Join us for an inspiring 3 days exploring the transformative potential of digital games. 
Our Summit 2025 (Wednesday 8th) and Showcase 2025 (Tuesday 7th and Thursday 9th) will bring together developers, educators, researchers, and change-makers to highlight how interactive storytelling and immersive gameplay can solve real world problems.
Whether you’re a game designer, teacher, policymaker, or simply passionate about innovation, this summit is a chance to discover how play can empower purpose and how Games for Change are helping to build a better, more empathetic world.

THE GAMES FOR CHANGE ASIA-PACIFIC
SUMMIT 2025

Wednesday 8 October 2025 

@ ACMI Cinema 2, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria 3000

8:30 amRegistration opens
9:15 amWelcome from G4C APAC and ACMI
9:30 am 

Keynote: Sustainability

Dr Ben Abraham, Sustainable Games Alliance

10:00 am

Session 1: Behavioural Change

Prof Gillian Vesty, RMIT University
Richard Salter, Hojo Studio
Nico King, Chaos Theory
11:15 am

Session 2: Mental Health

Jake Albert Truman, Entropy Interactive
Dr Michelle Chen, Mental Jam
Dr Vasileios Stavropoulos, RMIT University
12:30 pmLunch Break
1:45 pm 

Session 3: Education and Training

Dr Spyros Schismenos, RMIT University
Graham Hannah, UNSW
Kate Ficai, ACMI
3:00 pm

Session 4: Accessibility and Representation

Jess Rowlings, University of Melbourne / Next Level Collaboration
Neema Iyer, STEMtoto
Kasey Gambling, The Honeytrap
4:15 pm

Keynote: Empathy

Dr Susannah Emery, University of South Australia

4:45 pm 

Closing Remarks

5:00pm

Drinks

WE THANK THE FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR SUPPORT