[arg_discuss] Fwd: IGDA PARTNER: New Track Co-Sponsored by IGDA at Digital Hollywood

[Andrea Phillips]

Are any of our members going? It looks like the sort of thing I'd expect one
or more of us to be speaking at. ^_^

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From: IGDA <igda at igda.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Subject: IGDA PARTNER: New Track Co-Sponsored by IGDA at Digital Hollywood
To: Andrea Phillips <andrhia at gmail.com>


Dear IGDA Members,
 IGDA is co-sponsoring a new Games and Hollywood Track at Digital
Hollywood<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=293&qid=2811053>Spring,
May 3-6 at the Loews in Santa Monica.  In addition, there are tracks
covering  Advertising, Funding, TV and Video, Apps and iPads, as well as
co-located events such as The Variety Summit in which the Screen Actors and
Writers Guild will participate.

IGDA Members get $100 off the all-event ticket.  Enter the code "IGDA
Member" when registering for the "All Event" ticket and the $100 discount
will be applied. Note; The discount only applies to tickets over $350.

Don't miss the Games Dinner on Tuesday, May 4.

For more information on Digital Hollywood Spring please visit:
http://www.digitalhollywood.com/LASpring10Agenda.html<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=294&qid=2811053>
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*Digital Hollywood, May 3-6, 2010
The Track
VII. **Hollywood & Games* –* HGmz

The Dinners
Monday, May 3rd
**Social Gaming, Virtual Goods, Virtual Currencies *Dinner, Monday, May 3rd
*Renata Dionello, *Chief of Staff to CEO, eBay
*Benjamin Chen, *Head of Sales, Playdom, Inc.
*Tim Chang, *Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
*Andrew Lacy,* COO and co-founder, Tapulous
*David Madden, *Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business
Development, WildTangent
*Matt Van Horn, *Business Development, Digg, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=295&qid=2811053>
**
**Tuesday, May 4th
**6:15 PM – 9:00 PM - **HGmz-11
**The Games Dinner:
**Gaming, Immersion Technologies & the Platforms - from iPads to
Consoles, *Tuesday,
May 4th*
Ben Feder, *President & CEO, Take-Two Interactive
*Lewis Ward, *Research Manager, Consumer Markets IDC
*Min Kim, *Vice President of Marketing, Nexon America
*Anton Bruehl, *President, IDG
*Michael Bramlage,* Director of Product Management, Nokia
*Ben Fritz, *Entertainment Industry Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times,
Moderator
Co-Hosted by: *International Games Developers Association
**For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=296&qid=2811053>
**The Seminars
**Monday, May 3rd
**1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Track III:** SmPh-1, HGmz-1, NuVIS-1, APPs-1
**iPhone Apps, iPad Apps, Twitter Apps and Mini-Apps as the Next Platform:
Communication, Games and Commerce in Mobile, Social Media & Broadband &
Music
**Jeffrey Litvack, *GM, Global Product Development, Associated Press
*Jason Oberfest,* Vice President, Social Applications, ngmoco
*Chris Hollenbeck, *Managing Director and Founding Member, Granite Ventures
*Natalie Petouhoff, *Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
*Cheryl Lucanegro, *SVP, advertising, Pandora
*Brian Wong, *Business Development, Digg
*Sun Jen Yung, *Managing Director, Nightwood Capital, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=297&qid=2811053>
*
*2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Track I –** DMny-1, HGmz-2, NuVIS-2
**Social Gaming: Online and Mobile - Design, Distribution, Virality,
Cross-Promotion & Monetization
**Michael Pole, *Founder, President, Trilogy Studios
*Andrew Schneider,* Co-founder & President, LiverGamer
*Mike Goslin, *Vice President Product Development, Hangout, former VP Disney
Online
*Mikael Gummerus,* CEO and founder, Frosmo
*Kyle Laughlin,* Head of Yahoo! Sports and Yahoo! Games
*DreamWorks Animation,* tba
*Steve Poehlein,* Director, Media & Entertainment Solutions,
Hewlett-Packard, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298&qid=2811053>
*
*3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Track III – **DMny-2, HGmz-3, DHFi-3, APPs-3
**Digital Money - Virtual Currencies: Experimenting and Developing a
Micropayment Economy
**Susan Wu, *CEO and founder, ohai
*Richard Borenstein,* Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Zong
*Joe Lynam, *CEO, Payment One
*Mihir Shah, *Chief Revenue Officer, Offerpal Media
*Danny Shader,* founder and CEO, Kwedit, Inc.
*Karl Mehta, *Co-Founder & CEO, PLAYSPAN, Inc.
*Tim Chang, *Principal, Norwest Venture Partners, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=299&qid=2811053>
*
*Monday, May 3rd
**6:15 PM - **DMny-3, HGmz-4, DHFi-5 *- Evening Dinner
*• Social Gaming, Virtual Goods, Virtual Currencies *Dinner,
*Renata Dionello, *Chief of Staff to CEO, eBay
*Benjamin Chen, *Head of Sales, Playdom, Inc.
*Andrew Lacy,* COO and co-founder, Tapulous
*Tim Chang, *Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
*Matt Van Horn, *Business Development, Digg, Moderator

*Tuesday, May 4th
**SuperSessions
**9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Track IV: **HGmz-5, DMny-5, APPs-5
**Innovation in Games, Game Networks and Social Gaming - Massive User
Communities and Commerce
**Keith Lee, *CEO & Co-Founder, Booyah
*Donna Powell, *president and COO, Meteor Games
*Don L. Daglow, *President and CEO, Stormfront Studios
*Allen DeBevoise,* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Machinima.com
*Ian Ali, *National Sales Manager, Massive, Microsoft
*Mike Vorhaus,* President, Magid Advisors, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=300&qid=2811053>
*
*10:45 AM - Noon
Track IV: **HGmz-6
**Games and Hollywood: Games, Feature Animation, Brands, Advertising and
Commerce: Establishing the Cross Platform Business Strategy
**Geoff Keighley, *Host and Executive Producer, Spike TV
*Aaron Lassila,* Director, Global Media Sales, Electronic Arts
*Dean Carignan, *Director, Advertising Business Group, Entertainment &
Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation
*David Getson,* ceo, g-NET
*Keith Boesky, *Principal, Boesky & Company
*Peter Marx,* Vice President, Production and Technology, Mattel
*Gordon Bellamy, *Sr. Producer, Emerging Media, yU + co., Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=301&qid=2811053>
*
*Special Workshops
**2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Workshop B: **HGmz-8, DMny-6
**Virtual Economies, MMOs, Virtual Worlds & Virtual Goods
**Craig Sherman,* CEO, Gaia Online
*Cindy Armstrong, *CEO, WebWars
*Kevin Dasch, *VP of Finance and Business Development, IMVU
*Tom George,* Director of Online Marketing and E-Commerce, Turbine, Inc.
*Teemu Huuhtanen, *Executive VP, Business Development and Communications,
Sulake Corporation and President, North America, Sulake Inc.
*David Traub,* VP Business Development, DigitalSportsMedia, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=302&qid=2811053>
*
*3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track II: **HGmz-9
**Games: 360 IP Development - From Casual to Immersive: Full-Spectrum
Development Across Movies, Toys, Games, Virtual worlds and TV
**Dan Winters, *VP Developer Relations, Activision
*John Hight, *Director Product Development, Sony
*James Jones, *VP Creative Production, Hasbro
*Jim Veevaert, *President of Production, Jerry Bruckheimer Games
*Tim Chang, *Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
*Kenneth Locker,* SVP of Digital Media, Cookie Jar Group
*Marty Poulin, *CEO, ShadyLogic Studios, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=303&qid=2811053>
*
*Track IV: **SmPh-6, HGmz-10, APPs-8
**SmartPhone, iPad, Tablets - Games, Music and Content- the Strategies, the
Market, the Rewards
**Stephen Jackson, *President and CEO, Smashing Ideas
*Jason Henderson, *Games Product Manager, Verizon
*Michael Schade,* CEO and Co Founder, Fish Lab
*Matt Story, *Director, Denuo
*Daniele Calabrese,* Founder and CEO, soundtrckr
*Jennifer Cooper, *Founder and Principal, Rocket Spark Media, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=304&qid=2811053>
**
Tuesday, May 4th
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=305&qid=2811053>
**6:15 PM – 9:00 PM - **HGmz-11
**The Games Dinner:
**Gaming, Immersion Technologies & the Platforms - from iPads to
Consoles, *Tuesday,
May 4th*
Ben Feder, *President & CEO, Take-Two Interactive
*Lewis Ward, *Research Manager, Consumer Markets IDC
*Min Kim, *Vice President of Marketing, Nexon America
*Anton Bruehl, *President, IDG
*Michael Bramlage,* Director of Product Management, Nokia
*Ben Fritz, *Entertainment Industry Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times,
Moderator
Co-Hosted by: *International Games Developers Association
**For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here

<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=296&qid=2811053>Wednesday,
May 5th
**3:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Track IV: **SmPh-9, HGmz-13, APPs-13
**iPhone Apps – Tablet Apps - Change Agents – App Breakthroughs, Video,
Games, Mobile Engagement and Advertising
**Jim Eadie,* Vice President, Digital Distribution, MTV Networks
*Walker Fenton, *General Manager, NewsGator Media & Data Services
*Rick Gardinier, *Chief Digital Officer, Brunner
*Jim Garrett, *founder and CEO, Kudzu Interactive
*Shravan Goli, *President, Dictionary.com
*Steve Polsky, *President and COO, Flixster Inc
*Darren Cross, *Director of Business Development, Fandango
*Scott Neslund, *CEO, Red Bricks Media, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=306&qid=2811053>
*
*Thursday, May 6th
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Track **I: **AdvUp-17, HGmz-13, APPs-14
**Advertising and Micro-Commerce, Games and Game Networks - Mobile,
Broadband and Console - Serving Individuals and Communities of Interest
**Paul Drew,* Technology Director and Resident Gaming Expert, IMC
*Ginny Musante, *Group Manager, Advertising Business Strategy, Entertainment
& Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation
*Ranah Edelin, *VP, Business Development and Marketing, Raptr
*Gui Karyo, *EVP of Operations, Majesco
*Matt Hannus,* co-founder, Sleepy Giant Entertainment, Inc.
*Rick Marazzani, *Director of Content and Programming, Exent
*Ivan Todorov, *CEO and co-founder, BLITZ
*Hany Nada, *Managing partner, GGV Capital, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click Here
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=307&qid=2811053>
*
*Track II: **AdvUp-24, HGmz-14
**Advertising Innovation! Broadband, Mobile, In-Video, In-Game, Social
Networks, Blogs and Podcasts
**Frank Barbieri, *CEO and founder, Transpera
*Marc Ruxin, *Chief Innovation Officer, Universal McCann
*Susie Lim,* Creative Director, Wunderman
*Caleb Hill,* Senior Vice President, Products, Unicast
*Ryan Steelberg, *president and CEO of Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc.
(BAT)
*Carnet Williams,* co-founder & CEO, Sprout
*Larry Weintraub,* CEO, Fanscape
*Rick Mathieson,* Award-Winning Writer and Author, Branding, Advertising &
Marketing, Moderator
*For Session Description & Speaker Bios Click
Here<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=308&qid=2811053>
<http://www.igda.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=308&qid=2811053>
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