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Games for Change Festival

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Karen Schrier

Marist College
Assistant Professor

playinnovationlab.com

I teach interactive media and game design, and my expertise is in ethics, learning, and games. I am also the director of the Play Innovation Lab at Marist College. I look forward to meeting everyone!

9:00am EDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks Tishman Auditorium

9:15am EDT

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

9:45am EDT

Opening Remarks from Erik Huey Tishman Auditorium

10:00am EDT

Progress Report from Richard Culatta Tishman Auditorium

10:15am EDT

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

11:00am EDT

Playing Medical Minecraft with IBM Watson Starr Foundation Hall

11:15am EDT

UX in Educational Games Room 105

11:30am EDT

Co-Designing Museums of the Future Room 105 Workshop - Feats and Flops: Trailblazing the Edtech Market Starr Foundation Hall Big Picture: A Conversation About Neuroscience Tishman Auditorium

11:45am EDT

Gaming for Good: A Disruptive Innovation Room 104

12:00pm EDT

Edu-Larps: Live Roleplay in the Classroom Room 105 Democratizing Bio-Sensing Tools With OpenBCI Tishman Auditorium

12:15pm EDT

Case Study: The Meaning of BEEP Room 105

1:30pm EDT

Lunch Starr Foundation Hall

2:00pm EDT

Panel - More Than Child's Play: Games for Early Learners Starr Foundation Hall Video Games as Meditation Room 104

2:30pm EDT

Panel - Funding Games Within the Public Sector: A Conversation Between Funders and Artists Tishman Auditorium What's Next in Minecraft Education Room 105

3:00pm EDT

A Global Community for Global Change Room 104

3:15pm EDT

Exploring Art, Narrative, and Mental Health in Anamorphine Room 104

3:30pm EDT

Break Tishman Auditorium

4:00pm EDT

Industry Circle Town Hall Tishman Auditorium How We Bridged the Gap Between Science Fiction and Reality Room 104

4:30pm EDT

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

5:15pm EDT

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

5:45pm EDT

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

7:00pm EDT

The 2016 Games for Change Awards Slate

9:30am EDT

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

10:00am EDT

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

10:45am EDT

Empathy Overload: Choice Matters Room 104

11:00am EDT

Workshop - Transformational Experiences Room 104

11:15am EDT

Is Hacking the Brain The Future of Gaming? Room 105

11:30am EDT

How To Be Better at Sex (in Video Games) Room 104 Panel - Rewiring the Brain: Anxiety Treatment Through Gameplay Room 105

1:30pm EDT

Panel - How Technology Empowers: VR in the Classroom Tishman Auditorium Speed Networking Starr Foundation Hall

2:15pm EDT

The Quest to Save the Human Brain Tishman Auditorium

2:45pm EDT

Reaching New Audiences with Interactive Stories: The Power of Genre Room 104 How the Science of Game Design Can Inform the Science of Games for Change Tishman Auditorium

3:15pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

Games Bridging the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Beyond Room 104 Live Recording of the Games for Learning Podcast hosted by Filament Games Starr Foundation Hall

4:15pm EDT

Extra Life: Play Games, Heal Kids, and Get Involved in Your Community Room 104

4:30pm EDT

Games and Governance: Designing Games with International Organizations Room 105 Making Fitness Fun for Three Million People Tishman Auditorium

5:15pm EDT

Keynote - Digital Medicine: The Quest for the First FDA-Approved Game, with Dr. Adam Gazzaley Tishman Auditorium

5:45pm EDT

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