The GamesBusiness conference in Aalborg, Denmark brings together business decision makers from across the games industry for a day of inspirational talks and discussions on four main topics: Business development, fundraising, education and trends.
We are delighted to be able to announce our first keynotespeaker, Ian Livingstone - One of the founding fathers of the UK’s interactive entertainment industry.
In 1975 Ian co-founded Games Workshop and launched Dungeons & Dragons in Europe. He sold his remaining interest in Games Workshop in 1991. At Games Workshop he published White Dwarf in 1977, the UK’s first interactive games magazine and was its editor for 5 years.
In 1982 he co-wrote The Warlock of Firetop Mountain with Steve Jackson, the first in the Fighting Fantasy series of interactive gamebooks with sales in excess of 16 million copies in 25 languages. He wrote more than 20 books in the series including Deathtrap Dungeon.
In 1984 he invested in Domark, one of the first UK computer games publishers, designing the company’s first game Eureka. He joined the board in 1992 and helped merge the company with Eidos Technologies. Following a full listing on the London Stock Exchange in 1995, he served as Executive Chairman of Eidos plc from 1995 until 2002, and subsequently as Creative Director. At Eidos he helped to secure many of the company's major franchises including Lara Croft:Tomb Raider and Hitman.
In 2011 in collaboration with NESTA he co-authored Next Gen: Transforming the UK into the world’s leading talent hub for the video games and visual effects industries.
He is Life President, Eidos, a Non-Executive Director of SocialGO plc, Non-Executive Director of UKIE, Chair of Skillset’s Computer Games Skills Council, Vice Chair of the BAFTA Games Committee and an advisor to the British Council.
He was awarded an OBE, a BAFTA Special Award, a British Inspiration Award and an Honorary Doctorate of Technology by the University of Abertay, Dundee for his contribution to the UK computer and video games industry.
For more information and registration, see http://www.brainsbusiness.dk/dk/arrange ... siness.htm
For any questions, ideas or sponsor opportunities, please get in touch with me (thomasn@progressivemedia.dk)
Looking forward to hopefully seeing you all!
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