Overview
This June, the only festival dedicated to the exciting new movement using Digital Games for Social Change will explore real-world impact, the latest games and funding strategies. Hosted in New York City by Parsons The New School for Design, the 5th annual Games for Change Festival will take place on June 2 - 4, 2008. Expert practitioners -- academics, activists, non-profits, funders -- will be called in to examine the impact of current games, evaluations planned and the ongoing work to build the field. You will have a chance to see a variety of new games in development first-hand, and at the Games Expo sponsored by Microsoft, festival-goers can play the latest state-of-the-art games. Join us!
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Games for Change is pleased to announce: |
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Featured Speakers
Dr. James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Chair in Literacy Studies at Arizona State University |
Henry Jenkins, the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies program |
SPECIAL FIRST DAY FOR NEWBIES on June 2:
Let the Games Begin: 101 Workshop on Making Social Issue Games, (MacArthur Foundation’s DML Competition award-winner)
This workshop is a soup-to-nuts tutorial on the fundamentals of social issue games. Appealing to those who are new to designing learning games but passionate about social issues, the workshop will feature leading experts on topics including game design, fundraising, evaluation, youth participation, distribution, and press strategies. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the 2008 Games for Change Festival, and will be extended for the rest of the year through an online community dedicated to learning about social games. Hands-on sessions from: Eric Zimmerman (Gamelab), Ian Bogost (Persuasive Games), Barry Joseph (Global Kids), Heather Chaplin (Smart Bomb), Suzanne Seggerman (G4C), Alan Gerhsenfeld (Activision, E-Line Ventures) For more information, see here.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Lucy Bernholz, Founder, CEO, Blueprint R & D
Ian Bogost, CEO Persuasive Games, Georgia Tech
Heather Chaplin, author of Smart Bomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment and Big Bucks in the Video Game Revolution
Ken Eklund, Producer/ Creator, World Without Oil
Tracy Fullerton, Co-Director EA Innovation Lab, USC; author of Game Design Workshop
Jim Gasperini, Co-creator of Hidden Agenda
Barry Joseph, Online Leadership Director, Global Kids
Beth Kanter, blogger, bethkanter.org
Frank Lantz, CEO, Area Code
Colleen Macklin, Director, PETLab, Chair, CDT Parsons
Ken Perlin, Founding Director, Media Research Laboratory, NYU
Ben Sawyer, co-Director of the Serious Games Initiative
Suzanne Seggerman, President, Games for Change
Chris Swain Co-Director EA Innovation Lab, USC; author of Game Design Workshop
Connie Yowell, Director of Education, the MacArthur Foundation
And many more…
FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS
- AMD
- American Public Media
- Center for Children and Technology
- Knight Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Microsoft
- MIT
- Participant Productions
- Sesame Workshop
- UN
Parsons The New School for Design
Theresa Lang Student Center, 2nd Floor
55 West 13th St.
New York, NY
Here's a Google Map of the location.
- encounter this new movement first-hand
- try the latest games and talk to their designers
- learn from leading experts in social-tech innovation
- join with our community of practice for partnerships
- check out the program!
Special thanks to our Sponsors:
Games for Change (G4C) provides support, visibility and shared resources to individuals and organizations using digital games for social change. A conference flier will be available for download.