Social Gaming Summit University
May 6th from 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
This year we'll be offering a half-day seminar designed to provide insights into some of the emerging areas of social gaming as well as some of the fundamental concepts that are key to understanding social games and how they work. We'll cover everything from why social games work to what it takes to successfully develop and deploy a social game. We hope you're able to join us for this exciting portion of the program. Further session details will be listed very soon, but here's a quick topic overview:
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Vikas Gupta |
Sean Ryan
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Danny Shader |
Ted Sorum |
Charles Hudson |
Andrew Busey |
Jim Greer |
Dana Jongewaard |
Andrew Sheppard |
Susan Wu
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Social Gaming Summit
May 7th from 9:30 AM to 6 PM
The Social Gaming Summit is a full day of panels focused on many of the issues that are top of mind for executives and entrepreneurs in this space.
In the past 12 months, we've seen the emergence of a few very large companies who are setting the standard in terms of driving user engagement and building games that entertain and delight massive audiences. Join us to hear some of the leading companies in the space share their thoughts on what it takes to drive deep engagement.
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 Christa Quarles Playdom |
 Peter Relan Crowdstar |
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With all of the changes on the Facebook platform, the distribution landscape continues to shift. What does it take to maintain strong distribution? What new tactics and techniques are working well for developers? Our panel of experts will share their thoughts on what it takes to succeed with distribution.
Ro Choy |
Robert Goldberg |
Keith Rabois
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Jia Shen |
Kavin Stewart |
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As some of the largest companies in the space continue to grow, what does that mean for small and medium developers? Is it game on or game over? What tactics can smaller developers use to counter the clout of the "big 3" in the space? Our speakers will share their thoughts on what it takes to be a successful small or medium sized social games developer.
Joel Auge |
Atul Bagga |
James Currier |
Donna Powell |
Greg Thomson |
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Social games are, and will continue to be, an international market opportunity. What's working in other parts of the world? How do developers outside of the US view the opportunity to tackle the US market? Should US developers be thinking about expanding abroad? Our panelists will share their perspective as to what's working today and what the future holds.
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Kai Bolik |
Arthur Chow |
Patrick Liu |
Bret Terrill (moderator) |
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On the surface, casual and social games look very similar. Dig a bit deeper and you'll find there are some core differences between the two genres. How can successful casual games developers take advantage of the opportunity in social games? What can social games developers learn from casual games? We've assembled a group of leading casual games companies to share their thoughts on what's working and where the challenges are.
James Au |
Richard Fields |
Mitali Pattnaik |
Jeff Revoy |
Dennis Ryan |
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Our panel of payments industry executives will share their thoughts on tips and tactics for improving monetization within social games and the keys to building a solid monetization infrastructure.
Terry Angelos |
Renata Dionello |
David Marcus |
Karl Mehta |
Mihir Shah |
Charles Hudson |
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