[1]The First Annual Ottawa Game Conference [1] (OGC), to be held at the Ottawa Convention Centre on May 29, 2012, has announced its speaker lineup, including keynotes from Gabe Zichermann [2], author and gamification expert, and Jason Della Rocca, founder of Perimeter Partners [3] and former Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association.
Combining speakers from Ottawa firms and developers around the world, the conferences’ business and content tracks will explore a variety of topics in gaming trends, including social game design, location-based gaming, vehicle-embedded gaming, multi-screen experience design, web, console, PC, mobile and more.
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Designed to foster growth of the game development industry in Ottawa, the initiative was founded by Magmic [5], Fuel [6], Playbrains [7] and Snowed In Studios [8] with financial support from the Ontario Media Development Corporation [9], Royal Bank of Canada [10], Labarge Weinstein Law Firm [11] and Carleton University [12].
Additional participation and support has come from Victory Arts [13], Invest Ottawa [14], Export Development Canada [15], Algonquin College [16], the Ottawa Chapter of the International Game Developers Association [17], KnowMads Inc. [18], Northern Army [19], GlitchSoft [20], Dirty Rectangles [21], Interactive Ontario [22], Sylien [23], CanvasPop [24] and Generator [25].
Speakers include:
- Jeff Bacon, Director or Mobile Strategy, bitHeads [26]
- Mike Burns, CEO, Fuel Industries [6]
- John Criswick, CEO, Magmic [5]
- Tony Davidson, Professor, Game Development, Algonquin College [16]
- Jason Della Roca, Founder, Perimeter Partners [3]
- Sudhir Didee, Group Product Manager, Microsoft [27]
- Josh Garellek, CEO, Arctic Empire [28]
- Phil Giroux, Director, Mobile Practice, Lixar [29]
- Phil Glofcheskie, Creative Director, Fuel Industries [6]
- Zack Karlsson – Vice President, Business Development and Digital Platforms, Capcom [30]
- Dominic Laberge, Computer Systems Analyst, Microsoft [27]
- Gabriel Leblanc, AI Programmer, Eidos [31]
- Frederic Lilegren, CEO, Antic Entertainment [32]
- David Nicholson, Co-Founder, MyMusic, Inc. [33]
- Pete Nofelt, Senior Software Engineer, FourSquare [34]
- Joshua Ostrowalker, CTO, Magmic [5]
- Kris Piotrowski, Creative Director, Capybara Games [35]
- Patrick Plourde, Editorial Game Design, Ubisoft [36]
- Scott Simpson, CEO, bitHeads [26]/Playbrains [7]
- Gavriel State, Founder & CTO, TransGaming [37]
- Jean-Sylvain Sormany, President, Snowed In Studios [8]
- Jon Walsh, CEO, Fuse Powered [38]
- Careen Yapp, VP, Licensing & Business Development, Konami [39]
- Gabe Zichermann [2], Author Game-Based Marketing
The day also includes an industry tutorial hosted by the Entertainment Software Association of Canada [40].
Registration, which includes catered lunch and an after party, is $175 until May 22, and $95 for students.