Games for Change Hong Kong Festival 2025: Playing at the New Frontiers

Welcome to the first-ever Games for Change Hong Kong Festival, a two-day gathering of changemakers, creatives, educators, developers, researchers, and dreamers who believe in the power of play to spark impact.

We have an amazing lineup for our agenda, including:

🌟 An inspiring keynote from Samuel Lee, the the Co-founder and COO of Kepler Interactive/Kowloon Nights (the publisher behind the latest hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

🕹️ Interactive game workshops from changemakers, ranging from local organizations (e.g. Crossroads) to universities (e.g. Columbia University & HKBU)

🎤 Many inspiring talks and panels from game designers, educators and innovators that will explore the power of play in creating social impact

Excited for more? Here is the list of Keynotes, Speakers and Arcade Exhibitors you can look forward to: http://bit.ly/G4CHK2025LiveDoc.

Note: This is a live document that we're updating as we continue to add more world-class speakers and exhibitors to our roster. Be sure to check back in regularly!

We're Back with A Bold Vision ✨

Following the success of our sold-out Games for Change APAC-HK event in 2023 and our subsequent interMISSION workshop series, we’re back with a bold new vision: to explore the new, better futures within and brought about by interactive media, and with license to launch the official Games for Change Hong Kong chapter — proudly, the first ever local chapter in Asia!

That’s why this year, we’re going bigger and deeper. With the theme "Playing at the New Frontiers", our 2025 festival expands beyond games in education to examine a wider spectrum of interactive mediums for social impact and education, as well as urgent adjacent topics in the game industry itself — from diversity and inclusion and regional representation, to the power of interactive media in addressing topics such as climate change, well-being, and human creativity.

 What's More at the Festival📋

🎤 Mainstage Keynotes & Panels

Start each half-day with powerful conversations featuring global and regional voices across games, education, social impact, and beyond.

🧭 Thematic Breakout Tracks

Explore hands-on workshops and intimate sessions across three thematic pillars:

• Climate and Well-being
• Inclusivity and Accessibility
• Creativity Unleashed

🕹️ The Arcade

A curated showcase of playable experiences — tabletop, digital, immersive — highlighting how designers, educators, and innovators are using games and interactive media for change.

🌏 An Expanded Community

This year, we welcome not only game designers and impact practitioners, but also teachers, professors, researchers, and industry insiders who are working both within and adjacent to the world of games.

Whether you’re an educator, student, creative technologist, game developer, or simply someone who believes that games can do more than entertain — if the words Games for Change resonate with you, this festival is for you.

Stay tuned for the full agenda soon!