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Games for Change Festival

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Will Abbott

Cognition Gaming
CEO & Founder
Shanghai, China

cognitiongaming.com

We are a new, emerging Shanghai based educational gaming company leveraging the power of games to solve real world problems. Launching a series of language learning games starting with Mandarin Chinese.
Keen to speak to all and everyone about partnerships, funding opportunities, China, Australia, big ideas etc

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

Failing to Change Room 104 Playing Medical Minecraft with IBM Watson Starr Foundation Hall

11:15am EDT

Show, Don't Tell: Making Personal Games Room 104 UX in Educational Games Room 105

11:30am EDT

Comedy, Games and Social Change Room 104 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

Democratizing Bio-Sensing Tools With OpenBCI Tishman Auditorium

12:15pm EDT

Case Study: The Meaning of BEEP Room 105

2:00pm EDT

21st-Century Armageddon: Why Nuclear Weapons are Too Important NOT to Play With Room 105 Video Games as Meditation Room 104

2:30pm EDT

Heal Thyself: What Makes Health Games Work? Room 104

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

4:00pm EDT

Workshop - Includification: Designing Accessible Games Starr Foundation Hall

5:15pm EDT

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

7:00pm EDT

The 2016 Games for Change Awards Slate

9:15am EDT

Welcome Remarks from Colleen Macklin Tishman Auditorium

9:20am EDT

Opening Remarks from Seth Andrew 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

Meet the Industry Circle Faculty Lounge Virtual Worlds, Real Results Room 105

11:00am EDT

Workshop - Transformational Experiences Room 104

11:15am EDT

Is Hacking the Brain The Future of Gaming? Room 105

11:30am EDT

Panel - Rewiring the Brain: Anxiety Treatment Through Gameplay Room 105

12:45pm EDT

Lunch Starr Foundation Hall

1:30pm EDT

Speed Networking Starr Foundation Hall

2:15pm EDT

The Quest to Save the Human Brain Tishman Auditorium

2:45pm EDT

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

Applying Game Technologies Across Disciplines with Unity Tishman Auditorium

4:15pm EDT

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

4:30pm EDT

Making Fitness Fun for Three Million People Tishman Auditorium

5:45pm EDT

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

6:15pm EDT

Closing remarks from G4C President, Susanna Pollack Tishman Auditorium