DMW Daily - November 6, 2006

DMW Announcements

DMW Events Listing

November 7-8, 2006M
West Hollywood, CA
www.lagamesconference.com

November 16-17, 2006
New York, NY
www.televisionconference.com

LA Games Conference - November 7-8, 2006 - Los Angeles, CA

www.lagamesconference.com
November 7-8, 2006 - Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA

For the past five years, the most influential decision-makers in the games industry have gathered at Digital Media Wire’s annual Games & Mobile Forum in New York to network, do deals and share ideas about the future of online and mobile games. Over 1,500 senior executives have attended the event over the past five years, including senior participants from Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony, JAMDAT, Glu Mobile, Nokia, I-Play, Hands-on Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Cingular, Sprint, Ericsson, QUALCOMM, Virgin Mobile, PlayFirst, Atari, Playboy, MTV, Wired, GameSpot, Ziff Davis, Digital Chocolate, Turbine, Gameloft, Yahoo!, AOL, UBS Warburg, Deloitte, the UK Government, the Irish Government, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo, among others. It is with this illustrious background that we are pleased to announce the launch of LA Games Conference at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, November 7-8, 2006.

KEYNOTES & FEATURED PRESENTATIONS
Doug Lowenstein, President, Entertainment Software Association
Mika Salmi, Founder & CEO, Atom Entertainment
Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, Professional Gamer, Auravision/Fatal1ty
Morgan "Roulette" Romine, Professional Gamer, Ubisoft/Frag Dolls
David Higley, Managing Dir. & Head Of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Bank
Andrew Katz, Partner, MS&K
Mike Vorhaus, Managing Director, Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc.
Bill Kispert, VP, Interactive, NBC Universal
Peter Wanat, Executive Producer, Vivendi Universal Games
John Broady, Director of Business Intelligence, CNET Networks Entertainment
Michael Dowling, CEO, Interpret LLC
Andrew Wallenstein, Digital Media / TV Features Editor, Hollywood Reporter

PANELISTS & SPEAKERS
Kanishka Agarwal, VP, New Products and Media Analyst , Telephia
Cody Alexander, VP, Video Games , William Morris Agency
Jim Banister, Principal, Spectrum MediaWorks
Mathew Bromberg, President & COO, MLG
Clancy Brown, Actor
Gordon Bellamy, Executive Consultant , MTV Networks / Spike TV
Matthew Bellows, GM & VP Marketing , Floodgate Entertainment
John Blakely , VP, Development , Sony Online Entertainment, Austin
Keith Boesky , Principal, Boesky & Company
George Borkowski , Head of IP & Tech Practice , MS&K
Jon Van Canegham, Co-Founder & President, Chief Creative Officer, Trion World Network, Inc
Chris Cao, Studio Creative Director , Sony Online Entertainment
Don Daglow, President & CEO, Stormfront Studios, Inc.
Kenny Dinkin, VP & Executive Producer , Playfirst
Mark Donovan, VP of Products & Senior Analyst, M:Metrics
Chris Early, Studio Manager , Microsoft Casual Games Group
Anders Evju, GM, Americas, I-Play
Mark Friedler , CEO, GameDAILY
Megan Galbraith, Senior Game Producer, Atom Shockwave
Eric Goldberg , Managing Director , Crossover Technologies
Mike Goslin, VP, Virtual Reality Studio , Walt Disney Internet Group
Jeff Herrmann, Business Dev. & Strategy , VNU’s Media Measurement & Information Group
Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP, Sales & B. Dev., Regional President, N. Am., Sulake Corporation Ltd.
Sandi Isaacs , VP, Interactive & Mobile , Paramount Pictures, Licensing Group
Alex St. John , CEO & Co-Founder , WildTangent
Nicholas Longano, President of New Media, Massive Incorporated
Joe Lynam, President, CEO & Founder, PaymentOne
Mike Marchetti, COO, EA Mobile
Keith McCurdy, COO, Hands-On Mobile
Jim Merrick , CEO, Mobliss
Jay Moore, Founder , The Strategery Group
Mathieu Nouzareth, Founder & President , Boonty S.A.
Leo Olebe, Senior Global Brand Manager, Sierra Online, Vivendi Games
Joseph Olin, President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
Gary Price , Partner, TAG Strategic
Dave Rohrl, GM - SF Studio, PopCap Games
Michael Schutzler , SVP, Games Division , RealNetworks
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher , Digital Media Wire
Julie Shumaker, VP, Worldwide Sales , Double Fusion
Richard Weil , President , FUN Technologies
John Welch, President & CEO , PlayFirst
Bart Yeary, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Identity Play, LLC / Faketown.com
Mike Yuen, Senior Director Gaming Group, QUALCOMM
Eric Zimmerman, Co-Founder & CEO , gameLab

Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in the premier event for games industry decision-makers focused on online, mobile, pc and console games. For sponsor packages and to submit speaker proposals, please contact Tinzar Than Sherman, Vice President of Marketing & Events at 323-822-0936 or by email at tinzar@digitalmediawire.com.

REGISTRATION RATES:
Pre-Registration: $499 until October 15, 2006
Registration: $599 until November 4, 2006

Online Registration:
http://www.meeting-services.com/reg/en/register.asp?event=711=7171

Phone Registrations: (310) 855-0033

WHEN: November 7-8, 2006

WHERE: Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, CA

INQUIRIES: Tinzar Than Sherman, VP, Marketing & Events, tinzar@digitalmediawire.com

For agenda, registration and event details, please visit www.lagamesconference.com

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Digital Media Wire is growing and we are recruiting a full-time manager or director-level (depending on experience) hire to work in our industry leading events business in our Los Angeles office on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood..

This individual will be responsible for managing all aspects of event production, including creating and maintaining budgets, working on agendas, establishing and implementing marketing plans, organizing event-day logistics, and interfacing with senior executives at leading media and entertainment companies about speaking, sponsorship and advertising opportunities.

Applicant should be computer and Internet savvy. Knowledge of PC, Internet/Email, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel, experience in event planning and management and existing relationships in the digital media industry are a "must". Basic skills in Front Page or HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and Quickbooks are a plus. Send resume to dmwjobs@digitalmediawire.comm with “DMW Event Position” in the subject line.
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