1UP Network Announces 2008 Electronic Gaming Summit Speaker Lineup - Dr. Oren Harari, Renowned Author of 'Break from the Pack' to Keynote -

    NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- 1UP Network, the recognized leader
 in print and online videogame content, announced today that celebrated
 author, Dr. Oren Harari, will be headlining a stellar lineup of speakers at
 the 11th Annual Electronic Gaming Summit. The Electronic Gaming Summit,
 held May 19-21, 2008 in Napa, Calif., is the only event of its kind to
 provide a platform for leading videogame industry influencers and top-level
 executives to learn, network, and exchange ideas about the gaming culture
 and its future.
 
     The 2008 Electronic Gaming Summit boasts presentations from an array of
 elite videogame industry and non-industry leaders, who through their vast
 knowledge, experiences and business visions, will share invaluable insight
 on hot-button gaming-related issues and trends. In addition to Dr. Harari,
 author of 'Break from the Pack: How to Compete in a Copycat Economy,'
 Summit speakers include such key business players as Cammie Dunaway,
 executive vice president of sales and marketing, Nintendo of America, Inc.;
 Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing, Interactive
 Entertainment Business, Microsoft Corp.; Peter Moore, president of EA
 Sports; Michael Pachter, managing director, research, Wedbush Morgan
 Securities; Jason Holtman, director of business development, Valve
 Software; Beth Simone-Noveck, professor of law, director, Institute for
 Information Law and Policy, Democracy Design Workshop; Tanya Giles, senior
 vice president, research and planning, MTV Networks Entertainment Group;
 and a panel of prominent journalists that cover the gaming industry
 including N'Gai Croal, Newsweek, Daniel Sieberg, CBS News, Geoff Keighley,
 Spike TV, and Brian Crecente, Kotaku.com.
 
     "From the inception of the Electronic Gaming Summit, this event has
 been the gaming industry touchstone for uncovering key trends and
 generating forward thinking," states Jason Young, CEO, Ziff Davis Media.
 "This year's diverse lineup of speakers truly continues the prestigious
 reputation of this event. Through their varied backgrounds and specialties,
 their presentations will no doubt enlighten minds, open important dialogues
 within the industry, and cultivate new ideas. I can't wait to hear what
 this great group of minds has to say!"
 
     The theme of this year's Electronic Gaming Summit is 1:1, exemplifying
 what the focus is of this unique event, as it is defined in many different
 ways -- the meeting of individuals face to face, the opportunity to have
 direct, focused communication, and the current industry genesis as the
 birth of the next-generation consoles translates into continuous growth and
 opportunities.
 
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     About 1UP Network
 
     1UP Network (gamegroup.ziffdavis.com), a division of Ziff Davis Media
 Inc., and is the largest integrated gaming media publisher in the United
 States, reaching over 27 million gamers. 1UP Network publishes magazines
 including EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly) and Games for Windows: The
 Official Magazine, as well as the social networking and editorial hub
 1UP.com, file download destination FileFront.com, video site
 GameVideos.com, community- driven game help site MyCheats.com, gaming news
 aggregator GameTab.com, and a set of podcasts including leading videocast
 The 1UP Show.
 
 
 

SOURCE 1UP Network

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