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SUMMARY:Games for Change Conference in NYC
DESCRIPTION:Games Gateway - U.S. Mid Atlantic Region\n\nCheck out all the i
 nformation and register at at www.gamesforchange.org.\n\nThis May\, the onl
 y festival dedicated to the exciting new movement of Digital Games for Soci
 al Change will explore real-world impact\, the latest games\, and funding s
 trategies. Hosted in New York City by Parsons The New School for Design\, t
 he 6th annual Games for Change Festival will take place May 27 – 29\, 2009.
  The Annual Games for Change Festival brings together the world’s leading f
 oundations\, NGOs\, game-makers\, academics\, and journalists to explore ho
 w best to harness this incredibly powerful medium to help address the most 
 critical issues of our day\, from poverty\, climate change\, global conflic
 ts\, to human rights. Every year\, the festival doubles in size and brings 
 in new\, high-impact partners.\n\nThe festival includes 3 exciting days of 
 panels\, keynotes and brainstorming sessions\, as well as funders' meetings
 \, press briefings\, a private journalists dinner\, an in-conference game\,
  birds-of-a-feather gatherings and the usual excellent networking opportuni
 ties. This year we'll also be featuring the first-ever Newsgame Award at th
 e Expo Night on May 28th\, sponsored by the Knight Foundation\, an evening 
 games Expo and reception where attendees can play these new games first-han
 d and watch the awards ceremony for the best news games.\n\nCalled "the Sun
 dance of video games" for "socially-responsible game-makers" we’re promotin
 g a new genre of video game – games to change the world – for the better.\n
 \nJoin us in this exciting and important new event!\n\nNew York\, NY  10011
  - USA\n\nWednesday\, May 27 at 8:00 AM\n\nPhoto: http://photos4.meetupstat
 ic.com/photos/event/3/8/0/6/event_2594342.jpeg\n\nAttending: 6\n\nDetails: 
 http://gamedev.meetup.com/175/calendar/10367358/
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LOCATION:Parsons The New School of  Design - 55 West 13th Street\, Theresa 
 Lang Student Center 2nd floor - New York\, NY  10011 - USA
URL:http://gamedev.meetup.com/175/calendar/10367358/
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