All programming will take place in and around New World Stages (340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th avenues, in New York City). Click here for a PDF of the Festival schedule. Disclaimer: Programming and speakers will be added and updated until the Festival. Speakers are subject to change. Final line-up will be available a week prior to the Festival.
Event Themes
- Game MakingCovering the craft and practice of making games, such as design, development, publishing and distribution.
- LearningProgrammed in collaboration with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, an independent research and innovation lab that focuses on the challenges of educating children in a rapidly changing media landscape.
- Social ImpactDemos, presentations and case studies at the intersection of social concerns, impact and games.
- General
June 17Monday
- 9:00am-9:10amTheater 3
- 9:15am-10:00amTheater 3 | General
- 10:15am-10:30amTheater 3 | Learning
- 10:15am-12:00nMaker Space | Game Making
- 10:30am-11:00amTheater 3
- 12:00n-1:00pmTheater 3 | General
- 2:15pm-2:30pmTheater 3 | General
- 3:15pm-3:45pmTheater 1 | Learning
- 3:45pm-4:05pmTheater 1 | Learning
- 4:15pm-4:45pmTheater 3 | General
- 4:45pm-5:15pmTheater 3 | General
June 18Tuesday
- 9:00am-9:30amTheater 1 | Learning
- 9:00am-10:00amTheater 3
- 9:45am-10:00amTheater 1 | Learning
- 10:00am-1:00pmMaker Space | Game Making
- 10:00am-11:00amTheater 3
- 10:45am-11:00amTheater 1 | Game Making
- 11:15am-11:30amTheater 3 | Learning
- 11:30am-11:40amTheater 3 | Learning
- 11:45am-12:45nTheater 3 | Learning
- 12:30n-12:45nTheater 1 | General
- 1:45pm-2:15pmTheater 1 | General
- 2:00pm-2:30pmTheater 3 | Game Making
- 2:15pm-2:30pmTheater 1
- 2:30pm-3:30pmMaker Space | Game Making
- 2:45pm-3:00pmTheater 1 | Learning
- 3:00pm-3:15pmTheater 3 | Learning
- 3:15pm-4:45pmTheater 1 | General
- 3:15pm-3:35pmTheater 3 | Learning
- 4:30pm-5:00pmTheater 1
- 4:45pm-5:15pmTheater 1 | Learning
- 5:30pm-6:00pmTheater 3 | General
- 6:00pm-6:30pmTheater 3 | General
- 6:30pm-8:00pmBar | General
June 19Wednesday
- 9:15am-9:30amTheater 3
- 9:30am-10:45amTheater 3 | Learning
- 11:00am-11:15amTheater 1 | General
- 11:00am-12:00nTheater 3 | Learning
- 11:15am-11:30amTheater 1 | General
- 11:30am-11:45amTheater 1 | General
- 11:45am-12:15nTheater 1 | Learning
- 12:15n-12:45nTheater 3 | Learning
- 12:30n-1:00pmTheater 1 | General
- 2:00pm-3:30pmMaker Space
- 2:00pm-2:30pmTheater 3 | Learning
- 2:00pm-3:00pmTheater 1 | Learning
- 2:30pm–2:50pmTheater 3 | Game Making
- 3:00pm-3:15pmTheater 3
- 3:15pm-3:30pmTheater 1
- 4:00pm-4:30pmTheater 3 | General
- 4:30pm - 5:00pmTheater 3 | General