Games For Change Around the World: Global Inspiration and Interpretations. Introduction. Session leader. Games-for-Change Festival. New York, USA, 22th June 2011.

1. Introduction Games-4-Change Festival, New York, 22th June ‘11 Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, PhDCEO, founder Serious Games Interactive Selected productions Serious Games Interactive 2006-2011 ©

3. PhD Games & learning

5. Playing History-series

6. +20 games for clientsEuropean Research projects: SIREN, PlayMancer, Vistra& GaLa

8. Develop serious games that combines playing, learning, communication and story-telling.

9. Covered in most major news outlets and won numerous awards over the years.

12. Gamification– Games are moving into all contexts and areas. Not just products.

14. No formal organisations or conference although there has been a few attempts over the years.

15. Fits well with the progressive approach, game savy audience and good infrastructure.http://nsg.jyu.fi/index.php/Main_Page

16. Global – G4C Global Conflicts World Bank

17. The Nordic Region – we are somewhat alone The City that shouldn’t exist (ECHO) Game about worlds largest refugee camp. http://www.facebook.com/TheCityThatShouldntExist Against all odds (UNCHR) A game about having to flee your country and about your rights. www.playagainstallodds.com

19. Global Conflicts (SGI): Award-winning influential series now going into its fifth year with 10 episodes online covering global hot spots. Translated into more than 7 languages. www.u-landskalender.dk www.globaconflicts.eu

20. The Nordic Region Danida – Sierra Leone 2011

21. The Nordic Region Global Conflicts – Sweat shops 2010

23. Game duration: 60 minutes

24. Languages: English and Danish

25. Plot: Incident at school in local province. Find out what is going on the ground.More info at www.globalconflicts.eu

26. Contact details Serious Games Interactive www.seriousgames.dkwww.globalconflicts.eu www.playinghistory.eu Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen www.egenfeldt.eu sen@seriousgames.dk