Leaders from hi5, Zynga and Oberon Media to Keynote at NY Games Conference, September 21
Prestigious Games Industry event to feature top execs from GameStop, Microsoft Halo, Sony PlayStation, Arkadium, THQ, Mattel, and more.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire today announced keynote presenters, speakers and agenda for the highly anticipated NY Games Conference (http://www.nygamesconference.com) to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City on September 21.
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The most influential decision-makers in the digital media industry gather at NY Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. Now in its 3rd year, the event features lively debate on timely cutting-edge business topics surrounding online, mobile, console and social games. Participants are some of the industry's top publishers, developers, advertising, investment firms, social networks, technology providers and content companies.
The themes for this year's event include transmedia, game monetization, the integration of games and social networking, and mobile gaming among others.
Confirmed speakers for the event include: |
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Steve Chiang, President, Studios, Zynga |
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Tal Kerret, Chairman of the Board, Co-founder & Head of Strategic Partnerships, Oberon Media |
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Alex St. John, President and Chief Technology Officer, Hi5 |
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Joakim "Jay" Baage, VP of Content, Digital Media Wire |
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Mari Baker, President & CEO, PlayFirst |
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Allen DeBevoise, Chairman & CEO, Machinima.com |
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Danny Bilson, Exec. VP, Core Games, THQ |
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Richard Borenstein, VP, Strategic Partnerships, Zong |
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Jack Buser, Director, PlayStation® Home, Sony Playstation Network |
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Susan Choe , CEO & Founder, Outspark |
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Duke Chung, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Parature |
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Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic |
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Chris Davis, Sr. VP, Sales, Gaia Online |
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Michael Doron, Vice Presient, Americas, ClickandBuy |
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Dave Etling, Vice President, Product Development, InComm |
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Robert Ferrari, Vp, Publishing & Bus. Dev., Sanrio Digital |
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Eric Goldberg, Managing Director , Crossover Technologies |
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Jeff Gomez, CEO & President, Starlight Runner Ent. |
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Owais Farooqui, Managing Director, NA, King.com |
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Gene Hoffman, CEO, Vindicia |
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Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP, Business Dev. and Communications, Sulake Inc. (Habbo Hotel) |
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Simon Jeffery, Chief Publisging Officer, ngmoco |
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Daniel Kayser, Founder/EIC, EpicBattleAxe.com, Host/Writer, GameTrailers TV, |
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Host/Producer, GameTrailers.com |
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Jack Koch, Head of Marketing, Massive, Inc. |
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Kyu Lee, President, Gamevil |
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Peter Levin, Co-Founder, GeekChicDaily |
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Robert Levitan, CEO and Co-founder, Pando Networks |
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Peter Marx, Vice President of Production & Technology, Mattel |
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Jason McMinn, Co-Founder, Blockdot |
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Joe Minton, President, DDM |
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Hany Nada, Partner & Co-Founder, GGV Capital |
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Chris Petrovic, GM, Digital Media, GameStop Digital Ventures |
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Jim Poole, General Manager, Global Networks & Content, Equinix |
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Chethan Ramachandran, CEO & Co-Founder, Turiya Media |
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Christophe Ramstein, CTO, Immersion Corporation |
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Manu Rekhi, GM, MySpace Games & Developer Platform, MySpace |
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Kenny Rosenblatt, CEO & Co-Founder, Arkadium |
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Jason Schreiber, CEO, Powerhead Games |
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Conrad Sheehan CEO & Founder, mPayy |
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Ned Sherman , CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire |
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Justin Siegal, CEO & Co-Founder, MocoSpace |
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Ian Swanson, CEO & Co-Founder, Sometrics |
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Wade Tinney, CEO & Co-Founder, Large Animal Games |
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Sutton Trout, VP, Digital Content /Gamespy Technology, IGN |
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Rob Uhrich, Senior Director, PaymentOne |
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Brandon Van Slyke, Editor-in-Chief, NYGamesIndustry.com |
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Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors |
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John Watson, Exec. Dir. Bus. Dev., AT&T Digital Media Solutions |
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Christopher Weaver, Founder, Bethesda Softworks |
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Kolja Reiss, Managing Director, mopay Inc. |
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Frank O'Connor, Franchise Development Director, Microsoft Halo |
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Ron Hirson, SVP, Marketing & Bus. Development, BOKU |
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Dino Mytides, VP, Interpret |
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Gabe Zichermann, CEO, beamME |
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Atul Bagga, Director/Senior Analyst, ThinkEquity |
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Tom Akel, Supervising Producer, MTV Networks |
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Billy Pidgeon, Senior Analyst, M2 Research |
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Cindy Armstrong, President & CEO, Electric Bat Interactive |
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Jeff Reine, Director, Digital Goods Bus. Development, PayPal |
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Cary Rosenzweig, CEO, IMVU, Inc. |
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Suzy Luko, Senior Integrations Manager, Massive, Inc. |
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Event sponsors and media partners include hi5, Oberon Media, Zong, GameStop, Arkadium, Click and Buy, PaymentOne, Davis Wright Tremaine, TelecityGroup, Boku, IMVU, PayPal, Equinix, THQ, MocoSpace, Mopay, inComm, Parks Associates, PR Newswire, Fusicology, Mary-Margaret Network, TAG Strategic, Nordic Game, NYCGameIndustry.com, Mashable, Future US, NewYork-Tokyo.com, and The ECA.
For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://nygamesconference.com/
Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include LA Games Conference, Future of Television East & West, Digital Music Forum East & West, Future of Film and Digital Media Conference East and West. For more information, visit http://www.dmwmedia.com.
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