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Description
Reboot Develop Red 2019 took place from October 30th to November 1st, 2019 in the breathtaking Banff national park at one of the most unique and luxurious venues that both Canada and North America have to offer, the Fairmont Banff Springs conference resort.
In its first year, the conference set extremely high goals, expecting to attract between 1000 and 2000 international attendees while featuring 100+ incredible speakers (on 6 tracks) over 3 days. Additionally, the event also hosted B2B expo and indie expo areas
On the last day of the conference, Reboot Develop awarded the Reboot Develop Red Indie Award and Reboot Develop Red Hero Award.
In The News
Speakers
SUDA51
Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
CEO / Game designer
Aleissia Laidacker
Magic Leap
Director of Developer Experience
Aaryn Flynn
Improbable
General Manager North America
Jennifer Scheurle
ArenaNet
Lead Game Designer
Chris Jurney
Oculus
AR/VR Head of Developer Strategy
Guðmundur Hallgrímsson (Mundi)
Klang Games
CEO
Richard Rouse III
Creative Director, Designer, Writer & Consultant
Tom Ohle
Evolve PR / Terminals.io
Director
Austin Wintory
Composer
Jordan Logan
AMD
Sr. DevTech Engineer
Carla Rylance
The Coalition (Xbox Game Studios)
External Development Manager
SWERY / Hidetaka Suehiro
White Owls Inc.
CEO
Ivan Trancik
SuperScale
CEO
Nels Anderson
Sonderlust Studios
Creative Director / Co-Founder
Hendrik Lesser
remote control productions / EGDF
CEO / President
Greg Hart
Thin Air Labs
Partner
Kassi O’Connor
Glu Mobile
Director of Outside Services
Dan Luffey
Dangen entertainment
Overlord of Localization
Mike Wilson
Devolver Digital / Good Shepherd
Founding Partner
Robin Hunicke
Funomena
Co-Founder / CEO
Chris Remo
Valve
Game Designer, Composer, Writer
Matt Turner
Electronic Arts
Narrative Creative Director
Poria Torkan
Bungie
Executive Producer Publishing
Denis Dyack
Apocalypse
Founder & CEO
Harry Krueger
Housemarque
Game Director
Tramell Ray Isaac
illfonic
Studio Art Director
Patrice Désilets
Panache Digital
Co-Founder / Creative Director
Rand Miller
Cyan
CEO / Co-Founder
Kevin Flynn
Mobile Game Partners
CEO / Co-Founder
Keith Warner
New World Interactive / TAG
President / Co-Founder
Jakub Dvorský
Amanita Design
CEO / Creative Director
Grayson Chalmers
Epic Games
Art Outsource Manager
Masatoshi Tokuoka
Writer / Game Journalist
Rami Ismail
Vlambeer
CEO
Nikola Cavic
GameBiz Consulting / SGA
CEO / Chairman
Tobias Kopka
Ludicious / Reboot
Festival Director / Head of Community Relations
Emma Farrow
Kongregate
Senior Business Development Manager
Raphael van Lierop
Hinterland
Founder/CEO & Creative Director
Chet Faliszek
Stray Bombay Company
CEO / Co-Founder
Dr. Patrick Finn
University of Calgary
Head of Computational Media Design
Daichi Saito
Why So Serious?
CEO
Zak Parrish
Epic Games
Technical BizDev
Dino Patti
Coherence / JUMPSHIP
CEO / Executive Producer
Thomas van den Berg
noio
Developer and Designer
Kate Edwards
Global Game Jam / Geogrify
Executive Director / CEO
Victor Malineau
Consultant
Brenda Bailey
DigiBC
Executive Director
Stephane Cotichini
81monkeys
CEO
Doug North Cook
Chatham University / Fallingwater Institute Reseacher / Professor
Derek Czerkaski
New World Interactive
Head of Production
Andrew Czarnietzki
Only By Midnight Ltd.
Co-Founder / Lead Developer
Alexander Fernandez
Streamline Media Group
CEO and Co-Founder
Joe Rozek
Arm
Developer Relations Engineer
Andrej Levenski
Gamepires
Technical Director / Co-Founder
Mary Moran
Calgary Economic Development
President & CEO
Ante Vrdelja
Croteam
Chief Marketing Officer
Lesley Phord-Toy
Ubisoft
Corporate Affairs Director
Andy Moore
absurd:joy
CTO
Chelsea Hallick
Calgary Economic Development
Business Development Manager Interactive Digital Media
Nikolai Petrov
Saber Interactive
Senior Rendering Programmer
Elliot Christian
Serious Labs
Director of Art
Damir Slogar
Big Blue Bubble
CEO
Chris Wren
Electronic Arts
Senior Manager
Jose Luis Palacios Vives
Oculus
Developer Strategy
Matthew Handrahan
GamesIndustry.biz
Editor-in-Chief
Lyndsey Gallant
Sonderlust Studio
Art Director / Co-Founder
Tim Wilson
Atomhawk
Managing Director
Nader Alikhani
Atomhawk
Creative Development Director
Alex Stickel, P.Eng.
Serious Labs
Compliance Engineer
John Krajewski
Strange Loop Games
CEO / Founder
Cristiano Ferreira
Oculus
Developer Relations Engineer
Ryley Meville
Serious Labs
Software Designer
Dave Chan
Quantum Integrity Software
Sound Designer
Martin Middleton
Funomena
Co-Founder / CTO
Matt Conte
Oculus
Head of Developer Relations Engineering
Ste Curran
Game designer, writer, broadcaster
Julie Heyde
VRUnicorns
Co-Founder / Game Designer
David Lightbown
Ubisoft
User Experience Director (Technology Group)
Justin Berenbaum
Xsolla
Vice President of Strategy
Thierry Boulanger
Sabotage
CEO / Creative Director
Alex Schwartz
absurd:joy
Founder + Janitor
Jeff Hilbert
Starting Point Games
Advisor / Games Industry Entrepreneur
Gordon Van Dyke
Raw Fury
Co-founder and Director of Kingdom
Bruce Wooden
Oculus
Content Launch Manager
Daniel Boutros
Soul Hardware + Soul Arcade (stealth mode)
Exec Producer / Mysticism Defluffer
Scott Langevin
Serious Labs
Executive Director, Product
Aleksander Kauch
11 bit studios
Lead gameplay programmer
Marek Ziemak
11 bit studios
Executive Producer
Deborah Guzman Barrios
Oculus
Developer Relations
Nuno Subtil
Nvidia
Sr. Devtech Engineer
Hannah Gamiel
Cyan
Development Director
Jack Attridge
Flavourworks
Creative Director / Co-Founder
Cy Wise
absurd:joy
Founder
Christopher Bain
BioWare
Senior Director of Business Operations
Arseny Kapoulkine
Roblox
Technical Fellow
Jon Goldman
Greycroft / Skybound
Venture Partner / Managing Partner
Graham McAllister
Games UX Strategist
Justin Lassen
Nihil Studios
Composer / Sound Designer
Anna-Carolin Weber
Dance Artist & Researcher / Lecturer
Benjamin Mitchell
Samsung
GameDev Engineer
Daniel Pearson
Purewal Consulting
Business Development Manager
Damir Durovic
Reboot
CEO
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