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

[Nina the slackmistress]

If anyone here is a WGA member, they're offering discount tickets as well!

Cheers,
Nina

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Andrea Phillips <andrhia at gmail.com> wrote:


> 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. ^_^

>

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> 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

> >

> ------------------------------

>

>

>

> *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<

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