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2022 Games for Change Festival

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9:30am EDT

Keynote - Change Matters. Games Matter. You Matter. The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Leo Olebe

9:50am EDT

Bringing Accountability and Repair to the Game Industry The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Eve Crevoshay

11:30am EDT

How Blockchain Gaming Can Invert the Traditional Power Structure In Game Development The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Canaan Linder

1:45pm EDT

The NFT Question: Can In-Game NFTs Create Value for Players AND Developers Microsoft Technology Center, 6th floor (Central Park West Stage)Benish Shah • Canaan Linder • Aziz Hasan • Jan Roessner

3:15pm EDT

#CODEMedicalHeroes: Driving Systemic Change in the Pandemic The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Dan Goldenberg Can Play Build Peace? Microsoft Technology Center, 6th floor (Central Park West Stage)Vignesh Mukund

3:45pm EDT

Keynote - Toxicity and Extremism in Online Games The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Constance Steinkuehler

9:40am EDT

Keynote - Video Games: A Force for Good The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Dean Takahashi • Stan Pierre-Louis

12:00pm EDT

Envisioning a New Kind of Healing Space in Games The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Sy Raffoul

12:20pm EDT

Keynote - What Did We Change with Games? The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Ian Bogost

1:45pm EDT

Place-Based Games for Social Impact and Communities The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Benjamin Stokes • Hazel Arroyo • Steven Dupon • Matthew Wilding

2:45pm EDT

Co-Founding Glow Up Games: Innovative Storytelling About Black and Brown Joy Microsoft Technology Center, 6th floor (Central Park West Stage)Latoya Peterson

3:45pm EDT

Keynote - Peabody Awards in a Shifting Field: Rethinking Interactivity The Times Center (Times Center Stage)Jeffrey Jones • Yasmin Elayat • Susanna Pollack

10:00am EDT

Green Games: How Video Games Can Inspire Players to Act on Climate Change Hopin Virtual PlatformGiorgia La Rocca • Arnaud Fayolle • Siiri Mäkelä • Clayton Whittle • Dominik Kirner

11:00am EDT

Authenticity, Realism, Gameplay: How to Pick 3 Hopin Virtual PlatformShawn Patton • Melanie Harke

12:00pm EDT

Epic Quest? Engaging Gamers on Climate Change Hopin Virtual PlatformMarina Psaros • Yennie Solheim • Jennifer Carman • Victoria Raiser

1:00pm EDT

Black Games: African Diasporic Work and Social Impact Hopin Virtual PlatformLindsay Grace • Allan Cudicio • Carl Varnado • Aaron Trammell • Nyambura Waruingi

2:50pm EDT

Cat Park: A Noir Adventure to Inoculate Players Against Disinformation Hopin Virtual PlatformDavor Devcic

4:40pm EDT

Neurodiversity and Games Hopin Virtual PlatformAris Bricker

10:00am EDT

Diversity is Good for Business Hopin Virtual PlatformJoanie Kraut Game-Based Courses to Build Social and Emotional Skills Hopin Virtual PlatformNandini Chatterjee Singh • Vignesh Mukund • Florent Maurin • Mayank Sharma • Matthew Farber

10:40am EDT

Impact with Urgency: Gaming Bootcamps to Change the World Hopin Virtual PlatformGüven Çatak

11:00am EDT

Fake or Break: The Current Landscape of Fake News Games Hopin Virtual PlatformAndrew Phelps • Lindsay Grace • Jocelyn Wagner • Roger Altizer • Andrew Moger • Mia Consalvo • Songyi Liang

2:30pm EDT

Designing Games for Essential Civics Skills: The Power of Co-Creation Hopin Virtual PlatformSusan Rivers

4:50pm EDT

Keynote - Tilting Games for Change: Tiltfactor Lab at 19 Hopin Virtual PlatformMary Flanagan