The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences recently released a press statement in regards to the newly selected speakers for the upcoming D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit. Early registration for the event is now open, the event running from February 17 – 19 at the Red Rock resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
From the Official Press Release:
- David Gallo, director of special projects, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and one of the first oceanographers to use submarines and robots to map the undersea world, as well as being part of the team that discovered and mapped the Titanic
- Richard Lemarchand, game designer, Naughty Dog, has worked directly on the design and production of twelve major console game titles, included this year’s best selling title Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Brian Reynolds, chief creative officer, Zynga Games, the largest developer of social games, previously strategy game designer for award winning games Civilization 2: Rise of Legends and Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
- Mike Yuen, senior vice president content and services, Zeebo Inc, is responsible for worldwide content and services, publishing, and developer relations including, evangelizing, growing, maintaining and supporting relationships with publishers and developers in games, education and other services
Included this year is a panel headed up by Jamin Brophy-Warren, writer covering arts and entertainment with a focus on videogames and editor of Kill Screen Magazine, who spent four years with the Wall Street Journal as an entertainment reporter. Panelists include:
- Navid Khonsari, director, writer, producer on feature films, television series, documentaries, and video games
- Manveer Heir, lead designer at Raven Software, as well as writing a column for Gamasutra, “Design Lesson 101”
- Dmitri Williams, assistant professor, USC’s Annenberg School, where he teaches courses on virtual community, new technology and video games