Keynotes & Initial Speakers Announced!
Top execs from hi5 and Zynga to give
Keynote Presentations at Exclusive
Games Event on September 21, 2010
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Los Angeles, CA (August 2, 2010) - Digital Media Wire today announced speakers for the 3rd annual New York Games Conference (http://www.nygamesconference.com) to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, NY, September 21, 2010.
NY Games Conference is a dedicated insider forum for media and tech executives to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. The conference will bring together the leading video game publishers and developers, carriers, portals, technology companies, advertising execs, venture capitalists, lawyers and analysts to discuss the future of video games and social media. The conference will also feature elements from DMW’s cutting edge series of Millennials Conferences focused on digital entertainment trends and strategies and consumer marketing for the youth market.
Keynote Presenters Include:
Alex St. John, President and Chief Technology Officer, Hi5
Alex leads all product strategy, design, development and operations at hi5. Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of WildTangent, the world’s largest privately held game network with over 30 million monthly uniques. During his tenure, WildTangent developed a unique and highly successful micro-currency based economy and pioneered several technologies for online game publishing. Previously, Alex was responsible for Microsoft's multimedia strategy. He was one of the principal creators of Microsoft's DirectX technology, which become the foundation for all Windows multimedia applications, 3D graphics, media players, and casual multiplayer games, as well as thousands of PC and Xbox games. Alex has an honorary degree from the DigiPen Institute of Technology, and also advises the University of Washington on its technical degree programs and Tech Transfer department.
Steven Chiang, President, Studios, Zynga
Prior to joining Zynga earlier this year, Chiang spent 15 years at Electronic Arts, where he was most recently senior vice president and group general manager of the company's EA sports division. There, he oversaw the popular Madden NFL series, helped re-launch the EA Sports site, and worked on upcoming online game Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online. He also co-founded Tiburon Entertainment in 1994 near Orlando Florida. Electronic Arts acquired the development studio in 1998, renamed it EA Tiburon, and set the group to work on many of its franchises based on sports licenses, such as NASCAR, NCAA Football, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour.
Speakers for 2010 Include:
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Chris Petrovic
GM, Digital Media
GameStop Digital Ventures | Nanea Reeves
Sr. Vice President
EA Online Group | Jack Buser
Director,
PlayStation® Home
Sony Playstation Network |
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Kenny Rosenblatt
CEO & Co-Founder
Arkadium | Ian Swanson
CEO & Co-Founder
Sometrics | Robert Ferrari
VP, Publishing & Bus. Dev.
Sanrio Digital |
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Joe Minton
President
DDM | Richard Borenstein
VP, Strategic
Partnerships
Zong | Jeff Gomez
CEO & President
Starlightrunner Ent. |
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Manu Rekhi
GM, MySpace Games & Developer Platform
MySpace | Mari Baker
President & CEO
PlayFirst | Wade Tinney
CEO & Co-Founder
Large Animal Games |
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Peter Marx
Vice President of
Production & Technology
Mattel | Jim Poole
General Manager, Global Networks & Content
Equinix | Owais Farooqui
Managing Director, NA
King.com |
Event sponsors and media partners include: hi5, Zong, Equinix, GameStop Digital Ventures, Click & Buy, PaymentOne, Terpin Communications, Parks and Associates, Social Radius, PR Newswire, Mashable, NewYork Tokyo, ECA, Mary Margaret Network FutureUS, NYCGameIndustry.com, TAG Strategic, Fusicology, and Nordic Game.
For complete agenda, registration, press pass and event details please visit:
http://www.nygamesconference.com
Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include LA Games Conference, NY Games Conference, Future of Television Forum, Digital Music Forum East & West, Digital Media Insider @ CES and Digital Media Conference East and West.
