Senior executives from top social and mobile gaming companies share their visions of the future
Offerpal Media, the leader in virtual world currency payment alternatives, today announced it will be hosting a forum during the Game Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco, CA. The half-day forum, titled “Social and Mobile Gaming: What’s Next?,” brings together many of the industry’s most senior executives and visionary thought leaders to debate the future of social and mobile gaming. The event occurs on Friday, March 12, 2010, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. PT at Moscone Center South Hall, Room 310, with a networking reception to immediately follow.
Confirmed speakers include:
* Michael Arrington, Editor, TechCrunch
* Jeremy Liew, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners
* Trip Hawkins, CEO, Digital Chocolate
* Peter Relan, Co-Founder and Chairman, Crowdstar
* Vish Makhijani, COO, Zynga
* Christa Quarles, CFO, Playdom
* John Earner, General Manager, Playfish Europe Studios
* Arthur Chow, COO, 6 waves
* Neil Young, CEO, ngmoco
* Bart Decrem, CEO, Tapulous
* Aaron Wong, Sr. Product Manager, Zynga Mobile
* Lee Linden, Co-Founder, Tapjoy
* George Garrick, CEO, Offerpal Media
“The social and mobile gaming industries ballooned in 2009, thanks in large part to the emergence of virtual goods business models,” said George Garrick, CEO of Offerpal Media. “But is all this growth sustainable, or are we experiencing a bubble? And if so, what can we do to keep it from popping? Our forum at the GDC will bring together more than a dozen of the industry’s top visionaries to debate the future of the industry and help decide where we go from here.”
The “Social & Mobile Gaming: What’s Next?” forum will feature two panels. The first, on social gaming, will be moderated by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch and will ask tough questions of panelists from Zynga, Playdom, Crowdstar, Playfish and 6 waves about what they think it will take for their industry to double in size this year, as many have predicted, and what threats could derail the industry as it grows. The second panel, on mobile gaming, will be moderated by Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners and will ask panelists from Digital Chocolate, ngmoco, Tapulous, Zynga, Playdom and Tapjoy how to overcome challenges to the distribution, user experience and monetization of free-to-play games on mobile platforms.
SOURCE Offerpal Media
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