Speakers Announced For The 2013 LA Games Conference!
The annual LA Games Conference is right around the corner (it’s THIS week to be exact), and both the conference’s agenda and featured speakers have now been revealed. Some of the many highlights (for me anyways) include thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen, Activision’s Jonathan Anastas, and Ubisoft’s Chris Early.
The conference takes place this Thursday and Friday (April 18th and 19th), and will feature 11 panels, 3 keynotes, 3 roundtables discussions, and 3 featured presentations, as well as countless exhibits and demos. This year’s conference sounds absolutely huge, and is definitely one you won’t want to miss if you find yourself in the Los Angeles area this weekend.
Check out the full list of speakers (and an interview from last week’s conference) below, and let us know if you’re planning to attend! Tickets are available here, and using the code SRADIUS will get you 10% off!
2013 Speakers:
Jonathan Anastas, VP, Global Marketing, Head of Digital & Social Media, Activision
Kraig Baker, Co-chair, Games Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Barry Blumberg, EVP, Alloy Digital, President, Smosh
Bjorn Book-Larsson, CEO, Reloaded Games
Robin Boyar, Founder, thinktank
Pascal Brochier, SVP, Americas Publishing, Electronic Arts
Scott Brovsky, Brand Marketer and former Director, Global Marketing, Disney Interactive
Brent Bushnell, CEO, Two Bit Circus
Rob Carroll, Chief Mobile Officer, 5th Planet Games
Frank Cartwright, COO, Reloaded Games
Jenova Chen, Co-Founder & Creative Director, thatgamecompany
Lina Chen, Co-Founder, Nix Hydra Games
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Barry Cottle, Chief Revenue Officer, Zynga
Marco DeMiroz, President & CEO, PlayFirst
Sunny Dhillon, Signia Venture Partners
John Dobrowolski, GM, Games, Nanigans
Chris Donahue, VP, Global Marketing & Content, CiiNOW
Trevor Doerksen, CEO and Founder, Mobovivo
Rob Dyer, VP, Partner Publishing, Zynga
Chris Early, VP, Digital Publishing, Ubisoft
Chris Enock, VP of Central Publishing, Riot Games
Jon Estanislao, Senior Director, Global Digital and Mobile Sales, Activision Blizzard
Eric Futoran, Co-Founder and VP of Revenue and Operations, Scopely
Eric Goldberg, Managing Director, Crossover Technologies
Mike Goslin, General Manager, Rebel Entertainment
Marc Graser, Senior Editor, Variety
Alison Haislip, former TV correspondent, Attack of the Show! on G4 and NBC‘s The Voice
Jeff Hilbert, Founder & Managing Partner, Digital Development Management
Teemu Huutanen, Head of M&A and Investments, Rovio
Zain Jaffer, CEO, Vungle
Marshall Jensen, Managing Director, DMW Hexagon
Grant Johnson, President and Co-Founder, Interpret
George Jones, Director of Programming, Games/Action Channel, Wikia
Andy Kleinman, Chief Business Officer, Scopely
Jennie Kong, SVP, Digital Entertainment, Miller PR
Raph Koster, Entrepreneur, Game Designer, and Author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design
Peter Levin, CEO, Nerdist Industries & Co-President, Legendary Entertainment Digital
Billy Levy, President & Co-Founder, Virgin Gaming
Christopher Mahoney, Director, Emerging Platforms, PlayStation, Sony Computer Entertainment
Michael Marchetti, Former CEO, Buffalo Studios
Lisa Marino, CEO, RockYou
Michael Metzger, Principal, Covert & Co.
Jeremy Monroe, General Manager, Wargaming America
Jay Moore, President/Co-founder, BitRaider and Head of Special Ops, The Strategery Group
Braden Moulton, President & COO, 5th Planet Games
Tian Mu, Co-Founder & CEO, Naked Sky Entertainment
Ken Murphy, VP of Studio, GameHouse, RealNetworks
John Orlando, Director, Digital Development, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Maria Pacheco, Sr. Director, Marketing – Mobile, DreamWorks Animation
Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush Securities
Andrew Pascal, Founder & CEO, PLAYSTUDIOS
Zach Phillips, VP of Publisher Relations, PlayHaven
Brock Pierce, CEO, Playsino, Managing Director, Clearstone Global Gaming Fund
Martin Rae, President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
Jarkko Rajamäki, VP, Ad Operations, Rovio
Chethan Ramachandran, CEO & Co-Founder, Playnomics
Nate Redmond, Managing Partner, Rustic Canyon
Jesse Redniss, SVP, Digital, USA Network/NBCUniversal
Nanea Reeves, COO, Machinima
David Rice, SVP & GM, CBS Interactive Games
Stephen Saiz, GM, Mobile, Majesco Entertainment
Kellee Santiago, Head of Developer Relations, OUYA
Brian Sapp, Director, Developer Partnerships, Tapjoy
Alan Seiffert, Founder, Seiffert Media Advisors
Jamison Selby, Director, Monkey King Games / Chair, IGDA LA Chapter
Adam Sessler, Executive Producer, Host, and Editor in Chief for Rev3 Games, Revision3
Seth Shapiro, Principal, New Amsterdam Media
Sanjay Sharma, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Machinima
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire / Chair, DMW Games Conference
Dave Siemer, Managing Director, Siemer Ventures
Jonathan Simpson-Bint, Chief Revenue Officer, Twitch.TV
Robert Steele, Manager, Corporate Bus. Dev. & Strategy, Warner Bros. Studios
Tim Steudler, SVP Publishing & Business Development, AdColony
Won Il Sue, SVP, Gamevil
Oren Tversky, VP, Business Development, Unity Technologies
Rodrigo Velloso, Head of Gaming, YouTube
Ian Verchere, CCO, Roadhouse Interactive
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors
Kent Wakeford, EVP Corporate Development and General Counsel, Kabam
Margaret Wallace, CEO, Playmatics
James Waugh, Franchise Development, Blizzard Entertainment
Joe Weinman, Senior Vice President, Cloud Services & Strategy, Telx
Brian Wong, Co-Founder & CEO, Kiip
Josh Yguado, President, SGN
Bill Young, Managing Director, EA Ready, Head of Video Strategy, Electronic Arts