Austin GDC Program Guide 2008

September 15-17, 2008 A ust i n C onvent i on C ent er • A ust i n , TX SPEAKERS CEO & Founder (K2 Network) Subscriptions Versus Free-to-Play Tues 3 - 4PM Online Gaming From an Executive Perspective Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Director of Gaming Solutions (comScore) Measuring & Metrics: The Online Gaming Audience Mon 9:30 - 10:30AM President & Executive VP (Sulake Inc., Habbo) The State of Kids Virtual Worlds Wed 1:30 - 2:30PM Founder & CEO (Conduit Labs, Loudcrowd) Case Studies: User-Generated Content In Online Worlds Tues 4:30 - 5:30PM VP of Sales & Business Development (Gaia Online) In-World Advertising Case Study Tues 11 - 12PM Co-Founder & CEO (Three Rings, Whirled) Case Studies: User-Generated Content In Online Worlds Tues 4:30 - 5:30PM Chief Scientist (Neural Audio) Neural-THX Surround: Serious Surround Sound for the Multi-Channel Gamer 9:30 - 10:30AM Account Supervisor (TriplePoint) What PR Does for Your MMO Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM Attorney (Drakeford & Kane LLC) Managing Copyright Issues in Videogames and Virtual Worlds Wed 3 - 4PM My Game, My Rules: the Power and Pitfalls of End User License Agreements in Games Wed 4:30 - 5:30PM President (Orbus Gameworks) It’s Who You Get to Know Tues 5:30 - 6:30PM Wake Up and Smell the Metrics! A Rant on Metrics-Driven Development in Online Games Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM Director of Game Operations (Nexon America Inc.) Evolving Business for MMOs Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM From Development to Launch: the Keys to Building a Successful Free-to-Play MMO Tues 1:30 - 2:30PM Client Technology Lead (NCSoft) Postmortem: Deferred Shading in Tabula Rasa Mon 9:30 - 10:30AM President (Areae Inc.) From Feudalism to Enlightenment: Building a Better EULA Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM Audio Business & Marketing Game Career Seminar Joshua Hong Senior Programmer (SOE) Living with a Legacy Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Writer (Monkeyshines Entertainment) Blazing the Trail for Hot Game Dialog Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Vice-Chair (WGA Videogame Writers Caucus) Taking Your Game to the Next Level with WGA Talent Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM Creative Director & Co-Founder (area/code) The State of Facebook/Social Network Gaming Tues 1:30 - 2:30PM Audio Director (Slipgate Ironworks) A Generative, Adaptive Music System for MMO games Mon 3 - 4PM Director of Services – US (Vasco Data Securities) Security in MMORPGs Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM Director of Product Management (Versant) Using the Versant Object Database in Your Next MMO Tues 3 - 4PM Founder & President (XEODesign, Inc.) Reaching Beyond WOW: Facebook and the Keys to Social Play Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM Lead Quest Designer (Carbine Studios/ NCSoft OC) More Interactivity: A Storytelling Workshop Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Executive Creative Director & Founder (DC Universe Online/Wildstorm Productions) The Art of DC Universe Online (DCUO) Tues 9:30 - 10:30AM Alan Krause Marianne Krawczyk Communications Director (Singapore - MIT GAMBIT Game Lab) Them’s Playing Words: Video Game Adaptation Workshop Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM CTO (Divide By Zero Games) Pirates of the Burning Sea: A Post-Partum Mon 4:30 - 5:30PM Composer & Sound Designer (Freelance) Iron Composer Texas, Year 1 Tues 1:30 - 2:30PM VP of India Market Development (K2 Network, Inc.) Emerging Market: India, Challenges & Pitfalls Tues 9:30 - 10:30AM Lead Cinematic Designer (Bioware) A Future Told: Writing for Cinematic Design Mon 3 - 4PM Technical Artist Real World Texture Painting Tips for Game Developers Tues 1:30 - 2:30PM CEO (Game Center Group) The Next Generation Customer Service Experience Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Programmer (Slipgate Ironworks) A Generative, Adaptive Music System for MMO games Mon 3 - 4PM Engineer (Emergent Game Technologies) Zombie Survival Seminar: A Case Study on Short Timelines, Limited Resources and Achieving Big Results Mon 3 - 4PM Game Test Manager (VMC Game Labs) Casual Game Testing Best Practices and Pitfalls Mon 1:30 - 2:30PM Community Director (MyHollywood.com) Online Community and Culture: Why it’s Easier to Manage than You Might Think Tues 1:30 - 2:30PM The World That Players Wouldn’t Let Die Tues 4:30 - 5:30PM Virtual Worlds Consultant Wake Up and Smell the Metrics! A Rant on Metrics-Driven Development in Online Games Wed 9:30 - 10:30AM Audio Director (Microsoft Game Studios) Wwise Best Practices: A Case Study with Microsoft Game Studios Tues 4:30 - 5:30PM Geoffrey Long Edward Hunter Joe Ludwig Tim Langdell Teemu Huuhtanen nathan Madsen Frank Lantz nabeel Hyatt Sumeet Maniar Kurt Larson Paul Marino Joe Hyrkin Daniel James Will LaSala Ben Mathis Derek Laufenberg D. Scott Mattson James Johntson nicole Lazzaro Chris Mayer Eddiemae Jukes Sean Kane Jess Lebow Paul McLaurin Jim Lee Edward McPherson Darius Kazemi Elan Lee Founder & Chief Designer (Fourth Wall Studios) ARGs: Fake Websites, Invented Stories, Automated Phone Calls and Other Methods to Earn the Trust of a Community Wed 4:30 - 5:30PM Ron Meiners Min Kim Blake Lewin VP of Media and Entertainment Platforms (Turner Broadcasting Systems) The World That Players Wouldn’t Let Die Tues 4:30 - 5:30PM Lead Designer (Cartoon Network) Economic Design and Management of Virtual Worlds with a Large Shard Population Tues 4:30 - 5:30PM Creative Director (Crystal Dynamics) What’s Lara’s Story? Advanced Storytelling Techniques in Tomb Raider: Underworld Tues 9:30 - 10:30AM Larry Mellon Sam Lewis Rusty Koonce Kristofor Mellroth Eric Lindstrom Raph Koster Game Design Social Networking & Community Technology & Services Worlds in Motion Summit Writing for Games 27 https://www.cmpevents.com/GDAU08/a.asp?option=G&V=2&CPid=226&Sortby=1&SPln=0&cid=AGC08_PGWPX2 http://MyHollywood.com

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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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