Join Ted Schilowitz, Futurist at Paramount Pictures and Doug Scott, Co-Founder, Subnation for a conversation about the Metaverse, avatars, digital collectibles and NFT’s, blockchain-based games, and other building blocks of... Read More

With stay at home orders in place during most of 2020, global gaming sales rose nearly 20% to approximately $180 billion in 2020 (source: IDC), and most experts expect growth... Read More

Investments, M&A and IPOs in the games industry reached a total value of $33.6 billion in 2020, with venture capital and corporate investments accounting for $5.9 billion across 363 deals... Read More

Gamers in the United States are almost evenly split between men (54%) and women (46%) (source: Entertainment Software Association), however, just 24% of game developers are women and only 2%... Read More

Over the years, Samantha Ryan has been at the helm of several successful game franchises that have earned legions of invested fans across the globe, including one of the most... Read More

While Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi classic Snow Crash may have popularized the term “metaverse” in 1992, today some of the brightest minds in the tech and games industries are bringing the... Read More

Keynote Conversation with Chris DeWolfe, CEO and Co-Founder, Jam City, interviewed by Andrew Wallenstein, President and Chief Media Analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) shot into the public eye earlier this year, in part, due to the enormous success of NBA Top Shot, a blockchain-based trading card system that has generated... Read More

Major movie studios, television networks and gaming studios have increasingly embraced the notion of storytelling across mediums with a focus on building long-lasting entertainment franchises that engage audiences through the... Read More

Virtual fan engagement has become a key area of focus and growth for the music industry through on-platform events such as virtual concerts. Alex and Adam will discuss their companies’... Read More

Featuring Bernard Kim, President of Publishing, Zynga, moderated by Mike Vorhaus, CEO, Vorhaus Advisors

Mobile gaming saw a huge increase in popularity during 2020’s lockdowns. Nearly every metric is up — in-app purchases, engagement, conversion rates and ad demand – and it’s translating into... Read More

We will talk with experts from some of the leading Asian gaming companies about the growth of gaming in Asia, the success of Asian companies in the West, and the... Read More

The panel will discuss esports teams, games-focused brands, competitive gamers, streamers and influencers and the rapidly growing market for esports and gaming culture and lifestyle content. What content strategies are... Read More