GameDaily Connect Asia 2019 Speakers.
GAMEDAILY CONNECT ASIA 2019
Gameloft
Alix Cloux
VP Sales and Marketing Northern Asia at GameloftEMAIL ALIX VIEW LECTURE
As VP Sales and Marketing, for the North Asian of Gameloft, Alix Cloux is responsible for the regional sales, publishing, marketing, as well as the new business expansion in China, Japan and South Korea. Under Alix’s leadership, Gameloft successfully adapted its stunning mobile games including Disney Magic Kingdoms and Asphalt 9: Legends into China and Japan market thru local cooperation. Spearheading the local adaption of international mobile games, Alix is always dedicated to the local market and maintains a close and stable relationship with local partners. With over 10 years of experience in this industry, he has good insight into the trends for Global & China markets and has a deep understanding of localization and monetization for mobile games.
Alix Cloux
VP Sales and Marketing Northern Asia, Gameloft
Epic Games
Wenlei Li
Senior Developer Support Artist at Epic GamesEMAIL WENLEI VIEW LECTURE
As a senior Developer Support Artist, Wenlei Li has been working on Engine support with licensees developing current and future Unreal Engine titles in Greater China as well as presenting Engine Tech/skills/tips and sharing Engine knowledge on public or media; Also As a game developer has been working on several triple A titles on varies platforms as Principal artist/Lead artist/Senior Light Artist at CCP games and Ubisoft during past 15 years.
Wenlei Li
Senior Developer Support Artist, Epic Games
Tencent Cloud
Eric Hong
Vice Director at Tencent CloudEMAIL ERIC VIEW LECTURE
Eric Hong is vice director of Tencent cloud game industry in South China. He is a senior architect in the field of game cloud services, and has many years of technical operation and management experience. Tencent cloud is committed to providing customers in the game industry with the best cloud solutions.
Eric Hong
Vice Director, Tencent Cloud
Microsoft
Alex Liu
Design Director at MicrosoftEMAIL ALEX VIEW LECTURE
Alex Liu has been in game design for over 15 years. He is currently Design Director at Microsoft where he is working on titles in the Age of Empires franchise, including Age2DE. Alex received a Computer Science degree at University of Southern California. After graduating, he started his career in game design at Activision for multiple Call of Duty projects and then at Naughty Dog for the Uncharted series. In 2012, he moved to Seattle to work at Microsoft, working on a variety of Xbox and PC games since.
Alex Liu
Design Director, Microsoft
ByteDance
Tom van Dam
Senior Director Overseas Business at ByteDanceEMAIL TOM VIEW LECTURE
A Dutchman living in China, Tom is a games-veteran sporting 10 years of China experience and has worked on the industry's biggest West to East deals. Having lead the mobile BD team at NetEase for 6 years up till mid-2019, Tom is now heading gaming business development for ByteDance, owners of the massively popular TikTok & DouYin platforms.
Tom van Dam
Senior Director Overseas Business, ByteDance
Tencent
Miley Chen
Business Development & Strategy at TencentEMAIL MILEY VIEW LECTURE
Miley is at Tencent – ACE Publishing Program, responsible for Strategy. Tencent's ACE Publishing Program aims to bring more creative indie mobile games to publish in China. Previously, Miley was Europe Mobile BD Lead at NetEase. Miley has been working with many indie studios and has a good understanding about the Chinese market.
Miley Chen
Business Development & Strategy, Tencent
6waves
Arthur Chow
CEO at 6wavesEMAIL ARTHUR VIEW LECTURE
Arthur Chow is the co-founder and CEO of 6waves, a leading global publisher of Mobile games with investors including Korea’s Nexon and US Insight Venture Partners. Founded in 2008, 6waves has now expanded to 120 employees worldwide and has established themselves as one of the leading overseas mobile games publishers in Japan. Arthur was awarded with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2012 and featured by HSBC as one of the business leaders in Hong Kong.
Arthur Chow
CEO, 6waves
Playrix
Olga Egoshina
Senior Business Development Manager at PlayrixEMAIL OLGA VIEW LECTURE
Olga Egoshina is a Senior Business Development Manager at Playrix, a world top-5 game development company by revenue on iOS & Google Play. Olga has been in charge of business development for mobile games companies for 10 years. Her main focus is building on partnerships with global app stores and developing partnerships in China.
Olga Egoshina
Senior Business Development Manager, Playrix
HUAWEI Cloud
Zhihui Li
CTO, HUAWEI Cloud
MY.GAMES
Anton Shalaev
Corporate Development Director at MY.GAMESEMAIL ANTON VIEW LECTURE
Video games and handling contracts are Anton’s greatest passions. Working for MY.GAMES gave him the opportunity to fuse these two seemingly incompatible elements, and judging by the last ten years (and counting) of work experience in the gaming industry, Anton is doing pretty well.
Anton Shalaev
Corporate Development Director, MY.GAMES
Amazon Web Services
Lianghong Fei
Principal Evangelist at Amazon Web ServicesEMAIL LIANGHONG VIEW LECTURE
Lianghong Fei is a Technical Evangelist at Amazon Web Services, where he leverages his 20+ years of experience to support innovation and to help startups and companies bring their ideas to life by the power of Cloud. He focuses on software development and cloud native architectures as well as the technical and business impact of Machine Learning and data analytics. Prior to joining AWS, he worked at Apple and Microsoft.
Lianghong Fei
Principal Evangelist, Amazon Web Services
Tencent Marketing Solution
Amy He
GAME Senior Sales Manager at Tencent Marketing SolutionEMAIL AMY VIEW LECTURE
bio coming soon...
Amy He
GAME Senior Sales Manager, Tencent Marketing Solution
Tencent Marketing Solution
Hui Hu
Senior Operations Manager at Tencent Marketing SolutionEMAIL HUI VIEW LECTURE
bio coming soon...
Hui Hu
Senior Operations Manager, Tencent Marketing Solution
mixi, Inc. (XFLAG)
Langer Lee
Director, Corporate Planning & Strategy at mixi, Inc. (XFLAG)EMAIL LANGER VIEW LECTURE
Langer Lee is the Corporate Planning & Strategy Director for the Business Development Division in XFLAG, the entertainment arm of mixi inc. and publisher of Monster Strike. Langer is currently spearheading the new product and partnership strategy in expanding XFLAG's digital entertainment presence and looks forward to bringing thrilling battle entertainment that can unite friends and family around the world.
Langer Lee
Director, Corporate Planning & Strategy, mixi, Inc. (XFLAG)
Twitchy Finger Ltd.
Edward Li
Co-Founder & CEO at Twitchy Finger Ltd.EMAIL EDWARD VIEW LECTURE
Founder & CEO of Twitchy Finger Ltd. Edward has been active in the mobile technology industry for 5 years with another 10+ years of experience in new media and investment strategies. Besides serving as CEO at Twitchy Finger, he is currently the Director of Product Development at Kingsoft Corporation Hong Kong, CEO of Seven Elements Interactive Digital Technology Limited and a committee member of the Cyberport Startup Alumni Association.
Edward Li
Co-Founder & CEO, Twitchy Finger Ltd.
Epic LLama Games
Hernan Lopez
Producer at Epic LLama GamesEMAIL HERNAN VIEW LECTURE
Hernan Lopez, is a game developer with more than 10 years in the game industry. He is also a speaker, Casual Connect goodwill ambassador in LATAM, part of ADVA (the Argentinean Video Game Developer Association) and a terrible magician.
Hernan Lopez
Producer, Epic LLama Games
PikPok
Tyrone McAuley
Operations Director at PikPokEMAIL TYRONE VIEW LECTURE
Tyrone McAuley is co-founder and COO at PikPok. His career in games spans 22 years, with contributions to over 50 games across multiple genres on mobile, console, desktop and handheld. He’s worn many hats and been involved in many aspects of the company’s growth including development, publishing and strategy.
Tyrone McAuley
Operations Director, PikPok
iDreamsky Technology
Montgomery Singman
VP International Business Development at iDreamsky TechnologyEMAIL MONTGOMERY VIEW LECTURE
Monte is the VP of international business development at iDreamSky(1119:HK). He has licensed successful games such as Monument Valley, Toy Blast, Gardenscapes and Homescapes into China. Prior to iDreamSky, Monte worked on industry hits such as John Madden Football, Street Fighters series, and Test Drive series. Shanda acquired his Silicon Valley startup Zona, Inc. and he remained as head of productions till 2005. Monte is an honorary professor at Shanghai Theatre Academy, and was responsible for designing virtual USA Pavilion at World Expo Shanghai 2010.
Montgomery Singman
VP International Business Development, iDreamsky Technology
Tencent Marketing Solution
Silvia Tang
Senior Business Manager at Tencent Marketing SolutionEMAIL SILVIA VIEW LECTURE
bio coming soon...
Silvia Tang
Senior Business Manager, Tencent Marketing Solution
SUBSTANCE by Adobe
Meizi Yan
Country Manager China at SUBSTANCE by AdobeEMAIL MEIZI VIEW LECTURE
Meizi specializes in Substance PBR material software, responsible for Substance 3D material sales and technology promotion in Asia, serving customers including Tencent, Netease, EA, Ubisoft and other Asian customers, providing different style material solutions. She has lead the team to create Substance parametric material library since 2009. Before joining the Substance team, Meizi participated in projects including the game Blade&Soul, Metal Gear Solid, Rainbow Six, and other 3D projects such as Star Wars.
Meizi Yan
Country Manager China, SUBSTANCE by Adobe
Devolver Digital
Simon Chang
Vice President of Asia Pacific at Devolver DigitalEMAIL SIMON VIEW LECTURE
A veteran with 26 years of experiences in the game industry. Chang started his career in Taipei as a studio head, led a small team and shipped several PC games in the Chinese market. He moved to Mainland China in 2001, expanding his studio and worked on various game projects including Shadowbane Online, an MMORPG that was popular from 2002 to 2003. Chang is now working for Devolver Digital as the Vice President of Asia Pacific. His passions of sharing views and thoughts on game design led him to work as an Associate Professor in the School of Software & Microelectronics, Peking University. Since 2006 till now, Chang has trained hundreds of master students and guided them to win several competitions of digital entertainment software internationally.
Simon Chang
Vice President of Asia Pacific, Devolver Digital
Seasun Entertainment
Zijian Chong
Art Director at Seasun EntertainmentEMAIL ZIJIAN VIEW LECTURE
Zijian Chong is a senior 3D designer,who is focusing on the traditional culture and game CG design field, and is committed to the combination of traditional art and CG art innovation. Zijian has more than 10 years of experience in MMO game development and operation. He participated in the development of "JX3" project in 2008, and has been the main creative director since 2012. He was responsible for developing the appearance standard of "JX3", which laid the foundation for the subsequent years of performance growth. In 2015, he built a new art team for the "JX3 Remastered Edition" project and led the team to reproduce all the art resources in the game before the end of 2017. In the same year, "JX3" won many estimable awards in China and won the "Best Chinese Game" in TGA 2017.
Zijian Chong
Art Director, Seasun Entertainment
AppsFlyer
Raymond Feng
AppsFlyer GCR Sales Team Lead at AppsFlyerEMAIL RAYMOND VIEW LECTURE
A senior mobile marketing professional with eight years dedicated experience in the mobile marketing industry. Based in Great China Region of AppsFlyer, Raymond, along with his team, has served over 80% of Chinese outbound mobile developers with seasoned expertise in gaming, e-commerce, app-related products etc.
Raymond Feng
AppsFlyer GCR Sales Team Lead, AppsFlyer
Mail.Ru Games Ventures
Ilya Gutov
Greater China Business Development Director at Mail.Ru Games VenturesEMAIL ILYA VIEW LECTURE
Ilya is a highly regarded expert in the gaming industry. A self-starter, Ilya headed up several entrepreneurial efforts in Russia, China, and Europe. Has quickly developed expertise in the gaming business, licensing and publishing. Regularly attending conferences, he has a vast network for business and gaming development. Now working at Mail.Ru Games Ventures he is responsible for Greater China and Asia business development.
Ilya Gutov
Greater China Business Development Director, Mail.Ru Games Ventures
GameLook
Hong Tao
CEO at GameLookEMAIL HONG VIEW LECTURE
Hong Tao is a senior researcher with more than 10 years of experience in the game industry. GameLook founded by him is the first game media for game developers in China. GameLook has been focusing on the research on the development trend of the game industry since its birth 10 years ago.
Hong Tao
CEO, GameLook
Firefly Games Inc.
Michael Zhang
Founder & CEO at Firefly Games Inc.EMAIL MICHAEL VIEW LECTURE
Founder and CEO at Firefly Games and former President (Overseas) of ShenZhen ZQGame. Michael has been in charge of global strategies, M&A, game publishing, licensing, operations and also worked on many IP related mobile games such as Terminator Dark Fate, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Madagascar, Total Recall and etc.
Michael Zhang
Founder & CEO, Firefly Games Inc.
CNET
Dan Ackerman
Senior Managing Editor at CNETEMAIL DAN VIEW LECTURE
Dan Ackerman is a former radio DJ turned journalist and Senior Managing Editor at leading technology news website CNET. He leads a team covering the computer and gaming industries and writes about hot-button consumer technology topics, from virtual reality to cybersecurity. Dan appears regularly as the in-house tech expert on CBS This Morning. His 2016 non-fiction business history book, 'The Tetris Effect,' covers a tangled web of software licensing deals in the Cold War Soviet Union, and has earned rave reviews from the New York Times, Fortune, LA Review of Books, and many other publications. Dan's latest project is Techlandia, a tabletop board game about the dangers of out-of-control technology companies. It launches in August at TechlandiaGame.com
Dan Ackerman
Senior Managing Editor, CNET
Aptoide
Tiago Alves
VP APAC at AptoideEMAIL TIAGO VIEW LECTURE
After leading its Series A round, Tiago became VP Asia Pacific at Aptoide (Android App Store with 250M active users). More recently he was instrumental in raising USD 17 million in AppCoins' ICO. He is a regular speaker at tech events (e.g. Tech in Asia, Echelon, Casual Connect, Blockchain Asia, GMASA, RISE).
Tiago Alves
VP APAC, Aptoide
Improbable
Bo Bao
Production Director, Improbable
Lab Cave Games
Luis Bertó
Head of Business Development at Lab Cave GamesEMAIL LUIS VIEW LECTURE
Luis Bertó developed his career in the IT Consulting Industry. He is currently Head of Business Development and Marketing at Lab Cave, where he is in charge of pursuing strategic opportunities by developing new products, entering into new markets and forming business partnerships with other companies within the mobile industry.
Luis Bertó
Head of Business Development, Lab Cave Games
37 Interactive Entertainment
XiaoXian Huang
VP, 37 Interactive Entertainment
Cheetah Mobile
Zhu Jun
Advanced Operation Director at Cheetah MobileEMAIL ZHU VIEW LECTURE
Zhu Jun graduated from Southwest Jiaotong University and joined Cheetah Mobile in April 2016. He has nearly 15 years of experience in Internet operation and maintenance, focusing on optimizing system operation and maintenance architecture and automated operation and maintenance management. He has been engaged in operation and maintenance work in leading domestic Internet companies such as Sina, Alibaba and 360.
Zhu Jun
Advanced Operation Director, Cheetah Mobile
Krypton Foundation
Mike Lee
CEO at Krypton FoundationEMAIL MIKE VIEW LECTURE
Former Vice President of Happy Elements and early team member, responsible for business development, global operations, strategy and investment, M&A. Received B.A degree from Academic Talent Program at Tsinghua University and dropped out of the Marketing PhD program at Duke University (U.S.). Former Baidu Senior Product Expert.
Mike Lee
CEO, Krypton Foundation
Ocean Engine
Chong (Chloe) Liao
Senior Marketing Strategy Manager at Ocean EngineEMAIL CHONG (CHLOE) VIEW LECTURE
Chong (Chloe) is a driven, bilingual, experienced marketing professional. She previousy worked at Merlin Entertainments & Meituan-Dianping. Specialty Sector: Digital Marketing, Internet, Travel, FMCG, etc.
Chong (Chloe) Liao
Senior Marketing Strategy Manager, Ocean Engine
36Kr
Jing Ting
Analyst of Game Industry, 36Kr
CMGE
Young Yuan
General Partner & Vice President at CMGEEMAIL YOUNG VIEW LECTURE
Young Yuan is General Partner & Vice President of CMGE and head of IP licensing at product center. He served in Walter Disney (Shanghai), in charge of game licensing and channel cooperation. He also served in Madhouse, Shanda Wireless, Lenovo and other well-known companies at senior management level. Young has over 20 years of business management experience in the internet industry.
Young Yuan
General Partner & Vice President, CMGE
Super Evil Megacorp
Taewon Yun
General Manager, Global Publishing at Super Evil MegacorpEMAIL TAEWON VIEW LECTURE
Taewon Yun is General Manager for Global Publishing at Super Evil Megacorp, the developer of the world’s leading mobile esport, Vainglory. Taewon is responsible for strategy, business development and partnership of Super Evil Megacorp. He is an industry veteran with 24 years of experience and worked on several industry changing titles such as Starcraft, World of Warcraft, World of Tanks before turning completely evil.
Taewon Yun
General Manager, Global Publishing, Super Evil Megacorp
Concept Art House
James Zhang
CEO at Concept Art HouseEMAIL JAMES VIEW LECTURE
James is an experienced executive and advisor in the gaming and tech sector. He is the Founder and CEO of Concept Art House, a leading creative services company for gaming industry. With over 20 years of experience in games and tech, James has held positions as board member, advisory board member, public company officer, and CEO where he led his company from seed financing to a successful exit in 2012. James is also a partner at Fifth Era, an investment and consulting firm focused on early stage technology companies. He is an investor and advisor at Keiretsu Capital Blockchain (LP of Blockchain capital, Pantera, etc).
James Zhang
CEO, Concept Art House
Mobile Tencent Protect
Saite
Game Security Expert, Mobile Tencent Protect
The Brightskull
Entertainment Group
Entertainment Group
Michael Csurics
Voice Director at The Brightskull Entertainment GroupEMAIL MICHAEL VIEW LECTURE
Michael D. Csurics is a voice director and is the founder of the Brightskull Entertainment Group, a for-hire voiceover production and English adaptation company. His notable past projects include: Just Cause 4, Bioshock 2, Onmyoji Arena, Masquerada: Songs and Shadows, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, and Tacoma.
Michael Csurics
Voice Director, The Brightskull Entertainment Group
Creative Mobile
Paul Flanagan
Advisor at Creative MobileEMAIL PAUL VIEW LECTURE
Paul Flanagan is an Advisor at Creative Mobile OU, the Estonian mobile game developer behind the massively successful Nitro Nation Drag Racing franchise on Android, iOS and Windows 10 with over 300M downloads, sits on the Board of Corncrow Games, a Swedish mobile game developer, and is a mentor at Gamefounders and William Hill Labs. Previously he had first hand experience with mobile game monetisation, discovery and distribution, the pressure points of the mobile game industry, with Tequila Mobile SA and as an EIR at the venture capital firm Ariadne Capital in London he advised gaming and on-line gambling companies. He has been involved in video gaming, on-line games and 3D technology since 1997. Prior to that he worked at J P Morgan, Citibank and Reuters.
Paul Flanagan
Advisor, Creative Mobile
Real Fund
Shanxing Guan
VP, Real Fund
Cocos
Jiawei Guo
Product Director at CocosEMAIL JIAWEI VIEW LECTURE
Jiawei Guo is a Cocos Creator Producer and 3D Supervisor. More than 10 years experience in the game industry, Cocos Creator predecessor, the co-founder of fireball, has a lot of 3D engine, editor expansion experience.
Jiawei Guo
Product Director, Cocos
Applovin
Ada Hang
Director of Business Development at ApplovinEMAIL ADA VIEW LECTURE
Ada has over 8 years’ comprehensive industry experience in mobile game publishing, ad network and mediation, programmatic ads etc. Currently, she works with the China team to provide user acquisition and ad monetization solutions to Chinese developers for both domestic and overseas business, with the devotion of maximizing their revenue.
Ada Hang
Director of Business Development, Applovin
Cocos-BCX
Reed Hong
Head, Research & Development at Cocos-BCXEMAIL REED VIEW LECTURE
Graduated from the Web Lab of Peking University specializing in distributed computing, Reed was a chief developer at Tencent. Prior to that, Reed was a development lead at Chukong Technology and chief architect for a well-known game Fishing Joy 3. He has 16 years of product R&D experience in web, P2P and gaming. Reed joined the blockchain community for several years and has in-depth understanding of Ethereum and EOS ecosystems.
Reed Hong
Head, Research & Development, Cocos-BCX
Dalong Yun Computer
Wang Kai
Deputy General Manager, Dalong Yun Computer
Xinyuan Studio
Xianjie Liao
Program Executive, Xinyuan Studio
Local Joy
Jun Liu
Executive Producer at Local JoyEMAIL JUN VIEW LECTURE
Jun has over 18 years working experience in the games industry with in-depth knowledge and a rich experience in online games and mobile games. He has managed more than 200 people including both development and distribution teams. He has been working in the game industry since 2001 and has published online pc games such as: The Three Kingdoms Online, JinYong Online, Stone Age, Ragnarok Online, Warriors of fate, Rise of Dynasty: Three Kindom, Hero Ⅱ, The Three Kingdoms, and many more. He transitioned to the mobile game industry in 2014, where he still works today. Licensing SimCity Buildlt developed by EA, along with Golf Clash developed by Playdemic, and published them in China. He led the team working with Tencent to publish I am MT2 in Shenzhen. Responsible for I am MT4 publishing cooperation with Tencent.
Jun Liu
Executive Producer, Local Joy
Animoca Brands
Legolas Liu
BD Manager at Animoca BrandsEMAIL LEGOLAS VIEW LECTURE
Legolas Liu leads the team at Animoca Brands that focuses on business development, including Brand Licensing and app publishing deals. Legolas has considerable experience working with holders of famous intellectual properties, acquiring brand licences, nurturing new business partnerships, and adding value to a broad product portfolio.
Legolas Liu
BD Manager, Animoca Brands
Boomzap
Christopher Natsuume
Creative Director & Co-Founder at BoomzapEMAIL CHRISTOPHER VIEW LECTURE
Christopher has been making games since 1994, including titles on PC, console, and mobile. He is currently the creative director and co-founder of Boomzap Entertainment, one of the top independent casual game development studios in the world. He is also the host of the People Make Things podcast.
Christopher Natsuume
Creative Director & Co-Founder, Boomzap
Strategic Marketing, PR &
BizDev Consulting
BizDev Consulting
Elizabeth Olson
Consultant at Strategic Marketing, PR & BizDev ConsultingEMAIL ELIZABETH VIEW LECTURE
Elizabeth Olson is a 25+ year game industry veteran in Branding, Marketing, PR, BizDev, Thought Leadership and Journalism. Her clients range from launching titles like PvZ2 and Never Alone to working on behalf of ICHEG, XTech Expo, Casual Connect, the OGA, and 21st Century Leadership for Diversity.
Elizabeth Olson
Consultant, Strategic Marketing, PR & BizDev Consulting
ModooPlay
Gongping Ouyang
General Manager at ModooPlayEMAIL GONGPING VIEW LECTURE
Gongping Ouyang has more than 8 years of experience in the mobile games industry. Since 2017, ModooPlay has embraced the trend of globalization positively and explored new forms of collaborative mechanisms. Now Modooplay has become one of the top professional publishers of casual games with tens of millions of users within two years.
Gongping Ouyang
General Manager, ModooPlay
Media Create
Sho Sato
Principal Analyst at Media CreateEMAIL SHO VIEW LECTURE
Sho Sato is the Principal Analyst at Media Create, the one and only independent Japanese game marketing firm, providing marketing data for game companies like Nintendo, Square Enix and KONAMI. He is a mentor of GameFounders, the first global game-only accelerator, as well as an invited speaker at international events like CEDEC (Japan), Reboot Develop (Croatia), GIC (Poland), Level Up KL (Malaysia) and GMGDC (China).
Sho Sato
Principal Analyst, Media Create
ME2ZEN
Xi Tong
Marketing Director at ME2ZENEMAIL XI VIEW LECTURE
Xi Tong, Marketing Director from ME2ZEN, has been working in the mobile game industry for many years and manages app marketing for several casual and SLG games. Xi is very experienced in ads monetization as well, leads all the products growing to the top rapidly, solidly in the core markets in both download ranking list and grossing ranking list.
Xi Tong
Marketing Director, ME2ZEN
Score
Fan Xie
Co-Founder, Score
Linker Inc.
Minoru Yanai
Co-Founder at Linker Inc.EMAIL MINORU VIEW LECTURE
Minoru has 10+ years of experience in mobile content and applications in Japan, advertisement and sales experience in new business planning, and 5+ years of global strategy consultation to Japanese mobile games. Currently his main business is Blockchain technology and new digital entertainment.
Minoru Yanai
Co-Founder, Linker Inc.
Grand & Holders Law Firm
Jeff Yang
Senior Partner at Grand & Holders Law FirmEMAIL JEFF VIEW LECTURE
Being qualified to engage in securities and funds activities, Mr. Yang holds positions as Young Specialist of Internet Society of China, Guangzhou Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection and Assistance Specialist, Member of Consumer Rights Protection Lawyers Group of Guangzhou Consumers Commission. With over ten-year practicing experience in legal affairs related to the Internet, Mr. Yang worked in the legal department or served as the legal director of many well-known large Internet companies. He specializes in investment M & A, information security, equity incentives, trade mark and IPR, confidentiality and non-compete clause, contract, corporate legal counseling, litigation and etc. Now he advises many large Internet companies, Internet startups and those companies transitioned from traditional industries to the Internet industry.
Jeff Yang
Senior Partner, Grand & Holders Law Firm
Niko Partners
Xiaofeng Zeng
General Manager China at Niko PartnersEMAIL XIAOFENG VIEW LECTURE
Xiaofeng Zeng has more than 20 years of research and analysis experience, expertise in data modeling and collection, and is bilingual in Mandarin and English. Xiaofeng manages Niko’s China market reports, focus groups, database of 3.0 million consumers, and research collection process. A hardcore gamer, Xiaofeng is the chief liaison with Niko’s China partners and the primary local contact for our clients based in China.
Xiaofeng Zeng
General Manager China, Niko Partners
Gamedesire
Krzysztof Bury
Senior Software Engineer at GamedesireEMAIL KRZYSZTOF VIEW LECTURE
Krzysztof has been associated with Gamedesire for over 5 years. Starting there from Junior Programmer, he went through a variety of technologies on a variety of target platforms. Krzysztof is Involved in many projects in the area of Social Casino and Casual Games. Today Krzysztof is Senior Software Engineer in Gamedesire.
Krzysztof Bury
Senior Software Engineer, Gamedesire
DigitalDevConnect
Josh Burns
Founder at DigitalDevConnectEMAIL JOSH VIEW LECTURE
Josh is a consultant in the gaming industry working with game developers, game publishers and service providers focused on online and mobile gaming to support key business areas including strategy, market intelligence, marketing, game publishing, business operations and more. Previously he worked at 6waves, leading the US product management team.
Josh Burns
Founder, DigitalDevConnect
Unity Technologies
Maxim de Wit
Global Head of Content, UDP at Unity TechnologiesEMAIL MAXIM VIEW LECTURE
Maxim started his career in China and became a connector and thought leader in the Asian tech space organizing the GMIC and GMGC conference series, Asia's largest B2B mobile internet and mobile gaming conferences. Having had first-hand experience of the complexities of distribution while working at goGame (a SEGA subsidiary) as its BD Director, Maxim joined Unity as its Global Head of Content to provide developers with a solution to unlock the potential of alternative distribution channels. A cultural chameleon and Asia expert, Maxim has lived in China, India, Vietnam, and Singapore for the past 9 years.
Maxim de Wit
Global Head of Content, UDP, Unity Technologies
Pixio Ltd.
Jeremy Lam
CEO & Co-Founder at Pixio Ltd.EMAIL JEREMY VIEW LECTURE
Jeremy Lam is the CEO & Co-founder of PIXIO Ltd., a mobile games studio based in Hong Kong. Their notable titles include Tap Tap Trillionaire, Summoner's Greed and Art Inc. He is also a co-organizer for the group Game Dev Happy Hour, a game dev meetup group in Hong Kong.
Jeremy Lam
CEO & Co-Founder, Pixio Ltd.
TapQ
KD Li
BD Director at TapQEMAIL KD VIEW LECTURE
KD has been working in the mobile marketing industry for more than 5 years, and has been in charge of user acquisition and monetization of several photo/video editing apps as well as coloring games, in the current competitive mobile market environment, focused on achieving the company's overall growth.
KD Li
BD Director, TapQ
Cocos
Huabin Ling
Technical Director at CocosEMAIL HUABIN VIEW LECTURE
Huabin Ling, aka Panda, is the Technical Director for Cocos, the largest game engine company in China with over half of developers using their products Cocos-2dx and Cocos Creator. Panda has been working in the industry for over 6 years, all with Cocos.
Huabin Ling
Technical Director, Cocos
Nekki Limited
Dmitry Pimenov
Executive Producer at Nekki LimitedEMAIL DMITRY VIEW LECTURE
Dmitry Pimenov is the executive producer and game designer of the Nekki’s flagship product - Shadow Fight. The famous fighting series has gathered over 300 million installs worldwide and received a lot of praise for its visuals, animations, game design and the amount of original content. Dmitry has experience in game design combined with an expertise in project management, which has been demonstrated during his 5 years of work at Banzai Games (Nekki's Russian development studio).
Dmitry Pimenov
Executive Producer, Nekki Limited
Cocos
Luke Stapley
Senior Marketing Manager, Cocos
Zebra Partners
Perrin Kaplan
Co-Founder & Principal at Zebra PartnersEMAIL PERRIN VIEW LECTURE
Perrin is a marketing strategist with a diverse background in consumer entertainment marketing, politics and journalism. She drives strategic planning, corporate positioning, public policy and viral marketing efforts and is well entrenched in the gaming world. Prior to founding Zebra, Perrin was VP of Marketing and Corporate Affairs for Nintendo.
Perrin Kaplan
Co-Founder & Principal, Zebra Partners