Mastering the Craft Series

Today: Thursday, July 02, 2009

Guildhall Series Part 1: Mastering the Craft of Infrastructure

Mastering the Craft of Online Gaming Infrastructure brings together knowledgeable speakers and industry veterans to breakdown the various issues and to discuss best practices in the industry.

Scott Brown President and Co-Founder NetDevil	Steve Goldstein Director of Business Development & General Counsel Flagship Studios

Jon Hörddal Chief Operating Officer CCP Games	Daniel James Chief Executive Officer Three Rings

David S. Lee Vice President of Infrastructure & Engineering K2 Network	Shannon Posniewski Director of Technology Cryptic Studios

Matthew Le Merle CEO Gameplay Holdings	Derek Wise CEO Global Netoptex, Inc.

Varun Nagaraj CEO Net Continuum	Jerry Godwin Director of Online Services Themis Group

Steven B. Davis Chief Executive Officer IT GlobalSecure	Shane Happach VP of Business Development Global Collect

James Hursthouse Chief Executive Officer OGSi	Micah Quinn Senior Engineer Even Balance

Brad Singer Executive Vice President PaymentOne	Vlad Ihora Head of Gaming Community TeliaSonera

Michael Steele VP/Evangelist Emergent Game Technologies	George Dolbier CTO Games & Interactive Entertainment IBM

Scott Parcel Vice President of Engineering & CTO Cenzic, Inc.	Atri Chatterjee Senior Vice President, Marketing Secure Computing

Peter Huang Senior Director of Web Technology Trion World Network	Edward J. Sullivan CEO / Founder Aria Systems

Brian Taptich Vice President of Business Development BitTorrent, Inc.	Michael Gordon Co-Founder and Chief Strategist Limelight Networks

Romain Nouzareth Founder & CEO Boonty	Gary Croke Director of Marketing CacheLogic

Mark Rizzo Vice President, Operations & Platform Engineering Perpetual Entertainment

8:00	Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:45	Welcome and Introduction
9:00	The Future of Digital Content Distribution Moderated by: Jerry Godwin, Director of Online Services, Themis Group Panelist: Brian Taptich, VP of Business Development, BitTorrent, Inc. Panelist: Mike Gordon, Co-Founder & Chief Strategist, Limelight Networks Panelist: Romain Nouzareth, Founder & CEO, Boonty Panelist: Gary Croke, Director of Marketing, CacheLogic
10:00	Security Issues for Online Games Moderated by: Steven Davis, CEO, IT Global Secure Panelist: Micah Quinn, Senior Engineer, Even Balance Panelist: David Lee, VP of Engineering and Infrastructure, K2 Network Panelist: Varun Nagaraj, CEO, Net Continuum Panelist: Atri Chatterjee, Senior VP Marketing, Secure Computing Panelist: Scott Parcel, VP of Engineering and CTO, Cenzic
11:00	Maintaining and Updating MMORPGs Presented by: Shannon Posniewski, Director of Technology, Cryptic Studios
11:45	Lunch Break
1:00	The Changing Landscape of Online Payments Moderated by: David Lee, VP of Engineering and Infrastructure, K2 Network Panelist: Shane Happach, Business Development Manager, Global Collect Panelist: Brad Singer, Executive VP, PaymentOne Panelist: Peter Huang, Senior Director of Web Technology, Trion World Panelist: Edward Sullivan, CEO / Founder, Aria Systems
2:00	Latency can kill online games. How do we make sure this does not happen? Presented by: Vlad Ihora, Head of Gaming Community, TeliaSonera International Carrier
3:00	Your MMO Infrastructure: Build or Buy? Moderated by: James Hursthouse, CEO, OGSi Panelist: George Dolbier, CTO Games & Interactive Entertainment, IBM Panelist: Michael Steele, VP / Evangelist, Emergent Game Technologies Panelist: Derek Wise, CEO, Global Netoptex, Inc. Panelist: Mark Rizzo, VP of Operations & Platform Engineering, Perpetual Entertainment
4:00	The Business of Online Game Infrastructure Moderated by: Matthew Le Merle, CEO, Gameplay Holdings, LLC Panelist: Steve Goldstein, Director of Business Development & General Counsel, Flagship Studios, Inc. Panelist: Scott Brown, President & Co-Founder, NetDevil Panelist: Jon Horddal, COO, CCP Games Panelist: Daniel James, CEO, Three Rings
4:45	Closing Remarks
5:00	Networking Reception Sponsored by:

* Program subject to change