Austin GDC Program Guide 2008

SPEAKERS Writer (Microsoft Game Studios) Galatea 3.0: Designing and Writing Great Game Characters Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM News Director (Gamasutra) The State of Facebook/Social Network Gaming Tues 1:30 - 2:30PM The State of Kids Virtual Worlds Wed 1:30 - 2:30PM The Future of the Metaverse Wed 4:30 - 5:30PM Composer & Sound Designer (dSonic, Inc.) Music and Sound as Game Design Tools Mon 9:30 - 10:30AM SVP Digital Development & GM (NBC.com) Dunder Mifflin Infinity: A Case Study in Using Game Mechanics to Drive Community Behavior Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM Product Director (Audiokinetic) Wwise best practices: A case study with Microsoft Game Studios Tues 4:30 - 5:30PM Senior Editor (Wired Magazine) New Interfaces, New Gamewriting Opportunities Wed 1:30PM - 2:30PM Director of Product Management (Tabula Digita) Ask Anything! Open Q&A with Speakers Wed 4:30 - 5:30PM The Game Job Interview RPG Wed 2:30 - 3:30PM Designer & Producer (Bobbates.com) Freelancers’ Roundtable Tues 4:30 - 5:30PM GM & Executive VP (3DV Systems) New Interfaces, New Gamewriting Opportunities Wed 1:30 - 2:30PM VP of Consumer Strategy (Vivox) Making Games Human: Adding Voice to Videogames Tues 1:30 - 2:30PM CEO (GoPets, Ltd.) From Feudalism to Enlightenment: Building a Better EULA Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM GM & SVP of Marketing (WeeWorld Inc.) Cracking the Consumer Control Code: Effective Strategies for Advertising in the Social Media Landscape Wed 3 - 4PM Director, R&D (+7 Systems) Hordes of Orcs: A Case Study in Automating Gameplay Balance Wed 3 - 4PM Tom Abernathy Director (Dolby Laboratories) Dolby Axon. Better Voice. Better Game. Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM Founder & CEO (Numedeon, Whyville) The State of Kids Virtual Worlds Wed 1:30 - 2:30PM Principal Engineer (Intel Corporation) The Future of the Metaverse Wed 4:30 - 5:30PM Attorney (Davis & Gilbert) Comparing Virtual Property Models - A Business and Legal Perspective Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Designer (Savannah College of Art & Design) 100 Questions, 97 Answers, 56 Minutes Wed 11AM - 12PM Chief Product Officer (Emotiv Systems Inc.) New Interfaces, New Gamewriting Opportunities Wed 1:30 - 2:30PM Paul Boustead CEO & Founder (Outspark) Online Gaming From an Executive Perspective Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM VP Corporate Technology Organization (Samsung Electronics) Business Use of Virtual Worlds: Case Studies for Conducting Business in Major Technology Companies Wed 11AM - 12PM The Future of the Metaverse Wed 4:30 - 5:30PM Indie Developer Why Are Games That Suck So Popular on Social Networks? Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM Voice Actor (DB-Cooper.com) Blazing the Trail for Hot Game Dialog Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Service Director (Bioware Austin) Modeling Infrastructure Cost for MMO Launch Mon 3 - 4PM Senior Product Manager (Emergent Game Technologies) Zombie Survival Seminar: A Case Study on Short Timelines, Limited Resources and Achieving Big Results Mon 3 - 4PM Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder (rmbr) Writing for Socially Networked Games: Blending User-Generated Content with Storytelling Wed 3 - 4PM Community Manager (EA Bioware, Austin) The Psychology of The MMO Gamer Mon 9:30 - 10:30AM Technical Director (BioWare Austin) Licensed Software - Cost Benefit Analysis Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM Manager of Design & Writer (Red Storm Entertainment) Game Writers’ Workshop Mon 3 - 4PM Technical Artist (SOE) Dr. Strangeflow or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pipeline Tues 9:30 - 10:30AM Writer & Consultant (Quantum Content) IGDA Writing SIG Group Gathering Tues 3 - 4PM Writer & Game Designer (Ground Zero Productions) Special Ops: The Writer of the Future Wed 4:30 - 5:30PM Susan Choe Leigh Alexander James M. Bower Victoria Coleman Mic Bowman S. Gregory Boyd Simon Amarasingham Blake Commagere Stephen Andrade Brenda Brathwaite DB Cooper Randy Breen Simon Ashby Ruben Cortez Corey Bridges Adam Creighton Chris Baker Executive Producer & Co-Founder (Multiverse) Social Networks and Virtual Worlds: A Shared Future? Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM Senior Producer (AspyrMedia) Pitch Your Game Idea Wed 12 - 1:30PM You’re Hired! How to Get HR to Notice You Wed 1:30 - 2:30PM Ask Anything! Open Q&A with Speakers Wed 4:30 - 5:30PM Audio Director (NCSoft Corporation) Juggling Cats Tues 3 - 4PM Creative Director (SOE) Taking the Grind out of the MMO Grind Wed 1:30 - 2:30PM Game Designer (SOE) Living with a Legacy Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Academic Resarcher & CTO (Personal Audio) Cocktail Parties, Presence and Compelling Next-Gen Audio Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM CTO (Multiverse) Unlocking Flash to Build the Next Great MMO Tues 1:30 - 2:30PM President (Klei Entertainment Inc.) Microtransactions in North America – Early Lessons from the Pioneers Tues 3 - 4PM Client Industry Executive (EDS) Online Gaming From an Executive Perspective Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Jennifer Bullard Eduardo Baraf Christopher Cunningham Bob Bates Tracy W. Bush Sean Dahlberg Charles Bellfield Christopher Cao Bill Dalton Matthew Bellows Jonathan Caraker Richard Dansky Simon Carlile Erik Bethke Lane Daughtry Rafhael Cedeno Lauren Bigelow Wendy Despain Jamie Cheng Flint Dille nathaniel Bogan Doug Chey 24 Austin Game Developers Conference | September 15-17, 2008 | Austin Convention Center | Austin, Texas | www.AustinGDC.net https://www.cmpevents.com/GDAU08/a.asp?option=G&V=2&CPid=226&Sortby=1&SPln=0&cid=AGC08_PGWPX2 http://NBC.com http://DB-Cooper.com http://Bobbates.com http://www.AustinGDC.net

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Austin GDC Program Guide 2008 Contents Conference-at-a-Glance General Information Conference Overview Advisory Board Keynote Speakers Conference Sessions Game Career Seminar Worlds in Motion Summit Austin GDC Events Austin GDC Evening Events Speakers Sponsors & Media Partners Exhibitor Directory Expo Hall Map & Exhibitors

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