Press registration opens for Casual Games Conference

The organisers of the first annual Casual Games Conference are inviting qualified media to begin registering for the event, which is scheduled to take place next month in Seattle.

The conference will aim to offer insights into the business opportunities and design challenges presented by the casual gaming sector, and will feature sessions on multiplayer and wireless gaming, advertising in games, marketing models and contracts and royalites.

Speakers will include Electronic Arts' Andrew Pedersen, Microsoft's Joshua Howard and Geoff Graber of Yahoo!.

The Casual Games Conference will take place from July 19-20 at Seattle's Meydenbauer Center. Members of the media can register for attendance at the official CGC website.