10 SEPTEMBER 2015
THE ROUND ROOM AT THE MANSION HOUSE, DUBLIN

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THE INNOVATION GAME

Games Ireland Gathering returns this September to explore the theme of Product Innovation with an exciting selection of key speakers from the games industry in Ireland and abroad.

SPEAKERS

Annie Voller

Emcee

Broadcaster

Emmi Kuusikko

Dir. of Business & Product Management

Microsoft Studios

Doc Norton

Founder & CEO

CTO2 (Formerly at Groupon)

Travis George

Director of Product, EU

Riot Games

Andrew Bowell

VP Product Management

Unity Technologies

Chris Lee

CEO

En Masse Entertainment

Toby Moore

Cancelled

Space Ape Games

Thomas Painçon

Marketing Director Digital Publishing

Ubisoft

James Adams

Director of Technology

Amazon

Khaleeq Aziz

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Symanto Research

Paddy Benson

CTO EMEA

Groupon

Eric Bowman

VP of Engineering

Zalando

Marc Chambers

Service Providers Manager

YouTube Live

Jeff Dixon

R&D, Senior Software Engineer

Riot Games

Sean Fee

Co-Founder & CEO

Player.me

Theo Goyvaerts

CEO

G-Series

Bruce Grove

CEO

Polystream

Christian-Peter Heimbach

Snr Manager Digital Publishing Intl

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Lars Hoogweg

CTO

Lebara Digital Factory

KayPea

Live Streamer

KayPea

Ian Massingham

Technical Evangelist

Amazon Web Services

Chris Mead

Director of Partnerships, EMEA

Twitch

Marcella "NYSIRA" de Bie

Live Streamer & Content Creator

NYSIRA

Sebastian Pacetti

CCO

Warhorse Studios

Matthew Seaborn

Director of Software Engineering

Perform Group

Mark Turpin

CEO

The Yogscast

Melikshah Uenver

Founder

StartupCVs & MCUBATE

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We have an intriguing selection of highly charged, fast-tempo panels and keynote speakers featuring top innovators and leaders from the games industry.

THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER, 2015

THE ROUND ROOM AT THE MANSION HOUSE, DUBLIN

9:15 - 10:00

REGISTRATION

10:00 - 10:15

WELCOME

10:15 - 10:45

KEYNOTE: Cultures of Innovation I

Travis George - Riot Games

10:45 - 11:30

PANEL: Failing Leads to Success

Jim Adams - Amazon

Paddy Benson - Groupon

Bruce Grove - Polystream

Eric Bowman - Zalando

Lars Hoogweg - Lebara Digital Factory

11:30 - 11:45

MINI-BREAK

11:45 - 12:30

PANEL: [Don't give them] what they're asking for - Defining your market

Christian-Peter Heimbach - Warner Bros. Entertainment

Thomas Painçon - Ubisoft

Chris Lee - En Masse Entertainment

Sebastian Pacetti - Warhorse Studios

12:30 - 14:00

BREAK / LUNCH / NETWORKING

14:00 - 14:30

KEYNOTE:

Emmi Kuusikko - Microsoft Studios

14:30 - 15:15

PANEL: Cultures of innovation II / If you build it they will come

Jeff Dixon - Riot Games

Andrew Bowell - Unity Technologies

Doc Norton - CTO2

Toby Moore - Space Ape Games

Melikshah Uenver - StartupCVs & MCUBATE

15:15 - 16:00

PANEL: Selling the innovation vs the product

Ian Massingham - Amazon Web Services

Matthew Seaborn - Perform Group

Khaleeq Aziz - Symanto Research

16:00 - 16:15

MINI-BREAK

16:15 - 17:00

PANEL: Streamers - An overview on streaming and community driven innovation/instigation

Mark Turpin - The Yogscast

Marc Chambers - YouTube Live

KayPea - Live Streamer

NYSIRA - Live Streamer & Content Creator

Sean Fee - Player.me

Chris Mead - Twitch

Theo Goyvaerts - G-Series

17:00 - 17:30

KEYNOTE: The experimentation mindset

Doc Norton - CTO2

17:30 - 19:30

MIXOLOGY / NETWORKING

19:30 - Late

BREAK AWAY: Join us at 10 St. Stephen's Green for the GIG2015 after party!

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The Round Room at
The Mansion House

10 SEPTEMBER 2015
THE ROUND ROOM AT THE MANSION HOUSE, DUBLIN

This year the Games Ireland Gathering will be held in the salubrious surrounds of The Round Room at The Mansion House in Dublin's City Center.

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