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Sara K. Schneider

THE HUMAN JOURNEY®
Founder & CEO
Chicago
Websitethe-human-journey.com
THE HUMAN JOURNEY® is a facilitated board game to create sense of meaning and belonging for families at end of life or those facing other major life transitions.
Thursday, June 23
 

9:00am EDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks Tishman Auditorium

9:15am EDT

Keynote - Amplius Ludo, Beyond the Horizon, with Christopher Weaver Tishman Auditorium

10:00am EDT

Progress Report from Richard Culatta Tishman Auditorium

10:15am EDT

Keynote - Into the Future, with Magic Leap's Graeme Devine Tishman Auditorium

11:00am EDT

Failing to Change Room 104 Playing Medical Minecraft with IBM Watson Starr Foundation Hall

11:15am EDT

Show, Don't Tell: Making Personal Games Room 104

11:30am EDT

Comedy, Games and Social Change Room 104 Co-Designing Museums of the Future Room 105 Big Picture: A Conversation About Neuroscience Tishman Auditorium

11:45am EDT

Gaming for Good: A Disruptive Innovation Room 104 Case Study: Star Wars and Hour of Code Room 105

12:00pm EDT

Edu-Larps: Live Roleplay in the Classroom Room 105 Democratizing Bio-Sensing Tools With OpenBCI Tishman Auditorium

12:15pm EDT

Case Study: The Meaning of BEEP Room 105

2:00pm EDT

Panel - More Than Child's Play: Games for Early Learners Starr Foundation Hall Video Games as Meditation Room 104

2:30pm EDT

Panel - Funding Games Within the Public Sector: A Conversation Between Funders and Artists Tishman Auditorium Heal Thyself: What Makes Health Games Work? Room 104

2:45pm EDT

Panel - From Player to Developer: Girls in Gaming Starr Foundation Hall

3:15pm EDT

Exploring Art, Narrative, and Mental Health in Anamorphine Room 104

4:00pm EDT

Industry Circle Town Hall Tishman Auditorium Panel - Community of Interest: Comics for Impact Room 105

4:30pm EDT

Panel - From Fantasy to Empathy: Changing Game Dialogue For the Real World Room 104
 
Friday, June 24
 

9:00am EDT

G4C for MIL in Brazil Starr Foundation Hall

9:20am EDT

Opening Remarks from Seth Andrew Tishman Auditorium

10:00am EDT

Keynote - William Adams and Tracy Fullerton, in Conversation Tishman Auditorium

10:45am EDT

Empathy Overload: Choice Matters Room 104 Virtual Worlds, Real Results Room 105

11:00am EDT

Workshop - Transformational Experiences Room 104

11:30am EDT

Climate Challenge: A Live Pitch Event Tishman Auditorium

1:30pm EDT

Well Played: That Dragon, Cancer Room 104 Speed Networking Starr Foundation Hall

2:15pm EDT

The White House Call: Games for Grand Challenges Room 105

2:45pm EDT

Reaching New Audiences with Interactive Stories: The Power of Genre Room 104

3:15pm EDT

Give Me Your Gun: An Interactive Theater Experience Starr Foundation Hall

4:00pm EDT

Games Bridging the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Beyond Room 104

5:15pm EDT

Keynote - Digital Medicine: The Quest for the First FDA-Approved Game, with Dr. Adam Gazzaley Tishman Auditorium