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Austin GDC Keynote Lineup

	Lane Merrifield Executive Vice President, Walt Disney Internet Group, Co-Founder and General Manager, Club Penguin Keynote:At Their Service: Making a Difference by Putting Players First
	Bruce Sterling American Science Fiction Author & Futurist Keynote:Computer Entertainment 35 Years from Today
	Jason Page Audio Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe R&D Keynote: That It? Next Gen Audio

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Sessions Overview
Online Track

• How to Manage Your Online Business During Growth and Decline
  Speakers: Rich Vogel (Co-Studio Director, BioWare), John Donham (Co-Founder, VP of Production, Metaplace.com)
• Evolving Business for MMOs
  Speakers: Robert Ferrari (VP Business Development, Turbine), Hilmar Veigar Petursson (CEO, CCP), Nicolay Nickelsen (VP, Business Development, Funcom), Min Kim (Director of Game Operations, Nexon America Inc.), Jessica Mulligan (COO, ImaginVenture SA)
• Endgame: How to Build High-End Gameplay for Your Most Devoted Players
  Speakers: Damion Schubert (Lead Combat Designer, Bioware Austin)
• What Your Mother and Your Ten-Year Old Can Teach You About MMOs
  Speakers: Nick Fortugno (President/Co-Founder, Rebel Monkey)
• Wake Up and Smell the Metrics! A Rant on Metrics-Driven Development in Online Games
  Speakers: Larry Mellon (Virtual Worlds Consultant), Darius Kazemi (President, Orbus Gameworks)

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Audio Track

• Why Game Composers MUST become 21st Century Artists or Face Extinction, Austin Wintory (Composer, Wintory Global Engineering)
• Iron Composer Texas, Year 1, Nathan Madsen (Composer-Sound Designer, Freelance), Jesse Searls (Composer, Sound Designer, Ohio State University), Randall Ryan (Lead Composer, HamsterBall)

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Writing Track

• Game Writers' Workshop
  Speaker: Richard Dansky (Manager of Design/Writer, Red Storm Entertainment)
• Assembly Required: A Team Game-Writing Challenge
  Speaker:: Patrick Redding (Game/Narrative Designer, Ubisoft Montreal)
• New Interfaces, New Gamewriting Opportunities
  Speakers: Chris Baker (Senior Editor, Wired Magazine), Randy Breen (Chief Product Officer, Emotiv Systems Inc.), Charles Bellfield (General Manager and Executive VP, 3DV Systems)
• Writing for Socially Networked Games: Blending User-Generated Content with Storytelling
  Speakers: Gabe Zichermann (CEO, rmbr), Christopher Cunningham (Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder, rmbr)

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• Microtransactions in North America—Lessons Learned from the Pioneers
  Speaker: Jamie Cheng (Klei Entertainment Inc.)
• Dunder Mifflin Infinity: A Case Study in Using Game Mechanics to Drive Community Behavior
  Speaker: Stephen Andrade (SVP Digital Development and GM, NBC.com), Rajat Paharia (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bunchball)
• The State of Kids Virtual Worlds
  Speakers: James Bower (Whyville), Chris Waldron (Cartoon Network, Fusion Fall), Teemu Huuhtanen (Sulake Inc, Habbo)
• Business Use of Virtual Worlds: Case Studies for Conducting Business from Major Technology Companies
  Speaker: Michael Rowe (3D Internet & v-Business & Business Management, IBM), Victoria Coleman (Samsung Electronics)
• The Future of the Metaverse
  Speakers: Sibley Verbeck (Chief Executive Officer, Electric Sheep), Victoria Coleman (Samsung Electronics), Jeffrey Pope (NGI), Mic Bowman (Intel Corporation)

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• Pitch Your Game Idea
  Speakers: Brandon Sheffield (Senior Editor, Game Developer Magazine/Gamasutra.com), Brandon Van Slyke (Game Designer, Vicarious Visions), Jennifer Bullard (Senior Producer, AspyrMedia)
• The Game Job Interview RPG
  Speakers: Eduardo Baraf (Director, Product Management, Tabula Digita), Brandon Van Slyke (Game Designer, Vicarious Visions), Jill Duffy (Editor, GameCareerGuide.com), Gordon Dutrisac (Student Services Director, DigiPen Institute of Technology)
• You’re Hired! How to Get HR to Notice You
  Speakers: Jennifer Bullard (Senior Producer, AspyrMedia), Paula Fellbaum (Vice President of Human Resources, Nexon Publishing NA), Ed Roman (CEO, Ghostfire Games), Jill Duffy (Editor, GameCareerGuide.com)

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