My buddy Charles Hudson is putting on a conference on social games, and I wanted to share the details. I you use the discount code ANDREWCHEN, you’ll get 10% off.
See you there!
Details below…
Conference description
The
Social Gaming Summit is a one day conference focused on the
intersection of casual gaming, immersive worlds, and social networking.
Games are
becoming one of the most popular activities within social networks and
game
developers continue to spend increasing amounts of energy figuring out
how to leverage and apply the growth in social networking to the games
they are developing. The conference will bring
together leaders in the social networking and gaming spaces to share
insights
into the convergence of these worlds.
What: Social Gaming Summit (http://www.socialgamingsummit
Where: UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco, CA
When: Friday, June 13th 2008
Register Here: http://socialgamingsummit
Confirmed speakers already include the following list of folks:
Dave Williams, Shockwave and AddictingGames- Craig Sherman, Gaia Online
Jim Greer, Kongregate
Siqi Chen, Serious Business (Friends for Sale)
Erik Bethke, Go Pets
Daniel James, Three Rings
Amy Jo Kim, ShuffleBrain
Nicole Lazarro, XEODesign
Matt Mihaly, Sparkplay Media- Shervin Pishevar, Social Gaming Network
- Mark Pincus, Zynga
- Jeremy Liew, Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Mike Sego, (fluff)Friends
- Kyra Reppen, Neopets
The Social Gaming Summit will focus on a number of important themes in this emerging market:
- Monetization and Business
Models for Social Games - Casual MMOs and Immersive Worlds
- Asynchronous Games on Social Networks
- Building Communities and Social Interaction In and Around Games
- What Makes Games Fun?