When: 22 – 24 May 2012
Where: Suntec Convention Center, 3rd Floor, Singapore
About the show: http://asia.casualconnect.org/
How to register: http://asia.casualconnect.org/registration.html
HAMBURG, GERMANY – March 28, 2012 – The Casual Games Association, the international trade organization of the casual games industry, today announced that Casual Connect Asia 2012, the world’s largest mass market games conference series, will take place 22 – 24 May 2012 in Singapore.
Casual games are designed for everyone, everywhere. They appeal to all types of consumers and can be played on any gaming platform, from computers to game consoles, to handheld game devices and mobile phones, to interactive television. This mass appeal has resulted in exponential growth, capturing consumers who never envisioned themselves as gamers. This widespread success didn’t happen by chance. It happened because the people who love games as much as gamers themselves have continued to work hard to bring high-quality products to a wide audience.
Each year, new hurdles emerge, but we continue to innovate, push the creative and technical barriers, and remain focused on our common objective: delivering an entertaining and engaging experience.
Join us 22 – 24 May 2012 along with over 100 industry speakers in Singapore for the 20th Casual Connect to discuss the future of the games industry.
Conference sessions will cover a wide range of subjects including Browser, MMO and Social Games, Mobile (iOS and Android), Social Mobile, Cross-platform, Design and Development and Consumer Marketing. Featured speakers and topics include:
Featured Speakers:
Brian Taptich, VP International Development, Zynga
Mitch Garber, CEO, Caesars Interactive Entertainment
Erwan Mace, Developer Relations, Google
Arthur CHOW, COO, 6waves Lolapps
James GWERTZMAN, GM Asia/Pacific, PopCap Games
Alexander KLEINBERG, Head of Platform Partnerships APAC, Facebook
Don LIM, General Manager, Com2us
Noritaka Kobayashi, VP Business Development, GREE Singapore
Kyu LEE, VP & Head of GAMEVIL
Jean-Francois PREVOST, Developer Account Manager, Microsoft
Chris SHEN, Vice President, The9
Richard TSAO, Managing Director, Ubisoft Chengdu
Rony XU, Co-founder & CPO, Happy Elements
Rina Onur, Co-Founder & CSO, Peak Games
Tetsuya Mori, Managing Director, DeNA Asia Pacific
Emcees:
Vishal GONDAL, Founder & CEO, India Games
Mahmoud Ali KHASAWNEH, Quirkat
Yan MARCHAL, Founder & Managing Director, Sanuk Games
Gabby DIZON, Boomzap
Marlin SUGAMA, Co-founder, Main Studios
Derrick MORTON, Founder CEO, Flowplay
Chris EARLY, VP Digital Publishing, Ubisoft
Juan GRIL, Founder & Studio Manager, JoJu Games
Growth & Exit Strategies:
Dougan MILNE, Vice President of Research for the Corum Group
Deepak NATARAJAN, Director, Intel Capital
Matthew ROSZAK, Venture Capitalist & Entrepreneur, SilkRoad Equity
Oh THONGSRINOON, Partner, Electric Ship Capital
Colin SEBASTIAN, Director, Equity Research, Robert W. Baird & Co.
Industry Speakers:
Toshihiko Suyama, Market Development Director, DeNA Asia Pacific
Stanley ADRIANUS, Founder & CEO, Gamenauts
Nenin ANANBANCHACHAI, Founder, Extend Interactive
Anila ANDRADE, Associate Producer, 99Games
Kris ANTONNI, Toge Production
Alison BRYANT, Founder & President, PlayScience
Simone BRUNOZZI, Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services
Will BUCKNUM, Voice-Over Director, Strategic Music
Philip CAHIWAT, Level Up
Philip CHEANG, Team By Implication
Ninad CHHAYA, Playcaso
Niel DAGONDON, Anino Games
Tuang DHEANDHANOO, Co-Founder Digitopolis Game Studio
Roberto DILLON, Chair of the Game Software Design, DigiPen Institute of Technology
Nick FORTUGNO, Co-founder, Playmatics
Paul GADI, Inkstone
Matt GILLIS, Senior Vice President, Global Monetization Solutions, Millennial Media
Morgan JAFFIT, Founder, Defiant Development
Ludovic Bodin, CEO, CMUNE
Michael KALKOWSKI, Co-founder, Creative Director, GameDuell
Alok KEJRIWAL, CEO, Games2Win
Alla KHRAMTSOVA, VP Business Development, INTENIUM GmbH
Alex KRUG, CEO, SOFTGAMES
Dmitry KUZMENKO, CEO, Strategic Music
Antonny LIEM, Merah Putih Inc
Jerry LIN, Mobile Now Group
Wong LOK DIEN, Alterymth Studio
Simon MACK, CTO, NaturalMotion
Yan MARCHAL, Founder & Managing Director, Sanuk Games
Gaurav MIRCHANDANI, Co-Founder, ChaYoWo Games
Andrew MOROZOV, CEO, RBK Money
Hrishi OBEROI, Indiagames
Rakesh RAJU, Co-founder, Codewalla
Rajesh RAO, CEO, Dhruva Interactive
Sara SANTILLAN, Boomzap Entertainment
John SAY, CEO & Founder, Say Design, Inc.
Vlad SUGLOBOV, CEO, G5 Entertainment
Darwin TARDIO, FunGuy
Jugul THACHERY, Co-founder, ChaYoWo Games
Prithvi VIRASINGHE, Dawn Patrol Games
Margaret WALLACE, Co-founder & CEO, Playmatics
Hong-Yee WONG, CEO, IUGO Mobile Entertainment
Pepe Agell, Sr. Director, Worldwide Publisher Relations, Chartboost
Joel Auge, Co-founder & CEO, HitGrab Inc.
Venue
Casual Connect Asia 2012 will be held at Suntec Convention Center, 1 Raffles Blvd, for a 3-day industry professionals-only conference. Suntec Convention Centre is a state-of-the-art modern facility centrally located.
About Casual Connect
Launched in 2006, Casual Connect is hosted by the Casual Games Association, bringing together the most talented and knowledgeable experts in the casual gaming field to further the industry with the best learning and networking opportunities for casual games professionals. In addition to Casual Connect Asia 2012, the CGA will host Casual Connect Seattle in July 2012, Casual Connect Kyiv in October 2012 and Casual Connect Europe in February 2013.
About the Casual Games Association
The Casual Games Association is an international trade organization dedicated to promoting casual games and providing educational resources for the game development community. The association hosts annual conferences in Seattle, Kyiv, Asia and Europe; publishes a trade magazine; and issues research reports on the casual games industry. For more information about the association, visit http://www.casualgamesassociation.org.