Speaker line-up unveiled for Leipzig GCDC

The organisers of the Leipzig GC Developers' Conference have unveiled the list of speakers set to take the stage at this year's event, which will take place from August 20 - 22.

This year there will be presentations on MMO development, engine technology and mobile entertainment, plus next-gen consoles and the PC platform.

"GCDC 2007 will be a focal point for the game industry as we explore all aspects of development, business, production, and science as they relate to games," said GCDC director Frank Sliwka.

Advisory board member Sean Kauppinen added, "We had a tremendous number of potential speakers this year and the task of deciding which topics and speakers to choose has been an intense process because there is so much going on in the industry right now."

The list of speakers confirmed so far is below. More keynotes and panel discussions are set to be announced in the coming weeks.

• Julian Eggebrecht (USA)
• Peter Molyneux (UK)
• Michael Capps, Epic Games (USA)
• Mark Rein, Epic Games (USA)
• Mark Morris, Introversion Software (UK)
• Ken Ralston, Big Huge Games (USA)
• Cathy Campos, Panache (UK)
• Doug Whatley, Break Away (USA)
• Michael Lewis, Cryptic Studios (USA)
• George Bain (UK)
• Christopher Schmitz, 10Tacle Studios (Germany)
• Dr. Michael Wimmer, The University of Vienna (Austria
• Alexander Fernández, Streamline Studios (The Netherlands)
• Amir Taaki, Crystalspace (Finland)
• Jeff Strain, ArenaNet (USA)
• Vlad Ihora, Telia Sonora (Sweden)
• Barbara Lippe, Avaloop (Austria)
• Pamela Kato, The GamerX (USA)
• Uwe Nikl, Level 3 (UK)
• Matt Firor, Ultra Mega Games (USA)
• Konstantin Ewald, Osborne Clark (Germany)
• John Smedley, Sony Online Entertainment (USA)
• Cindy Armstrong, Webzen (USA)
• Jennifer MacLean, Comcast Interactive Media (USA)
• Chris Mottes, Deadline Games (Denmark)
• Jeff Hickman, EA Mythic (USA)
• Jeffrey Steefel, Turbine, Inc. (USA)
• Don Daglow, Stormfront Studios (USA)
• Jason Manley, Massive Black (USA)
• Patric Palm, Hansoft (Sweden)