy and build global competence. We just completed our first program and pilot! Connect with me, find out more, tell me what you're doing -- and watch the VR film!

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

12:15pm EDT

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 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

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

5:00pm EDT

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

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

9:30am EDT

Opening Remarks with Anne del Castillo Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumAnne del Castillo

9:45am EDT

Keynote - Extraordinary Actions Come from Ordinary Ideas Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumMichael Strautmanis

10:15am EDT

Keynote - Build a Better Gaming Community Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumLeo Olebe

11:15am EDT

Immersive Entertainment for Change Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumBrent Bushnell How to Talk About Games, Today Starr FoundationLindsay Grace • Dr. Mia Consalvo • Roger Altizer • Andy Phelps Museum of Me: Exploring Identity with What Remains of Edith Finch Room 105Dr. Matthew Farber • Dr. Susan Rivers • Paul Darvasi

11:45am EDT

Beyond the Empathy Games 101: Digging Deep into Empathy, Ethics, and Design Room 105Kelli Dunlap

12:00pm EDT

Keynote - The Ethics of Video Games Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumCelia Hodent

12:15pm EDT

How to Make Things Fun: From Disaster Preparedness to Transportation Infrastructure, Voter Education to Circular Economies Room 105Jenny Gottstein

2:00pm EDT

Meet the Funder: Edward Metz (US Dept. of Ed./SBIR) Room 204Dr. Edward Metz Keynote - Doing Well While Doing Good: Responsible Practices for the Mass Market Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumDon McGowan Beyond STEM: SEL Skills in Game Design Curriculum Room 105Susanna Pollack • Dr. Leah Hanes • Philip Courtney • Harold Goldberg • Tom O'Connell

2:30pm EDT

Esports in Education Starr FoundationKatie Salen • J Collins • Reeran Kim • Yunhee Chi • Chris Aviles • Joshua Hafkin

2:45pm EDT

Games as a Civil Rights Issue Room 105Daniel Kelley

3:00pm EDT

Speed Networking Room 205

3:15pm EDT

Your Game Could Be a PSA! Room 105Anastasia Goodstein

3:45pm EDT

Neuro Champions: Improving Child and Adolescent Knowledge of the Brain, Neuroscience and Mental Health Room 104Naomi Mwasambili

4:15pm EDT

Public Screens and Games Embedded in Physical Space: The Rise of Maker Games Room 104Benjamin Stokes Project Briefs: Students and Educators as Game Designers Room 105Elisabeth Gee • Dr. Philipp Busch • Peggy Sheehy • Dr. Matthew Farber • Kevin Miklasz • Noa Lahav • Cédric Ceulemans • Santhosh Kumar Subramanian

4:45pm EDT

Non-Profits Doing Good for Games Starr FoundationLucien Parsons • Gordon Bellamy • Susan Gold • Meggan Scavio

5:30pm EDT

Keynote - Change Begins with Me Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumLeslie Pirritano

6:00pm EDT

Keynote - Hacking Mindfulness Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumNanea Reeves

6:30pm EDT

G4C Awards Ceremony & Celebration Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumBrent Bushnell

9:30am EDT

Opening Remarks with Susanna Pollack Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumSusanna Pollack

9:45am EDT

Keynote - Games Are Not Good For You Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumEric Zimmerman

11:15am EDT

The Benefits of Playing Minecraft Together for Children with Autism Room 104Stuart Duncan

11:45am EDT

Playing for the Planet: How Video Games Can Deliver for People and the Environment Room 104Trista Patterson

12:00pm EDT

Meet the Funder: Amy Coveny (G4C Accelerator/Quake Capital) Room 204Amy Coveny

12:30pm EDT

IGDA Mentor Café Schwartz Concourse (5th Floor)Lucien Parsons • Tristin Hightower

2:30pm EDT

Keynote - Games for Countering Climate Change Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumChristine Harada

3:00pm EDT

Keynote - This is Not a Game: Creating Civic Engagement on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumGabe Zichermann • Razan Ghalayini • Adam Werbach

3:45pm EDT

Living the Life of a Refugee: Games and VR for Change Room 104Joost Raessens

4:15pm EDT

Project Briefs: What Can We Learn About... Room 105Julia Pilgrim • Emperatriz Ung • Charli Battersby • Jennifer Dalsen

4:30pm EDT

Distribution Strategies: Lessons Learned from the Field Starr FoundationMichelle Miller • Noelle Millholt • Dan White • Robin Yang

5:30pm EDT

Keynote - The Mind: Engineering the Future of Human Possibility Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumNichol Bradford

6:00pm EDT

Keynote - 0 to 120 Million: Infecting the World with Games That Make You Think Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJames Vaughan