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Anita Sarkeesian
Feminist Frequency
Executive Director
Eve Crevoshay
Take This
Executive Director
Chris Milk
Within
CEO and Co-founder
Colleen Macklin
The New School
Associate Professor
Jenova Chen
thatgamecompany
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Stan Pierre-Louis
Entertainment Software Association
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Asad Malik
Jadu
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Hana Pestle
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Katie Salen Tekinbaş
University of California, Irvine
Professor, Department of Informatics
Tracy Fullerton
USC Game Innovation Lab
Director
Dr. Adam Gazzaley
Neuroscape, UCSF
Professor & Executive Director
Siobhan Reddy
Media Molecule
Studio Director
Leo Olebe
Facebook
Global Director, Games Partnerships
Mark Barlet
The AbleGamers Charity
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Dr. Brennan Spiegel
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Director of Health Services
Jesse Schell
Schell Games
CEO
Gordon Bellamy
Gay Gaming Professionals
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Megan Lawrence
Microsoft
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Courtney Cogburn
Columbia University
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Nonny de la Peña
Emblematic Group
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Boo Aguilar
Be Earth
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Roger Altizer
University of Utah
Associate Professor
Sarah Applebaum
School of Interactive Arts
Student
Dan Ayoub
Microsoft
General Manager of Education
David Ball
SecondMuse - Headstream
Headstream Director
Dennis Bartels
Endless
Managing Director
Toti Beck
NARC
Founder
Joel Benson
VR360 Stories
Creative Director
Ayush Bhargava
Key Lime Interactive
XR UX Researcher
Jean-Michel Blottière
G4C Europe
Co-President
Josh Bound
Video Game Clubs of America
President
Amir Bozorgzadeh
Virtuleap
CEO
Nichol Bradford
Transformative Tech Lab & Global Ecosystem
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Asi Burak
Tilting Point
SVP Business Development
Robin Burgauer
Inlusio Interactive
Producer
Matthew Seiji Burns
Zachtronics
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Aimée-Louise Carton
KeepAppy
Co-Founder and CEO
Raul Carvajal
Games for Change
Festival Producer
Anne del Castillo
New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment
Commissioner
Francesco Cavallari
Video Games Without Borders
Founder
Barbara Chamberlin
NMSU Learning Games Lab
Professor, Developer, Researcher
Awu Chen
Ama Inc.
Chief Experience Officer
Michael Cheung
Makers Fund
General Partner
Jongho Choi
Kitten Planet
CEO
Brie Code
TRU LUV
Founder and CEO
Cody Coltharp
Smithsonian Institution
Digital Interactive Designer
Mia Consalvo
Concordia University
Professor
Seth Cooper
Northeastern University
Assistant Professor
Drew Crecente
Jennifer Ann's Group
Executive Director
Jasminka Criley
Indelible Learning
President and CEO
Giuseppe Crugliano
PlayMagic Ltd
CEO & Creative Director
Xiaoyu Cui
Carnegie Mellon University
Student
Sabrina Culyba
Designer
Jesse Damiani
Southern New Hampshire University
Deputy Director of Emerging Technology
Rhiju Das
Stanford University
Associate Professor
Katie Davis
University of Washington, Information School
Associate Professor
Angelina Dayton
The VR Lady
Sara DeWitt
PBS KIDS Digital PBS
VP
Kelli Dunlap
American University
Adjunct Professor, Clinical Psychologist
Blair Durkee
GLAAD
Special Consultant for Gaming
Kate Edwards
Global Game Jam / Geogrify
Executive Director / CEO
Lakita Edwards
National Endowment for the Arts
Arts Education Program Specialist
Jonathan Elmergreen
Higher Education Video Game Alliance
Executive Director
Nichlas Emmons
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
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Jonas Eneroth
Karmafy
CEO
Liv Erickson
Mozilla
Staff Product Manager
Noah Falstein
The Inspiracy
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Matt Farber
University of Northern Colorado
Assistant Professor
Claudia-Santi Fernandes
play2PREVENT Lab at Yale Center for Health & Learning Games
Associate Director
Lynn Fiellin
play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games
Founding Director
Carlos Figueiredo
Two Hat (and Fair Play Alliance)
Director, Community Trust & Safety (and Co-founder and Vice Chair for...
Ivan Filletti
GamingMalta Foundation
Chief Operations Officer
Nick Fortugno
Playmatics
Chief Creative Officer
Maxwell Foxman
Higher Education Video Game Association/University of Oregon
Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Game Studies
Kai Frazier
Kai XR
Founder & CEO
Nuria Freitas
Devunlimit (Sparky - ChoomChoom)
Chief Marketing Officer
Saul Pena Gamero
The Glimpse Group
Senior Software VR Developer
Paula Gangopadhyay
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Deputy Director for Museum Services
Megan Gately
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute
Associate Director of Education
Regine Gilbert
New York University
Industry Associate Professor
Vanessa Gill
Social Cipher
CEO and Co-Founder
Glenn Gillis
Sea Monster
CEO
Renee Gittins
IGDA
Executive Director
Alton Glass
GRX Immersive Labs
CEO
David Gochfeld
XR Creator
Olivia Goldman
NeuroStorm Studios
Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer
Ron Goldman
Kognito
Co-Founder & Chief Simulation Strategist
Lindsay Grace
University of Miami
Knight Chair of Interactive Media
Marie Graham
The Mount Vernon School
Director of VR/AR Program
Kishonna Gray
University of Illinois - Chicago
Assistant Professor
Makeda Mays Green
Viacom
Vice President, Nickelodeon Digital Consumer Insights
Ryan Green
Numinous Games
Creative Director / Head of Narrative
Dr. Walter Greenleaf
Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab
Neuroscientist, Medical Virtual Reality Expert
Mark Griswold
Case Western Reserve University
Professor
Stefano Gualeni
Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta
Associate Professor
Nidhi Gulati
Project for Public Spaces
Senior Director of Programs and Projects
Shobhana Gupta
NASA Headquarters
Open Innovation and Community Applications Manager
Tania Hack
Games for Change
Senior Director of Programs
Ken Hall
2Dogs Games Ltd.
CEO / Creative Director
Harry Hamer
LVP
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Dr. Leah Hanes
Two Bit Circus Foundation
CEO & Chief Juggler
Stephanie Harvey
Counter Logic Gaming
Director of Esports Franchise Development and Outreach
Erin Hawley
The Geeky Gimp
Digital Content Producer
Trinidad Hermida
Niantic, Inc.
Diversity & Inclusion Program Manager
Evo Heyning
Playable Agency
CEO
Laura Higgins
Roblox
Director of Community Safety and Digital Civility
Tristin Hightower
IGDA
Director of Chapter and Special Interest Group Operations
Celia Hodent
Independent Game UX Consultant
Michaela Holland
Immersive/Interactive Storyteller
Adrian Hon
Six to Start
CEO
Grant Hosford
codeSpark
CEO & Co-founder
Keisha Howard
SugarGamers
Founder
Katy Huang
University of Miami
Research Assistant
Steve Isaacs
Bernards Township Board of Education
Teacher, Game Design and Development
Mimi Ito
Connected Learning Lab / UC Irvine
Director / Professor in Residence
Emilie Joly
apelab
CEO
Barry Joseph
Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA)
Director, Digital User Experience
Matthew Kaplowitz
Bridge Multimedia
CEO and Chief Creative Officer
Sarah Keating
Girl Scouts of the USA
Digital Content Strategy Lead, Girl and Adult
Daniel Kelley
ADL
Associate Director, Center for Technology and Society
Hyo Taek Kim
Growing Seeds Corp.
CEO
Yeon Pyo Kim
Softzen Cp.,Ltd.
CEO
Tai King
Cleveland Public Library
Clerk
Myeongmi Ko
StudioCoin corp.
Communication Team Leader
Anthony Kozak
Ubisoft Montréal
Senior Generalist Developer
Sarah Krasley
Shimmy
CEO
Georgii Kurgan
Luden.io
Product Manager
Myra LalDin
PERSPECTIVES
Founder
Peter Seung Taek Lee
NOLGONG
CEO
Allisyn Levy
BrainPOP
VP, Product Lead
Jenny Lim
Gigantic Mechanic
Game Designer & Producer
Sharon Lin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Student
Jesse Lindsley
Thrust Interactive
CEO
Dale Linegar
Games for Change Asia-Pacific
Director
Sa Liu
Interactive Media, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Assistant Professor
Kat Lo
Meedan
Content Moderation Lead
David Lobser
Object Normal
Creative Technologist
Rob Lowe
LEGO Ventures
Head of Value Creation
Carmen MacDougall
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Vice President, Communications
Katherine Mahon
HomeAgain VR Foundation
Founder and CEO
Pamela Martinez
New Mexico State University - Learning Games Lab
Assistant Professor, Learning Technologies
Winston Matthews
Winston Matthews LLC
Founder & CEO
Tyi McCray
EquipT
CEO, Founder
Edward Metz
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
Program Manager for Small Business Innovation Research and SBIR and...
David Miller
National Institutes of Health
Program Director
Michelle Miller
Games and Learning
Co-Founder and CEO
Rebecca Mir
Ad Council
Director, Digital Product Management
Deepika Mohan
University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery
Ernest Moniz
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Co-chair and CEO
DJ Moreau
Games for Change
Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships
Jessica Murrey
W!CKED SAiNTS Studios
CEO/Co-founder
Naomi Mwasambili
Chanua
CEO
Davin Myoshi
Skillprint
Co-Founder / CPO
Elizabeth Newbury
The Wilson Center
Director for the Serious Games Initiative
Mickaël Newton
Ubisoft HQ
CSR Manager
Jonathan Ogilvy
Little Red Robot
XR Producer
Christina Oliver
Classroom, Inc.
Executive Director
Sandro Olivieri
Productive
President
Maria Burns Ortiz
7 Generation Games
CEO and Co-Founder
Michael Owen
Co-Founder
MediaCombo
Robin White Owen
MediaCombo, Inc.
Co-Founder/President
Olivier Palmieri
Ubisoft Montreal
Game Director
Kavya Pearlman
XR Safety Initiative
Founder & CEO
Derrick Pemberton
Carnegie Mellon University
Game Producer and Designer
Mike Perrotto
Numinous Games
Development Manager/Producer
Andy Phelps
University of Canterbury and American University
Professor
Peter Pichya
Creative Technologist / XR Developer / Experiential Designer
Rene Pinnell
Kaleidoscope
CEO & Designer
Susanna Pollack
Games for Change
President
Phil Puthumana
Verizon
Manager
Jeremy Satyawan Putra
Video Game Clubs of America
VGC Ambassador
Samantha Quick
Samantha Quick LLC
Director
Chethan Ramachandran
Skillprint
Co-founder and CEO
Luna Ramirez
Information Technology HS
CTE Teacher
Parker Ramsey
Entertainment Technology Center
Programmer / Producer
Manjul Rathee
BFB Labs
CEO
Gabriela Richard
Pennsylvania State University, College of Education
Assistant Professor of Education
Susan Rivers
iThrive Games Foundation
Executive Director & Chief Scientist
Drew Robarge
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
Museum Specialist
Jessica Robbins
Global Disaster Preparedness Center (IFRC)
Technical Advisor, Preparedness ICTs
Robbert van Rooden
Inlusio Interactive
Producer
Marc Ruppel
National Endowment for the Humanities
Senior Program Officer and Lead, Digital Projects for the Public
Nathan Sawatzky
Supercell
Trust & Safety Lead
Jasper Schellekens
Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta
Research Support Officer
Russell Schilling
Innovation Leader for Science and Technology
Kat Schrier
Marist College
Associate Professor/Director of Games
Gilson Schwartz
Games for Change Latin America
President
Ziba Scott
Popcannibal
Optimist
Linda Sellheim
Epic Games
Education Lead
Arana Shapiro
Games for Change
Managing Director
Robin Sharma
UNESCO MGIEP
Gaming Curriculum Developer
Carrie Shaw
Embodied Labs
CEO
Russell Shilling
Innovation Leader for Science and Technology
Mei Si
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor
Nandini Chatterjee Singh
UNESCO MGIEP
Senior Program Officer
Yennie Solheim
Niantic, Inc.
Head of Social Impact
John Spinale
Jazz Ventures
Managing Director
Peter Stidwill
FableVision Studios
Executive Producer
Benjamin Stokes
American University Game Lab
Assistant Professor
Archie Stonehill
Makers Fund
Investor
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