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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 Reentry: Designing Immersion with Incarcerated and Returning Citizens Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumEric Gordon • Melissa Teng • Jennie Dul • Barry Pousman • Lynn Lizotte

12:15pm EDT

Stopping Harassment Through Design Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumBrittan Heller

12:40pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

Funding in XR Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumAdaora Udoji • Marcie Jastrow • Kris Severson • Dr. David Miller • Steve Oyer

3:00pm EDT

Fireside Chat: Marcie Jastrow and Jesse Damiani Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJesse Damiani • Marcie Jastrow

3:20pm EDT

Techniques to Transform Online Cultures Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJessica Outlaw

4:00pm EDT

Narrative and the Power of VR Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumSusanna Pollack • Pierre Zandrowicz • Tamara Patton • Steve Jamison

4:30pm EDT

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

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

12:00pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

Keynote - Doing Well While Doing Good: Responsible Practices for the Mass Market Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumDon McGowan

2:30pm EDT

Aging Better through Virtual Reality and Games Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumRobert Fine • Dr. Heather Leutwyler • Cezara Windrem • Carrie Shaw

4:15pm EDT

Esports: Competitive Play and Social Good Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumMaya Kushner • Gerald Solomon • Nathan Lindberg • Ben Nichol

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

10:15am EDT

Keynote - Let's Not Kill the Golden Goose Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumDr. Anantha Duraiappah

11:45am EDT

The Institute of Play: Takeaways from a Decade in the Trenches Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumEric Zimmerman • Katie Salen • Rebecca Rufo-Tepper • Arana Shapiro

12:15pm EDT

Endless: Creating Digital Agency through Gaming Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumMatt Dalio

2:00pm EDT

Fireside Chat: Stan Pierre-Louis and Yannis Mallat Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumStan Pierre-Louis • Yannis Mallat

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

4:00pm EDT

(Almost) Everything I Needed to Know About Game Design I Learned in the Girl Scouts Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumBarry Joseph • Brielle Randall • Tracy Fullerton

4:30pm EDT

The New Childhood: A Fireside Chat with Jordan Shapiro and Tami Bhaumik Mainstage - Tishman AuditoriumJordan Shapiro • Tami Bhaumik

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