D.I.C.E. Summit 2015 will commence on February 3rd, 2015 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Brandon Beck, CEO of Riot Games, announced to the press that he will be the keynote speaker at the event. Here is the list of other speakers that will discuss topics related to video games:
- Mark Deloura, Previous Senior Advisor at White House Office of Science and Technology (“The View from Washington, DC”)
- Michael de Plater, Design Director, Monolith Production (“Player Stories vs. Designer Stories”)
- Jeri Ellsworth, Chief Hardware Engineer/Co-Founder, castAR (“The Shape of New Realities”)
- Mohamed Fadl, eSports Director, Wargaming (Sustainability in the eSports Landscape”)
- Tommy Francois, New IP Editorial Director, Ubisoft (“Creative Maturity Through Life Experience”)
- Alan Gershenfeld, President and Co-Founder, E-Line Media (“Games Thousands of Years in the Making”)
- Robin Hunicke, CEO and Co-Founder of Funomena (“The Shape of New Realities”)
- Kevin Lin, COO, Twitch (“Sustainability on eSports Landscape”)
- Bob Lowe, Game Director, Avalanche Software (“Disney Infinity” a Platform Without Borders”)
- Gloria O’Neill, President and CEO, Cook Inlet Tribal Council (“Games Thousands of Years in the Making”)
- Alexey Pajitnow, Tetris creator (“Secret Origins of the Tetris Phenomenon”)
- Henk Rogers, Managing Director, Tetris Company (“Secret Origins of the Tetris Company”)
- Chris Sigaty, Executive Producer, Blizzard Entertainment (“Sustainability in the eSports Landscape”)
The panels will be streamed on Wednesday, February 4th at 9:30AM until 5PM PST. You can see the streams again on Thursday, February 5th at 9:30Am until 4PM PST. The D.I.C.E. awards will be aired on Twitch on February 5th at 7PM PST. Visit the D.I.C.E. Summit website for more information at the event:
