[IGDA-NYC-announce] IGDA Leadership Forum

[Wade Tinney]

While this is not a local NYC event (it's in SF), I hope that some of you on
the list will find it interesting nonetheless. 


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1: IGDA Leadership Forum Program Posted, Open for Registration
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The IGDA, in coordination with the Production SIG, is hosting the 
second annual IGDA Leadership Forum (November 13-14, San Francisco). 
This event will focus on advancing the state of the art in game 
production and management.

The IGDA Leadership Forum is intended for all those who serve in a 
leadership role in the game development industry and are seeking to 
become better leaders, create successful games, and learn from other 
working professionals in the game industry.

The first IGDA Leadership Forum was a smashing success with top rated 
sessions and 300+ delegates from over 15 countries. The 2008 IGDA 
Leadership Forum has EXPANDED its session offering to encompass a 
broad range of leadership topics, including personal leadership, 
project leadership and management leadership. The sessions will run 
in parallel tracks and will consist of a mix of lectures, panels, and 
interactive workshop sessions.

Baseball all-star Curt Schilling (38 Studios) and Mark Cerny (Cerny 
Games) will open each day with a keynote. Other production/leadership 
gurus speaking include Mike Capps (Epic Games), David Edery (Xbox 
Live Arcade), Mat Hart (Ninja Theory), Richard Hilleman (EA), Clinton 
Keith, David Mann (Foundation 9), Trent Oster (BioWare Corp.), 
Michael Saladino (Pandemic Studios), Tim Train (Big Huge Games) - 
among many others.

Full program and speaker details are at:
http://www.igda.org/leadership/?page_id=3

For registration details (early bird pricing ends September 1st):
http://www.igda.org/leadership/?page_id=4

(FYI, last year's conference sold out. There are only 500 seats or so 
to fill, and we expect them to go fast...)