2010 Event

Highlights from 2010

Vancouver Gateway to the Pacific Rim: Asia, US Pacific North West and Canada

Over 240 international companies represented at the 2010 event. Vancouver is a major hub of game development and home to world class games studios including:

• Electronic Arts
• Radical
• Nexon Corp
• THQ Inc.
• Vivendi Games
• Relic
• Take-Two Interactive
• Slant Six
• Disney Interactive Studios

2010 Keynote Speakers:

• Bill Mooney, Zynga
• Tommy Tallarico, Videogame Composer, VideoGames Live

2010 Topics:

• Striking it Rich with iPhone Games
• The Art of Conversion
• Rendering with Conviction
• Can We Talk? Speech in Videogames
• Building Game UI with WebKit
• One Year in the App Store: A Case Study of Backflip Studios
• Using Telemetry to Improve Zombie Killing
• Funding for Game Developers - Do's and Dont's
• Digital Distribution
• Bringing Dragon Age to Life

2010 Advisory Board:

	Brenda Bailey COO, Deep Fried Entertainment		Colin Macrae Director, Communications, EA
	Dan Irish CEO, Threewave Software Inc.		David Elton Senior Developer, EA / Lead Rep Vancouver Chapter IGDA
	Gerri Sinclair Masters of Digital Media Program @ the Centre for Digital Media GNWC		Howard Donaldson VP Studio Operations, Disney Interactive Studios
	Jerome Kashetsky Industrial Technology Advisor, National Research Council of Canada		Kelly Zmak Past President, Radical Entertainment
	Kerry Whalen Producer, Ubisoft		Steve Bocska Founding President, Pug Pharm Productions
	Tabitha Hayes Director of Marketing - Need for Speed, EA		Tarrnie Williams Executive Producer, EA Sports