GamesBeat Summit explores the bold ideas of gaming (May 5-May 6)

We’ve announced a number of speakers and are close to locking up our agenda for the first-ever GamesBeat Summit. Here’s our latest rundown of the themes we’ll be discussing at the summit, which features fireside talks, keynotes, networking time, and small roundtable discussions in the beautiful atmosphere of the Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, Calif., on May 5 and May 6.

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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.