GameON: Finance Keynote lineup includes Canadian Albert Lai

Now entering its fifth year, Interative Ontario's GameON:Finance connects the games industry’s leading players to new business opportunities in the interactive entertainment industries.

Taking place next week on January 17/18th in Toronto, GameON:Finance is North America's largest forum for digital game entrepreneurs and investors. The two day event feature three keynotes, panels and intensive sessions about funding opportunities in the digital games space.

Keynote details have now been announced and the lineup includes Canadian Albert Lai - have a read.

Keynote Interview: Zack Karlsson, VP, Business Development & Digital Platforms, Capcom

This keynote features a candid and revealing interview with games industry veteran Zack Karlsson, Vice President, Business Development & Digital Platforms, Capcom. Currently, Karlsson oversees the digital, mobile and social games businesses and portfolios, as well as business development activities for Capcom. Zack will be interviewed by Shaun Hatton, Host & Content Producer, Electric Playground.

Keynote: Changing the Game - The Power of Analytics

Chris Wright of GamesAnalytics will present the top tips online developers and publishers need to implement to achieve successful results from data-mining and analytics in online games. Takeaways include: recognizing valuable data, how to collect the right data, identifying real player value, how to segment and predict player behaviour, generating actionable results that improve customer satisfaction and revenue, and the importance of tracking social interaction.

Keynote: The Games People Play: Dominating a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry

Albert Lai has been involved in dozens of startups, raising millions of dollars in venture financing and successfully selling companies. Albert believes that many observers currently underestimate the potential growth of the mobile games industry and the disruptive nature of digital and social distribution which will serve as the building blocks for a billion dollar mobile games industry in Canada. In this keynote presentation, Albert describes the perfect storm of events, situations, government support and massive game talent which together will shape Canada's new role in dominating the multi-billion dollar games industry, and gain insight into how entrepreneurs and investors can profit from this tremendous opportunity.

While in his teens, Albert sold his first Internet company, the MyDesktop Network in a cash transaction to JupiterMedia (JUPM) for seven-figures. More recently he was the founder/CEO of BubbleShare, a photo-sharing company sold to Kaboose/Disney in 2007. He is a co-founder of Kontagent, an analytics platform, which has raised over $18 million from investors including the Facebook Fund, Altos Ventures, Maverick Capital and Battery Ventures.

For a full list of speakers, the schedule and tickets visit the GameON:Finance website.