BY THE EDITORS |
Here's your Tribeca Innovation Week Itinerary
Tribeca Innovation Week kicked off last night with a conversation with Aaron Sorkin. Here are the other unmissable events that make up this extraordinary week on the cutting edge. Don't miss out: passes are still available.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
9:00 AM-7:00 PM @ NYU Skirball Center — Games for Change. Day One focuses on industry engagement and strategic partnerships. Highlights include G4C Speed Networking and talks by Jane McGonigal, Noah Falstein, Tracy Fullerton, and Dr. Adam Gazzaley
2:30 PM @ SVA-2 — Future of Film: Jason Silva's Technologies of Immersion, followed by Psychos We Love, featuring Bryan Cranston, Terence Winter, and neuroscientist James Fallon.
7:30 PM @ Bombay Sapphire House of Imagination — Storyscapes. Private opening event.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
9:00 AM-7:45 PM @ NYU Skirball Center — Games for Change. Day Two focuses on independent efforts and creators. Highlights include live games, the Shoot For the Moon Game Design Contest Finals, the Games for Change Awards Ceremony, and talks by Dan Ariely, Dozan Popvic, Nick Fortugno, Paolo Pedercini, Deborah Estrin, and many more.
2:30 PM @ SVA-2 — Future of Film: All the News That's Fit to Shoot, Print...or Tweet
4:00 PM-11:00 PM @ Bombay Sapphire House of Imagination — Storyscapes, an immersive gallery examining how the conventions of visual storytelling are changing through genre-bending projects at the intersection of technology, interactivity, and installation art. (free, reservation required)
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
9:00 AM-5:00 PM @ NYU Skirball Center — Games for Change. Day Three focuses on games for learning and assessment strategies. Highlights include a demonstration of "Feed: A Massive Outdoor game to Combat World Hunger" and talks by Dean Karlan, Co.Lab, and Jenova Chen.
2:30 PM @ SVA-2 — Future of Film: Stories by Numbers
4:00 PM-11:00 PM @ Bombay Sapphire House of Imagination — Storyscapes (free, reservation required)
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
11:00 AM @ NYU Skirball Center — Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, with honorees Jay Walker, Sputnik, Sesame Street, Shiza Shahid, Adam Braun, Yael Cohen, Kevin Kelley, Dick Fosbury, Roya Mahboob, and many more.
4:00 PM-11:00 PM @ Bombay Sapphire House of Imagination — Storyscapes (free, reservation required)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM @ The Bennett Space — Tribeca Hacks <Mobile> Finale Cocktails. Hack participants will present the projects they created during their two-day Hackathon around story, wearable technology, and mobile integration.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
9:30 AM-5:00 PM @ IAC Building — TFI Interactive, assembling the brightest thinkers and innovators from the worlds of film, media, gaming, technology and society to explore storytelling in the digital age. This year’s event features speakers Jonathan Harris, Michel Reilhac, Tom Igoe, Wendy Levy, and Ramona Pringle, as well as an interactive playground where you can experience select projects for yourself.
10:00 AM-6:00 PM @ Greenwich Street, Tribeca — Games for Change Public Arcade at Tribeca Family Festival
1:00 PM-7:00 PM @ Bombay Sapphire House of Imagination — Storyscapes (free, reservation required)