London Games Conference
PlayReplay will be attending the London Games Conference on Tuesday October 27th, so please get in touch with us if you would like to meet up during the flow of networking drinks to tell us about your latest digital download project.
Speakers on the day will address the topics of Digital Distribution and the Future of the European Games Market.
The full list of sessions and speakers are:
Opening Address
Ed Vaizey – Shadow Minister for Culture
The man who may well be the games industry’s next voice in government talks directly to the trade
The Future of Digital Distribution
Nick Parker – Parker Consulting
One of the games market’s most respected analysts outlines the current digital distribution landscape and offers up exclusive pointers to the future of the sector
Daddy, What’s a Disc?
A discussion on the death of physical media and the business models that will rise up to replace them
Chairman: Phil Harrison – Former president of SCE Worldwide Studios
Panelists:
Kristian Segerstrale – CEO and Co-Founder, Playfish
Mark Gerhard – CEO, Jagex
Thomas Bidaux – CEO, ICO Partners
The New Food Chain
Games will still be made, sold and distributed. But not like they have been. This session looks at the new lines of demarcation.
Chairman: Andy Payne, ELSPA
Panellists:
Charles Cecil – CEO, Revolution Software
Nick Pili – Network Director, SEGA
Gian Luzio – Product Director, The Hut
Rich Keen, Marketing Director, Direct2Drive
Charting the Progress of PC Downloads
Dorian Bloch – GfK-ChartTrack
The man behind the games industry’s charts (and holder of vast amounts of sales data) how digital distribution is the future of the PC market – and makes a forceful case for a download chart
Outside the Box
Key figures from the market’s three established format holders discuss their roles in the brave new digital future
Chairman – Tony Mott, Edge
Panellists:
Pete Edwards – Director, PlayStation Home, SCE
Neil Thompson – Head of Xbox, UK & Ireland, Microsoft
TBA – Nintendo
