Schedule
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Welcome from Emcee
Chris Melissinos
former Chief Gaming Officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., creator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s “The Art of Video Games” exhibition
Welcome Remarks from Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Overcoming the Resistance to Blockchain Games
Witek Radomski
Enjin, Co-Founder & CTO
Chris LoVerme
SpacePirate Games, CEO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
$Meta -- The Metaverse ETF for Investing in the Internet’s Future
Matthew Ball
EpyllionCo, Managing Partner
Anna Sweet
Bad Robot Games, CEO
Imran Sarwar
formerly Rockstar Games, Director of Design
Jacob Navok
Genvid Technologies, Co-Founder & CEO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Building the Real-World Metaverse for Everyone
John Hanke
Niantic, CEO
The Future of Immersive Storytelling -- A Talk by Flavourworks’ Co-founder Jack Attridge
Jack Attridge
Flavourworks, Creative Director & Co-Founder
Building a Diversity-Oriented Studio From the Ground Up
Don Bellenger
The Beauty Cult, Game Director & Co-Founder
Carolin Krenzer
Trailmix, CEO & Co-Founder
Theron James
Wildseed Games, CEO & Creative Director
Eve Crevoshay
Take This, Executive Director
A Vision of the Metaverse
Tim Sweeney
Epic, CEO and Founder
Christina Heller
Metastage, CEO
Morgan McGuire
Roblox, Chief Scientist
Jinsoo Jeon
SK Telecom, VP, Head of Metaverse Company
Willim Cui
Tencent, Vice President of Tencent Games
Patrick Cozzi
Cesium, CEO
Rev Lebaredian
Nvidia, VP of Simulation Technology and Omniverse Engineering
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Paths to Monetization for Gamers Both Professional and Amateur
Brendon Kim
Samsung Next, VP, Managing Director, Global Head of Investments
Austin Woolridge
Players' Lounge, Co-Founder and CEO
Doron Nir
StreamElements, President and Founder
Shahar Sorek
Overwolf, CMO
Roundtable: 5G and Gaming
Tim Guhl
Singtel
Roundtable: The Future of MMOs
Mike Minotti
GamesBeat, Reviews Editor
How Blockchain Gaming is Going to Change Everything
Josh Williams
Forte, CEO
Nick Tuosto
LionTree, Managing Director
Crossover Between NFT Games and Art
Jason Brink
Gala Games, President of Blockchain
Sarah Buxton
Gala Games, COO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
How to Stop Cheating and Fraud in Your Games and in the Metaverse
Steeve Huin
Denuvo by Irdeto, Chief Marketing Officer
Phillip Koskinas
Riot Games, Anti-Cheat Lead
Denise Pollock
Together Labs/IMVU Inc, Director, Trust & Safety
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Putting NFTS and Crypto Wallets in Every Pocket
Roham Gharegozlou
Dapper Labs, CEO
Matthew Ball
EpyllionCo, Managing Partner
The Future of NFTS and Games
Yat Siu
Animoca Brands
Outblaze, Co-Founder & Chairman
Founder & CEO
John Linden
Mythical Games, CEO
Jeff Zirlin
Sky Mavis, Co-Founder
James Zhang
Concept Art House
Fifth Era, CEO, Concept Art House
Partner, Fifth Era
Investing in the Next Major Category in Gaming: Play-To-Earn
Gabby Dizon
Yield Guild Games, Co-Founder
Piers Kicks
BITKRAFT Ventures, Senior Associate
Miko Matsumura
Gumi Cryptos Capital, General Partner Gumi Ventures
Amy Wu
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Parnter
Patience and Quality
Mike Frazzini
Amazon Game Studios, VP Amazon Games
Geoff Keighley
Founder, Game Awards
No More Benchwarmers - Reimagining Mobile Sports Games
Jon Middleton
Nifty Games, CEO
Peter Moore
Unity, SVP/GM of Sports and Live Entertainment
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Closing Comments
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Welcome from Emcee
Keisha Howard
Sugar Gamers, Founder
Welcome from Mike Minotti
Mike Minotti
GamesBeat, Reviews Editor
What Xbox Teaches Us Today
Seamus Blackley
PL&H, Xbox Co-Creator
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Where Gaming Rises Next
Maria Kochmola
The Games Fund, GP and Managing Partner
Cordel Robbin-Coker
Carry1st, Co-Founder and CEO
Salone Sehgal
Lumikai, General Partner
Wanda Meloni
M2 Insights, CEO & Principal Analyst
Why the Games Industry Needs Esports to Succeed
Mike Sepso
Vindex, CEO & Co-Founder
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
New Studios, New Audiences
Anat Shperling
Toya, CEO
Emily Greer
Double Loop Games, Founder & CEO
How Harnessing the Power of UGC Will Enable Game Developers to Thrive
Michael Lewis
Take-Two Interactive Software, VP of Direct to Consumer
Uri Marchand
Overwolf, CEO & Co-Founder
Oscar Navarro
Ubisoft, VP Mergers & Acquisitions
Getting Mainstream Adoption
Strauss Zelnick
Take-Two, Chairman & CEO
Mike Vorhaus
Vorhaus Advisors
Enabling Metaverse Co-Creation: What’s Next for Technology That Powers User-Generated Content at Scale
Dan Sturman
Roblox, CTO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Social Impact Through Games
David Washington
HiDef, Founder, Chief Impact Officer
Jessica Lindl
Unity, Vice President of Social Impact
Stanley Pierre-Louis
Entertainment Software Association, CEO
Adapting to the Boom in Gaming
Sarah Bond
Microsoft, Corporate Vice President / Xbox
Nick Tuosto
LionTree, Managing Director
Breaking the Myths of Crypto, NFTS, and Blockchain
David Kim
wdny.io, VP of Business Development and Marketing
Mitch Zamara
Million on Mars, Lead Game Designer
Jon Radoff
Beamable, CEO
Amy Jo Kim
Game Thinking, Founder & CEO
Roundtable: Perfecting the Pipeline: Why Outsourcing Is Here to Stay
Tammy McDonald
Axis Game Factory, CEO
Jake Hawley
TLM Partners Inc, Founder & CEO
Ninel Anderson
Devoted Studios, CEO
Can XR Reach Out and Touch Your Future?
Franco DeCesare
Emerge, VP of Marketing
Gary Yamamoto
Finch Technologies, CEO and Co-Founder
Charlie Fink
XR Consultant, Author & Columnist
From Video Game Creator to Entrepreneur: A Conversation With Creator and New Co-owner of Esports Organization Spacestation Gaming, Mari Takahashi
Mari Takahashi
Rebel Atom Production, AtomicMari, Founder
Jon Brence
Twitch, Director for Strategic Partnerships
Moving From Web 2 to Web 3 Games
Andrzej Mazur
Enclave Games, Founder
Chase Freo
Op Games, CEO
Lars Doucet
Level Up Labs, Co-Founder
Sebastien Borget
The Sandbox, Co-founder and COO
Robby Yung
Animoca Brands, CEO
Why the Time Has Come for an Open Source Game Engine
Denis Dyack
Apocalypse Studios, CEO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
The Tech Behind the Real-Time Metaverse
Ron Williams
Subspace, COO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
The Apple Ecosystem Challenges
Rick Hoeg
Hoeg Law
Brian Bowman
ConsumerAcquisition.com, CEO
Chris Hewish
Xsolla, President
Joseph Kim
LILA Games, CEO
The Game Investment Boom
Jay Chi
Makers Fund, Founding Partner
Nick Tuosto
LionTree, Managing Director
Amy Wu
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Parnter
Kevin Chou
SuperLayer, Founder
Gamesbeat’s Wrap-up Chat
Mike Minotti
GamesBeat, Reviews Editor
Jeff Grubb
GamesBeat, GamesBeat Editor
Rachel Kaser
GamesBeat, News Writer
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Closing Comments
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
