Here’s the list in order of appearance and the session they’re moderating.
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Dean Takahashi, the lead writer for GamesBeat: a conversation with Mark Pincus on the industry opportunity for play
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Dean Takahashi: A conversation with Bing Gordon
Sebastian Haley, GamesBeat culture editor: Making Indie Games.
Chris Baker, senior editor, Wired magazine: The Asian Games Roundtable.
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Dean Takahashi: fireside chat with Seamus Blackley, a cocreator of the Xbox and head of Innovative Leisure.
Eric Eldon, coeditor of TechCrunch: Fireside Chat with Disney’s Bart Decrem.
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Day two
Sebastian Haley: Crowd-funding Your Games: What Could Go Wrong?
Dan “Shoe” Hsu, editor-in-chief of GamesBeat: Retail & Digital Convergence: How Retail Can Meet the Evolving Needs of the Gamer.
Dean Takahashi: The Changing Nature of Publishing (conversation with Benchmark Capital’s Mitch Lasky).
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Dean Takahashi: The Real Platform Wars: Consoles vs. Browsers (conversation with Kixeye’s Will Harbin).
Jane Pinckard, the associate director of the Center for Games & Playable Media at UC Santa Cruz: Case Studies in Crossover Strategies.
Steve Peterson, a writer for GamesIndustry International: App User Acquisition Today & Tomorrow — Where Is It All Headed?
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Gus Tai, the general partner for Trinity Ventures: Who’s Got Game Startup Contest.
Dan “Shoe” Hsu: Crossing Over From Japan to the U.S., from U.S. to Japan (fireside with Ngmoco’s Neil Young)
Dean Takahashi: The Past, Present, and Future of Tencent’s Gaming Services.
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Dean Takahashi: Fireside Chat with Flurry’s Simon Khalef.
GamesBeat 2011’s theme is “The Crossover Era.” The game industry as we know it is changing. We’re seeing established companies cross over from one market to another, where once they faced barriers. As companies adapt to change, we are witnessing disruption, change, consolidation, innovation, and the arrival of big money. We’re talking billions of dollars that are at stake.
Our previously announced speakers are Mark Pincus of Zynga, Will Wright of Stupid Fun Club, Bing Gordon of Kleiner Perkins, Atul Bagga of Lazard Capital, Mitch Lasky of Benchmark Capital, Chris Petrovic of GameStop Digital Ventures, Riccardo Zacconi of King.com, Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio, Seamus Blackley of Innovative Leisure, Will Harbin of Kixeye, Brock Pierce of Clearstone Global Gaming Fund, David Bezahler of Blitzoo, Nicholas Talarico of 12 Gigs, Jesse Jasonov of Zynga, Christopher Griffin of Betable, Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions, Cindy Au of Kickstarter, Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nabeel Hyatt of Spark Capital, Brian Fargo of InXile Entertainment, Jesse Divnich of EEDAR, Phil Eisler of Nvidia, Greg Canessa of Activision Blizzard, and Tim Merel of Digi-Capital.
We’re expecting 500 movers and shakers from throughout the game industry — social, mobile, online, and console. Please join us.
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