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Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal

Institute for the Future

Jane McGonigal takes play seriously. She is the director of game research and development at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, and is currently writing a book about how games can save the real world (Reality is Broken, Penguin Press, 2010). She is also an award-wining game designer, best known for directing and designing alternate reality games such as The Lost Ring, World Without Oil, and Cruel 2 B Kind. She has a PhD. in performance studies from the University of California at Berkeley and blogs at www.avantgame.com.

Sessions

11:55am Wednesday, 03/11/2009
Superstruct: How to Invent the Future by Playing a Game
Geek Life, Mobile and The Web
 Location: Imperial Ballroom
Jane McGonigal (Institute for the Future)
What are the five biggest problems the world will face in 2019 – and how can we get a head-start on solving them together? Find out in this talk, which presents the results of SUPERSTRUCT, the world’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game. Read more.
3:00pm Thursday, 03/12/2009
The End of Free Space
Location: Imperial Ballroom
Jane McGonigal (Institute for the Future)
Our 3-day massively multiplayer thought experiment is over! Find out what exactly the ETech crowd decided to do with their personal cube satellites -- and what it might mean for our future. Read more.
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