Asi Burak is an award-winning gaming and tech executive, a published author, and the Chairman of the influential nonprofit Games for Change.
MY WORK
BIO
Asi Burak currently serves as the Chief Business Officer at Tilting Point, a leading global game publisher, and as the Chairman of Games for Change (G4C), which organizes the annual Games for Change Festival, the largest gaming industry event in New York City.
Frequently interviewed by the media and invited to speak at global forums — including the Clinton Foundation, NASA, Sundance, and TED Talks — Burak published his first book, Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World, co-authored with Laura Parker, a contributing writer to The New York Times, in 2017. In 2011, he was named one of the “Digital 25: Leaders in Emerging Entertainment” by Variety magazine.
Twitter (X): @aburak
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/asiburak
AWARDS
Carnegie Mellon University's 'Tartans On The Rise'
2022
CES - Gary's Book Club Alumni
2017
ETC, Carnegie Mellon University - Alumni Award
2015
Index, International Design Award - Finalist
2015, 2013, 2009
Classy Awards - Top 5
2014 - Half the Sky Movement games
The Tech Awards - Laureate
2011
News Game Award - Winner
2009 - Knight Foundation
G4C - Best Transformation Game
2007 - Games for Change
Charles Bronfman Prize - Nominee
2007 - by Carnegie Mellon
Entrepreneuring Peace Contest - Finalist
2007 - Ashoka
Serious Games Showcase & Challenge - Finalist
2007
Reinventing Public Diplomacy through Games - Winner
2006 - University of Southern California (USC)
Israel Advertising Association - 4 Awards
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SPEAKING
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— TEDxGotham
— CES Las Vegas, Digital Age Summit
— App Store Speaker Series @ Apple HQ
— IVLP, U.S. State Department’s exchange program
— Facebook Executive Forum, Korea
— Sundance Film Festival
— SXSW
— India Game Developers' Conference
— Toy Fair, NYC
— The French Embassy, NYC— Harvard Kennedy School
— MIT Media Lab
— Clinton School of Public Service
— NASA Institute for Space Studies (Columbia)
— Yale University
— X-Prize
— White House STEM Challenge
— American Psychology Association (APA)
— National Science Foundation (NSF)
— Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
