Program - iGames Summit 2009

Program

11:30 AM to 12:45 PM	Lunch and Registration Join your fellow attendees for a box lunch and some pre-conference mingling. Register in advance to save money and time at registration.
12:50 PM	Welcome and Opening Charles Hudson
1:00 PM	Panel: “Lessons Learned: Why iPhone Games Work” Neil Young, ngmoco Andrew Lacy, Tapulous Steve Demeter, Demiforce LLC (Trism) Keith Lee, Booyah Moderator: Ken Gullicksen, Morgenthaler Ventures
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM	Breakout Sessions #1 Interested in diving deeper into some specific topics? We have a great set of expert-led breakout sessions that will dive deeper into some of the most interesting areas of the fast-growing iPhone gaming industry: Session A: Mark Pincus, Zynga – “Building Social Games for the iPhone – Bridging the Mobile and Social Web” (Robertson) Session B: Danielle Cassley and Jason Citron, Aurora Feint – “Developing for the iPhone – What We’ve Learned in the Past Year” (Fisher 1) Session C: Ge Wang, smule (Ocarina) – “Understanding Sonic Media” (Fisher 2)
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM	Breakout Sessions #2 Interested in diving deeper into some specific topics? We have a great set of expert-led breakout sessions that will dive deeper into some of the most interesting areas of the fast-growing iPhone gaming industry: Session A: Anu Shukla, Offerpal Media – “Monetizing iPhone Applications with the Offerpal Platform” (Robertson) Session B: Mike Mettler, AdMob – “iPhone Games by the Numbers” (Fisher 1) Session C: Sebastien de Halleux, Playfish – “Social Games: Anytime, Anywhere” (Fisher 2)
3:30-4:00 PM	Break Need caffeine? How about a cookie or a snack? We’ll have refreshments on hand to keep you going through the rest of the day.
4:00-4:45 PM	Breakout Sessions #3 Interested in diving deeper into some specific topics? We have a great set of expert-led breakout sessions that will dive deeper into some of the most interesting areas of the fast-growing iPhone gaming industry: Session A: Shervin Pishevar, SGN – “Building Gesture-Driven Games for the iPhone” (Robertson) Session B: Nicole Lazzaro, XEODesign – “Using Fun to Drive Social Distribution of iPhone games” (Fisher 1) Session C: Mike Pagano, EA Mobile – “Talk Title TBD” (Fisher 2)
4:45-5:30 PM	Closing Panel: “Where Do We Go From Here?” Brett Seyler, Garage Games Michael Chang, Greystripe David Helgason, Unity Technologies Greg Yardley, Pinch Media Moderator: Rebecca Lynn, Morgenthaler Ventures
5:30 PM	Closing Remarks Charles Hudson