Speakers

PEPE AGELL Senior Director of Worldwide Publisher Relations Chartboost @joseluisagell Pepe Agell is the Senior Director of Worldwide Publisher Relations at Chartboost. In his role, he oversees the global expansion of the company’s publisher base, strategic partnerships, and customer relationship management (CRM) to ensure the highest standard of service and support. In addition, Agell translates feedback from and interaction with the company’s worldwide publishers to inform the technology development of the company’s leading direct-deal advertising marketplace.

Multiplatform Games: Designing for the Future May 24, 2012 | 3:45pm - 4:30pm

PROJJOL BANERJEA Director of Marketing SponsorPay @projjol Projjol is Director of Marketing at SponsorPay, an award-winning Berlin-based start-up that provides an innovative advertising solution for the monetization of premium content or virtual currency on social networks, virtual worlds, mobile apps as well as online games and services. Previously, he worked in London as VP Marketing for mobile payments company Surfpin. Projjol was awarded an MBA by the Saïd Business School in 2009. At Oxford, he was a member of the university’s lightweight rowing programme. Prior to that, he earned degrees in computer science and informatics from DePauw University and Indiana University.

Building a Successful Social Games Distribution Strategy: Facebook & Beyond May 23, 2012 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

KAI BOLIK CEO and Co-Founder GameDuell Kai Bolik is CEO and co-founder of GameDuell. As a serial entrepreneur, he contributes the strategic vision and management experience that has made GameDuell one of the best monetizing and one of the largest cross-platform social games communities worldwide. In operation since 2003, the company grew profitably from zero to more than 70 million registered users. Popular titles like Bubble Popp and Jungle Jewels are played across GameDuell branded sites, social networks and mobile platforms like Android and iOS. More than 200 employees in Berlin, Asia and San Francisco are accompanying GameDuell on its journey into the future. Kai holds an MS in computer science from the City University of New York, a diploma in Telecommunications from the Technical University of Berlin and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Opening Keynote: The Future of Social Games: How to Be Part of It May 23, 2012 | 9:00am - 9:45am

SIMON CARMICHAEL Managing Director Torch Partners @techbanker73 Simon runs the private placement practice at Torch Partners and advises many of Europe's most exciting and high growth internet companies on raising capital from global investors. Most recently Torch has been involved in financings for Just-Eat (Greylock, Redpoint, Index), Fantasy Shopper (NEA, Accel), Unruly (Amadeus, Van den ende & Deitmers), Huddle (Matrix Partners) and Dropbox (RIT Capital). Simon joined Torch in 2007 and previously worked for Hambrecht & Quist in San Francisco and CSFB Technology Group in London. Simon is also an active personal investor.

Investing in Virtual Goods Businesses May 23, 2012 | 1:00pm - 1:45pm

OSCAR CLARK Evangelist Papaya Mobile Oscar has a passion for online entertainment and community and has spent much of the last 12 years on the bleeding edge of this technology. As a product and business strategist with more than a decade's experience in this relatively young industry Oscar has a keen insight into what works for businesses trying to engage communities and how to turn that into revenue. Oscar has a substantial senior executive background in telco, mobile and games having recently been Architect for the Sony Computer Entertainment Home world where he was custodian of the requirements and long term vision for this social gaming platform on PlayStation3. Prior to that he was in charge of Mobile Operator Strategy EMEA for nVidia looking at how to bring next generation 3D accellerated gaming to mobile phones and was delivering content for 3G at THREE. He started his career with BT and Real Networks.

The Small Screen’s Time to Shine: A Discussion on the Emergence of Mobile Social May 23, 2012 | 1:45pm - 2:15pm Social and Online Games: Is This the End or the Beginning of Revenues? May 23, 2012 | 3:30pm - 4:15pm

JULIEN CODORNIOU Head of European Partnerships Facebook Julien Codorniou serves as head of European gaming partnerships at Facebook, supporting the growth of the social gaming ecosystem in Europe (Wooga, King.com, Rovio, etc.). Julien also heads up Facebook partnerships with media, commerce and mobile partners in France and Benelux, where he oversees partner relations for companies building on Facebook Platform (Deezer, Dailymotion, NRJ Group, Free, Canal Plus, RTL, vente-privee.com.) Prior to joining Facebook, Julien was director of business development at Microsoft (in Paris and Redmond, WA), where he led the global launch of the Microsoft BizSpark Program and managed the team responsible for creating and managing strategic partnerships in France. He started his career in the venture capital industry. Julien graduated from Skema Business School and San Diego State University. He currently serves at the Boards of Le Monde (société éditrice du Monde) and Avanquest Software (Euronext: AVQ). He’s the author of the book The Kelkoo.com success story, published by Pearson in 2005. He is married, father of 2, and resides in Paris.

Afternoon Keynote: The Power of the Graph May 24, 2012 | 1:30pm - 2:15pm

ALEX DALE CMO King.com @alexjamesdale Alex Dale is King.com's Chief Marketing Officer. He joins King.com from Microsoft, where he was general manager of their consumer and online services group in Central and Eastern Europe. At Microsoft, Dale also led the consumer marketing efforts for Bing, Internet Explorer, Windows Phone, Windows PC, MSN and Hotmail in Western Europe. Prior to Microsoft, he was the founder and managing director of broadband ISP and portal, virgin.net. Part of the Virgin Group of companies, the virgin.net service was sold to NTL Cable in 2004.

Multiplatform Games: Designing for the Future May 24, 2012 | 3:45pm - 4:30pm

TZACHI DAVIDOVICH Director of Business Development TheLoop.com @TheLoopNetwork Tzachi Davidovich is the Director of Business Development at TheLoop.com. Tzachi oversees the company’s penetration of the global market while planning and executing go-to market plans, strategic partnerships and developing new channels within the market. In addition, Tzachi serves as adjunct faculty member of Global Business Studies (GBS), where he mentors MBA students in Management Consulting Projects (McKinsey style), offering clients from different industries business solutions in the fields of Global Business Strategy, Business Development and Marketing Strategy. Tzachi holds a dual degree in Economics and Law, an MA in Technology & Law from the University of Haifa and an MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the Tel Aviv University.

Building a Successful Social Games Distribution Strategy: Facebook & Beyond May 23, 2012 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

RICHARD FIRMINGER Managing Director, EMEA Flurry @flurrymobile Flurry is a leading data-driven mobile app advertising platform and analytics provider, used by over 60,000 companies across more than 160,000 apps. At Flurry, Richard leads the company’s UK office as well as advertiser sales and publisher relationships across EMEA. Prior to Flurry, Richard led the digital media sales team for Amazon in Europe. Prior to Amazon, Richard was Commercial Director for Northern Europe for Yahoo!, UK MD for Enpocket (sold to Nokia to become Nokia Media Business in 2006), UK Deputy MD & BD Director for AdLink (a direct response media sales organization, sold to HiMedia in 2009) and the first UK Commercial Director for DoubleClick, subsequently sold to AdLink in 2001. Prior to DoubleClick Richard spent nearly 10 years in B2B publishing in tech press on titles such as Computing and Personal Computer World and during this time he launched Information Week and Computer Reseller News in the UK for CMP Media.

The New Hero in Social Gaming: iOS and Android Apps May 24, 2012 | 3:15pm - 3:45pm

SEBASTIAN FUNKE CEO & Founder Smeet Sebastian Funke is Co-Founder and CEO of Smeet, Europe's largest 3D interactive Social Game. At Smeet he coordinates the strategic and operational marketing as well as the business development including all partnerships worldwide. Furthermore, he is responsible for all financial and legal matters. Since taking over as CEO in the beginning of 2009 he was building up the team to over 110 employees, bringing Smeet to over 20 countries and grewing Smeet's user basis to over 15 million users worldwide. Before founding Smeet he was founder and Co-CEO of a German based online and media entertainment company and was working for multinational companies such as JPMorgan, London and McKinsey & Company, Berlin. Sebastian holds an MBA from the reknown WHU - Koblenz, Germany as well as from the Universidad Comercial in Bilbao, Spain.

A Global Comparison of Online Game Markets: Brazil, Germany, USA and Russia May 23, 2012 | 9:45am - 10:30am

JIM GERBER SVP of Partnerships and Business Development TrialPay @TrialPay Jim is responsible for publisher partnerships and business development at TrialPay. Prior to TrialPay, Jim spent 8 years at Google, most recently as Senior Director of Partnerships. At Google, Jim worked on various initiatives with publishers across products such as AdSense, Book Search and News, among others. Earlier in his career, Jim managed sales and business development teams at companies including Ashford.com and Clarify Software. Jim holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford.

Connecting Brands With Social Games May 24, 2012 | 10:30am - 11:15am

JENS HILGERS CEO Geewa GmbH @JensHilgers Jens is a 36 years old visionary entrepreneur living in Berlin, Germany with over 13 years of startup and management experience. His professional interest is all about online technologies, desktop and mobile services, online gaming and esports. Jens is CEO at the Czech based Social Games Company Geewa. Also, he is the founder and Chairman of the Board at Turtle Entertainment GmbH/ESL, global leading operator of eSports leagues and tournaments.

A Global Comparison of Online Game Markets: Brazil, Germany, USA and Russia May 23, 2012 | 9:45am - 10:30am

TIM HORAN Chief Revenue Officer Fiveonenine Games @timhoran Tim is responsible for managing and driving fiveonenine games business development, user acquisition and marketing worldwide across mobile and web platforms. Tim brings over 16 years of experience developing high growth mobile and online media businesses, managing go to market strategies, and driving revenues. Prior to joining fiveonenine games, Tim was SVP at Appia, where he held numerous roles managing global business development, sales, marketing, account management and product development. Previously, Tim managed global business development at Motricity, held various senior management positions at Excite, one of the first search engines and online portals, and managed local and national advertising at The Washington Post.

The Small Screen’s Time to Shine: A Discussion on the Emergence of Mobile Social May 23, 2012 | 1:45pm - 2:30pm

RYOSUKE KATSUKI Director, Customer Success, EMEA Kontagent @Kontagent Ryo Katsuki is Director of Customer Success EMEA at Kontagent, the leading provider of user analytics to social and mobile businesses. Founded in 2007, Kontagent solves big data challenges social and mobile app marketers, developers and producers need to understand and optimize their customer lifetime value. Prior to joining Kontagent, Ryo served as the head of product and development at HopStop.com, a leading location-based application developer and publisher, after having spent 14 years in IT project management and strategic IT planning, leading very large-scale eCRM and big data projects for the largest organizations in their respective industries, including government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and telecom. Ryo holds BA in Computer Science from University of California Berkeley and MBA from HEC Paris.

One Bet to Rule Them All: Wagering the Emergence of Online Gambling May 23, 2012 | 2:15pm - 3:00pm

RAF KEUSTERMANS Co-Founder, CEO Plumbee @raf_keustermans Raf is a social games veteran with a background in gambling. He worked most recently as a strategic consultant for social and mobile game studios. Prior to that, Raf served as global marketing director for leading social game studio EA Playfish. Before Playfish, he headed up the European arm of EA's successful casual games platform Pogo.com. He also worked for advertising agencies like BBDO, Grey and Publicis and was leading the marketing teams for online gambling operator Unibet in Western Europe (2005-2008).

One Bet to Rule Them All: Wagering the Emergence of Online Gambling May 23, 2012 | 2:15pm - 3:00pm

HENNING KOSMACK Founder and CEO MegaZebra GmbH @megazebra Henning is the CEO of MegaZebra, one of Europe’s leading social gaming companies. MegaZebra not only develops it’s own games, but also publishes 3rd party games on Facebook. For more then 10 years, Henning has been actively involved in the fields of innovation and investments, from being on the board of software firms, co-founding other start-ups, to investing into them. He also headed up the corporate development activities at Siemens’ communication division and was one of the project leaders in the merger integration to form Nokia Siemens Networks. Prior to that, he studied Business Administration in London and Copenhagen.

Social and Online Games: Is This the End or the Beginning of Revenues? May 23, 2012 | 3:30pm - 4:15pm Social Games 2015: Where to now? May 24, 2012 | 4:30pm - 5:15pm

JUSSI LAAKKONEN CEO & Founder Applifier @jussil Jussi Laakkonen is the CEO and founder of Applifier, the largest cross-promotion network for social games and applications that now reaches over 55 million monthly active users on Facebook. He pivoted Everyplay, a social gaming startup he had founded in 2008, into Applifier to help other developers and publishers grow their social applications through cross-promotion. Previously Jussi was the business development director for Bugbear Entertainment, a console racing game developer, where he closed several multimillion euro game deals and produced console and handheld games including Sega Rally for PSP and the FlatOut series. Jussi has been an entrepreneur since his teens and for nearly 20 years he has been one of the main organizers of Assembly, an annual 5000 person, around the clock, four day computer festival Finland. Jussi blogs infrequently at http://jussilaakkonen.wordpress.com and tries to remember tweet more often at @jussil.

The Small Screen’s Time to Shine: A Discussion on the Emergence of Mobile Social May 23, 2012 | 1:45pm - 2:15pm

HARRY LANG Head of Brand Marketing JackpotParty.com @JackpotParty Harry started his career running integrated marketing campaigns for brands such as Budweiser, Allied Domecq, Penguin Books and BAT. After 6 years of client servicing and via a 10 day round the world attempt to migrate to Australia, he ended up as marketing director for an online poker start up. Stints working as Head of Marketing EMEA for CWC live dealer casino and subsequently running his own digital gaming agency, The Fridge, followed. He now looks after brand marketing, SEO, PR and social for JackpotParty.com, a UK slots and casino site, which is a subsidiary of WMS Inc, a leading Chicago based slots machine manufacturer. A passion for engagement and social marketing led Harry to invent FriendSlot (JackpotParty.com/FriendSlot), a free to play social slot game in which a player's friends become the reels and profile matches score points. Harry lives in London, plays mediocre poker, loves skiing and writes unpublished books.

One Bet to Rule Them All: Wagering the Emergence of Online Gambling May 23, 2012 | 2:15pm - 3:00pm

ARSENY LEBEDEV Managing Director SignusLabs @signuslabs Arseny Lebedev co-founded Signus Labs, where he manages marketing and partnership strategies. Since its founding in 2009, Signus Labs grew organically to a 22-person full service development studio that delivers high quality work on multiple platforms to millions of players. Arseny follows a balanced development philosophy -- gameplay and profitability are fundamental to a successful project. Signus develops social games on Facebook, Mobile Platforms, Kindle, and HTML5. Prior to Signus, Labs Arseny worked in a marketing role at Large Animal Games. Additionally, Arseny resides on the board of a solar energy manufacturer, where he contributes to strategic decisions.

Building a Successful Social Games Distribution Strategy: Facebook & Beyond May 23, 2012 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Multiplatform Games: Designing for the Future May 24, 2012 | 3:45pm - 4:30pm

ROBERT LENZHOFER Founder and CEO crowdbet Robert Lenzhofer is the founder and CEO of crowdbet, which combines the aspects of Sportsbetting and Trading. 'A new way to bet on sports' as he describes it, creating not only a completely re-invented sportsbetting-product but also a unique, social experience by connecting users around the 'interest graph' of betting. crowdbet will be gradually launching during 2012. Robert Lenzhofer has been in the iGaming industry for 10 years, leading various Product Management, Product Development and Product Marketing roles. During his employment at bwin.party from 2001 to 2009, which is now the largest publicly listed iGaming company in the world with 1 million bets placed daily, he was responsible for market-introductions and management of new products which grew from zero to more than €100m in revenue. Prior to bwin he was working for Goldbach Media, where he was responsible for digital strategy and e-commerce-platform for their client Connect Austria (resp. Orange), which is a major mobile phone carrier in Austria.

One Bet to Rule Them All: Wagering the Emergence of Online Gambling May 23, 2012 | 2:15pm - 3:00pm

RANDALL LLOYD Managing Director, North America Brighter Option @brighterrandall Randall Lloyd is the Managing Director of North America for Brighter Option (acquired by Buddy Media in February 2012) based out of Palo Alto, California. Prior to Buddy Media, Randall was the Senior Vice President of Sales for RockYou, a venture-backed social gaming company. At RockYou, he oversaw worldwide advertising sales including brand advertising, indirect/channel advertising, and performance marketing. Prior to joining RockYou, Randall worked for Google, where he focused on YouTube monetization strategy, and eBay, where he held various positions in sales and sales management. He has spent the majority of his career building and scaling highly successful inside, direct, and channel sales teams in the digital media space. Lloyd holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor's from the University of Utah in Speech and Communication.

Building a Successful Social Games Distribution Strategy: Facebook & Beyond May 23, 2012 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

JOHAN LOFSTROM VP End User Monetization SPIL Games @eurohan Johan leads Spil Games' End User Monetization team, managing all sales to Spil Games' 190 million users via micro-transactions and reward-based advertising. Before joining Spil Games in January 2011, Johan served as the CEO for Bidrivals, a global auction site with sales in 27 countries, a company that he co-founded in early 2009. Prior to Bidrivals, Johan worked as Consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in New York focused mostly on IT and Private Equity. Johan holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, where he specialized in strategy and entrepreneurship, winning the MIT 100k entrepreneurship competition. Johan also holds a Master of Science with specialization in Financial Mathematics and Computer Science from Linkoping Institute of Technology in Sweden.

Social and Online Games: Is This the End or the Beginning of Revenues? May 23, 2012 | 3:30pm - 4:15pm

NICHOLAS LOVELL Founder Gamesbrief @nicholaslovell Nicholas Lovell is a former investment banker and web entrepreneur who helps games developers become publishers. He also provides strategic and online marketing advice and is a non-executive director at developer nDreams. Clients have included Atari, Channel4, Channelflip, Firefly (who recently self-published MMO Stronghold Kingdoms), IPC Media, Rebellion and Square Enix. He is the author of How to Publish a Game and blogs about the business of games at www.gamesbrief.com.

Investing in Virtual Goods Businesses May 23, 2012 | 1:00pm - 1:45pm Benchmarks and Metrics: Forecasting and Improving Your Free-to-Play Game May 23, 2012 | 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Damon Marshall Senior Director of Business Development, Publisher Services SupersonicAds @damonbmarshall Damon has over 17 years of experience in consumer technology and connected entertainment. He heads Business Development in North America for SupersonicAds, a leading full-service monetization platform for mobile and online games. Damon has held a number of roles in the video games industry, including having worked for IGN Entertainment, WeGame and Macrovision over the past eight years. His achievements include the successful acquisition of WeGame by Tagged.com in September 2011, managing the launch of IGN's independent games digital distribution channel and spearheading the "Indie Open House" project, a community outreach program providing aspiring game developers resources to help them achieve their goals. A native of Los Angeles, Damon lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two children.

Social Games 2015: Where to now? May 24, 2012 | 4:30pm - 5:15pm

VICENC MARTI CEO Akamon Entertainment @olfar Vicenç Martí is currently CEO of Akamon Entertainment, an online social gaming company specialising in traditional casino-based games. His main responsibilities are to make sure that Akamon is the best company to work for in all the countries where it operates, that users love the products and service and that shareholders get a nice return above the cost of capital, all the while overseeing the company’s continued growth. Founded in July 2011, the company operates in the south of Europe and Latin America via the local leading portal Mundijuegos.com in Spain, Ludijogos.com in Brazil, and the brand new Mundijeux.fr in France. Akamon is preparing also its expansion to Argentina, Mexico and Italy. Prior to Akamon, Vicenç was Chief Marketing Officer at Spanish low-cost airline Vueling, where he succeeded turning it from a startup into a cool and reputable million-euro brand. Previously, as Managing Director at Cirsa Gaming Corporation he became an expert in the specifics of the gaming industry and as CEO at fashion label Custo Barcelona he had direct responsibility over finance, marketing, sales, operations and product functions.

A Global Comparison of Online Game Markets: Brazil, Germany, USA and Russia May 23, 2012 | 9:45am - 10:30am

KYOKO MATSUSHITA Vice President, EMEA Developer Relations GREE UK Kyoko Matsushita leads the European Business Development and Developer Relations teams at GREE's UK office. GREE is a leading mobile social gaming company that reaches over 150 million players worldwide and offers over 7,500 games. Kyoko is a 10 year gaming and technology veteran. Prior to joining GREE, Kyoko worked at Electronic Arts as an International Product and Marketing lead at EA Maxis, EARS, EALA, and EA Montreal. She worked on many different game genres, RPG to Casual, and titles, including SPORE, Dead Space, Simpsons, and SKATE. Kyoko holds a masters degree in management/social science from London School of Economics and Political Science.

Social Games 2015: Where to now? May 24, 2012 | 4:30pm - 5:15pm

CLEMENS MAUTNER MARKHOF Game Designer & Developer vi knallgrau @mauticom Clemens has over ten years of experience in community building, game modding and ranking systems. Already during his studies in computer sciences, he has specialized in game design and game development. Since March 2011 Clemens has been working at the social media agency vi knallgrau in Vienna. The agency is expert and leading agency in the field of social media marketing campaigns and has already developed and implemented four social games for several clients. In 2009 vi knallgrau teamed up with Virtual Identity. The German agency connects brands and companies with the networked society and develops web based solutions for brand management and corporate communication. Only recently, Clemens was on a business trip in South Korea visiting the G*Star trade show in Busan as well as several gaming studios and publishers in order to get to know new social gaming trends at first hand.

Social Games 2015: Where to now? May 24, 2012 | 4:30pm - 5:15pm

DIEGO MELLER Co-Founder Jampp @diemel Diego Meller is a co-founder of Jampp, a Latin American gaming monetization and distribution platform. The company launched in 2010 as a social games studio (Atommica) and then developed Jampp which is now its main business. Before Jampp, in 1999 while at university in Buenos Aires, Diego co-founded Livra.com which became the leading online research company in Latin America and was acquired by Ipsos (one of the top market research organizations worldwide) in 2008. Diego is also a co-founder & collaborator of The Whuffie Bank (a non-profit project that was a 2009 TC50 finalist) and angel investor in several startups, including online strategy game Erepublik.

Social Gaming in Latin America: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly May 24, 2012 | 11:15am - 12:00pm

LLOYD MELNICK CEO 519 Games @LloydMelnick Lloyd Melnick is currently CEO of 519 Games, a social web and mobile gaming joint venture between the E.W. Scripps Company and Capitol Broadcasting. They are currently building an extraordinary team and will be releasing their first titlesearly 2012. Lloyd previously led the international publishing business at Playdom (The Walt Disney Company’s social gaming group) - a business he built from the ground up. He had full accountability for Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Latin America, Russia and India and had created a lucrative global business which now generates a sizable portion of the company's total traffic. Previously, he co-founded Merscom, a casual and social game publisher that was acquired by Playdom in April, 2010. In addition to negotiating the sale of Merscom to Playdom, he initiated and managed Merscom’s strategic partnerships with global media companies, including AETN Lifetime, Paramount, National Geographic, Starz Entertainment, Lionsgate, CBS, CAA, Showtime and Granada Ventures.

Beyond Performance Marketing: Survival Tips for Social Gaming Publishers May 23, 2012 | 11:00am - 11:45am

EKATERINA METELEVA Director Marketing & Sales SOFTGAMES GmbH @softgames Ekaterina is an experienced executive who has worked over 7 years in the telecommunications and digital industries. During this time Ekaterina has held several positions – among them director mobile marketing & sales at Fox Mobile. Ekaterina is a strong leader who has built up several digital marketing teams and has successfully managed multimillion budgets. Ekaterina holds a degree in Economics from the University of Bonn, Germany and currently holds the position of marketing director & sales at SOFTGAMES.

The Small Screen’s Time to Shine: A Discussion on the Emergence of Mobile Social May 23, 2012 | 1:45pm - 2:15pm

JULIAN MIGURA Director of International Business Development / European Director BoaCompra UOL @docjay1987 Julian Migura started to professionalize his passion for games in 2006 when joining the international team of Galaxy-News. After founding the games portal madmoo.com and leading the global expansion of XS Software in Western Europe and Latin America, Julian co-founded OnLegends - the world’s premier games broker - in 2010. He has been invited to share his thoughts and knowledge at numerous international gaming conferences and contributed towards the success of his clients and partners, such as Bytro Labs, Kalicanthus Entertainment, Razer Europe, RTL Group and Yahoo! Julian is currently advising UOL BoaCompra - Brazil's no. 1 internet company - in international growth matters.

A Global Comparison of Online Game Markets: Brazil, Germany, USA and Russia May 23, 2012 | 9:45am - 10:30am

VINCENT MOINDROT Co-Founder and COO Playtem @Vincent_M Right after finishing his BA studies in France, Vincent participated in the creation of a successful start-up web company dedicated to the real estate field. Subsequently, Vincent continued his collaboration with the team at Playtem, a company which aims at distributing virtual items through gift cards and loyalty programs in retail outlets and e-commerce websites. The project is on track in France: firsts cards will be on Playtem's furniture in FNAC and Toy's R Us outlets on Christmas whereas famous brands' loyalty programs have been seduced by the concept of letting their members earn virtual items. Being connected indirectly or directly to the virtual goods industry over the years has provided Vincent with considerable experience on how a virtual economy should be conducted. Vincent is an expert in the economical analysis of virtual economies and a wealth of knowledge when it comes to game distribution strategies. Vincent is graduated from a French Engineering school (Centrale Lille) and a French Business school (EM Lyon). He is 29 years old.

Social and Online Games: Is This the End or the Beginning of Revenues? May 23, 2012 | 3:30pm - 4:15pm

TOM MORSCH Product Manager, Germany/Austria Kabam Tom is Product Manager for Germany and Austria at Kabam Luxembourg. In this role he is responsible for “localizing” Kabam’s MMO social games, such as Kingdoms of Camelot®, Dragons of Atlantis™, Edgeworld™, The Godfather: Five Families for Europe. Localizing, from a Kabam Product Management perspective doesn’t just mean translation. It involves making the games broadly visible and accessible across the different EU countries / language zones over various channels. Another aspect of the role is to manage new game launches in local markets, so that they make the biggest possible splash. Before working at Kabam, Tom worked in various marketing roles, including brand management and advertising in the financial services industry.

Building a Successful Social Games Distribution Strategy: Facebook & Beyond May 23, 2012 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

NINA MULLER Farmerama Producer Bigpoint @Bigpoint Nina Müller works for Bigpoint as a producer for Farmerama and is responsible for successfully producing Farmerama, which is currently the largest online game. Her duties include planning, prioritization and implementation of new game content and updates, as well the long-term development of products. As a producer, Nina serves as a liason between her product team and other departments in the company. Nina Müller has been working for Bigpoint since February 2011. Before she started at Bigpoint, she worked in the sociological and psychological research of games and as a game designer, producer and executive assistant at the Munich-based production company remote control productions. She studied sociology, psychology and communication studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and graduated in 2006 with a Master’s in sociology.

Multiplatform Games: Designing for the Future May 24, 2012 | 3:45pm - 4:30pm

CIARAN O'LEARY Partner Earlybird Venture Capital @ciaranoleary Ciarán is a partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, based in Berlin. His gaming investments include Peak Games (top 5 social gaming player globally, focused on emerging markets), CrowdPark (pioneering social betting and social casino) and Scoreloop (social infrastructure for mobile games, acquired by RIM in 2011). In general Ciarán is focused on consumer internet and mobile investments. Earlybird manages €450m in funds and aims to support ambitious global companies based in continental Europe.

Investing in Virtual Goods Businesses May 23, 2012 | 1:00pm - 1:45pm

PAUL OLLIVER Head of International and Corporate Development appssavvy @appssavvy A Board member and angel investor since day one, Paul joined the executive team in 2010 to assume the role of COO. In this position Paul was responsible for overseeing all support departments and the organizational structure of the company, as well as managing the interaction between a variety of the company's internal and external stakeholders. Today, Paul is responsible for implementing the organization's Corporate Development strategy on a global level, identifying new business opportunities, maintaining key relationships and negotiating and closing revenue bearing partnership deals. Paul also maintain a role within the executive team alongside the president and CEO, and provides insight, guidance and efforts to global corporate strategy, finance and legal, and board and shareholder communications. He has been in online media since its inception, and in that time has held senior roles with Klipmart, Yahoo!, Overture, and DoubleClick. Paul has held a variety of roles in his career, and regularly contributes to the industry in the form of articles, panels and events. His most recent role was as CEO of Wider Wake, an angel investment network specializing in digital media advertising, and consequently he brings an holistic and strategic view of the market place to his role at appssavvy. He is a UK national and received his MBA from Warwick Business School in England, but has spent most of his adult life abroad, predominantly in Hong Kong, New York, London and various capitals across Europe

Social and Online Games: Is This the End or the Beginning of Revenues? May 23, 2012 | 3:30pm - 4:15pm

BRANIMIR PARASHKEVOV Head of Business Development Fortumo @fortumo Branimir is Head of Business Development at Fortumo - the global provider of web and in-app mobile payments. For over 4 years he has been helping social and mobile games developers maximize their revenues through mobile billing. Working on a daily basis with international companies, Branimir can help you get your Android/iOS app or browser game to a success in more than 60 markets. Branimir holds university degrees in Business Administration and Computer science.

Building a Successful Social Games Distribution Strategy: Facebook & Beyond May 23, 2012 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

PHILIP REISBERGER Chief Revenue Officer Bigpoint Philip Reisberger is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Bigpoint, where he is primarily responsible for developing long-term strategies that ensure the growth of Bigpoint's sales and profits. Moreover, Reisberger is accountable for bridging long-term business strategies and their practical implementation through the development and expansion of revenue-generating channels. This includes business intelligence, marketing analysis, pricing, payment, advertising, as well as the development of new business divisions and the application of new business models. Philip Reisberger has been a member of the Bigpoint team since August 2008. Before serving as CRO, Reisberger was the Chief Games Officer and focused his efforts on the strategic development of Bigpoint's game portfolio. Before coming to Bigpoint, Reisberger was one of the co-founders of CLH Container Logistic Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG (Container Logistics Hamburg). He was also responsible for CLH GmbH & Co. KG's development. In addition to fulfilling his responsibilities as one of Bigpoint's executive staff members, Reisberger is also pursuing his Doctorate at the Technical University of Dresden. His research and dissertation will cover the topic "Multi Massive Online Games in Social Networks." He studied at the EBS University for Economics and Law and graduated in 2004 with a MBA.

Opening Keynote: Viral is a Myth – Growth Opportunities Beyond Facebook May 24, 2012 | 8:30am - 9:15am

MARK ROBINSON Chief Operating Officer GamesAnalytics @gamesanalytics Mark Robinson has been working within various sectors of the data mining industry his entire career, initially as an operational research analyst at British Gas, then as a retail consultant evaluating store performance and catchment potential with CACI. Latterly he has led the data mining consultancy Marketing Databasics that builds and hosts analytical environments to increase customer value through data-driven insight. His experience covers a wide range of sectors including Financial Services, Retail, Leisure and the Drinks industry. In 2009, Marketing Databasics (MDB) was designated a "Leader" organisation in the Forrester review of marketing services providers for its completeness of offering and its strategic vision. In the same survey, clients scored MDB with the highest net promoter score (i.e. likelihood to recommend to others). As well as being awarded several industry awards for innovative use of data, Robinson contributes to thought leadership in the industry through his membership of the Direct Marketing Association Council.

One Bet to Rule Them All: Wagering the Emergence of Online Gambling May 23, 2012 | 2:15pm - 3:00pm

TOM SENTE CEO HoneyTracks GmbH @HoneyTracks Tom is CEO of Munich based HoneyTracks, an innovative game analytics company that helps global clients to increase game monetization, to optimize game play and to manage their player relationship. In total he has over 14 years of senior management experience, ranging from business intelligence giants as SAP, where he worked directly for the executive board during SAP’s first SaaS development, to New Economy startups building first social communities back in the web 1.0 era. Tom holds a double degree in Computer Science and an international executive MBA from ESSEC Paris and Mannheim Business School, where he graduated as best-of-class.

A Global Comparison of Online Game Markets: Brazil, Germany, USA and Russia May 23, 2012 | 9:45am - 10:30am

SIMON SPAULL Chief Development Officer TBG Digital @tbgdigital Simon Spaull is TBG Digital’s Chief Development Officer and is currently expanding the Social Media agency’s European operations. He has played a huge role in taking TBG to international markets, opening offices in San Francisco, Hamburg and Paris.

Social Games 2015: Where to now? May 24, 2012 | 4:30pm - 4:150pm

SITAR TELI Investment Principal Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures @sitar Sitar Teli joined Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures in London in 2005. She's currently a board member of SoundCloud, MegaZebra, Secret Sales and Handmade Mobile. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, she spent three years with technology M&A bank Broadview (now part of Jefferies), where she realized she enjoyed working closely with technology companies far more than she enjoyed being a banker. Sitar's focus is on early-stage consumer-focused internet and mobile companies based in Europe. She prefers companies that have global ambition and are product and design oriented.

Investing in Virtual Goods Businesses May 23, 2012 | 1:00pm - 1:45pm

BRET TERRILL Blogger and Consultant Bret on Social Games Bret is a pioneer in social gaming, founding one of the first social gaming companies in early 2007 with a focus on real-time multiplayer games. It failed. He took those lessons and shared them via a blog and became the first social gaming industry analyst. He took that expertise to Zynga, joining in 2008 as Director of Business Development and then transitioning to Senior Director of Corporate Development. He now consults for companies applying social game mechanics to non-gaming verticals.

The Small Screen’s Time to Shine: A Discussion on the Emergence of Mobile Social May 23, 2012 | 1:45pm - 2:15pm Social Games 2015: Where to now? May 24, 2012 | 4:30pm - 5:15pm

CHRISTIAN THALER Associate Wellington Partners At Wellington Partners, Christian focuses on working with the Digital Media and Software investment team on identifying exciting investment opportunities and building relationships with the great entrepreneurs behind these companies. He started his career in 2001 at ORACLE, one of the global leaders in the software industry. In 2007 he joined the management team of venture backed private student loan provider CareerConcept AG as Director of Business Development. Christian holds a MBA from INSEAD and has studied international economics in Budapest and Toronto.

Investing in Virtual Goods Businesses May 23, 2012 | 1:00pm - 1:45pm

DARYA TRUSHKINA VP of Business Development Game Insight Darya leads the team, which handles international publishing of GI's games on the world's largest social networks, mobile platforms and develops business relationship with payment solutions providers. Since she joined Game Insight, Darya developed and brought the company's products into global social gaming markets including networks in USA, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Korea and Japan thus, making international direction the most profitable division of the company. Before joining Game Insight, Darya worked as Independent Consultant on investments and conducted assessment of investment attractiveness of private/public enterprises. Darya holds Master Degree in Economics from Kharkiv University of Humanities "People's Ukrainian Academy" (Ukraine) and Master Degree in Public Policy and Management from University of Southern Maine (USA).

The Small Screen’s Time to Shine: A Discussion on the Emergence of Mobile Social May 23, 2012 | 1:45pm - 2:15pm Multiplatform Games: Designing for the Future May 24, 2012 | 3:45pm - 4:30pm

NUNO UMBELINO Global Product & Content Manager TIMWE Nuno has worked in the mobile and media industries for 15 years, in companies as Portugal Telecom Multimedia and Optimus (mobile operator), or MTV, before joining TIMWE. During this period, Nuno has managed innovation, sales and business development projects, in areas ranging from LBS, to mobile advertising and payments, portals and mobile internet and email. Nuno holds a degree in Communications, a post-graduation in Marketing from the Portuguese Catholic University, as well as Executive Training from Instituto de Empresa (Spain).

Building a Successful Social Games Distribution Strategy: Facebook & Beyond May 23, 2012 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

JOOST VAN DREUNEN Managing Director SuperData Research, Inc. @_SuperData Joost is Managing Director at SuperData, the leading provider of market intelligence on paying online gamers. He has over fifteen years of commercial research experience in interactive entertainment and technology industries, and held senior positions at Nielsen Online and DFC Intelligence, prior to founding SuperData. Joost also teaches at New York University (on video games, of course), and regularly speaks at both academic and industry conferences, including GDC Online, Casual Connect and Social Game Summit. He holds a doctorate from Columbia University.

A Global Comparison of Online Game Markets: Brazil, Germany, USA and Russia May 23, 2012 | 9:45am - 10:30am One Bet to Rule Them All: Wagering the Emergence of Online Gambling May 23, 2012 | 2:15pm - 3:00pm

VINCENT VERGONJEANNE VP Products & Strategy and Co-founder Kobojo As the VP Products & Strategy and Co-founder of the Paris based start-up Kobojo, Vincent is in charge of all strategic planning and overseas development of the company. From internal matters to business development, Vincent drives the thinking and the execution of the strategies. Thanks to a large variety of experiences Vincent has developed a strong background in software and game development. For the account of Microsoft Research, he has worked on a variety of problematic around ergonomic and UI and is seen as an expert on the topic. In 2004 he won the World Wide Championship in Software Design in the Microsoft’s Imagine Cup contest. He has an extensive experience as a speaker and is very often invited on Social Gaming panels.

Multiplatform Games: Designing for the Future May 24, 2012 | 3:45pm - 4:30pm

MARKUS WIEDEMANN Head of Sales, Europe deal united Markus Wiedemann is the Head of Sales, Europe of deal united, a Red Herring Global award-winning company. Markus has 13+ years of experience in the gaming and software industries, and is in charge of the sales team as they work closely with clients in games, software and online services. Prior to deal united, Markus spent the last five and a half years as Managing Director for central Europe at SEGA Germany, responsible for sales and marketing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prior to that, he was in charge of game developer Codemasters’ German branch for over seven years.

Social and Online Games: Is This the End or the Beginning of Revenues? May 23, 2012 | 3:30pm - 4:15pm

BRIAN WONG CEO and Founder kiip @brian_wong Brian is the CEO and Founder of kiip (pronounced "keep"), a stealth startup focused on mobile in-game advertising, backed by True Ventures. Very recently, Techcrunch and the Wall Street Journal called him the "youngest person to ever receive funding by a venture capital firm". Last year, at only 18-years-old, he was an early Bachelors of Commerce graduate from the University of British Columbia, after skipping four grades in elementary and high school. Before starting kiip, Brian was responsible for key publisher and tech partnerships at the social news website Digg.com. He also launched the Digg Android mobile app, adding to the company's rising mobile presence. He began his career after University by creating the world's first categorized Twitter discovery tool: Followformation.com. Followformation was touted as one of the best Twitter user discovery tools in Mashable, The Huffington Post, Fast Company, and more.

Incorporating the Moments-based Ad Model: Why Display Was Ported to In-Game Advertising and Not Evolved May 24, 2012 | 2:15pm - 3:00pm

JEREMY ZORN Vice President of Product Development Quepasa Corporation @meetme Jeremy Zorn is the Vice President of Product Development of Quepasa Corporation, the public market leader for social discovery and owner of North-American platform myYearbook and Latin-American platform Quepasa. In April 2012, Quepasa announced plans of its platform rebrand to MeetMe™, part of a global strategy to expand how people discover and meet in an increasingly online and mobile world. Jeremy oversees a broad spectrum of product lines, including myYearbook’s social games, virtual currency monetization engine, and mobile applications for iPhone, Android, iPad, and the mobile web. Jeremy holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from Harvard University.

The Future of Mobile Monetization May 24, 2012 | 9:15am - 10:00am

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