Agenda

945 am Introduction – Dean Takahashi, lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat, and Matt Marshall, CEO and founder of VentureBeat, co-emcees talk about the Disruption 2.0 theme

10 am Keynote speech – Steve Perlman, chief executive, OnLive. He will talk about his upcoming games on demand service and how it hopes to accelerate the pace of digital distribution for the games industry. OnLive will operate server-based games, where the processing takes place in server rooms, rather than on game consoles or PCs. In that sense, OnLive will let gamers instantly play high-end games on low-end equipment, which lowers the barrier to entry for consumers to play new release titles.

1030 am to 1115 am Panel – The best disruptive game investment opportunities for 2010 and beyond. Game startups raised about $2 billion from 2007 through 2009. Some of those bets paid off as social games took off on platforms such as Facebook. Will the big funding rounds continue? Is there a new round of consolidation coming? What are the hot trends for investment in 2010? Will there be IPOs in the game space? We’ll have panelists from the venture capital and investment communities to talk about the trends.

>> Moderator: Matt Marshall, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of VentureBeat

>> Chris Petrovic, Senior Vice President of GameStop Digital Ventures

>> Paul Lee, Managing General Partner at Vanedge Capital

>> John Salter, Partner at The Raine Group

>> Tim Chang, Principal at Norwest Venture Partners

1115 am to 1130 am break

1130 pm to 1215 pm Panel – Disruptive game platforms. What can platform owners do to recruit developers to make games for them? What will happen as the new social game platforms like Facebook compete for users alongside traditional console game and web site companies? What is the best strategy for third-party developers and publishers as the number of platforms for games multiplies with the rise of social and mobile games.

>> Moderator: Dean Takahashi, Leader Writer at GamesBeat at VentureBeat

>> Jack Buser, Director of Sony PlayStation Home U.S. Operations

>> Alex St. John, President & Chief Technology Officer of hi5

>> Gareth Davis, Platform Manager at FaceBook

>> Peter Relan, Chairman of Crowdstar

1215 pm to 1 pm lunch

1 pm to 130 pm Mythbusting fireside chat – John Schappert, chief operating officer of Electronic Arts, will do a fireside chat at GamesBeat@GDC with Los Angeles Times staff writer Alex Pham. They will discuss how developers, publishers and investors can navigate the risks of the digital transformation. How quickly is the game industry evolving to a totally online model, and what will it look like when we get there? Does this mean that the shiny disc is dead? And, does social gaming really break all the rules, or will it follow an orderly progression toward big brands like mobile and smart phones?

130 pm to 215 pm Panel — Next-generation social games. Social games with virtual goods business models took off in 2009. Will they continue to grow at a fast rate in 2010, or are they just a flash in the pan? How will social games evolve in the future? What would you call a next-generation social game? We’ll talk with some of the experts at the companies that are making major bets in this space.

>> Moderator: Justin Smith, Founder of Inside Network

>> Jeff Tseng, Co-founder of Crowdstar International

>> Brian Reynolds, Chief Designer at Zynga

>> John Vechey, Co-founder of PopCap Games

>> Owen Mahoney, Chief Executive Officer of Outspark

215 pm to 3 pm Panel – Disruptive innovation. Browser-based 3-D games. Gesture controls. Digital delivery. Business models for the unbanked. 3-D glasses? What will the future bring? This panel will focus on some of the most interesting new ideas across the broad swath of video games. The companies will show us there is plenty of innovation left to do in the game business, but we’ll see who can make a splash with users.

>> Moderator: Chris Morris, Editor of VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner

>> Keith Lee, Chief Executive Officer of Booyah

>> David Helgason, Chief Executive Officer of Unity Technologies

>> Jeff Bellinghausen, Chief Technology Officer of Sixense

>> Jules Urbach, Chief Executive Officer of Otoy

3 pm to 330 pm Fireside chat — Building a blockbuster franchise

>> Moderator: Geoff Keighley, Host at Spike TV

>> Joseph Staten, Design Director at Bunge

>> Ray Muzyka, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of BioWare

330 pm to 415 pm Panel – Gaming without borders. International markets have taken off as gaming has gone global. In the past, Japan, the U.S. and Europe were all that mattered. But now players in countries such as Korea, China, and Russia have all experienced rapid growth. Japan has also moved far ahead of the U.S. in mobile technology. As those markets race ahead, will investors shift their attention to foreign investments? Will foreign companies invest in the U.S. market? Or will something get lost in cross-border translation? What can the U.S. learn from the success of some of the world’s new titans in games?

>> Moderator: Lisa Cosmas Hanson, Founder of Niko Partners and Director of DFC-Niko Emerging Markets

>> Klass Kersting, Chief Executive Officer of Gameforge

>> Tomoko Namba, Chief Executive Officer of DeNA

>> Aroon Tan, President of Games Exchange Alliance and Managing Director at Magma Studios

>> Won Il Sue, Vice President of Business Development at Nexon America

415 pm to 430 pm break

430 pm to 515 pm break Panel — A sea of mobile devices. How is the landscape for mobile games changing as more consumers adopt smart devices that can run downloaded apps? Apple is launching the iPad tablet computer. Will Google’s Android Will it create a new category in games? Is mobile gaming the next frontier for social games? And will mobile games begin to monetize as well as social games do on Facebook?

>> Moderator: Mark Friedler, Business Consultant and Publisher of IndustryGamers.com

>> Neil Young, Chief Executive Officer of ngmoco

>> Bart Decrem, Chief Executive Officer of Tapulous

>> Eric Chu, Group Manager at Android Platform

>> Aunkur Arya, Director of Business Development at Admob

515 pm to 6 pm Who’s Got Game? We’re holding our second annual contest for the best game startups. We’ll have an all-star panel of judges with game industry expertise evaluate our finalists live on stage. The finalists will make short presentations about their companies and the judges will pick the final winner.

>> Moderator: Jeremy Liew, Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners

>> Eric Goldberg, Managing Director at Crossover Technologies

>> Joe Hyrkin, Entrepreneur in Residence at Trinity Ventures

>> Jamil Moledina, Outreach Director, Business Development at Electronic Arts Partners

>> Patrick Mork, Vice President of Marketing at GetJar

6pm Closing comments — Dean Takahashi and Matt Marshall