Playdom and Gaikai CEOs to Keynote at LA Games Conference, April 29, 2010
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Playdom and Gaikai CEOs to Keynote at LA Games Conference, April 29, 2010
Over 300 Senior Decision-makers from Leading Games, Media, Entertainment, and Tech Companies to Gather at Prestigious Industry Event
LOS ANGELES, April 2 -- Digital Media Wire today announced speakers for the highly-anticipated LA Games Conference (http://www.lagamesconference.com/) to be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, April 29, 2010. Speakers include the following keynotes:
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090319/LA86400LOGO)
DAVID PERRY, CEO, Gaikai
Visionary game designer, Founder of Shiny Entertainment and CEO of Gaikai, David Perry will do a 1-on-1 keynote interview with David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data. Perry is a game industry veteran and the mind behind such famed video games as Earthworm Jim (in which a bionic suit-clad worm saves the galaxy), Messiah (in which a rogue cherub hijacks creatures' bodies to defeat sin), and best-selling game adaptations of movies like Disney's Aladdin, Terminator and The Matrix. Gaikai is a hot company in the cloud-based gaming space backed by investments from Benchmark Capital. Its service, which is currently in beta, will allow gamers to try all kinds of games and software over a broadband connection without the need to have the latest hardware or even the game itself.
JOHN PLEASANTS, CEO, Playdom
John Pleasants, CEO of Playdom, will do 1-on-1 keynote interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors. Before taking the helm at Playdom, John served as President of Publishing and Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts (EA), where he oversaw global operations for the four billion dollar gaming company and led its consumer-facing businesses, including EA Mobile, Pogo, EA.com, global online gaming and Rupture. Playdom is one of the hot companies in the social games space with a number of popular titles on the iPhone, Myspace, and Facebook. In November of 2009, it closed a massive $43 million investment from New Enterprise Associates, Rick Thompson, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
These individuals join a top caliber speaker group that includes:
PANELISTS & MODERATORS
Brian Ward, SVP, Worldwide Studios, Activision Blizzard
Chris Petrovic, General Manager, GameStop Digital Ventures
Nanea Reeves, SVP & COO, Global Online, Electronic Arts
Peter Wanat, Executive Producer, Universal Studios Interactive Group
Vish Makhijani, COO, Zynga
Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush
Securities, Inc.
Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
Teemu Huuhtanen, President, North America, Sulake Inc. (Habbo Hotel)
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors
Alex St. John, President & CTO, hi5
Mari Baker, President & CEO, PlayFirst
Micah Nyatsambo, Director of Social Media, Media Contacts, Havas
Digital
Neal Sinno, VP of Business Development, Arkadium
Eric Goldberg, Managing Director, Crossover Technologies
Louis Figueroa, VP, Business Development, Sony Online Entertainment
Brandon Beck, Co-Founder & CEO, Riot Games
David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data
Dennis Fong, CEO, Raptr
Gene Hoffman, CEO, Vindicia
Calvin Yang, Vice President, Marketing, NHN USA / ijji.com
Lenny Brown, Director, IP Development, THQ
Michael Bergen, Senior Manager, Developer Relations & Partnerships,
Ovi, Nokia
Joe Lynam, CEO, PaymentOne
Adam Caplan, Vice President, Virtual Currency, Super Rewards
(Adknowledge)
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Richard Borenstein, SVP, Worldwide Sales, Zong
Bill Young, Director, Global Media Sales, Electronic Arts
Jonathan Epstein, Former President & CEO, Double Fusion
Dave Ulmer, Sr. Director, Entertainment Products, Motorola Media
Solutions
Kyu Lee, President, Gamevil
Stephen Saiz, Director, Marketing -Digital Publishing, Disney
Interactive Studios
Jay Baage, VP of Content, Digital Media Wire /Event Director, LA
Games Conference
Allen DeBevoise, Chairman & CEO, Machinima.com
Peter Levin, Co-Founder, GeekChicDaily
Kraig Baker, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Lee Clancy Jr., SVP, Product Management & GM, Direct Revenue, IMVU
Meredith Lobel-Angel, General Counsel, Nival Interactive
Jason Oberfest, Vice President, Social Applications, ngmoco
Charles Fraenkl, CEO, ClickandBuy
Robert Nashak, EVP, Digital Entertainment, BBC Worldwide
Paul Levine, EVP, Interactive Platforms Group, National Geographic
Global Media
Nathon Gunn, CEO, Social Game Universe
Sean Phinney, VP, Business Development, Playdom
Gordon Bellamy, Sr. Producer, Emerging Media, yU+co
Rebecca Weeks Watson, VP, Business Development, gWallet
David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data
Pascal Brochier, CEO & Founder, LVL UP Ventures
Kate Connally, Vice President, AddictingGames / MTV Networks
Michael Cai, Vice President of Video Games, Interpret
Gabe Zichermann, CEO, beamME
Atul Bagga, Director/Senior Analyst, ThinkEquity
Event sponsors and media partners include: Consumer Electronics Association, GameStop Digital Ventures, Zong, Vindicia, ClickandBuy, Switch and Data, PaymentOne, Davis, Wright & Tremaine LLP, RightScale, E3, IGDA, Fusicology, Pearl Research, Parks Associates, YPulse, Casual Games Association, Mary-Margaret Network, Mashable, Social Radius, Terpin Communications, TAG Strategic, PRNewswire, and MultiView.
For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit:
http://lagamesconference.com/
Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include NY Games Conference, Future of Television Forum, Digital Music Forum East & West, Digital Media Insider @ CES and Digital Media Conference East and West.
About Digital Media Wire, Inc:
Digital Media Wire is an events, news, and publishing company serving the digital entertainment & media industry since May 2000. Digital Media Wire produces executive forums featuring leading executives in digital media and entertainment. Digital Media Wire also publishes an authoritative daily email newsletter and industry news portal. For more information, please visit: http://www.dmwmedia.com.
Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090319/LA86400LOGO
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Source: Digital Media Wire, Inc.
CONTACT: Tinzar Sherman of Digital Media Wire, Inc., +1-310-855-0033,
ext. 702, tinzar@digitalmediawire.com, or Agency, Jessica Hasson of Terpin
Communications, +1-323-710-3556, jessica@terpin.com, for Digital Media Wire,
Inc.
Web Site: http://www.dmwmedia.com/
http://lagamesconference.com/
Over 300 Senior Decision-makers from Leading Games, Media, Entertainment, and Tech Companies to Gather at Prestigious Industry Event
LOS ANGELES, April 2 -- Digital Media Wire today announced speakers for the highly-anticipated LA Games Conference (http://www.lagamesconference.com/) to be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, April 29, 2010. Speakers include the following keynotes:
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090319/LA86400LOGO)
DAVID PERRY, CEO, Gaikai
Visionary game designer, Founder of Shiny Entertainment and CEO of Gaikai, David Perry will do a 1-on-1 keynote interview with David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data. Perry is a game industry veteran and the mind behind such famed video games as Earthworm Jim (in which a bionic suit-clad worm saves the galaxy), Messiah (in which a rogue cherub hijacks creatures' bodies to defeat sin), and best-selling game adaptations of movies like Disney's Aladdin, Terminator and The Matrix. Gaikai is a hot company in the cloud-based gaming space backed by investments from Benchmark Capital. Its service, which is currently in beta, will allow gamers to try all kinds of games and software over a broadband connection without the need to have the latest hardware or even the game itself.
JOHN PLEASANTS, CEO, Playdom
John Pleasants, CEO of Playdom, will do 1-on-1 keynote interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors. Before taking the helm at Playdom, John served as President of Publishing and Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts (EA), where he oversaw global operations for the four billion dollar gaming company and led its consumer-facing businesses, including EA Mobile, Pogo, EA.com, global online gaming and Rupture. Playdom is one of the hot companies in the social games space with a number of popular titles on the iPhone, Myspace, and Facebook. In November of 2009, it closed a massive $43 million investment from New Enterprise Associates, Rick Thompson, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
These individuals join a top caliber speaker group that includes:
PANELISTS & MODERATORS
Brian Ward, SVP, Worldwide Studios, Activision Blizzard
Chris Petrovic, General Manager, GameStop Digital Ventures
Nanea Reeves, SVP & COO, Global Online, Electronic Arts
Peter Wanat, Executive Producer, Universal Studios Interactive Group
Vish Makhijani, COO, Zynga
Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush
Securities, Inc.
Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
Teemu Huuhtanen, President, North America, Sulake Inc. (Habbo Hotel)
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors
Alex St. John, President & CTO, hi5
Mari Baker, President & CEO, PlayFirst
Micah Nyatsambo, Director of Social Media, Media Contacts, Havas
Digital
Neal Sinno, VP of Business Development, Arkadium
Eric Goldberg, Managing Director, Crossover Technologies
Louis Figueroa, VP, Business Development, Sony Online Entertainment
Brandon Beck, Co-Founder & CEO, Riot Games
David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data
Dennis Fong, CEO, Raptr
Gene Hoffman, CEO, Vindicia
Calvin Yang, Vice President, Marketing, NHN USA / ijji.com
Lenny Brown, Director, IP Development, THQ
Michael Bergen, Senior Manager, Developer Relations & Partnerships,
Ovi, Nokia
Joe Lynam, CEO, PaymentOne
Adam Caplan, Vice President, Virtual Currency, Super Rewards
(Adknowledge)
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Richard Borenstein, SVP, Worldwide Sales, Zong
Bill Young, Director, Global Media Sales, Electronic Arts
Jonathan Epstein, Former President & CEO, Double Fusion
Dave Ulmer, Sr. Director, Entertainment Products, Motorola Media
Solutions
Kyu Lee, President, Gamevil
Stephen Saiz, Director, Marketing -Digital Publishing, Disney
Interactive Studios
Jay Baage, VP of Content, Digital Media Wire /Event Director, LA
Games Conference
Allen DeBevoise, Chairman & CEO, Machinima.com
Peter Levin, Co-Founder, GeekChicDaily
Kraig Baker, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Lee Clancy Jr., SVP, Product Management & GM, Direct Revenue, IMVU
Meredith Lobel-Angel, General Counsel, Nival Interactive
Jason Oberfest, Vice President, Social Applications, ngmoco
Charles Fraenkl, CEO, ClickandBuy
Robert Nashak, EVP, Digital Entertainment, BBC Worldwide
Paul Levine, EVP, Interactive Platforms Group, National Geographic
Global Media
Nathon Gunn, CEO, Social Game Universe
Sean Phinney, VP, Business Development, Playdom
Gordon Bellamy, Sr. Producer, Emerging Media, yU+co
Rebecca Weeks Watson, VP, Business Development, gWallet
David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data
Pascal Brochier, CEO & Founder, LVL UP Ventures
Kate Connally, Vice President, AddictingGames / MTV Networks
Michael Cai, Vice President of Video Games, Interpret
Gabe Zichermann, CEO, beamME
Atul Bagga, Director/Senior Analyst, ThinkEquity
Event sponsors and media partners include: Consumer Electronics Association, GameStop Digital Ventures, Zong, Vindicia, ClickandBuy, Switch and Data, PaymentOne, Davis, Wright & Tremaine LLP, RightScale, E3, IGDA, Fusicology, Pearl Research, Parks Associates, YPulse, Casual Games Association, Mary-Margaret Network, Mashable, Social Radius, Terpin Communications, TAG Strategic, PRNewswire, and MultiView.
For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit:
http://lagamesconference.com/
Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include NY Games Conference, Future of Television Forum, Digital Music Forum East & West, Digital Media Insider @ CES and Digital Media Conference East and West.
About Digital Media Wire, Inc:
Digital Media Wire is an events, news, and publishing company serving the digital entertainment & media industry since May 2000. Digital Media Wire produces executive forums featuring leading executives in digital media and entertainment. Digital Media Wire also publishes an authoritative daily email newsletter and industry news portal. For more information, please visit: http://www.dmwmedia.com.
Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090319/LA86400LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: Digital Media Wire, Inc.
CONTACT: Tinzar Sherman of Digital Media Wire, Inc., +1-310-855-0033,
ext. 702, tinzar@digitalmediawire.com, or Agency, Jessica Hasson of Terpin
Communications, +1-323-710-3556, jessica@terpin.com, for Digital Media Wire,
Inc.
Web Site: http://www.dmwmedia.com/
http://lagamesconference.com/