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Find out the Schedule for the #GamesUR Summit 2023, taking place in Seattle on May 25th and 26th. Times listed below are PST.

Read the schedule in the screen-reader accessible text format here: Day 1: Thursday, May 25th and Day 2: Friday, May 26th.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Day 1 - Thursday, May 25th. All times PST. 9am Opening Ceremony. 9:15am. Keynote: Building yor Insights Community, by Lanie Dixon. 10am break. 10:15am, track 1: Communicating with creatives: How to build influence when stakes are high, by Kirk Rodgers. Track 2: How do I get this plane airborne?, by Salem Kazi. 11:30am, break. 11:45am, track 1: Turn your research into action with a workshop, by Emma Varjo. Track 2: Where academia meets business: Lessons learned from studying UX-related practices in a Swedish indie gamedev community, by Benjamin Linz. 12:30pm. Lunch. 1:30pm: On a Break: Improving The Returning Player Experience, by Elisabeth Whyte. Track 2: Reaching the Broadest Audience, by Jonathan Ehrich. 2.15pm: Break. 2:30pm, track 1: Dark Side of Gaming: Dark Patterns in Games, by Swati S. Track 2: Panel: How to Success as an Early Career Researcher: the Juniors' Perspective, by Pat Dimaadal, Cianna Robinson, Carlo Escobar, and Yi Chen. 3:45pm: Break. 4pm: Designing and Building a Games User Research Lab, Revisited, by Sebastian Long. 5:15pm: Break. 6pm: Social Event.

Friday, May 26, 2023

Day 1 - Friday, May 26th. All times in PST. 9am - Day 2 Kickoff. 9:15am - Track 1: