The final line up for the third London Games Conference has been announced today. Four speakers from the online games firms PopCap, OnLive and Good Old Games have been added to 300 of the gaming industries finest, as well as analyst Nick Parker.
PopCap’s senior designer, David Bishop, and GoG.com’s MD Guillaume Rambourg will be taking part in a series of ‘micro-keynotes’, discussing what they’ve learned as leading developers of online games.
PopCap is best known for the brilliant Plants vs Zombies, and the wildly addictive Bejewelled.
The speaker line-up and schedule is as follows.
London Games Conference speaker line-up:
· Jason Holtman, Head of Biz Dev, Valve
· Mike Mauler, International EVP, GameStop
· David Bishop, Senior Designer, PopCap
· Tom Paquin, CTO OnLive
· Peter Molyneux, Founder, Lionhead
· Ian Livingstone, Life President, Eidos
· John Clark, UK MD, Sega
· Feargal Sharkey, CEO, UK Music
· Nick Parker, Screen Digest
· Nicholas Lovell, GamesBrief
· Prof Peter Sommer, Digital Forensics Expert
· Guillaume Rambourg, GoG.comLONDON GAMES CONFERENCE SCHEDULE & THEMES
4pm Opening Remarks
4.05pm OPENING KEYNOTE: GameStop (Mike Mauler)
4.35pm The Digital Transition: The Winners and Losers (Nicholas Lovell)
4.55pm Sega & Digital Distribution (John Clark)
5.15pm Digital Developers Share Their Secrets (Guillaume Rambourg, GoG.com and David Bishop, PopCap)
5.35pm The Future of Video Games (Peter Molyneux & Ian Livingstone)
6.15pm Coffee Break
6.40pm What Video Games Can Learn From Music (Feargal Sharkey)
7.00pm The 5 Events That Will Change Video Games (Nick Parker)
7.10pm Video Game and Digital Security (Professor Stoddard)
7.30pm OnLive & Cloud Gaming (Tom Paquin)
7.50pm CLOSING KEYNOTE: Valve (Jason Holtman)
8.20pm Dinner & Networking
The London Games Conference takes place on November 10th, and starts at 4pm. Until September 30th tickets are available at an early bird rate of £229.
