Audible Tech Talks with Asi Burak, Co-President, Games for Change

Join us for Tech Talks @ Audible on September 10th with Asi Burak, Co-President of Games for Change.

Eventbrite register: http://audibletechtalks-september2012.eventbrite.com/

About Asi Burak

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Asi Burak is Co-President of Games for Change. In his role there, he leads on the development of programs to raise the quality and reach of social impact games, and co-produces the Annual Games for Change Festival, the largest gaming event in New York. For partners including USAID, The World Bank, American Museum of Natural History, and Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof (“Half the Sky”), he is guiding the investment of $8 million into new game projects.

For his work at G4C, Burak was named one of the “Digital 25: Leaders in Emerging Entertainment” by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Variety Magazine.

Before Games for Change, Burak co-founded and led Impact Games, the creators of the acclaimed “PeaceMaker” and “Play the News” gaming platforms (acquired 2010). He is often interviewed by international media, and has been invited to speak at conferences and institutions including TEDxGotham, Harvard Kennedy School, Sundance, Skoll Forum, SXSW, and the US Army War College. He is a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts’ MFA in Design for Social Innovation, and holds a Master of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University.

About Tech Talks @ Audible

Audible is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment on the Internet, owned by Amazon.

Tech Talks @ Audible is a monthly event held at Audible headquarters where we learn from the experiences of others and network with the New York City tech community over catered food and craft beer.

Getting There

Directions from NYC and NJ can be found here:

http://about.audible.com/directions/

Parking is available next door, in the lot on Orange Street.

From NYC:

NJ Transit to Newark Broad Street Station (20 minutes)

5:44 PM ("to Montclair State University") 5:46 PM ("to Dover") As you exit Broad Street Station, you will see 1 Washington Park to your right, a 17‐story red brick building that says Audible.com on the top floor. It is approx. 2 blocks, a 5 minute walk.

Parking

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