Speakers at our GamesBeat Diversity in Gaming Breakfast.

GamesBeat Summit 2023: Our first-ever Diversity in Gaming Breakfast tackles the talent challenge

We’re proud to say our GamesBeat Summit 2023 event on May 22-23 in person in Los Angeles (and online on the 24th) will feature our first Diversity in Gaming Breakfast.

How do you find diverse talent for your gaming and metaverse experiences? That’s the topic of our panel at the breakfast, which will take place on day two of the event at 7:50 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. on May 22. The session will be open to all registered attendees at the summit.

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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.