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Walter Koshel

Thursday, June 23
 

9:00am EDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks Tishman Auditorium

9:15am EDT

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

Comedy, Games and Social Change Room 104 Big Picture: A Conversation About Neuroscience Tishman Auditorium

11:45am EDT

Case Study: Star Wars and Hour of Code Room 105

12:00pm EDT

Edu-Larps: Live Roleplay in the Classroom Room 105

12:15pm EDT

Case Study: The Meaning of BEEP Room 105

1:30pm EDT

Lunch Tishman Auditorium Lunch Room 105

2:00pm EDT

Video Games as Meditation Room 104

2:30pm EDT

Heal Thyself: What Makes Health Games Work? Room 104

2:45pm EDT

Panel - From Player to Developer: Girls in Gaming Starr Foundation Hall

3:00pm EDT

Pro Tips for Breaking into the Education Market Room 105

3:15pm EDT

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

3:30pm EDT

Break Room 104

4:00pm EDT

Panel - Community of Interest: Comics for Impact Room 105 Workshop - Includification: Designing Accessible Games Starr Foundation Hall

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
 
Friday, June 24
 

9:15am EDT

Welcome Remarks from Colleen Macklin Tishman Auditorium

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

Panel - Rethinking Assessment: Mastery Doesn't Require a Bubble Sheet Starr Foundation Hall Meet the Industry Circle Faculty Lounge

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

2:30pm EDT

Speed Networking for Students Starr Foundation Hall

2:45pm EDT

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

3:00pm EDT

Break Starr Foundation Hall

3:15pm EDT

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

4:00pm EDT

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

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