Speakers will share bold ideas at the GamesBeat Summit (May 5-May 6)

We’re ready to announce our latest speakers for the GamesBeat Summit. It’s May 5 and May 6 at the scenic Cavallo Resort just north of San Francisco. This is not your typical conference: This one is small and intimate, with plenty of networking time.

Jeff Lyndon of iDreamsky
Jeff Lyndon of iDreamsky

Our newest speakers include Jeff Lyndon, the president and cofounder of China’s iDreamsky Technology. The Chinese mobile game market is one of the largest and most exciting on the planet, and few companies have been as nimble in adapting to change as iDreamsky, which has had more than 500 million downloads thanks to Chinese publishing rights for games such as Fruit Ninja.

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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.