Meggan Scavio is the new head of the AIAS, which creates the D.I.C.E. Summit.
Meggan Scavio is the new head of the AIAS, which creates the D.I.C.E. Summit.
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Former GDC boss Meggan Scavio will run an elite game academy

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has named Meggan Scavio as its new president and CEO.

Scavio was formerly “GDC Bosslady,” or the head of the Game Developers Conference. She spent 18 years at the GDC’s owner, UBM, and was most recently general manager of GDC events for eight years.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.