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Games for Change Festival

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Geralyn Abinader

NY Hall of Science
Creative Producer
Corona, Queens

Working on everything from immersive interactive experiences on sustainability, to an interactive eBook on disease transmission and an app on computational thinking and environmental science. Also interested in group collaborative interactives and VR. So, yeah, I want to talk about everything

9:15am

Keynote - Amplius Ludo, Beyond the Horizon, with Christopher Weaver Tishman Auditorium

10:00am

Progress Report from Richard Culatta Tishman Auditorium

10:15am

Keynote - Into the Future, with Magic Leap's Graeme Devine Tishman Auditorium

11:00am

We All Want to Be in the Room Where it Happens Tishman Auditorium

11:30am

Comedy, Games and Social Change Room 104 Co-Designing Museums of the Future Room 105

12:00pm

Democratizing Bio-Sensing Tools With OpenBCI Tishman Auditorium

12:15pm

Case Study: The Meaning of BEEP Room 105

3:00pm

Well Played: Project Syria Tishman Auditorium

4:00pm

Panel - Community of Interest: Comics for Impact Room 105

4:30pm

Panel - From Fantasy to Empathy: Changing Game Dialogue For the Real World Room 104

5:15pm

Keynote - Games Reveal Decision Biases: Poker - a Lab for Studying Irrationality, w/ Annie Duke Tishman Auditorium

5:45pm

Keynote - Sid Meier and Susanna Pollack, in Conversation Tishman Auditorium

9:15am

Welcome Remarks from Colleen Macklin Tishman Auditorium

9:30am

Keynote - The Future of Virtual Reality and Education with Jesse Schell Tishman Auditorium

10:00am

Keynote - William Adams and Tracy Fullerton, in Conversation Tishman Auditorium

11:00am

Workshop - Transformational Experiences Room 104

11:30am

Workshop - Gamifying the Classroom: Where the Student Becomes the Hero, with Classcraft Starr Foundation Hall

1:30pm

Panel - How Technology Empowers: VR in the Classroom Tishman Auditorium

2:45pm

Reaching New Audiences with Interactive Stories: The Power of Genre Room 104

3:15pm

Give Me Your Gun: An Interactive Theater Experience Starr Foundation Hall

4:00pm

Games Bridging the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Beyond Room 104

4:30pm

Games and Governance: Designing Games with International Organizations Room 105

5:45pm

Keynote - Robin Hunicke on the Importance of Playfulness and Joy in Learning Games Tishman Auditorium