Nexon Keynotes GC Asia
Online game developer event gets MMORPG studio chief to speak at first Asian event.
Date: Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Author: James Fudge

The first GC Asia Conference (GCAC) will open its doors September 6-7, 2007, and focus on online games, outsourcing, and networking opportunities for developers and publishers from the Asia-Pacific region, North America, and Europe. The conference organizers today announced additional speakers including Joonmo Kwon, CEO of Nexon. GCAC will be held alongside the GC Asia exhibition, September 6-9, 2007, at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center. For two days, the GCAC will host the leading international publishers and game developers from the Asia-Pacific region, North America, and Europe. Attendees will have the opportunity to develop direct contacts within the Asia-Pacific market and discuss business opportunities.

Additional speakers include Joonmo Kwon, CEO of Nexon and Nexon Mobile. Kwon also serves as Chairman of the Korean Game Industry Association. Established in 1994, NEXON developed the world's first graphic MMORPG, The Kingdom of the Winds. Kwon will give a lecture on Mobile Development. Microsoft lead program manager, CLR, James Miller (USA) will give a lecture on third-party publishing. A special panel, consisting of Charles Speyer (COO Glass Egg Media Vietnam), Alexander Fernández (CEO Streamline Studios Netherlands) and Bob Bates (USA) among others, will debate the current issue of outsourcing and its effects on the game industry. The “Roundtable Finance” will feature Pierre Hennes (Upstream Ventures, Singapore), Douglas Abrahams (Bansea, Singapore), Gilman Louie (Alsop Louie Partners, USA) among others and will take a close look at the subject of game financing.

For more info visit www.gc-asia.sg .

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