Jae Lin (Hotline Director, Games and Online Harassment Hotline) at Games for Change in 2022.
Jae Lin (Hotline Director, Games and Online Harassment Hotline) at Games for Change in 2022.
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Games for Change unveils speakers for 20th annual festival

This year’s Games for Change Festival will feature sessions on AI, mental health, education, and more when it takes place on July 18 through July 20 in New York City.

The Games for Change Festival is the world’s largest annual event dedicated to games and social impact, and the program is now in its 20th year.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.