CMP's Game Developers Conference Mobile 2008 Marquee Lineup of Speakers Includes...
CMP's Game Developers Conference Mobile 2008 Marquee Lineup of SpeakersIncludes Chip Austin, Tom Park, and Mitch LaskyGDC Mobile to Host Inaugural Independent Games Festival Mobile Awards toCelebrate Innovation in Mobile Game DevelopmentSAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP's Game Developers ConferenceMobile 2008 (GDC Mobile 2008), the definitive industry event for mobile gameshas published its roster of featured speakers and highlighted sessions. Theannual two-day, multi-track summit will take place Monday Feb. 18 and Tuesday,Feb. 19, 2008 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco during theGame Developers Conference(R) 2008. Featured speakers for this year's eventinclude established mobile entertainment veterans John Szeder, CEO ofMofactor, Mitch Lasky, Partner at Benchmark Capital, Rich Moran, Partner atVenrock, Chip Austin, Managing Principal of i-Hatch Ventures, David Collier,President of Pikkle KK, Tom Park, Director of Operations for Digital Chocolateand Rick Marazzani, General Manager of iQ212. The full lineup of speakers andsessions can be found at http://www.gdcmobile.com.
GDC Mobile 2008 will host the inaugural Independent Games Festival Mobile
(IGF Mobile) Awards, the first official event to recognize and rewardinnovation and creativity in mobile game development. Award winners will beannounced at the IGF Mobile gala ceremony, taking place during the two-day GDCMobile conference.
"GDC Mobile is uniquely positioned to bring together leading creative andbusiness professionals in the mobile games industry to showcase and brainstorminnovation at both the development and business levels," said Jamil Moledina,Executive Director, Game Developers Conference. "We're also excited to putour thumb on the scale a bit, and reward some of the most ambitious mobilegame developers at our first annual IGF Mobile awards."
Headlining the Deals and Distribution track with "Put the Fun in Funding:Mobile Games Investments of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" is a panel ofmobile industry heavy hitters including John Szeder (CEO, Mofactor), MitchLasky (Partner, Benchmark Capital), Richard Moran (Partner, Venrock), and ChipAustin (Managing Principal, i-Hatch Ventures). Leading the OriginalInnovation track is David Collier, President, Pikkle KK, who will address"Social Entertainment: Next Big Thing from Japan." Tom Park, Director ofOperations, Digital Chocolate will discuss "10 Ways to Run a Porting Team likeGenghis Khan" in the Production track and "Tetris: Best/Worst Mobile GamesEver" will be presented in the Design track by iQ212 General Manager RickMarazzani.
GDC Mobile 2008 will provide mobile game developers from around the globethe opportunity to debate the future of the medium with executives fromleading mobile network operators, advanced technology providers, handsetmanufacturers, and major console game publishers. The conference will offerin-depth technical and business oriented mobile game development sessionssupported by research and market analysis for every region in the world.
About the Game Developers Conference(R) (http://www.gdconf.com)
The Game Developers Conference(R) (GDC) is the world's largestprofessionals-only game industry event. Presented every spring in SanFrancisco, it is the essential forum for learning, inspiration, and networkingfor the creators of computer, console, handheld, mobile, and online games.The GDC attracts over 16,000 attendees, and is the primary forum whereprogrammers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, businessdecision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive gamesgather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. The GDC isproduced by the CMP Game Group, a division of CMP Technology.
About CMP (http://www.cmp.com)
CMP is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technologyindustry. With the leading online, event and print brands in all technologymarket categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditionaladvertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMPpublishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek,ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; produces major industry events suchas Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developer Conference and the EmbeddedSystems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing servicessuch as the International Customer Management Institute, SemiconductorInsights and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP is asubsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), aglobal provider of news distribution and specialist information services witha market capitalization of more than $3 billion. For more CMP news, go tocmp.com/newsSOURCE CMPSibel Sunar, sibel@fortyseven.com, or Craig Sinel, craig@fortyseven.com, bothof fortyseven communications, +1-323-658-1200, for CMP; or Loria Ryan of CMPGame Group, +1-415-947-6280, lryan@cmp.com
