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Tuesday
, July 14
Expo
10:00am •
G4C Virtual Marketplace: Day 1
Mainstage
9:45am •
G4C Welcome with President Susanna Pollack
9:50am •
Opening Remarks with Anne del Castillo
10:00am •
Keynote - Play for Change: Ten Games to Play Right Now
10:20am •
Immersive Tech for School Preparedness
10:40am •
The World Now Understands AbleGamers' Mission
11:00am •
Educational VR Games: Lessons Learned
11:20am •
Gamestorming Curricula
11:40am •
Keynote - Democratizing Games Creation With Dreams
12:10pm •
Keynote - Mental Health in Games
12:40pm •
Simple Accessibility Practices to Expand Games’ Reach
1:30pm •
Keynote - The Unifying Power of Video Games
1:45pm •
Introducing Raising Good Gamers with Susanna Pollack and Katie Salen Tekinbaş
2:10pm •
Sensing the Risks of XR
3:15pm •
Keynote - Games Can Heal The World
3:35pm •
G4C Chapters: Asia-Pacific Launch Announcement
3:40pm •
Remote Learning with Mixed Reality - Case Western
4:00pm •
Building for Inclusivity: How Games Have the Power to Transform People
4:45pm •
Keynote - Fireside Chat with Jenova Chen and Tracy Fullerton
5:15pm •
Worldgames: Transferring In-game Benefits to Real Life
6:00pm •
Well-Played: Sims 4 Co-play with a Kindergartner (RERUN)
6:30pm •
SEL, Neurodiversity, Self Advocacy...and Space Pirates
6:50pm •
Exploring Digital Rights: Data Sovereignty in XR
7:10pm •
Keynote with Brennan Spiegel
7:30pm •
G4C Awards Ceremony
Networking
6:00pm •
Speed Networking - Day 1
Sessions
11:00am •
Games to Address National Health Crises
11:00am •
Meet the Funder: David Miller (NIH)
12:15pm •
Winning Against Pandemics: Games as Essential Tools for Planning and Response
12:30pm •
Well-Played: Sims 4 Co-play with a Kindergartner
12:30pm •
Meet the Funder: Harry Hamer (LVP)
1:30pm •
Korean Games Stage: Health Session
2:30pm •
IGDA Mentor Café - Day 1
4:00pm •
Managing Burn-Out & Stress with Games & XR: Industry Trends
4:00pm •
Meet the Funder: Edward Metz (SBIR/US DoE)
4:30pm •
Korean Games Stage: Learning Session
5:00pm •
Addressing Ethics in the Game Industry
5:00pm •
VR for Change Alcove Challenge Presentations
Wednesday
, July 15
Expo
10:00am •
G4C Virtual Marketplace: Day 2
Mainstage
9:55am •
Opening Remarks - Day 2
10:00am •
Transforming Zombies, Run! for the Lockdown
10:20am •
PlayTest: Evaluating VR in 5 Simple Steps
10:40am •
Gamifying Social Distancing
11:00am •
Games to Train the Healthcare Force
11:50am •
You Are Here: Using Game Design to Empower Underserved Youth
12:10pm •
Upskilling and Reskilling in the Fashion Supply Chain
12:30pm •
What Teens Tell Us About the Role of Games During COVID-19
1:00pm •
Keynote - Learning Through Digital Play
1:20pm •
New Game! You’re President. Can You Prevent Nuclear War?
1:30pm •
Keynote - At the Table: Finding Community at Games for Change
1:50pm •
Keynote - Anti-Racism + XR
2:10pm •
Designing One-Button Games for Accessibility
3:15pm •
Access for the Future of XR
4:00pm •
Keynote - Fireside Chat with Chris Milk and Jesse Damiani
4:30pm •
Keynote - Building the Volumetric Future
4:50pm •
Fortnite Creative Workshops - A New Partnership with Games for Change
5:00pm •
Keynote - Changing Narratives with Immersive Storytelling
5:30pm •
Rabbids Coding, Learn Programming With the Rabbids!
5:50pm •
Accelerating Acceptance through Transgender Representation
6:10pm •
VR for Change Alcove Challenge: Winner Announcement
6:15pm •
Creating Caring and Care-full Online Play Communities
7:00pm •
Newsgame Flyby: State of the Practice 2020
7:20pm •
Seizing the Awkward with Guild Wars 2
Networking
1:00pm •
Speed Networking - Day 2
Sessions
8:30am •
Growing Games for Change Globally
10:00am •
Meet the G4C Chapter: Europe
11:00am •
DTOX - Tackling Toxicity with Play
12:15pm •
Nurturing Talent in the Mediterranean: Learn It All
1:00pm •
Meet the Funder: John Spinale (Jazz Ventures)
1:30pm •
Well-Played: Animal Crossing or How We Have Faith in Systems
2:00pm •
Meet the Funder: Adaora Udoji (RLab Accelerator)
2:30pm •
Meet the Funder: Lakita Edwards (NEA)
2:30pm •
IGDA Mentor Café - Day 2
2:45pm •
Games for (Remote) Learning: Challenges and Opportunities
4:00pm •
Resilient Cities, Play and the Return to Public Space
4:00pm •
Meet the Funder: Marc Ruppel (NEH)
4:30pm •
COVID-19 and Games in Higher Education
5:00pm •
Building Bridges to Fight Hate in Games
5:00pm •
Meet the Funder: Frankie Warren (LEGO Ventures)
5:30pm •
Rapid Adaptation: Lessons from 100 Years of Gamified Learning
7:00pm •
Meet the G4C Chapter: Latin America
7:30pm •
Meet the G4C Chapter: Asia-Pacific
Thursday
, July 16
Expo
10:00am •
G4C Virtual Marketplace: Day 3
Mainstage
10:00am •
Opening Remarks - Day 3
10:05am •
Role-Playing Our Way Through History
10:20am •
Kind Words: Why Be Nice?
10:40am •
Bringing the Natural World Into Your Living Room
11:00am •
Sleep Mystery: from Escape Room to Point-and-Click Adventure
11:10am •
Outbreak Squad: Keeping Your Community Safe
11:20am •
Healthier by Design
11:30am •
High School Students Impact Patients with VR Design
11:40am •
How Does Turning Into a Potato Get People to Run?
11:50am •
VR Brain Training for Mental Fitness
12:00pm •
MetaVerse: Multi-Player VR and the Internet's Next Evolution
12:20pm •
Exploring Indigenous History in When Rivers Were Trails
12:40pm •
Listening and Staying Agile During COVID-19
1:00pm •
VR for Inclusion
1:10pm •
Learning Remotely Using Virtual Reality
1:20pm •
Be Earth: A VR Activation on Climate Change in Times of Crisis
1:30pm •
The Making of Lutaw: A 3D Virtual Reality Film
1:40pm •
Story/Background/Insights of Daughters of Chibok
1:50pm •
Announcing HEVGA's 2020 Fellows
2:00pm •
Worldgames: Transferring In-game Benefits to Real Life (Encore)
2:45pm •
Accelerating Acceptance through Transgender Representation (Encore)
3:10pm •
Announcement from the Institute Museum and Library Services
3:20pm •
Keynote - Accessibility in Gaming
3:40pm •
Learning to Be Better Digital Citizens
4:00pm •
Announcing Endless Change the Game Challenge
4:10pm •
The Brink of Nuclear War: Gaming in the Modern Museum
4:20pm •
Creating Sparkle and Inclusion Through Gaming
4:30pm •
Virtual Events Production: VR, Streaming, 2D & 3D Spaces
4:40pm •
Wallpeckers - from the DMZ to the Berlin Wall
4:50pm •
G4C Student Challenge: 5 Years Strong and New Announcements for 2020!
5:00pm •
Keynote - Holograms in the Age of Social Distancing
5:20pm •
The Future of Education with Verizon 5G
5:40pm •
Keynote - Anti-Racism + XR (Encore)
6:00pm •
Making Video Games for Autistic People: A Studio's Experience
6:10pm •
Financial Inclusion: It's Not About the Money!
6:20pm •
CureQuest: A Digital Game for New Drug Discovery
6:30pm •
«When We Disappear» – A Story-Driven & History-Based Game
6:40pm •
SpacEscape: Learning Science on Your Mobile Device
6:50pm •
Keynote - A New Era of Experimental Medicine
7:10pm •
Closing Remarks
Networking
11:00am •
Speed Networking - Day 3
Sessions
11:00am •
Meet the Funder: Archie Stonehill and Michael Cheung (Makers Fund)
11:30am •
Gaming the System: Making Games about Real-World Systems
12:00pm •
Meet the Funder: Martina Welkhoff (WXR)
12:15pm •
Social Tech for Youth Wellbeing | Meet the Entrepreneurs
1:00pm •
Meet the Funder: Sandro Olivieri (AT&T Aspire Accelerator)
1:30pm •
Raising Good Gamers Research Roundtable
1:30pm •
Seven F Words You Can Use in School
2:00pm •
Meet the Funder: David Ball (Headstream)
2:30pm •
IGDA Mentor Café - Day 3
3:00pm •
G4C Student Challenge: 5 Years of Impact
3:30pm •
5 Open XR Projects
4:00pm •
Esports & Education
4:00pm •
Meet the Funder: Rene Pinnell (Kaleidoscope)
5:00pm •
Government Assets to Enrich Educational Experiences & Games
5:00pm •
Epic Games Educator Town Hall
6:00pm •
Games and Moral Panic: 2500 Year History
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