GMIC Preview: Pocket Gamer hosts epic day of panels, pitches and parties

The Pocket Gamer Global Game Stars track at GMIC is now locked and loaded for 22 October in San Francisco, and attendees are in for a special treat.

From start to finish, the track is set to provide a platform for the industry's leading voices, offering key insights on creating monster breakout hits, dominating the charts, and making tons of money in the process.

All next week, we'll be publishing a series of preview articles that offer a closer look at each of the sessions on the Pocket Gamer track, along with interviews of the key speakers.

Thanks to sponsors NativeX, SGN, Distimo, InMobi, Fiksu, HasOffers, and CocoaChina.

For now, however, you can take a look at the confirmed lineup below:

• Kristian Segerstrale, co-founder & partner, Initial Capital

• Kyu Lee, CEO, Gamevil
• Lei Zhang, general manager USA, CocoaChina
• Jeff Lyndon, co-founder, & EVP iDreamSky
• Rick Liu, VP Asia Pacific & Latin America, NativeX
• Chris James, managing director, Steel Media

• Chris DeWolfe, CEO, SGN
• Lori Kozlowski, editor, Forbes

• Marco DeMiroz, CEO & president, PlayFirst
• Perry Tam, CEO, Storm8
• Niccolo De Masi, CEO & president, Glu Mobile
• Mike Cohen, VP & GM, InMobi
• Glenn Kiladis, VP & GM, Fiksu
• Chris James, managing director, Steel Media

• Ed Fries, Xbox co-founder

• Jay Wright, VP product management, Qualcomm
• Chris Early, VP digital publishing, Ubisoft
• Fabien-Pierre Nicolas, GM Mobile, Perfect World
• Giordano Contestible, VP product & revenue, Tilting Point
• Remco van den elzen, co-founder & COO, Distimo
• Martine Paris, US events editor, Pocket Gamer

• David Helgason, CEO, Unity

• Dean Takahashi, lead writer, VentureBeat
• Anil Dharni, COO, GREE
• Mickey Maher, vice president, Applifier and other leading industry voices

Cheer for your favorite game as aspiring devs pitch a panel of investors, top publishers and the press in the hopes of winning big.

• Chris James, managing director, Steel Media

Boogie on down with Pocket Gamer, Qualcomm Vuforia & Everyplay for a night of beats, bites and crafty cocktails in the swanky subterranean digs of Vessel nightclub. DJ R3Y will be spinning and the networking will be stellar.

The party is free for all mobile gaming professionals thanks to our generous sponsors, Qualcomm Vuforia & Everyplay.

RSVP here:
http://pggmicparty.eventbrite.co.uk

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