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International Game and Film Lounge Speakers Announced

06/09/2010
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Digital Media Wire have announced the speakers for the 2nd annual International Game and Film Lounge.

The event will be held at the Figueroa Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, June 14, 2010, the day before the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) opens its doors at the LA Convention Center.

The event includes the following keynotes and special presentations: Matias Myllyrinne, Managing Director, Remedy Entertainment, to give special presentation on how digital download/add�ons are continuing the shelf life of the fiction his company in creating.

Matias will also be featured in an interview by Sten Selander, Director of Business Development, Nordic Game, about his views and experience with transmedia aspects of games, film and television. Remedy's latest project, Alan Wake, published by Microsoft Game Studios, was recently released for Xbox 360 and is currently a top selling game in Europe and the U. S. The story plays out in an episodic format, with a television show-style presentation where each episode/chapter brings another piece to the puzzle of the main plot. Remedy has confirmed that Alan Wake is only the first season of a bigger story, opening the door for future sequels.

Dan Winters, VP, Developer Relations and Acquisitions, Activision Blizzard, will be featured in a keynote interview with Marty Poulin, CEO at ShadyLogic Studios. Dan is an industry veteran of over 15 years, with stints at Activision, Disney Interactive and Electronic Arts. Before entering into the world of Video Games, Dan spent 4 years playing professional baseball for the Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. He also spent 6 years as an actor with appearances on day time TV, commercials and various other TV shows. After getting his start at Activision in 1993, working on various titles including Mechwarrior 2, he spent 10 years at Disney Interactive where he eventually became Vice President of Product Development. Under Dan's leadership, Disney Interactive contributed to or co-released over 50 games including; Kingdom Hearts, Tarzan, A Bug's Life, Toy Story, Tron, etc... After a stint at Electronic Arts as Executive Producer of Medal of Honor: European Assault, Dan rejoined Activision in 2005 to oversee Developer Relations and Acquisitions.

Ronald Azuma, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center Hollywood will deliver a keynote presentation on the future of mobile media and entertainment. At Nokia, Ronald leads a team that is exploring the question: What are new forms of compelling media that take advantage of the strengths of mobile devices? In Dec. 2009, his team built and performed The Westwood Experience, our first exploration into location-based experiences. This is a new form of mobile entertainment that blends a compelling story with physical locations augmented with digital content.

Garry Schyman, Award Winning Transmedia Composer, to deliver Keynote Presentation. Evocative motifs, epic themes, aleatoric dissonance or apocalyptic intensity: composer Garry Schyman explores a stunning spectrum of sonic possibilities. The creator of music for the multiple award-winning video game BioShock � winner of Best Original Score from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Spike TV's Video Games Best Score Award, G4 Television's Soundtrack of the Year and four awards from the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G) including Music of the Year, Best Interactive Score, Best Original Instrumental and Audio of the Year-- he has emerged as one of the medium's foremost composers. A composer whose work spans feature films, prime time television series, mini-series, movies of the week, video games and documentaries, Garry studied composition at the University of Southern California and later, privately with the renowned composer George Tremblay. Just out of the university he was then employed by the legendary Mike Post and Pete Carpenter organization where he worked on the team's roster of top rated series.

Mike Reagan, Award-winning Film, TV and Video Game Composer, joins Garry Schyman, Transmedia Composer, to discuss sonic possibilities in the intersection of games and film in a recently added session. An award-winning composer, songwriter and music producer, Mike Reagan's scoring credits include the romantic comedy UNBEATABLE HAROLD (starring Dylan McDermott and Henry Winkler), the animated television series APE ESCAPE (Nicktoons) and WOW WOW WUBBZY! (Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.) and video games such as CONAN (THQ), DARKSIDERS (THQ) and Sony's best-selling franchise GOD OF WAR.

These individuals join a top caliber speaker group that includes:

PANELISTS & MODERATORS
Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP, Business Dev. and Communications, Sulake Inc. / Habbo Hotel
Per Stromback, Spokesperson, Spelplan - Association of Swedish Game Developers
Martyn Brown, Studio Director, Team17
Stefan Lampinin, Founder, Speltjanst
Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors
Peter Shiao, Founder, CEO and Chairman, ORB Media Group
Josef Fares, Award Winning Film Director, Jalla! Jalla!, Kopps, Farsan, Leo
Cathy Schulman, President, Mandalay Pictures
Drake Pruitt, SVP Business Development, Ascent Media
Orvar S�fstr�m, Film/Game Journalist, Producer of Game Music Concerts
Brent Weinstein, Head of Digital Media, UTA
Bill Kispert, VP, Interactive, NBC Interactive
Stu Levy, Founder, CEO and COO, TOKYOPOP
Allen DeBevoise, Chairman & CEO, Machinima.com
Gabe Zichermann, CEO, beamME
Sean Malatesta, CEO, Marengo Knoll
David Reitman, Director, Content & Ent. Practice, Equinix
Jonas Eneroth, Director, ProCloud Media Invest
Paul Childers, President, NA, Rubber Duck Media Lab
Mark Friedler, Partner, Worlds and Games LLC
Alex Barkaloff, Executive Producer, Digital Media, Lionsgate
Kyu Lee, President, Gamevil
Bill Sanders, President, Pervasive Media
Dave Bell, VP of Business Dev, Playphone Inc
Michael Cai, Vice President of Video Games, Interpret
Lee Clancy, SVP, Product Management & GM, Direct Revenue, IMVU
Bjorn Book-Larsson, COO & CTO, K2 Network
Richard Borenstein, SVP, Worldwide Sales, Zong
Gene Hoffman, CEO, Vindicia
Adam Caplan, Vice President - Virtual Currency, Super Rewards/Adknowledge
Sean Ryan, Head of Games and Social Media, TAG Strategic
Russell Binder, President, Striker Entertainment, LLC
Peter Levin, Co-Founder, GeekChicDaily
Marty Poulin, CEO, ShadyLogic Studios
Sten Selander, Director of Business Development, Nordic Game
Matias Myllyrinne, Managing Director, Remedy Entertainment
John Klepper, CEO, Imagination Studios
Mahiar Hamedi, CEO, Donya Labs
Tero Virtala, CEO, RedLynx
Ted Cohen, Managing Director, TAG Strategic


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