GameON: Finance 2.0 Conference in Toronto from Oct 28th - 29th

GameON: Finance 2.0 conference is being held in downtown Toronto on October 28th and 29th. It will bring together game developers, innovators, investors and industry leaders in the interactive games industry. The two-day event opens with the Ontario Games Summit (OGS) on October 28th, where environment and mechanisms for funding both games and game companies in Ontario will be discussed. On the 29th, various case-studies and panel sessions are planned throughout the day to provide insight on the diverse prospects for growth within the economic, creative and technological landscape of games.

Discussion and presentation topics include:

• How video games are transforming the business world
• Can new revenue models extend the value of your game?
• Comparing financing strategies that may be worlds apart
• Playing the spread: original vs. licensed IP
• Examining the risks and potential rewards of game development on mobile devices
• Achieving critical mass in the Ontario game cluster
• The Bottom Line: Increasing liquidity and leveraging investment in Ontario video game companies

Some of the speakers who will appear at the conference are:

• Marc Jackson, Managing Partner, Video Game Finance
• David Edery, Worldwide Games Portfolio Planner, XBLA, Microsoft
• Rick Segal, JLA Ventures
• Jason Della Rocca, Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
• Jenna Seguin, Loan Officer, Aver Media
• Steve Bocska, President, Pug Pharm Productions
• Bob Shoniker, President, Courage Capital

Game:ON Finance is being organized by Interactive Ontario, the same folks who put together the brilliantly organized ICE '08 earlier this year. There are a limited number of start-up passes available as well. I'll be attending the conference and will blog about some of the sessions here on Techvibes. Stay tuned!