2008 DICE Summit Schedule

2/5/2008
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Red Rock Registration		  

Conference Registration




 

2/6/2008
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Red Rock Registration		  

Conference Registration
 
 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
TPC Golf Club		  

5th Annual D.I.C.E. Summit Golf Tourney

Sponsored by EA Sports
 
 
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Pavillion Ballroom		  

Autodesk Presents: Visual Fight Club - Leading game executives square-off

Round 1:
Will Consolidation Kill Innovation and Risk?

Mitch Lasky, game industry executive and now with VC firm Benchmark Capital, squares-off against game veteran Keith Boesky, Principle, Boesky & Company.

Round 2:
Traditional Publishing vs. Free Distribution

Kelly Flock, industry publishing veteran squares-off against Min Kim, Director of Operations for Nexon America, publishers of Maple Story and Kart Racer.
 
 
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Conference Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker Presentation

Gore Verbinski, Director, Pirates of the Caribbean
 
 
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
TBD		  

Opening Night Welcome Party




 

2/7/2008
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Red Rock Registration		  

Registration
 
 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
N/A		  

Breakfast
 
 
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Opening Remarks: Joseph Olin

Team Blizzard:

Mike Morhaime, CEO & Co-Founder
Rob Pardo, Senior VP, Game Design
Frank Pearce, Executive VP, Product Development
 
 
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

20 Questions:

Interview with Shane Kim, Corporate VP Microsoft Game Studios

Interview with Seth Schiesel, New York Times
 
 
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
N/A		  

Mini Break
 
 
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Power Hour: Engaging the Consumer

Roger Snow, Senior VP of Products, Shuffle Master Inc.

Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Founder Q Entertainment
 
 
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
N/A		  

Lunch
 
 
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Robin Kaminsky, Executive VP Publishing, Activision

The New "Gamer": Closing Gaps in our Growing Industry"

Michael Gallagher, President, ESA
 
 
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Everyone said it wasn't possible with six grand...so we did it anyway--Then came the aquisition discussions.
Jason Manley, CEO, Massive Black

How Great Game Characters Get Made Roger Hector, VP Development, Namco Bandai Games
 
 
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cherry Nightclub		  

IAA Awards Pre-Party Sponsored by Comcast/Game Invasion
 
 
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Red Rock		  

Red Carpet
 
 
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Red Rock Ballroom		  

11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
 
 
10:00 PM - 1:00 AM
VIP Bowling Lanes		  

IAA Afterparty Co-sponsored by Cox Communications
 
 

 

Summit Adjourns Day 1




 

2/8/2008
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Red Rock Registration		  

Registration
 
 
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
N/A		  

Breakfast
 
 
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Open Remarks: Joseph Olin
 
 
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Charting the Future of Interactive Entertainment

John Riccitiello, CEO Electronic Arts
 
 
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

A Sense of Fun: Anybody Could Be Your Player 1

Masaya Matuura, CEO NanaOn-Sha

Ryo Watanabe, President Robot Sound, Inc.
 
 
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
N/A		  

Mini-Break
 
 
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Game Maker's Surprise

Dr. Mark Ollila, Director Strategy & Research, Nokia
 
 
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
N/A		  

Lunch
 
 
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Power Tools: The Best Way to Build Tomorrow's Games

Mike Acton & Andy Burke, Insomniac Games
Michael Capps, CEO Epic Games
Yannis Mallat, CEO Ubisoft Studios Montreal
 
 
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Summerlin Ballroom		  

Understanding Consumers & Entertainment Consumption

Russ Crupnick, VP, Senior Analyst, NPD Research Group
 
 
6:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Bally's VIP Race & Sports Room		  

Bioware/Pandemic Presents: 3rd Annual Poker Tournament
 
 

 

Bioware/Pandemic Presents: 3rd Annual Poker Tournament