25 May 2011 – London,United Kingdom – Edinburgh Interactive 2011,
being held at The Radisson Blu Hotel on the Royal Mile, on the 11th
& 12th August, today announce the first round of speakers and
topics for this year’s conference and public programmes.
Conference session: People & Money
Edward Williams of BMO Capital Markets and Sean
Dromgoole of GameVision, on stage together, will present their different points
of view on recent developments in the games industry and particularly the
extent and the value of gamers developing interest in social gaming.
Edward
S. Williams is Managing Director at BMO
Capital Markets and a senior analyst in BMO Capital Markets’ Equity Research
Group, covering the interactive entertainment and leisure industries.
Edward publishes GamePlay, a monthly review of the interactive
entertainmentindustry.
Sean
Dromgoole is CEO of Some Research & GameVision and has been delivering
consumer research to the games industry for 14 years. Sean administers
the GameVision reports which are the industry standard for usage and attitude
tracking (who plays what and why) in Europe and the US. He also runs Some Research
which is a qualitative strategic research and has worked on the launch of over
300 games and consoles.
Conference session: How We Got Benedict Cumberbatch on a
Spaceship and How You Could, Too – Games, Story and New Funding Models
Paul
Bennun is Executive Director of Somethin’ Else, possibly the leading content
design company in the UK. Paul will speak about games, multiplatform
content and brands. A multi-award-winning game designer, mobile technologist
and linear content producer, Paul also presents science, technology and
usability programmes for the BBC.
Public session: The Craft of Animation and
Storytelling in Games
How does good character development, telling a
compelling story and strong character development improve the chances of
success for a game? Kevin Beimers, Art
Director at Straandlooper Animation will look at game development from the
perspective of an animation studio and how they applied their skills and
experience in creating content for TV to the development of a cult adventure
game hit. Straandlooper Animation, creators of the acclaimed iPhone – and now
multi-platform – point & click adventure game‘Hector: Badge of
Carnage’,share their experience of developing their first game
You
can get your Early Bird Delegate pass NOW and pay £175 + NO VAT. Early Bird ends on 31st May so get
your pass while there’s still availability.
Passes can be booked via the Edinburgh Interactive website, www.edinburghinteractive.co.uk, click on
book tickets.
You can also now
reserve your accommodation at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Please call the Radisson Hotel on +44 (0) 131
557 9797, quoting Edinburgh Interactive with the booking code 2248725
to receive the special rate of £225 (single occupancy), £240 (double
occupancy), inclusive of VAT and full Scottish Breakfast. Rates are guaranteed until 15th
June, subject to availability.
To keep
up to date with what’s going on with Edinburgh Interactive, please keep an eye
on the website or register for updates, http://eepurl.com/dGTUw
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Contacts:
For all
enquiries, please contact Alexa Turness, Edinburgh Interactive Event Director
on +44 (0) 7990 522 004 / +44 (0) 207 534 0580 or by email, alexa@edinburghinteractive.co.uk
About Edinburgh
Interactive
Now
celebrating its ninth successful year, Edinburgh Interactive, taking place at
The Radisson Blu Hotel on the 11th & 12th August, is powered up to showcase the continued
popularity, growth and influence of video games. And this year, the Interactive
Festival is more synchronised with the world famous Edinburgh Festival than
ever, appealing to the press, public and professionals from film, television
and interactive media backgrounds alike, offering a bigger event for delegates,
more consumer focusing – an overall spectacle for all.
As ever, Edinburgh Interactive wouldn’t be complete without the cornerstones of
conferences, keynotes, panel sessions, debates, games screenings and even more
people than ever jostling to get through the doors.
www.edinburghinteractivefestival.co.uk
Edinburgh
Interactive is managed by an Executive committee and a board drawn from all
areas of the games industry, including publishers, developers and the two
industry trade bodies: The Independent Game Developers Association (TIGA) https://www.tiga.org
and the UK Interactive Entertainment Association (UKIE) http://www.ukie.info.
EIGF Ltd is the non-profit company behind the festival.