Playdom and Gaikai CEOs to Keynote at LA Games Conference, April 29, 2010
Over 300 Senior Decision-makers from Leading Games, Media, Entertainment, and Tech Companies to Gather at Prestigious Industry Event
LOS ANGELES, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire today announced speakers for the highly-anticipated LA Games Conference (http://www.lagamesconference.com/) to be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, April 29, 2010. Speakers include the following keynotes:
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DAVID PERRY, CEO, Gaikai
Visionary game designer, Founder of Shiny Entertainment and CEO of Gaikai, David Perry will do a 1-on-1 keynote interview with David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data. Perry is a game industry veteran and the mind behind such famed video games as Earthworm Jim (in which a bionic suit-clad worm saves the galaxy), Messiah (in which a rogue cherub hijacks creatures' bodies to defeat sin), and best-selling game adaptations of movies like Disney's Aladdin, Terminator and The Matrix. Gaikai is a hot company in the cloud-based gaming space backed by investments from Benchmark Capital. Its service, which is currently in beta, will allow gamers to try all kinds of games and software over a broadband connection without the need to have the latest hardware or even the game itself.
JOHN PLEASANTS, CEO, Playdom
John Pleasants, CEO of Playdom, will do 1-on-1 keynote interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors. Before taking the helm at Playdom, John served as President of Publishing and Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts (EA), where he oversaw global operations for the four billion dollar gaming company and led its consumer-facing businesses, including EA Mobile, Pogo, EA.com, global online gaming and Rupture. Playdom is one of the hot companies in the social games space with a number of popular titles on the iPhone, Myspace, and Facebook. In November of 2009, it closed a massive $43 million investment from New Enterprise Associates, Rick Thompson, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
These individuals join a top caliber speaker group that includes:
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Brian Ward, SVP, Worldwide Studios, Activision Blizzard |
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Chris Petrovic, General Manager, GameStop Digital Ventures |
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Nanea Reeves, SVP & COO, Global Online, Electronic Arts |
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Peter Wanat, Executive Producer, Universal Studios Interactive Group |
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Vish Makhijani, COO, Zynga |
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Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush Securities, Inc. |
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Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners |
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Teemu Huuhtanen, President, North America, Sulake Inc. (Habbo Hotel) |
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Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors |
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Alex St. John, President & CTO, hi5 |
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Mari Baker, President & CEO, PlayFirst |
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Micah Nyatsambo, Director of Social Media, Media Contacts, Havas Digital |
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Neal Sinno, VP of Business Development, Arkadium |
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Eric Goldberg, Managing Director, Crossover Technologies |
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Louis Figueroa, VP, Business Development, Sony Online Entertainment |
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Brandon Beck, Co-Founder & CEO, Riot Games |
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David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data |
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Dennis Fong, CEO, Raptr |
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Gene Hoffman, CEO, Vindicia |
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Calvin Yang, Vice President, Marketing, NHN USA / ijji.com |
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Lenny Brown, Director, IP Development, THQ |
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Michael Bergen, Senior Manager, Developer Relations & Partnerships, Ovi, Nokia |
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Joe Lynam, CEO, PaymentOne |
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Adam Caplan, Vice President, Virtual Currency, Super Rewards (Adknowledge) |
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Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire |
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Richard Borenstein, SVP, Worldwide Sales, Zong |
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Bill Young, Director, Global Media Sales, Electronic Arts |
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Jonathan Epstein, Former President & CEO, Double Fusion |
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Dave Ulmer, Sr. Director, Entertainment Products, Motorola Media Solutions |
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Kyu Lee, President, Gamevil |
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Stephen Saiz, Director, Marketing - Digital Publishing, Disney Interactive Studios |
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Jay Baage, VP of Content, Digital Media Wire / Event Director, LA Games Conference |
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Allen DeBevoise, Chairman & CEO, Machinima.com |
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Peter Levin, Co-Founder, GeekChicDaily |
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Kraig Baker, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
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Lee Clancy Jr., SVP, Product Management & GM, Direct Revenue, IMVU |
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Meredith Lobel-Angel, General Counsel, Nival Interactive |
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Jason Oberfest, Vice President, Social Applications, ngmoco |
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Charles Fraenkl, CEO, ClickandBuy |
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Robert Nashak, EVP, Digital Entertainment, BBC Worldwide |
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Paul Levine, EVP, Interactive Platforms Group, National Geographic Global Media |
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Nathon Gunn, CEO, Social Game Universe |
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Sean Phinney, VP, Business Development, Playdom |
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Gordon Bellamy, Sr. Producer, Emerging Media, yU+co |
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Rebecca Weeks Watson, VP, Business Development, gWallet |
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David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data |
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Pascal Brochier, CEO & Founder, LVL UP Ventures |
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Kate Connally, Vice President, AddictingGames / MTV Networks |
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Michael Cai, Vice President of Video Games, Interpret |
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Gabe Zichermann, CEO, beamME |
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Atul Bagga, Director/Senior Analyst, ThinkEquity |
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Event sponsors and media partners include: Consumer Electronics Association, GameStop Digital Ventures, Zong, Vindicia, ClickandBuy, Switch and Data, PaymentOne, Davis, Wright & Tremaine LLP, RightScale, E3, IGDA, Fusicology, Pearl Research, Parks Associates, YPulse, Casual Games Association, Mary-Margaret Network, Mashable, Social Radius, Terpin Communications, TAG Strategic, PRNewswire, and MultiView.
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Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include NY Games Conference, Future of Television Forum, Digital Music Forum East & West, Digital Media Insider @ CES and Digital Media Conference East and West.
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