![]() Our previously announced speakers include Ed Fries, former head of Microsoft Game Studios Josh Yguado, president and chief operating officer of Jam City Chris Heatherly, head of NBCUniversal’s new game business Debbie Bestwick, CEO of Team17 Perrin Kaplan, principal at Zebra Partners Stephanie Chan, writer at GamesBeat Tim Chang, managing director at Mayfield Fund Ramez Naam, science fiction author and writer of the Nexus series Herman Narula, CEO of Improbable Bill Roper, chief creative officer at Improbable Paul Bettner, CEO of Playful, the creator of the VR titles Lucky’s Tale and Steven Roberts, chairman of ESL, the biggest independent esports tournament company Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games, creator of Eve Online and VR games such as Eve Valkyrie and Bernie Stolar, CEO of The Stolar Group and former head at Sony’s U.S. It targets game and tech industry CEOs, executives, marketers, investors, venture capitalists, and developers. ![]() GamesBeat 2017 is the destination conference for networking, inspiring talks, intelligent interaction, and getting all the right people in the room to make great deals happen. How can we imagine a broader set of drivers other than technology that will shape the industry? Can we still apply the lessons from the past to the current and future marketplace? And what type of innovations and companies will draw the blueprint of what’s to come? So much of the industry’s internal narrative has been about it being cutting-edge. But games have changed as they’ve reached a billion people and $100 billion in yearly revenues, reaching the mainstream like they never have before. We want to show you the edge and the strategies that will succeed in the future. That includes augmented reality, virtual reality, esports, influencers, mobile games, core games, indies, new game technologies, and the connection between games, tech, and science fiction. We’ll touch on the parts of gaming that are driving excitement, growth, and new startups. Rather, we’ll pair the speakers from the past with the leaders of today so they can talk about the relevant strategies for the future. But we’ll make sure that we get the most interesting leaders of the industry to speak. ![]() We don’t know exactly what’s going to happen in games, and that’s what makes it fun and unpredictable. This is the idea driving the theme for our GamesBeat 2017 conference. You could also go back to the past to the retro days of gaming to get the lessons that matter. It’s like having a time machine where you can see the future and return to the present. Our speakers will address our theme of the Time Machine. If you could see the future of games before it happens, that would give your business a competitive advantage. Robyn continues to compose, write, develop and produce projects for film, television and virtual reality with his company Zoo Break Productions. This year he executive produced and wrote the score for the short documentary Little Potato, which won the Grand Jury Award at SXSW 2017. Zoo Break Productions has produced a number of films, including Robyn’s own award-winning feature, The Immortal Augustus Gladstone. In 2010, he cofounded Zoo Break Productions with producer/filmmaker Mischa Jakupcak. Robyn’s work has been featured in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, The Smithsonian, and the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). He co-wrote the first Myst novel, The Book of Atrus. After the release of Riven, Miller left Cyan to pursue non-game interests, including films. He also acted in Myst, portraying one of the antagonists, Sirrus (with brother and Cyan-cofounder Rand appearing as Achenar and Atrus). Miller composed and performed the soundtracks to both games. He also co-directed and co-led the design of the sequel to Myst, Riven, which was the best-selling computer game of its year of release. He served as co-designer of the popular computer game Myst, which held the title of best-selling computer game from 1993 until the release of The Sims nine years later. ![]() Robyn Miller is the cofounder of Cyan Worlds (originally Cyan) with brother Rand Miller.
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