Vice President Al Gore will address the public on the occasion of the 8th Annual Games For Change Festival. Individual Opening Keynote tickets are available for $10 each. If you are interested in attending more events that are part of the Games for Change Festival please visit gamesforchange.org/festival2011 to purchase a 3-day festival pass.
Games for Change is the leading global advocate for supporting and making games for social impact. Its annual festival is the largest gaming event in New York City and the only international event uniting “games for change” creators, the public, civil society, academia, the gaming industry and media. Opening the event will be Vice President Al Gore.
“Vice President Gore is a significant global advocate who has effectively used popular media to bring issues of pressing concern to mainstream audiences,” said the Co-Presidents of Games for Change Asi Burak and Michelle Byrd. “His presence at this year’s Festival underscores the immense potential of pairing social impact with the increasing accessibility of games.”
Games have the potential to advance social good and learning: to spread information, raise awareness, inspire social action and build civic participation – and to do so globally, across cultures. This potential has grown exponentially with the emergence of games played via social media (such as Facebook) and on mobile phones, which can reach vast numbers of people.
Major funding for the Games for Change Festival is provided by AMD Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional support provided by The Educational Foundation of America, Fenton Communications and Kognito Interactive. Games for Change is hosted at NYU by the Games for Learning Institute. G4LI was established in 2008 with a prestigious grant from Microsoft Research, and supplemental funding from the Motorola Foundation.
