10 SEPTEMBER 2015

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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 EMCEE Annie Voller Emcee Broadcaster KEYNOTE Emmi Kuusikko Dir. of Business & Product Management Microsoft Studios KEYNOTE Doc Norton Founder & CEO CTO2 (Formerly at Groupon) KEYNOTE Travis George Director of Product, EU Riot Games PANELLIST Andrew Bowell VP Product Management Unity Technologies PANELLIST Chris Lee CEO En Masse Entertainment PANELLIST Toby Moore Cancelled Space Ape Games PANELLIST Thomas Painçon Marketing Director Digital Publishing Ubisoft PANELLIST James Adams Director of Technology Amazon PANELLIST Khaleeq Aziz Co-Founder & Managing Director Symanto Research PANELLIST Paddy Benson CTO EMEA Groupon PANELLIST Eric Bowman VP of Engineering Zalando PANELLIST Marc Chambers Service Providers Manager YouTube Live PANELLIST Jeff Dixon R&D, Senior Software Engineer Riot Games PANELLIST Sean Fee Co-Founder & CEO Player.me PANELLIST Theo Goyvaerts CEO G-Series PANELLIST Bruce Grove CEO Polystream PANELLIST Christian-Peter Heimbach Snr Manager Digital Publishing Intl Warner Bros. Entertainment PANELLIST Lars Hoogweg CTO Lebara Digital Factory PANELLIST KayPea Live Streamer KayPea PANELLIST Ian Massingham Technical Evangelist Amazon Web Services PANELLIST Chris Mead Director of Partnerships, EMEA Twitch PANELLIST Marcella "NYSIRA" de Bie Live Streamer & Content Creator NYSIRA PANELLIST Sebastian Pacetti CCO Warhorse Studios PANELLIST Matthew Seaborn Director of Software Engineering Perform Group PANELLIST Mark Turpin CEO The Yogscast PANELLIST Melikshah Uenver Founder StartupCVs & MCUBATE

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SCHEDULE 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! VIEW FULL SCHEDULE

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