I’m pleased to report we’ve sold out our GamesBeat Summit 2019 conference, which has a great roster of 97 speakers and takes place in Los Angeles on April 23-24. We’ve also got our final agenda in place as you can see below.
Our 10th annual event will take place at Two Bit Circus, the micro-amusement park in downtown Los Angeles, and our speakers will help us navigate the landscape of gaming in 2019 and enlighten us on our “Building gaming communities.” We’ll have concurrent talks over a day and a half, and we’ll be streaming the event as well. (Streaming details to come, thanks to our partner Mobcrush).
We have finished the agenda and added some very interesting speakers, so please check it out in its final form. Our emcees across two concurrent stages include Andrea Rene of What’s Good Games, Tommy Tallarico of Intellivision and Video Games Live — both on the Hero Stage. And Elizabeth Howard of Aspyr and Ted Staloch of Aspyr will be co-emcees on the Boss Stage.
We have more consumer and community talks on the Hero Stage, and more CEO talks on the Boss Stage. We consider them equally important. We’ll also have a small room available for a “unconference” program, as well as plenty of options for entertainment at Two Bit Circus.
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On Tuesday night, during our reception, we’ll have a board game night.
Please check out the full agenda here online.
Above: Andrea Rene is co-emcee on Hero Stage and on-camera host, producer & writer for “What’s Good Games”
Opening Gathering
1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
“Telltale’s The Walking Dead: Wrapping up a fan-favorite IP” with Ian Howe, CEO of Skybound Games, moderated by Andrea Rene – Hero Stage
1:50 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
“Crafting Culture, Creating Vision” with Ted Price, CEO of Insomniac Games, moderated by Morgan Webb – Boss Stage
“The future of games and learning” with Danny Bilson, head of USC games, moderated by Tina Amini – Hero Stage
Above: Tommy Tallarico is head of Intellivision Entertainment and founder of Video Games Live.
2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
“From refugee to game developer” with Lual Mayen, founder of Junub Games, moderated by Leo Olebe – Boss Stage
2:10 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
“Games in the DNA – Growing up Bushnell” with Bushnell family members Brent, Tyler, Nolan, and Wyatt, moderated by Alissa Bushnell – Hero Stage
Above: Elizabeth Howard serves as the Vice President of Publishing at Aspyr Media. She is co-emcee of our Boss Stage.
4:20 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
“Renewal: Why institutional VCs are turning to games again” with investors Gregory Milken, Ethan Kurzweil, and Scott Rupp, moderated by Eric Goldberg – Boss Stage
Above: We’re reaching wide with our speakers for GamesBeat Summit 2019.
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
“Surviving China’s Gaming Market” with Greg Pilarowski, founder of Pillar Legal; Taewon Yun, general manager of global publishing at Super Evil Megacorp; Andrew Tang, chief business officer at Gamepoch; moderated by Lisa Cosmas Hanson of IGDA – Boss Stage
“Taking Esports to the Next Level” with Peter Levin, president, Interactive Ventures, Games & Digital Strategy at Lionsgate; Mike Sepso, chairman, Electronic Sports Group, investor, and strategic advisor New York Excelsior – Hero Stage
Above: More speakers at GamesBeat Summit 2019.
Above: Eight of our key speakers at GamesBeat Summit 2019.
1:00 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Breakout – “Science fiction, technology, and games” with Aaron Casillas of USC and Alex McDowell of USC, moderated by Pete Hawkes of Oblong Industries (Panel located down the block at Oblong Industries)
Breakout – “Typical gaming behavior, bot or human?” with Katie Hutcherson Madding, global product director of Adjust; Yaron Oliker, cofounder of Unbotify; moderated by Steve Peterson, co-creator of Champions – Boss Stage
Above: GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi and Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari.
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
“Creating a multi-generational esports league” with Chris Greeley, commissioner of League of Legends LCS, moderated by Patrick Shanley – Boss Stage
