Schedule
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Welcome from Emcee
Kahlief Adams
Spawn On Me Podcast
Opening Remarks
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
The Facebook Gaming Perspective
Rick Kelley
Meta, VP, Global Gaming Sales
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Jam City: The Future of Gaming
Chris DeWolfe
Jam City, CEO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Turning Players into Fans and Life-long Customers
Randy Pitchford
Gearbox, Founder
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
M&A Crystal Ball: Where Do We Go From Here?
Hemal Thaker
Goldman Sachs, Global Head of Gaming & Entertainment Investment
Affan Butt
Aream & Co., Founding Partner
Chris Petrovic
FunPlus, Chief Business Officer
Jenna Hardy
Gearbox, CFO
The Balance between New Players and Loyal Fans
Laura Keren
Playtika, VP Marketing
Peleg Israeli
Meta, Director of Global Gaming, Creative Shop
Audience-Driven Games
Oliver Messenger
Meta, Director of Product Management
Jacob Navok
Genvid Technologies, CEO
Matthew Ball
EpyllionCo, Managing Partner
Mobile Game Monetization 2022
Scott Koenigsberg
Zynga, CPO
Rina Hahm
Meta Audience Network, Head of NA-West
The Social Impact of Games: Virtual Roundtable
Simay Dinc
Recontact Games, Co-founder
Susanna Pollack
Games for Change, President
Cristina Amaya
Latinx in Gaming, President & Co-Founder
Why Brand Building is a Must for Game Companies
Willem Dinger
Unilever, Global Director of Sponsorships
Brian Colbert
Meta, Head of Gaming, Americas
Reaching More Players via Inclusive Game Design
Tara Voelker
Microsoft, Xbox Game Studios Accessibility Lead
Osama Dorias
WB Games Montreal, Senior Game Design
Laura Teclemariam
Netflix, Director of Product Innovation, Animation
Renee Gittins
IGDA, Executive Director
Gaming Creators and the Intrinsic Role of Community
Thrive Gaming
Facebook Creator
Bre Eazyy
Facebook Gaming Creator
Luis Olivalves
Meta, Director of Global Gaming Creator Partnerships
Building the Metaverse
Jason Rubin
Meta, VP Metaverse Content
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Welcome from Emcee
Kahlief Adams
Spawn On Me Podcast
Opening Remarks
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Building Socially-Focused Virtual Worlds
Matthew Ball
EpyllionCo, Managing Partner
Anna Sweet
Bad Robot Games, CEO
Tanya Watson
Bad Robot Games, COO
How Do We Keep the Metaverse Cool?
Kim Libreri
Epic Games, Chief Technology Officer
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Reimagining the Way People Come Together
David Baszucki
Roblox, Founder and CEO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
How Brands Can Prosper in the Metaverse
Cathy Hackl
Futures Intelligence Group, Chief Metaverse Officer & CEO
Video Games and the Metaverse: How We Will Build it Together
Joanna Popper
HP, Global Head of XR, Go-to-Market
Jessica Lindl
Unity, Vice President of Social Impact
Anastasia Staten
ESA Foundation
Creating Massive Digital Spaces
Brendan Greene
PlayerUnknown Productions, Director
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
There Are No Wimps in the Metaverse
Nicole Lazzaro
XEODesign, President and Founder
Rewards and Brands in the Metaverse
Nicholas Longano
Scuti, Founder & CEO
Gabrielle Heyman
Zynga, Head of Global Brand Partnerships
Real World Regulations in the Metaverse: What Do You Need to Prepare For?
Chris Hewish
Xsolla, President
James Gatto
Sheppard Mullin, Blockchain and Fintech Team Leader / Games Team Leader
Evan Kaylin
GRILLA, Founder, CEO
Emily Stonehouse
Linden Lab, Chief Compliance Officer
Bringing the Metaverse to the Tabletop
Jeri Ellsworth
Tilt Five, Founder and CEO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
The Metaverse: The Past & Future
Phillip Rosedale
High Fidelity, CEO & Founder
Brad Oberwager
Linden Lab & Tilia, Chairman of the Board
Ina Fried
Axios, Chief Technology Correspondent
Planning for Inclusion of New Voices in the Gaming Metaverse
Jace Hall
HiDef, Founder, Chief Creative Officer
Rick Fox
HiDef, Founder, Chief Business Development Officer
N'Gai Croal
Hit Detection, Founder & CEO
Putting Gamers and Their Rights at the Center
Mike Wagner
Star Atlas, CFA, CEO
Miko Matsumura
gumi Cryptos Capital, General Partner
How to Run a Metaverse Economy
Dirk Lueth
Upland, Co-Founder
Cathy Hackl
Futures Intelligence Group, Chief Metaverse Officer & CEO
Yat Siu
Animoca Brands, Chairman of the Board
Tommaso DiBartolo
University of California Berkeley
The Ethics of the Metaverse
Micaela Montegna
Harvard University and Women in Gaming of Argentina
Jules Urbach
Otoy, CEO
Kate Edwards
Geogrify, CEO
Closing Session
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Women in Gaming Breakfast
Debbie Bestwick
Team17, CEO
Tiffany Wang
Spectrum Labs, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Andrea Rene
What's Good Games, Co-Founder & Host
Welcome from Emcee
Andrea Rene
What's Good Games, Co-Founder & Host
Opening Remarks
Mike Minotti
GamesBeat, Reviews Editor
An Open or Closed Metaverse? - And the Opportunity for Start ups vs Incumbents
Sir Ian Livingstone CBE
Hiro Capital, General Partner
Marc Petit
Epic Games, General Manager, Unreal Engine
Luke Alvarez
Hiro Capital, Managing General Partner
AJ "Dr. Doom" Shewki
LIV Inc
Kuleen Nimkar
Solana Labs
Blockchain Powering the New Metaverse Economy
John Burris
Together Labs, Chief Strategy Officer
Launching NFT Games in the Open Metaverse: Decentralized Gaming Guilds as a Channel Strategy
Sébastien Borget
Sandbox, Co-founder and COO
Andrew Green
Yield Guild Games, Head of Developer Relations
Nicolas Gilot
Ultra.io, Founder & CEO
Curbing Toxicity in the Metaverse
Tiffany Wang
Spectrum Labs, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Rachel Kaser
GamesBeat
Laura Higgins
Roblox, Director of Community Safety and Civility
Rachel Franklin
Electronic Arts, SVP of Positive Play
Transacting in the Metaverse
Chris Smith
BIG Esports, Founder
Josh Marcus
Rumble Gaming, COO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
How to Enable Massive Virtual Worlds
Herman Narula
Improbable, Founder
Enter a User-Led, Reality-Based Metaverse
Urho Konttori
Varjo, Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer
Metaverse Development - Infrastructure and Investment Trends
Wes Levitt
Theta Labs, Head of Strategy
Ibrahim AlSuwaidi
DCM, Investment VP
Marc Thom
Sony Innovation Fund, Venture Capital Senior Investment Manager
Nick Birnbaum
Alpha Sigma Capital, Partner and Head of Research
A Metaverse for Enterprises: Non-Gaming Industrial Virtual Worlds
Nivedita Ojha
Autodesk, Vice President of Platform and Data Strategy
Richard Kerris
NVIDIA, Vice President of Omniverse Development Platform
Marc Petit
Epic Games, General Manager, Unreal Engine
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Finding Your Place and Your Meaning in the Metaverse
Benjamin Charbit
Darewise Entertainment, Co-Founder
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Real Talk About a Real Metaverse
Raph Koster
Playable Worlds, Inc., CEO
Gamesbeat Crew Podcast
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Mike Minotti
GamesBeat, Reviews Editor
Jeff Grubb
GamesBeat, GamesBeat Editor
Rachel Kaser
GamesBeat
Closing Remarks
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
