2019 speakers
Sam Asfahani
With several years of experience in gaming, Sam moved to New York in 2016 to build the NBA's strategy for the burgeoning…
CHRIS CHANEY
Chris Chaney’s experience is underpinned by 10 years of success in the global sports and entertainment industry. As a former associate…
Omeed dariani
Omeed is an industry veteran with a career spanning almost every form of media. He’s been an emote in an MMO. He appears on a...
PETER J. FAVARO
Peter J. Favaro, Ph.D. is a psychologist technologist who has worn both hats in a rich and innovative career since the early 1980’s…
SABINA HEMMI
Sabina Hemmi is the Co-founder and CEO of Elo Entertainment, the company behind Dotabuff, Overbuff, Fortbuff, Artibuff, and…
LARS LIEN
Lars Lien is the CEO and co-founder of Luckbox, a pioneering and fully licensed esports betting platform preparing for launch in…
YOSHIO OSAKI
As President/CEO of IDG - a leading research, consulting and analytics firm in the games/esports markets - Yoshio has been a…
michael prindivile
As the Chief Executive Officer of Dignitas, Michael Prindiville is responsible for overseeing the business…
NAEEM SHABIR
Naeem Shabir is a Law Graduate from the University of Manchester with a solid academic background. As an avid gamer…
austin woolridge
Austin Woolridge is the CEO and co-founder of Players’ Lounge, a platform for gamers to play their favorite games in head to head…
Melissa Bailey
Melissa Bailey is a corporate lawyer in the Raleigh office of Brooks Pierce. She represents clients in general business and transactional…
DAN CHIU
Former VP of Strategy and Business Operations for ESPN Digital. Acquired digital media rights, oversaw acquisitions, and helped…
josh debonis
Joshua DeBonis is an award-winning game designer and President of BumbleBear, vanguards of the new arcade. He has taught game design…
Ben fischer
Ben Fischer is a staff writer for the SportsBusiness Journal, where he leads esports and Olympics coverage for the…
JON L. ISRAEL
Jonathan L. Israel is a partner and litigation attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP, where he is the vice chair…
Wayne Mackey
Wayne Mackey, Ph.D. is a Neuroscientist at NYU and the Founder and CEO of Statespace. Statespace’s mission is to bring…
TIM O’Shea
Tim O'Shea is a tech research analyst and Senior Vice President at Jefferies where he covers the video game sector and other…
scott rupp
Scott Rupp is a founding partner at BITKRAFT Esports Ventures based in San Francisco. He has over 20 years experience…
rahul sood
Rahul Sood is the CEO and Co-Founder of Unikrn, a global esports, gaming and entertainment platform built on cutting-edge…
JONATHAN YARBOR
Jonathan Yarbor is an experienced software engineer, startup CEO, and gamer. Jonathan has spoken at several gaming…
kai bond
Kai Bond is a Principal at Comcast Ventures where he leads investing in Catalyst Fund, a seed stage fund focused on investing…
JASON CHUNG
Jason Chung, is a faculty member at NYU's Tisch Institute for Global Sport where he developed and teaches New York City's…
Zach dixon
Zach Dixon is the COO and co-founder of Players' Lounge, a platform for gamers to play their favorite games in head to head…
Steve Garrow
Steve Garrow is Managing Partner at Kayon Partners, which invests opportunistically in projects in which the partners…
steve jaworski
Steve Jaworski is game industry veteran and Riot Games alumnus who formalized the collegiate esports scene.
Edmar mendizabal
Edmar brings his experience in live services and his large network of industry developers to his role…
Chris Park
Chris Park joins Gen.G after having served as Executive Vice President, Product & Marketing for Major League Baseball since 2015.
TYLER SCHRODT
Tyler Schrodt is the founder and CEO, of the Electronic Gaming Federation. . Tyler started in esports in 2001 as a Counterstrike 1.6 player…
MICHAEL J. WALL
Michael J. Wall is of counsel and a business lawyer for Foley & Lardner LLP where he is a part of the Transactional & Securities Practice…
MELISSA YU
Melissa Yu is the cofounder and COO of Camelot. She leads product and marketing and can frequently be found talking to users. In her…
ASI BURAK
Asi Burak is SVP of Business Development at Tilting Point, a leading publisher of mobile games. He is an award-winning videogame…
Jennifer dariani
Jennifer brings over a decade of corporate strategy, marketing, & community relations experience to the OP Group. She has…
RYAN FAIRCHILD
Ryan Fairchild works with the top esports players and streamers in Fortnite, Dota 2, CS:GO, Call of Duty, the fighting game…
Josh Hafkin
Josh Hafkin is the founder of the Game Gym club esports team and training center in Potomac, MD. The Game Gym is dedicated to…
Sebastian Lager
Sebastian is an esports veteran, actively involved in the space since 1999. He has gathered extensive experience in all aspects…
JON OHLIGER
Jonathan Ohliger is the founder and CEO of VEEPIO, a mobile technology company that allows users to shop and monetize social…
trenton pierson
After receiving my Master's of Social Work, with a focus on social behaviors, I focused my attention on integrating current trends…
COray seifert
Coray Seifert heads up developer relations at FTX Games, a full-service publisher of free-to-play AAA mobile games based…
patrick wixted
Patrick oversees gaming and esports for Ketchum, working with such brands as Gillette and Gen.G. An expert in sports media relations…