Veteran Composer

Grant Kirkhope is a BAFTA nominated composer who has created the soundtracks to video games that have sold in excess of 30 million copies. From “Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle” to “Ghostbusters”, “GoldenEye 007” to “Banjo-Kazooie”, “Perfect Dark” to “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” and “Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth” to “Viva Piñata”, he has shown his versatility in being able to compose music in a huge variety of styles. Now residing in Los Angeles he is represented by Cheryl Tiano and Kevin Korn at The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency.

Esports On-Camera Host

Jess is an on-camera host specializing in esports and gaming. She has over 7 years of experience hosting videos and live broadcast events!

When she’s not hosting, she streams daily gameplay at Twitch.tv/jess, and also creates fitness content, specializing in at-home routines that can be done with no gym and no equipment – check out the fitness page for more!

AUTHOR & YOUTUBE HOST

Michael La Ronn is the author of over 50 science fiction & fantasy books and self-help books for writers. He writes from the great plains of Iowa and has managed to write while raising a family, working a full-time job, and even attending law school classes in the evenings. You can find his fiction at www.michaellaronn.com and his videos and books for writers at www.authorlevelup.com.

NEWS & FEATURES WRITER | IGN

News/Features/Previews @IGN. Co-host, @GamersAdvocate. Aficionado of @Disney, @StarWars, @Browns, and @NintendoAmerica. DMs open! AdamBankhurst@gmail.com

Partner Manager | Google

Silu is a partner manager from Google AdMob team who has 5 years experience helping app developers across Asia and North America with ads monetisation and optimisation of product design. She has established a good understanding of apps from all sizes, verticals, and markets (with special focus in the Greater China and US/CA market).

President | Multivarious & Exec. Director | GDEX

Head of App Gaming (Americas) | Google

Ashley Black is currently the Head of App Gaming at Google, working to help top gaming publishers grow. Ashley has been at Google for close to six years. Before her current role, she was a West Coast Mid Market Manager at Google for over four years and has extensive knowledge of the industry. Prior to Google, Ashley worked at Pandora on growing their inside sales revenue. Ashley attended the University of California, Davis.

Professor | University of California, Irvine

Constance Steinkuehler is a Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine where she researches the cognitive and social aspects of multiplayer online videogames and esports. She chairs the Annual Esports Conference at UCI and the UCI Esports Program Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion. Constance formerly served as Senior Policy Analyst under the Obama administration in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, advising on games and digital media. She is the founder and former President of the Higher Education Video Games Alliance, an academic organization of game-related programs in higher education.

Senior Developer Advocate | Unity

Dan Miller is a senior developer advocate focused on XR at Unity Technologies. In his role he focuses on Augmented and Virtual Reality, building content, sharing knowledge, and helping the community. He has a background in game programming and development.

Developer Advocate | Unity

Lifelong gamer turned Unity Developer Advocate, Ben joined the Unity team with eight years experience as a Unity Programmer and three years as a college educator. His recent work includes developing and optimizing console ports, real-time multiplayer VR experiences, and XR simulations. Educated as a low-level C++ programmer, Ben brings technical expertise and a passion for game development to the education field.