| | | | The 2019 Games For Change Festival
Schedule is Live! | | More than 150 speakers from around the world will take you behind the scenes of ground breaking games and immersive media projects across multiple tracks of programming. Connect with the positive power of digital games and VR/MR and AR through conversations, panels, workshops, networking events, and more. Join over 1100 change-makers and celebrate a tremendous year of social impact media at the #G4C19 Festival! | | Take a look at some of our featured speakers below! | | -
As Chief Engagement Officer, Michael Strautmanis oversees community affairs and strategic partnerships for The Obama Foundation. Mike spent over a decade in Washington D.C. advocating equity and inclusion in the White House, federal agencies, and Congress. After President Obama's first term, he joined the Walt Disney Company, where he led an enterprise-wide initiative to focus and deepen the impact of Disney's corporate social responsibility programs. -
Leslie Pirritano has worked in the games and VR industry for nearly 20 years. Working as "Your Best Friend" at NVIDIA and now AMD, she has helped AAA game developers and publishers on hit titles like Batman: Arkham Origins, Far Cry 4, and Star Craft II. She actively works to promote diversity within the gaming and VR communities and specializes in developer relations. -
Esports is having a major influence in our culture beyond games. Learn about the basics of this growing industry and how it is making a positive impact at the "Esports - Competitive Play and Social Good" panel, moderated by Maya Kushner (COO of GameGym) with panelists Gerald Solomon (Executive Director, Samueli Foundation), Nathan Lindberg (Senior Director, Global Partnerships, Twitch) and Ben Nichol (Head of Events and Business Development, NYXL). | | DEADLINE EXTENDED: JOIN THE XR BRAIN JAM | | This summer, the XR for Change Summit will once again host the XR Brain Jam! Created in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and Games for Change, the XR Brain Jam will take place June 14 - 16 in NYC. For one weekend, teams of researchers and developers will work together to explore the intersection of their domains through novel XR prototypes. Applications are now open!
| | OPEN CALL FOR #G4C19 VOLUNTEERS | | Calling all volunteers! We would like to invite you, our G4C community, to participate at the #G4C19 Festival. Submit an application at the link below and join us in making new friends, expanding your network, and supporting the impact games and social change communities.
| | Interested in partnering with the G4C Festival? Email us at partnerships@gamesforchange.org for more information regarding our G4C Marketplace and sponsorships.
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