Speakers
Our brilliant line-up of speakers!
Michael Schmalz
Experienced video game executive
Patil Angaladian
Marketing Director @ 3dverse
Xalavier Nelson Jr.
Studio Head @ Strange Scaffold
Kate Edwards
CEO and principal consultant @ Geogrify
Yaron Leyvand
EVP, Mobile Studios @ Zynga
Madeleine Brown
Founding lawyer @ mcb | legal studio
Amir Satvat
Business Development Director @ Tencent Games NA
Alex Chun
Lawyer @ Dickinson Wright LLP
Trey Smith
VP of IP Development @ Blackbird Interactive
Jean-Sylvain Sormany
Studio Head & Regional Director @ Snowed In Studios Inc.
Jim Leedham
Global Senior Manager, Engine Support @ Unity
Dean Takahashi
Lead Writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat
Julien Coll
General co director - Operation at CDRIN
Max Hoberman
CEO @ Certain Affinity
Krysta Yang
Co-Founder/COO of Never A Minute
Alek Sinn
CEO & Co-Founder @ Sinn Studio
Tina Pranjic
CEO @ Élance
Luc Duchaine
VP Publishing at Behaviour Interactive
Almir Brljak
COO & Co-Founder at Sinn Studio
Jenny Windom
Senior Influencer Manager
Serge Landry
International Sales Lead Multimedia @ Ayming
Alex Rushdy
CEO @ 13AM Games
Christian Fonnesbech
CEO & Head of IP @ Leverage
Vitor de Magalhaes
CBDO @ Companion Group
Chris Zukowski
Creative Director
Jason Della Rocca
Founder of Execution Labs
Kristian Roberts
Managing Partner at Nordicity
Angela Mejia
General Director at Clever Plays Studio / Indie Angels
Vinay Pandit
Senior Member of Technical Staff at AMD Inc.
Sylvain Runberg
IPs creator, Multi-platform Writer & Narrative Director at Dark Riviera/Proxima Studio
Steve Bergen
Director, Product at Prodigy Education
Trang Nguyen
Head of Operations at Soft Rains
Zina Rahman
CEO and Co-founder Transitional Forms
Tony Arias
Co-Founder at Black Tabby Games
Shum Singh
Managing Director & Founder at Agnitio Capital
Andrei Ichim
Studio Technical Art Expert at Gameloft
Catherine Martel
Business Lead at Alice & Smith
Corey Caplan
Director of Business Development and Partner Licensing at tinyBuild
Daniel Posner
Co-founder & CEO at Finish Line Games
Kim Gibson
Program Consultant - Interactive Digital Media
Dave Proctor
Director at Mighty Yell Studios
Kendryx Linscott
Chief Marketing Officer at Esports Canada
Dean Ravenola
Narrative and Creative Director at World of Neopia, Inc.
Dr. Kris Alexander
Professor of Video Game Design & Educational Technology
Dylan Gedig
CEO at Red Nexus
Erin Roach
Director of Diversity and Inclusion for Ubisoft's Canadian Studios
Filip Dvorak
CEO at Filuta AI
Miriam Verburg
CEO at Bloom Digital
Agusia Krzywinska
Co-Founder and Technical Director at Adjective Noun Studios
Frederick Taillon
Graphics Programmer at Gameloft
William Bertin
Portfolio Manager at Plug In Digital
Lucie Lalumiere
President & CEO at Interactive Ontario
Justin Sacks
CEO at Nexus
Georgia Ilios
Director, Talent Acquisition
Matthew Persram
Director, Creative Industries at National Bank
Pierre Moisan
CEO at PR Moisan Creative Consulting
Philippe Morin
Co-Founder at Red Barrels
Kayane
Professionnal Player (Fighting Games), Streamer, TV Host at Kayane Events
Judy Ehrentraut
Creative Content Strategist at Red Meat Games
Ryan Miller
Director at Ontario Game Testers
Puybareau
Esport project manager / JV marketing consultant / Esport speaker on gender diversity and inclusion at Women in Games
Jacques Benchetrit
Partner at Agora Gaming Partners
Christine KEV
Membre du Conseil d'Administration de Women in Games France / Member of board of Women in Games France
John Goodale
CEO at jam.gg
Josh Salem
Head of Developer Relations at Intel
Mary Sorrenti
Vice President at Game Pill
Matt Antaya
Engineering Manager at Discord
Shelley Coultish
Deputy Director, Portfolio management, CMF Program Administrator
Aldis Sipolins
Sr Manager, Advanced R&D at Adeia
Chloé Giusti
ID@Xbox Regional Lead - Americas
Esteban Enrique Maldonado Cabán
Sr. Developer Advocate at Unity
Hunter Wright
Associate Game Director at Dragons Lake by Room 8 Group
Geoffrey Lachapelle
Manager, Red Bull Gaming Hub // Special Projects and Partnerships at TMU
Muddassir Mahmood
Co-Founder and Partner at Insert Coin
Phillip Shum
Director, Listings Development at Canadian Securities Exchange
Robert Segal
Founder & Technical Director at Get Set Games
Ryan Black
Partner; Global Co-Lead, Games Subsector at DLA Piper
Stephanie Harvey
CCO at FlyQuest
Victoria Evans
Senior Advisor, Strategic Initiatives & Program Design at Interactive Ontario
John Nguyen
Regional Vice-President - Canada at Xsolla
Matt Ryan
Owner of Trip to the Moon
Matthew Walach
Co-Founder and Partner at Insert Coin
Alina Soltys
Founder at Quantum Tech Partners
Olivier Pomarez
Director of Development at Ubisoft
Reed Trimble
VP, Partnerships at Bad Moon Talent
Will Perkins
Creative Director & Principal at CONTINUE