Day 3
GamesBeat 2016
9:30 am to 10:30 am Breakfast and expo
Mainstage
10:35 am to 11:10 am
Lightning Rounds: Lessons for Game Developers. Speakers: David Levitt, CEO of Pantomime; Omar Siddiqui, CEO of Kiwi; Brendan Wilson, cofounder, System Era; Jay Mattis, cofounder High Horse; Dima Veryovka Co-Founder of Colabee Studios. Moderator: Stewart Rogers, director of marketing technology at VentureBeat.
11:10 am to 11:30 am
Changing the way you do business. Fireside chat between Kent Wakeford, chief operating officer of Kabam, and Dean Takahashi
11:30 am to 11:50 am
How to make esports more mainstream. Fireside chat between Mike Sepso, senior vice president of Media Networks at Activision Blizzard. Jeff Grubb, news writer for GamesBeat.
11: 50 am to 12:10 pm
Making games accessible — The Blizzard way. Fireside chat between Gio Hunt, executive vice president of corporate operations, Blizzard Entertainment, and Mike Minotti, staff writer and community manager at GamesBeat.
Lunch and expo 12:10 pm to 1:25 pm
Mainstage
1:25 pm to 1:55 pm
Going East or Going West. Panelists: Daniel Cho, chairman of Innospark; Roy Liu, general manager of Linekong USA; James Zhang, CEO of Concept Art House and Spellgun. Moderator: Jason Wilson, managing editor of GamesBeat
1:55 pm to 2:15 pm
Riot North America on building an ecosystem: Community, partnerships, and a lasting sport. Fireside chat between Sean Haran, director of business development and publishing at Riot Games and Taylor Cocke, writer at Yahoo esports
2:15 pm to 2:35 pm
Gaming’s past and future. Fireside chat between Tom Kalinske, chairman of Gazillion, and Dean Takahashi.
2:35 pm to 2:45 pm
Closing comments by Dean Takahashi