Having trouble in desciding which session to attend at the year‘s Game Developers Conference?OK,here is a partial list of highlights provided for you readers. Have a good time!
MONDAY
Serious Games Summit - Keynote
9:00am to 10:00am
Philip Rosedale, founder & CEO of Linden Lab - the 3D virtual world company behind Second Life
Marriott Hotel
GDC Mobile - Keynote
9:15am to 10:15am
Mitch Lasky, senior VP of EA Mobile, formerly CEO of Jamdat
Fairmont Hotel
WEDNESDAY
What‘s Next Panel
9:00am to 10:00am
GDC director Jamil Moledina, NanaOn-sha president Masaya Matsuura, ex-Shiny founder David Perry, EALA VP of creative development Louis Castle, Cerny Games‘ Mark Cerny, Midway Games art director Cyrus Lum
Successful Outsourcing on AAA Games - A Case Study of Forza Motorsport
9:00am to 10:00am
Dhruva Interactive CEO Rajesh Rao, Microsoft Game Studios art director John Wendl, Microsoft Game Studios business development manager Nick Dimitrov
Platform Keynote: PlayStation 3: Beyond the Box
10:30am to 11:30am
Phil Harrison, president of worldwide studios for Sony Computer Entertainment
San Jose Civic Auditorium - Across the street from SJCC
Vision Keynote: Building a Better Battlestar
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Ronald P. Moore, creator and producer, Battlestar Galactica
San Jose Civic Auditorium - Across the street from SJCC
Sex in Games: The Exciting Evolution of Adult Content
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Brenda Brathwaite, Savannah College of Art and Design game designer
Experimental Gameplay Workshop
2:30pm to 4:30pm
Independent game programmer Jonathon Blow
Game Developers Choice Awards, and Independent Games Festival Awards
6:30pm to 8:30pm
San Jose Civic Auditorium - Across the street from SJCC
THURSDAY
Designing Tabula Rasa: Lessons from the World of MMOs
9:00am to 10:00am
Richard Garriott, executive producer, NCsoft
Platform Keynote: Disrupting Development
10:30am - 11:30am
Satoru Iwata, president, Nintendo Co., Ltd
San Jose Civic Auditorium - Across the street from SJCC
Game Design Keynote: What‘s Next in Game Design
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Will Wright, chief designer, Maxis
San Jose Civic Auditorium - Across the street from SJCC
The Game Design Challenge: The Nobel Peace Prize
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Epic Games lead designer Cliff Bleszinski, Midway studio creative director Harvey Smith, Katamari Damacy designer Keita Takahashi, gameLab CEO Eric Zimmerman
FRIDAY
What‘s Next in Digital Distribution and Mainstream Games
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Bioware co-founder Greg Zeschuk, Bioware co-founder Ray Muzyka, Valve managing director Gabe Newell, Xbox Live Arcade GM Greg Canessa, Reflexive Entertainment CEO Lars Brubaker, Introversion Software director & do-founder Thomas Arundel
LucasArts and ILM: A Case Study of the Convergence of Game & Film
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Industrial Light & Magic director of research and development Steve Sullivan, LucasArts producer Chris Williams