Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari.
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Video game pioneer Nolan Bushnell to speak at GamesBeat Summit

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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We’re delighted to announce that video game pioneer and former Atari chief executive Nolan Bushnell will be speaking at the GamesBeat Summit on May 5 and 6. Taking place at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort just north of San Francisco, this is an intimate, invite-only event designed to promote open dialogue and debate among senior-level peers. See if you qualify here.

Bushnell is the newest star speaker among our all-star lineup at the GamesBeat Summit. He’s a world-famous inventor and entrepreneur and the cofounder of Atari, the iconic video game company that created titles like Pong and Breakout. He’ll kick off the event based on our themes of “bold ideas in gaming” and transparency.

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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.