Worlds in Motion Summit

Sessions | Speakers | Advisory Board

Monday & Tuesday, March 23-24, 2009

The Worlds in Motion Summit is a definitive event tailored for the growing number of industry professionals and Fortune 500 companies developing interactive online spaces for both entertainment and commercial purposes. Discussion forums will delve into online worlds, social gaming and media and player created activity, providing insight for developers of all backgrounds into how the game industry is collectively building socialization into games and integrating personalization and player-generated content into gameplay—while widely accessible Web and networking tools are looking to the game industry for their way forward. The summit will also debate the future of gaming, which may lie in the convergence of these new frontiers

JUST ANNOUNCED! Highlighted Sessions:

Pack Your Bags, We're Going to Audience Acquisition & Retention Strategies Camp
Speaker: Margaret Wallace (Rebel Monkey, Inc.)

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Worlds In Motion Summit Advisors:

Raph Koster
President
Areae Inc.

Raph Koster is the president of Areae, Inc., a developer of virtual worlds, and the author of the widely acclaimed book A Theory of Fun for Game Design (Paraglyph 2004). He previously worked as chief creative officer at Sony Online Entertainment, creative director for Star Wars Galaxies, and lead designer of Ultima Online and UO: The Second Age. He also maintains a popular website at http://www.raphkoster.com which houses notable writings such as the Online World Timeline and the Laws of Online World Design.

Simon Carless
Chairman, Independent Games Festival
Editorial Director, Game Developer Magazine & Gamasutra.com

Simon Carless is the Chairman of the Independent Games Festival and Editorial Director of the Think Services Game Group, overseeing both Game Developer magazine and Gamasutra.com. He has previously worked as a writer/editor for tech site Slashdot, and as a game designer for companies such as Eidos Interactive and Atari.

Mathew Kumar
Editor
WorldsinMotion.biz

Mathew Kumar is a journalist based in Toronto, Canada, serving as Editor of WorldsInMotion.biz, a Contributing Editor for Gamasutra.com, and has written for websites as diverse as CBC.ca, Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun and Twitch Film, and for publications including Edge, The Globe and Mail and Plan B Magazine. He graduated from the The University of the West of Scotland with a degree in Computer Games Technology.

Daniel Terdiman
Senior Writer
CNET News.com

Daniel Terdiman is a senior writer with CNET News.com. He has been a professional journalist for 12 years and has written and reported for such publications as The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Wired News, Business 2.0 and others. He has a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and is considered one of the world's leading writers about virtual worlds.

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To register for the Worlds in Motion Summit, you will need to purchase an All Access Pass or Summits and Tutorials Pass.