Clay Shirky, Internet expert and author of Here Comes Everybody
Nick Bilton, Specialist at the New York Times R&D Lab & author of the forthcoming book, I Live In The Future And Here's How It Works
Katie Salen, Executive Director of NYC's innovative "game school" Quest To Learn
Dr. James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University
Micah Sifry, co-founder TechPresident.com and Personal Democracy Forum
Among many others.
Overview
This May, the only festival dedicated to the exciting new movement of Digital Games for Social Change will explore real-world impact, the latest games, and a variety of funding strategies. Hosted in New York City by Parsons The New School for Design and The Games for Learning Institute at NYU, the 7th annual Games for Change Festival will take place May 24 - 27, 2010.
97% of teenagers are playing games - perhaps the most potent medium of our time for learning and civic engagement. The Annual G4C Festival brings together the world's leading foundations, NGOs, game-makers, academics, and journalists to explore how best to harness this incredibly powerful medium to engage young people and the general public in the critical issues of our day. Now in its seventh year, the Annual Games for Change Festival is the biggest game event in New York City, and has events around the world.
Called "the Sundance of video games" for "socially-responsible game-makers" we're promoting a new genre of video game - games to change the world - for the better. Join us!
The festival includes 4 exciting days of panels, keynotes and brainstorming sessions, as well as funders' meetings, press briefings, a private journalists dinner, birds-of-a-feather gatherings and the usual excellent networking opportunities. This year also features the always-popular Game Expo and reception where attendees can play these new games first-hand.
Check out the festival site here.
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