GamesBeat 2015 has a big focus on diversity and gaming’s women leaders

We’re happy to say that we’ll have more women speakers than ever before at GamesBeat 2015, and the topic of diversity will come up often. We consider these 17 all-star women to be one of the attractions that will make our conference unique and a must-attend event for industry leaders.

In the big picture, we don’t have a lot of women among the whole cast of speakers. But that’s a symptom of the game industry’s own challenges in putting women and underrepresented minorities into positions of leadership. With Gamergate and online harassment, it seems like many would rather shut down the diversity of voices in the industry. But we think that diversity gives us new ideas that make gaming stronger. And our speakers will have their own perspective on how welcoming the game industry can be for women and how to recruit more in the future. We have succeeded in finding gaming veterans and fresh voices alike as our speakers.