Press Registration now Open for Mobile Game Conference

Press registration is now open for the 4th annual Mobile Game Conference taking place July 13-14, 2006 in Seattle. A limited number of passes are available for working media. The conference will be extremely informative not to mention a whole lot of fun (see LivePitch below).

*** To register as press please visit: http://www.thegameinitiative.com/news/mediareg.html

Conference schedule can be found at http://www.mobilegameconference.com/schedule/index.html

Keynotes, speakers and highlights are below - including our unique LivePitch OnStage program.

LivePitch OnStage

The centerpiece of the Mobile Game Conference, is LivePitch OnStage, the chance for game developers, indie game developers and publishers to float their skunkworks projects, their nights-and-weekend designs, in front of a panel of mobile games executives who can bring them to market. On July 13th at the Mobile Game Conference the winning presenters, onstage before the entire conference audience, receives five minutes to convince the VIP judges to fund or distribute their idea. Think of it as American Idol for mobile game development.
Judges:
- Kris Davis, Games Product Marketing Manger, Sprint
- Andrew Stein, Sr. Product Manager, Cingular
- Paul Nakayama, Sr. Director, Content Programming, Amp'd Mobile

Conference Keynotes

- Chris Early, Studio Manager, Microsoft Casual Games Group
- Mitch Lasky, Senior, Vice President, EA Mobile
- Kosei Ito, Vice President and Producer of Mobile Products, Square Enix North America
- Trip Hawkins, Chairman & CEO, Digital Chocolate

Mobile Game Conference Speakers Include:

Alex Bloom, Vice President, Content and Developer Services, Motricity
Andrew Stein, Sr. Product Manager, Cingular
Andre Vahsen, COO, Machineworks NW LLC
Are Traasdahl, Founder and CEO, Thumbplay
Chris Early, Studio Manager, Microsoft Casual Games Group
Eric Goldberg, Managing Director, Crossover Technologies
Jason A. Ford, Vice President, Strategy & Planning, Namco Networks America Inc.
Jason Spero , SVP Marketing , Digital Chocolate
Jill Braff, GM North America & SVP Worldwide Marketing, Glu Mobile
John Cahill, General Manager, Mobile Games, Yahoo
John Szeder, CEO, Mofactor
Julian Corbett, Vice President of Business Development and Brand Partnerships, In-Fusio
Kanishka Agarwal, Vice President of New Products, Telephia
Kosei Ito, Vice President and Producer of Mobile Products, Square Enix North America Kris Davis, Games Product Marketing Manger, Sprint
Kyu Lee, President, GAMEVIL USA, Inc.
Neil Halder, Vice President Content Programming & Strategy, SkyZone
Mark Pierce, CEO, Super Happy Fun Fun, Inc.
Matthew Bellows, General Manager, Floodgate Entertainment
Mike Yuen, Senior Director, Gaming Group, QUALCOMM
Misha Lyalin, CEO, Reaxion
Paul Foster, President/CEO, Pick Up and Play
Paul Nakayama, Sr. Director, Content Programming, Amp'd Mobile
Ron Czerny, Founder & CEO, Play Phone
Randy Shepherd, founder & director of business development, werd interactive inc.
Scott Edison, Director-Mobile, Oberon
Seamus McAteer, Chief Product Architect & Senior Analyst, M:Metrics
Steve Hoffman, North American Studio Head, Infospace, Inc.
Trip Hawkins, Chairman & CEO, Digital Chocolate

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