Schedule
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Welcome from Emcee
Kahlief Adams
Riot Games, DEI Program Manager
Opening Remarks
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
The Facebook Gaming Perspective
Rick Kelley
Meta, VP, Global Gaming
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 and Interactive Entertainment Investment Banking
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
App Monetization Strategies for 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 Montréal, Senior Game Design
Laura Teclemariam
Netflix, Director of Product Innovation, Animation
Renee Gittins
IGDA, Executive Director
Diversity and its Role in Building Engaged Audiences
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
Riot Games, DEI Program Manager
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
Lindsey McInemy
formerly Anheuser-Busch InBev, Head of Technology and Innovation
Video Games and the Metaverse: How We Will Build it Together
Joanna Popper
HP, Global Head of XR, Go-to-Market
Raffaella Camera
Epic Games Unreal Engine, Head of Brands & Advertisers Solutions
Anastasia Staten
ESA Foundation, Executive Director
Jasmine Roberts
Google, Software Engineer
Clorama Dorvilias
Meta/Oculus VR, Product Manager
Feeling the Metaverse
Sly Lee
Emerge, Co-founder & Co-CEO
Isaac Castro
Emerge, Co-founder & Co-CEO
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
Jillian Rothman
Warner Music Group, Senior Director, New Business & Ventures
Seven Volpone
Subnation, Co-founder & CEO
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
Emily Stonehouse
Linden Lab, Chief Compliance Officer
Virtual Roundtable: Making the Metaverse Accessible
Michele Landis
Accessible360, Co-founder & CRO
Bell Beh
BuzzAR, Co-founder & CEO
Paula Jones
Blind Chihuahua, Founder & CEO
Emilie Joly
Zoe Immersive, CEO
Isaac Castro
Emerge, Co-founder & Co-CEO
Finding Your Place and Your Meaning in the Metaverse
Benjamin Charbit
Darewise Entertainment, Co-Founder
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
How Do You Bring People Together in the Metaverse?
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
Uplandme, Inc., Co-founder & Co-CEO
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
Kent Bye
Voices of VR
Micaela Mantegna
Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center Affiliate
Jules Urbach
Otoy, CEO
Kate Edwards
Geogrify, CEO
Closing Session
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Women in Gaming Breakfast (Off Main Stage, Invite Only)
Debbie Bestwick
Team17, CEO
Tiffany Xingyu Wang
Spectrum Labs, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Andrea Rene
What's Good Games, Co-Founder & Host
Laura Naviaux Sturr
Amazon Games, Head of Business Operations & Player Experience
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
MetaJuice, Chief Strategy Officer
Why Traditional Advertising Won’t Work in the Metaverse
Samuel Huber
Admix, Founder & CEO
Michael Liu
Carat, SVP, Head of Innovation
Doug Rosen
Nickelodeon / ViacomCBS, SVP, Strategy, Business Development & Digital Products
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Launching NFT Games in the Open Metaverse: Decentralized Gaming Guilds as a Channel Strategy
Sébastien Borget
Sandbox, Co-founder and COO
Andrew N. Green
Yield Guild Games, Advisor
Nicolas Gilot
Ultra.io, Founder & CEO
Bozena Rezab
GAMEE, CEO & Co-Founder
Curbing Toxicity in the Metaverse
Tiffany Xingyu 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
Evan Heby
Tipalti, Senior Marketing Manager
Breakout Session A: Presence and Agency in the Metaverse
Louisa Spring
Sam Immersive, CEO
Stephanie Llamas
VoxPop, Founder and Chief Analyst
Jessica Ochoa Hendrix
Killer Snails, CEO & Co-founder
Breakout Session B presented by ENJIN: Forget Snow Crash, The Real Metaverse Won’t Be Like Sci-Fi
Witek Radomski
Enjin, Chief Technology Officer
Cliff Cawley
Lost Relics
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
Why The Plumbing Behind The Metaverse Matters
William King
Subspace, Co-Founder & CTO
Kumail Jaffer
Gather.Town, Co-Founder & CTO
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
How Blockchain Gaming Will Go Mainstream
Jerome Collin
SuperTeam Games, CEO
Kuleen Nimkar
Solana Labs
Chris Akhavan
Forte, Chief Business Officer
How to Enable Massive Virtual Worlds
Herman Narula
Improbable, Founder
Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat, Lead Writer
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
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
