5th Annual D.I.C.E. Summit Golf Tourney Sponsored by EA Sports
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Pavillion Ballroom
Autodesk Presents: Visual Fight Club--Leading game executives square-off.
Round 1:
Will Consolidation Kill Innovation and Risk?
Mitch Lasky, game industry executive and now with VC firm Benchmark Capital, squares-off against game veteran Keith Boesky, Principle, Boesky & Company.
Round 2:
Traditional Publishing vs. Free Distribution
Kelly Flock, industry publishing veteran squares-off against Min Kim, Director of Operations for Nexon America, publishers of Maple Story and Kart Racer.
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Summerlin Ballroom
Conference Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker Presentation
Gore Verbinski, Director, Pirates of the Caribbean
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Pool Area
Opening Night Welcome Party
February 7, 2008 – Thursday
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Red Rock Registration
Registration
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Breakfast
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Summerlin Ballroom
Opening Remarks: Joseph Olin
Team Blizzard:
Mike Morhaime, CEO & Co-Founder Rob Pardo, Senior VP, Game Design Frank Pearce, Executive VP, Product Development
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Summerlin Ballroom
20 Questions:
Interview with Shane Kim, Corporate VP Microsoft Game Studios
Interview with Seth Schiesel, New York Times
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Mini Break
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Summerlin Ballroom
Power Hour: Engaging the Consumer "Designing for Money"
Roger Snow, Senior VP of Products, Shuffle Master Inc.
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Founder Q Entertainment
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Lunch
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Summerlin Ballroom
Robin Kaminsky, Executive VP Publishing, Activision
The New "Gamer": Closing Gaps in our Growing Industry"
Michael Gallagher, President, ESA
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Summerlin Ballroom
Everyone said it wasn't possible with six grand...so we did it anyway--Then came the aquisition discussions.
Jason Manley, CEO, Massive Black
How Great Game Characters Get Made
Roger Hector, VP Development,
Namco Bandai Games
Summit Adjourns Day 1
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cherry Nightclub
IAA Awards Pre-Party Sponsored by Comcast/Game Invasion
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Red Carpet
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Red Rock Ballroom
11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
10:00 PM – 1:00 AM
VIP Bowling Lanes
IAA Afterparty Co-sponsored by Cox Communications
February 8, 2008 – Friday
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Red Rock Registration
Registration
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Breakfast
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM
Summerlin Ballroom
Open Remarks: Joseph Olin
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Summerlin Ballroom
Charting the Future of Interactive Entertainment
John Riccitiello, CEO Electronic Arts
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Summerlin Ballroom
A Sense of Fun: Anybody Could Be Your Player 1
Masaya Matuura, CEO NanaOn-Sha
Ryo Watanabe, President Robot Sound, Inc.
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Mini-Break
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Summerlin Ballroom
Game Maker's Surprise
Dr. Mark Ollila, Director Strategy & Research, Nokia
12:15 AM – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Summerlin Ballroom
Power Tools: The Best Way to Build Tomorrow's Games
Mike Acton& Andy Burke, Insomniac Games Michael Capps, CEO Epic Games Yannis Mallat, CEO Ubisoft Studios Montreal
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Summerlin Ballroom
Understanding Consumers & Entertainment Consumption Russ Crupnick, VP, Senior Analyst,
NPD Research Group
Summit Adjourns
6:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Bally's VIP Race &
Sports Room
Bioware/Pandemic Presents: 3rd Annual Poker Tournament
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