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Tuesday, July 13
 

11:00am EDT

STEAM and Video Games: Shaping How We Live, Work, and Play
STEAM education is not only critical to the success of the video game industry, but also to creating meaningful opportunities for people from different backgrounds, to help shape both the physical and digital worlds that we live, work, and play in.  With a spotlight on video games, the panel will explore the impact of STEAM on education, culture, and entertainment and how this integrated approach provides opportunities for young people, from diverse backgrounds, to gain access to skills and new jobs that ultimately help shape the world today.
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Stan Pierre-Louis

CEO, Entertainment Software Association

Speakers
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Chris Rush

Sr. Advisor for Innovation / Director of Education Technology, US Department of Education
Chris serves as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Innovation & Ed-Tech. He co-founded New Classrooms Innovation Partners, a nonprofit focused on new instructional models including the School of One program, named one of Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions of the Year.  Chris... Read More →
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Laila Shabir

Founder / CEO, Girls Make Games
Laila Shabir is the co-founder and CEO of Girls Make Games. A Pakistani immigrant raised in the United Arab Emirates, Laila attended MIT and pursued finance at BlackRock followed by economic research at The Brookings Institution. She eventually found her passion in video games while... Read More →

Tuesday July 13, 2021 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
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  Games for Learning, Panel
 
Wednesday, July 14
 

5:00pm EDT

Reframing Education Games Through Indigenous Lenses
A panel with creators from various Indigenous communities around the world who will describe their experience in developing educational games and immersive experiences. The conversation will highlight how these creators are infusing teachings and methodologies from their communities into their work.

*This session is part of the Indigenous Creators Spotlight
Moderators
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Miranda Due

Associate Producer, Treyarch
Miranda Due (Pawnee/Cherokee) is a game developer from Mvskoke Territory (Tulsa, OK). She works at Treyarch as an Associate Producer.Miranda graduated from USC in 2016 with degrees in Interactive Entertainment and International Relations and completed the George Washington University... Read More →

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Jeanette Bushnell

Co-Founder, The N.D.N. Players Research Group
Dr. Jeanette M. Bushnell (Anishinaabe) is a semi-retired lecturer at the University of Washington, a co-founder of The N.D.N. Players Research Group, and an Elder Educator for the Indigenous STEAM Collaborative.  She foregrounds indigenous philosophies and knowledges. Her teachers... Read More →
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Kari Noe

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Kari Noe is born and raised on Kaua'i, and is currently a graduate research assistant at the Laboratory for Advanced Visualization and Applications (LAVA) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She is pursuing a PhD in Computer Science. Her research focuses on equitable methods... Read More →
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Eleanore Falck

3D Environment Art Student, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Eleanore Falck is a student studying 3D environment art for games. During an internship with the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, she developed Growing Up Ojibwe: The Game, an educational game designed to introduce Ojibwe history and culture to youth. Through her art... Read More →
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Amber Taylor

CEO, ARA Journeys
Amber Taylor is Co-Founder and CEO of ARA Journeys, a mobile gaming company that blends the digital world with the natural environment and indigenous narratives. Inspired by and drawing on her Māori culture, ARA’s award-winning games use immersive technologies (AR, MR, XR) and... Read More →

Wednesday July 14, 2021 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
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  Games for Learning, Panel
 
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