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On July 14, Digital Media Wire is hosting the 2nd Annual
Mobile Games Insider, an exclusive event for the
industry’s key movers and influencers. 100 top
executives from the mobile games and entertainment
businesses and members of the media and analyst
community will be invited to attend an afternoon
conference at a private venue in Los Angeles.
This private event will allow select guests to listen to
and contribute to debates driven by the people who
create the headlines within the mobile games business.
We’ll also discuss the industry’s future growth, its
place within the overall games market and the issues
closest to the hearts and minds of industry leaders.
Guests will also enjoy complimentary cocktails at the networking reception held on the beach
veranda at the close of the program, as well as complimentary parking and refreshments during the afternoon
break.
The event’s goal is to explore the $3.3 billion mobile games industry, highlight the opportunities
and draw awareness to the challenges needed to be collectively overcome for the industry to progress to a
mass market phenomenon. It will be a compact afternoon, with a focused program of two panels and two
one-on-one interviews, drawing upon the expertise of leaders from mobile games publishers, platform owners
and brand owners. Invitations will be granted
on a case by case basis in the discretion of the event committee.
To request an invitation, please
click here. If you have received an invitation,
click here to register. For more information, please call (310) 855-0033
or email us at
games@digitalmediawire.com.
Speakers and agenda for the 2008 event will be announced
in early May.
2007
Speakers
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Rocky
Pimentel Executive Vice President & CFO
Glu Mobile
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Levi
Buchanan
Editor-in-Chief
IGN Wireless
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David
Gosen
CEO
I-play
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Lucy
Hood
CEO
Jamba
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Seamus
McAteer
Chief Product Architect &
Senior Analyst
M:Metrics
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Dr. Mark Ollila, Director of Technology &
Strategy, Games, Multimedia
Nokia |
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Billy
Pidgeon
Games Manager
IDC Consumer Markets |
Eric
Goldberg Managing Director Crossover
Technologies |
Larry
Shapiro
EVP & GM, Domestic Mobile Content
Walt Disney Internet Group |
Mike
Yuen
Senior Director, Gaming Group QUALCOMM Internet
Services
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Michael
Pachter Managing Director, Entertainment
Research Wedbush Morgan Securities |
Eric
Berger
Vice President,
Mobile Entertainment Sony
Pictures |
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Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel
Commentator & Spokesperson, Championship
Gaming Series |
Oliver
Miao
General Manager Centerscore, Vivendi
Games Mobile |
Ken
Rutkowski
Host & President KenRadio Broadcasting |
Ned
Sherman
CEO &
Publisher
Digital Media Wire |
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2007
Agenda
12:30PM – 2:00PM
Media Lunch with Speakers
Welcome by Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media
Wire
2:00PM – 2:15PM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Mike Yuen, Senior Director, Gaming Group, Qualcomm
Internet Services
2:15PM – 2:45PM
Keynote
Interview
Lucy Hood, CEO, Jamba
Interviewed by Levi Buchanan, Editor-in-Chief, IGN
Wireless
2:45PM – 3:30PM
Mobile Games Publishing Panel
The mobile games market has reached a new stage of
maturity where two separate audience segments have
emerged: the first bringing in the PC casual gamer and
the second, a new emerging category that competes
directly with handheld gaming, driven by the growing
adoption of smart phones and other high end handsets.
These are two separate and distinct markets, with the
casual games being the big volume category. What are the
biggest opportunities for publishers to capitalize on
these mobile games growth opportunities?
Moderator: Seamus McAteer, Chief Product
Architect & Senior Analyst, M:Metrics
Speakers:
Rocky Pimentel, Executive Vice President & CFO, Glu
Mobile
Michael Pachter, Man. Dir., Ent. Software
Research, Wedbush Morgan Securities
Oliver Miao, General Manager of Centerscore, Vivendi
Games Mobile
Larry Shapiro, EVP & GM, Domestic Mobile Content, Walt
Disney Internet Group
3:30PM – 4:00PM
Networking Break
4:00PM – 4:15PM
The Gamer's Perspective on Mobile Games
Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel,
Cyber-Athlete (Winner of 12 Major Gaming Championships)
and Commentator & Global Spokesperson, Championship
Gaming Series
Interviewed by Ken Rutkowski, Host & President, KenRadio
Broadcasting
4:15PM - 5:00PM
Mobile Games Platform Panel
Mobile games can access mobile phones' primary function
-- communication -- to bring a new dimension to
multiplayer mobile gaming. The latest mobile phones now
feature processing and graphics power to rival dedicated
handheld devices. This panel will examine the unique
experiences gamers can enjoy on mobile phones. How are
new and improved mobile devices contributing to the
growth of the mobile games sector, and what impact will
this have on the game industry overall?
Moderator: Billy Pidgeon, Games Manager, IDC
Consumer Markets
Speakers:
Eric Berger, Vice President, Mobile
Entertainment, Sony Pictures
Dr. Mark Ollila, Director
of Technology & Strategy, Games, Multimedia, Nokia
Mike Yuen, Senior Director,
Gaming Group, Qualcomm Internet Services
5:00PM – 5:30PM
Keynote
Interview
David Gosen, CEO, I-play
Interviewed by Eric Goldberg, Managing Director,
Crossover Technologies
5:30PM – 5:45PM
Closing Remarks
Dr. Mark Ollila, Director of Technology & Strategy,
Games, Multimedia, Nokia
5:45PM – 6:45PM
Cocktails on the Veranda
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