Speaker List

Meet The Speakers

John Smith, Game Designer and Media Artist, Independent

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Presenting: ADVANCED GRAPHICS TECH: “D3D12 AND VULKAN DONE RIGHT” & “WAVE PROGRAMMING IN D3D12 AND VULKAN”

Stacie Hammermall, Engine Director, Insomniac Games

Presenting: ANIMATION BOOTCAMP: ANIMATION MICROTALKS

Bob Murphy, Senior Narrative Designer, Eidos-Montreal

Presenting: ART DIRECTION BOOTCAMP: PANTALONES! THINGS I WISHED SOMEONE TOLD ME PRIOR TO BECOMING AN ART DIRECTOR

John Kirk, Graphics Architect, Oxide Games

Presenting: CRAFTING PROMOTIONS THAT WORK, AND HOW I CREATED ONE THAT DIDN’T (PRESENTED BY AMAZON)

Mariel Cartwright, Art Director, Lead Animator and Head of Story, Misfits Attic Games

Presenting: BOARD GAME DESIGN DAY: BOARD GAME DESIGN AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LOSS AVERSION

Chae Dickie-Clark, Director of Online, Ubisoft

Presenting: ALL ABOUT THAT BAAS: TO BUILD, BUY, OR RENT A SERVER FOR YOUR GAME?

Jeff Casper, President, Mind Bullet Games

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Presenting: YEAR IN VR: A LOOK BACK AT VR’S LAUNCH

Stahl Cook, Senior Manager. Global R&D, Capcom

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Presenting: VIDEO GAME DESIGN PRACTICES IN A SYMULTANEOUS SYNCHRONOUS/ASYNCHRONOUS ONCAMPUS/ONLINE CLASSROOM

William Smith, Senior Software Engineer II, Blizzard Entertainment

Presenting: BEYOND FRAMERATE: TAMING YOUR TIMESLICE THROUGH ASYNCHRONY

Sydney Hall, Senior Analytical Lead, Mobile Apps, Google

Presenting: GOOGLE DEVELOPER DAY KEYNOTE

Catherine Johnson, Developer Technology Engineer, AMD

Presenting: ADVANCED GRAPHICS TECH: “CINEMATIC DEPTH OF FIELD” & “ADVANCED PARTICLE SIMULATION IN COMPUTE”

Amahad Doies, Lead Visual Effects Artist, Infinityward

Presenting: ADVANCED GRAPHICS TECH: “ASYNC COMPUTE: DEEP DIVE” & “RASTER ORDERED VIEWS AND CONSERVATIVE RASTERIZATION”

Kim Monotain, Creative Director, Unity Technologies

Presenting: CREATING VR EXPERIENCES: UNITY’S TOOLS AND BEST PRACTICES (PRESENTED BY UNITY TECHNOLOGIES)

Hanna Abi-Hanna, Animator, StudioMDHR

Presenting: ART DIRECTION BOOTCAMP: CINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTION FOR ‘UNCHARTED 4’

Erin Hanlon, Game Designer, Niantic

Presenting: REINVENTING A MOBILE DEVELOPER: FROM EARLY HITS TO ENDURING SUCCESS

Eric Shmidt, Game Designer, Night School Studio

Presenting: BUILDING GAME MECHANICS TO ELEVATE NARRATIVE IN ‘OXENFREE’

Samantha Compter, Animator, Rockstar

Presenting: FADE TO BLACK? WRITING AND DESIGNING SEX SCENES IN GAMES

Tim Keenan, Lead Designer, Misfit Atic

Presenting: FINDING ‘DUSKERS’: INNOVATION THROUGH BETTER DESIGN PILLARS