Mashable Connect. 2012 Creative Week NYC / Home. 2012 Museums & Mobile IV Online Conference. Games for Change. The deadline to submit for the Games for Change Festival Demo Spotlight is April, 6 at 11:59 PM EST.
Criteria and application here. Note: The deadline for Talks and Awards are now closed. 2012 Program Through case studies, roundtables, lectures and demos, the Games for Change Festival looks to highlight models for collaboration on game development and distribution, bridging the gap between commercial and issue driven games. The 2011 event featured 40+ hours of programming, an Awards Ceremony, Game Arcade, Demo Spotlight on games in development and featured Vice President Al Gore, gaming legend Gabe Newell (Valve founder and creator of Portal), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheryl WuDunn (Half the Sky), the Department of Education’s James Shelton and Zynga.org’s Laura Hartman. 800 attended in person, with 8,000 via Livestream.