[game_edu] RFP for The 7th Annual Games for Change Festival, May 24 - 26, 2010

[Alex Quinn]

Hello all,

If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a panel at the 2010  
Games for Change Festival which takes place May 24 - 26 at Parsons the  
New School for Design in NYC, please see below for guidelines. We are  
accepting these proposals through February 17th. In order to be  
considered, please email our event manager Maren Perry at events at gamesforchange.org 
  with the following:

1. Proposed title of session
2. Proposed length of session (45 or 60 minutes)
3. Name, phone, and email of primary contact for this proposal
4. Names and bios of panelists and moderator
5. Two descriptions of the session (one full description, maximum 250  
words, and one for the program, maximum 75 words)
6. Three Take-aways
7. Any previous presentation experience, including links to videos  
where possible.

Please note: we rarely feature more than one person from the same  
organization on the same panel, and are especially interested in a  
diversity of voices, new perspectives, and provocative discussions.  
New formats and interactive sessions welcome.

About this year's festival: On May 25th, we will feature a series of  
short talks by thought leaders on the future of digital media.  
Speakers include Clay Shirky, intertnet expert and author of Here  
Comes Everybody; Katie Salen, Executive Director of NYC’s innovative  
“game school” Quest To Learn; 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; 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, and many others.

Also, back by popular demand is the 101 Workshop on May 24 (under  
separate registration and open to all.) We will also have new  
programming for youth educators using games, a special session on  
assessment, a private funders meeting, and of course the Expo Night  
where festival-goers can play the newest games firsthand in a lively  
and action-packed atmosphere. And as always, we'll have expert  
sessions, provocative lunch discussions, and ample networking  
opportunities. For more information, please see the general festival  
web site: http://www.gamesforchange.org/festival

Alex Quinn
Games for Change