Friday, November 22 | Annenberg Prince Theatre | 9 AM – 7 PM
8:45 AM | Breakfast Buffet
9:30 AM | Opening Remarks: Provost Wendell Pritchett
9:45 AM | Keynote Address: Jeremy Bailenson, “Experience on Demand”
Coffee Break
11:00 AM | Panel: In/Visible Elements with Sarah Cameron Sunde and Zane Talley Cooper
12:00 PM | Break for Lunch on Your Own
1:30 PM | A Conversation between Peter Decherney and Jaime and Javier Suárez Berrocal with exclusive clips from “The Heart of Puerto Rico”
Coffee Break
3:00 PM | Panel: Bodies in Virtual and Fantasy Worlds with Liz Canner and Rachel Stevens
4:30 PM | Welcome Reception
Saturday, November 23 | Van Pelt Information Commons | 10 AM – 5:30 PM
10:00 AM | VR & Pedagogy Workshop with Peter Decherney and Melisande McLaughlin
A hands-on opportunity to learn about VR for research, education, and storytelling and to experience a range of VR technologies, games, experiences, and films.
VR and AR Experiences:
- Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience
- The Lost City of Mer
- Alchemical Infrastructures: Making Blockchain in Iceland
- Oyster City
- Unceded Territories
12:00 PM | Catered Lunch
1:00 PM | Panel: Environmental Game Design and the Value of Play
- Jessica Creane
- Dargan Frierson
- Caroline Lachanski
- Emiliya Al Yafei
2:30 PM | Breakout Game Workshops
- Immersive Game Design with Unity, Caroline Lachanski with help from Emiliya Al Yafei, Spencer Webster-Bass, Matt Boyd-Surka, and Grace Gilbert
- Analogue Climate Game Design, Jessica Creane
4 PM | Visit site-specific The Altering Shore VR experiences
Saturday, November 23 | Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Prince Theatre | 7:30 – 9:30 PM
The Altering Shores, Live Performance
- Roderick Coover
- Nick Montfort
- Adam Vidiksis