Tandem Events has confirmed the line-up of keynote speakers for this year's Develop Conference, which will take place in Brighton from July 14-16.
Realtime Worlds founder and Grand Theft Auto creator David Jones will give the overall conference keynote, while representatives from Media Molecule, Microsoft Studios, Nokia, Traveller's Tales, Mythic Entertainment, Hansoft and Ubisoft will also be speaking.
The following keynotes have been confirmed:
Evolve Keynotes Resetting the Game David Perry, creative director, Acclaim Games
The Long Tail and Games: How digital distribution changes everything. Maybe David Edery, Independent Consultant
Art Keynote The Art of LittleBigPlanet - A Big Medley Kareem Ettouney and Mark Healey, Co-founders, Media Molecule
Audio Keynote The Runtime Studio in your Console: The Inevitable Directionality of Game Audio Guy Whitmore, Director of Audio, Microsoft Game Studios
Business Keynote Out of the Box(ed Product): Thinking for an Online Age Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer, Mythic Entertainment
Design Keynote Building LEGO Worlds - online, offline, and everything in between Jonathan Smith, Development Director, Traveller's Tales
Mobile Keynote Moving games to a new beat: The development of Nokia's Dance Fabulous Mark Ollila, Director of Technology & Strategy and Head, Nokia
Production Keynote Bridging The Gap Experiences Learned with Agile Project Management across Multisite, Multicultural and Multilingual Project Lisa Charman, Associate Producer, Ubisoft and Patric Palm, CEO and Co-founder Hansoft
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