HUGE UPDATE: GL Speakers: Dreamworks, EA, Capcom, Konami, Brilliant Colors, &...

[Jason Manley]

Here is a partial list of the 100 speakers and instructors who will be at the Greenlight Summit on May 21-25. Be sure to check out the other threads for more info! Start at the top and browse down. If you want to be successful, this group will have the information you need. DO NOT MISS THIS WORKSHOP. It may never happen again.





JOHN STEVENSON: CO-DIRECTOR- KUNG FU PANDA
ALEXANDER SEROPIAN: FOUNDER- BUNGIE and WIDELOAD GAMES, FORMER PRESIDENT, DISNEY INTERACTIVE
WARREN COLEMAN: CO-DIRECTOR/WRITER – HAPPY FEET/HAPPY FEET 2
JEFF BRAUN: FOUNDER OF MAXIS and FORMER PRESIDENT OF EA
DAVID HELGASON: CEO – UNITY
IAN LIVINGSTONE: CO-FOUNDER/PRES. EIDOS – CO-FOUNDER – GAMES WORKSHOP
CAREEN YAP:VP of LICENSING AND BIZ DEV - KONAMI
JAY DEE ALLEY: DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEV.- CAPCOM
JASON MANLEY: FOUNDER- CONCEPTART.ORG,TAD,BRILLIANT COLORS
KEITH BOESKY: PRESIDENT OF BOESKY AND COMPANY
LORNE LANNING: CO-FOUNDER- ODDWORLD
SHERRY MCKENNA-CO-FOUNDER- ODDWORLD
MIKE YOUNG: CEO MOONSCOOP GROUP
MEGAN GAISER: CHIEF CREATIVE STRATEGY OFFICER-HER INTERACTIVE
RON COBB- VFX DESIGNER (ALIEN, BACK TO THE FUTURE)
HEATHER HAZEN: SENIOR PRODUCER- POPCAP GAMES
ANITA KUNZ: AWARD WINNING ARTIST AND ROYAL ORDER OF CANADA MEMBER
CHRIS AVELLONE: LEAD DESIGNER/OWNER- OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT
J.E. SAWYER: LEAD DESIGNER-OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT
STEVE BOKKES: LEAD DESIGNER- SONY ONLINE
JOSEPH OLIN: FORMER PRES. ACAD OF INTERACTIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES
RON COBB: VISIONARY PRODUCTION DESIGNER (ALIEN, BACK TO THE FUTURE)
JOHN ENGLISH: FOUNDER/EDUCATOR- TAD/ILLUSTRATION ACADEMY
BILL DUGGAN: AUTHOR- STRATEGIC INTUITION
RON LEMEN- ARTIST/EDUCATOR- THE ART DEPARMENT
MARIO WYNANDS: FOUNDER- SIDHE INTERACTIVE
MARSHALL VANDRUFF: EDUCATOR- THE ART DEPARTMENT
JEFFREY T. MAKOFF: SENIOR PARTNER- VALLE-MAKOFF LLP.
JEFFREY ROSE Esq. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEY
SHELLIE WHITEHURST- CEO, CODENAME MAX
MYLES THOMPSON: MEDIA PUBLISHER
RAJESH RAO: CEO, DHRUVA INTERACTIVE
STERLING HUNDLEY: AWARD WINNING ILLUSTRATOR- THE ART DEPARTMENT
JASON DELLA ROCCA-GAMES CONSULtANT=FORMER HEAD OF IGDA
SEAN KAUPINNEN- CEO, IDEA- GAMES INDUSTRY BIZ DEV GURU
TIM DONLEY: CREATIVE DIRECTOR- THQ/VIGIL GAMES
BRIAN REID: FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR-OSIRIS
JON SCHINDEHETTE: SENIOR ART DIRECTOR, WIZARDS OF THE COAST
JEFFREY CONRAD - PRESIDENT AND CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER - AMERICAN GREETINGS
FREDRIK WESTER - CEO - PARADOX ENTERTAINMENT
SIGGI KOEGL - GAMES INVESTOR- ATTACTION
BRIAN SETH HURST- CEO- The OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY - Board Of Governors at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
C.F. PAYNE - AWARD WINNING ILLUSTRATOR and ARTIST
GEORGE PRATT- AWARD WINNING GRAPHIC NOVELIST-FILMMAKER-ARTIST
MAGDALENA DADELA - SENIOR CHARACTER ARTIST - UBISOFT
ANDIE SIMON - SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA - WARNER BROS
MATT WALLIN- VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR, MATTE PAINTER, COMPOSITOR - for WETA DIGITAL, ILM and other notables
NEIL RENNISON: CEO, TINMAN GAMES (JUDGE DREDD)
JENNY DEVAUGHN: SOCIAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE: WASTE MANAGEMENT
ALLAN MCKAY: VFX SUPERVISOR/OWNER-CATESTROPHIC VFX
DAN CURRY: VFX SUPERVISOR- STAR TREK
RIC HOLLAND: EVANGELEST MANAGER- WACOM
RITA STREET: CEO and EXECUTIVE PRODUCER- RADAR CARTOONS
MICHEL KRIPILANI –CEO of MOBILE APP DEVELOPER OCEANHOUSE MEDIA
ADDISON BATH: TECHNICAL DIRECTOR-(AVATAR, TINTIN) LIGHTSTORM
ANDREW GORDON: SENIOR ANIMATOR/EDUCATOR - PIXAR
SAM WHITE: CEO – PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF ANIMATION
CHRIS GOSS: HEAD OF SOCIAL MEDIA- VODAFONE
KENT NICHOLS: VIRAL DIRECTOR – FILMMAKER – BLIP TV
CARL MOGRIDGE: DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER/SOCIAL MED. ADV. – AVON / AMWAY
JOHN ALLSOPP: CO-FOUNDER, WEB DIRECTIONS
TERRY BROWN: FRMR DIRECTOR- NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM, SOC. OF ILLUSTRATORS
BRENT PEASE- CTO - INDUSTRIAL TOYS (Mobile)
TIM HARRIS- FOUNDER/PRESIDENT - INDUSTRIAL TOYS (Mobile)
MATTHEW HANNIS - CEO - SLEEPY GIANT
DAVID LEE - COO - SLEEPY GIANT
BRAD POWERS - WIZARD WORLD / FOUNDER ASPEN UNIVERSITY
NOAH FALSTEIN- FOUNDER - THE INSPIRACY
CHRIS BASHINELLI - BRIDGE THE GAP (and actor-formerly of The Sopranos)
SUSAN MILLER - CO-Founder BOLDER MEDIA (WOW! WOW! WUBZY!)
GAREB SHAMUS - HEAD of WIZARDS, WIZARD WORLD, and WIZARD-CON
DAVID BREBNER- FOUNDER - UNLIMITED REALITIES
ANTHONY RIVERO- FORMER LEAD CHARACTER ARTIST -BLIZZARD and ART DIRECTOR on DIABLO 3 at Blizzard North.
ASWATH DAMODARAN- FINANCE AUTHORITY AND PROFESSOR- NYU
ASH MONIF - COO - HUMAN HEAD STUDIOS
PETER HYOGUCHI -CEO RONINFILM
and many more to be announced!

Early Registration Discounts are available. Get 300 dollars off if you register by March 15!

Imagine a TED for the art and entertainment industry, specifically for our fields. Imagine being able to see greenlight pitches, keynotes, live and on demand talks, demonstrations and more...right from where you sit now. CA.O/TAD and Brilliant Colors are bringing them right into your room.

See you soon.



Jason Manley

[Jason Manley]

Watch for speaker updates in the coming days! There are a ton being added!

Thanks to all the very talented, noteworthy, and highly regarded professionals participating. and to all those who will be joining us for this one of a kind global event.

[Jason Manley]

Update:

Jeffrey Conrad - President and Chief Creative Officer of American Greetings is joining as a speaker for CA.O's The Greenlight Summit! -- Jeffrey Conrad has enjoyed a remarkable career at American Greetings since joining its creative team in 1990. Initially hired as a board artist, JC (as he’s known) quickly became a commanding force in the company’s initiative to create and support a full-service inbound licensing department for the development of innovative licensed party goods and greeting cards. In 2002-2003 Jeffrey was instrumental in the enormously successful relaunches of Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake, thereby newly establishing American Greetings’ outbound licensing branch, AGProperties.

Today Jeffrey also oversees American Greetings’ Alternative Humor Studios, as well as having direct responsibility for creating, developing and acquiring exclusive intellectual properties for use in entertainment and outbound licensing.

Jeffrey is the artist and creator of Maryoku Yummy, an animated pre-school children’s show currently in production.

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We are pleased to announce Fredrik Wester CEO of Paradox Interactive as an esteemed speaker at the Greenlight Summit. http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games


Unlike previous conceptart.org workshops this event will be absolutely full of people who can make entire careers. Some brilliant artists are being added too! Stay tuned!

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We are pleased to announce games industry investor Siggi Koegl of Attaction as a speaker and participant in the Greenlight Summit. After all, financing and business are key parts to creative success. More to come!

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This man will blow your minds! BRIAN SETH HURST- CEO- The OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY - Board Of Governors at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

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This summit is going to bring a lot of opportunity for you all. The early registration discount was just announced. Get 300 dollars off if you sign up by March 15! email infoATgreenlightsummit.com for details. Registration is currently available via paypal.

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More Artists!!! We just added C.F. PAYNE - AWARD WINNING ILLUSTRATOR and ARTIST
GEORGE PRATT- AWARD WINNING GRAPHIC NOVELIST-FILMMAKER-ARTIST

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And in what may be the best news of the day--GET $300 off if you sign up now for the Greenlight Summit!! Early registration discount available at $299. Register today via paypal by using infoATgreenlightsummit.com as the payment address.

Greenlight Summit: Interactive, Entertainment & Transmedia REGISTRATION DISCOUNT Details: $299 if you register now, then $399 if you register after March 15th, then $499 if you register after April 15th. and $599 if you register after May 15.

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We are pleased to announce Magdalena Dadela, Senior Character Artist: Ubisoft (Assassins Creed, Farcry 2 and more!)

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The great news today is that ANDIE SIMON - SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA - WARNER BROS. will be joining us for the Greenlight Summit www.facebook.com/greenlightsummit ! This is great stuff and we hope you can make it!

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We just added Matt Wallin, Visual Effects guru from films like King Kong, Matrix, Watchmen, and on and on.... The Greenlight Summit is proud to have him with us.

http://mattwallin.com/

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We are pleased to share that we have added DAVID HELGASON: CEO - UNITY, who makes one of the single greatest tools artists and game developers can use to see their worlds and universes make it big in the global market.

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The Greenlight Summit welcomes Anita Kunz, member of the Royal Order of Canada and award winning illustrator (Time/Rolling Stone) as a speaker at the summit.

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Another fabulous speaker joins the fray, Mike Young, CEO of Moonscoop Productions, whom is producing more animated worlds than well...pretty much everyone! Mike is also TV an Academy Comitee menber at British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Los Angeles.

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Major speaker updates have just been posted https://www.facebook.com/GreenlightSummit

Such great people...from the former head of animation at Warner Brothers (Iron Giant) to a whole bunch more incredible minds. Take a look!


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[Jason Manley]

Added some amazing people just now!!

Academy Award winner, Warren Coleman, co-director and writer of Happy Feet
DAN CURRY: VFX SUPERVISOR- STAR TREK
CHRIS GOSS: HEAD OF SOCIAL MEDIA- VODAFONE
TERRY BROWN: FRMR DIRECTOR- NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM, SOC. OF ILLUSTRATORS
ADDISON BATH: TECHNICAL DIRECTOR-(AVATAR, TINTIN) LIGHTSTORM
RIC HOLLAND: EVANGELEST MANAGER- WACOM
RITA STREET: CEO and EXECUTIVE PRODUCER- RADAR CARTOONS
MICHEL KRIPILANI –CEO of MOBILE APP DEVELOPER OCEANHOUSE MEDIA
IAN LIVINGSTONE: CO-FOUNDER/PRES. EIDOS & CO-FOUNDER – GAMES WORKSHOP
SAM WHITE: CEO – PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF ANIMATION
CHRIS GOSS: HEAD OF SOCIAL MEDIA- VODAFONE
KENT NICHOLS: VIRAL DIRECTOR – FILMMAKER – BLIP TV
CARL MOGRIDGE: DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER/SOCIAL MED. ADV. – AVON / AMWAY
JOHN ALLSOPP: CO-FOUNDER, WEB DIRECTIONS
RON COBB: VISIONARY CONCEPT ARTIST (ALIEN, BACK TO THE FUTURE)

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These guys are huge! We are so lucky to be getting minds like this in to help this community.

BRENT PEASE- CTO - INDUSTRIAL TOYS (Mobile)
TIM HARRIS- FOUNDER/PRESIDENT - INDUSTRIAL TOYS (Mobile)
MATTHEW HANNIS - CEO - SLEEPY GIANT
DAVID LEE - COO - SLEEPY GIANT

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I am pleased to announce someone whom is a personal favorite of mine, as a speaker to the summit. Chris Bashinelli is the founder of www.bridgethegaptv.com Many people build IP for entertainment. Chris builds IP that helps change the world. Considering the people he rubs shoulders with nowadays at the UN, or in Hollywood, he is a bright example of how someone with talent can bring about change for good. -jm

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We added two more industry heavy hitters:

BRAD POWERS - WIZARD WORLD / FOUNDER ASPEN UNIVERSITY
NOAH FALSTEIN- FOUNDER - THE INSPIRACY

Do not miss this conference folks!

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Susan Miller, co-founder in Bolder Media, creator of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! will be joining us as a speaker for the summit. The list just keeps getting better! Creative success shared by those who make it happen...love it!

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We are pleased to announce Gareb Shamus, founder of Wizard World as an esteemed speaker of the Greenlight Summit. Aside from running seven comic-cons per year he ran Wizard the comics magazine for 20 years. There will be a lot of insight coming from this crowd. See you at the show!

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We are pleased to announce David Brebner, founder of Unlimited Realities and foremost expert on touch physics apps! This is awesome.

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We are pleased to announce ANTHONY RIVERO- FORMER LEAD CHARACTER ARTIST -BLIZZARD and ART DIRECTOR on DIABLO 3 at Blizzard North as a speaker for the Greenlight Summit!

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We are pleased to announce finance expert and leading authority Aswath Damodaran as a speaker for the GLS!

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We are pleased to announce Susan Miller, co-founder in Bolder Media, creator of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! as a speaker for the summit!

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We are pleased to announce Peter Hyoguchi, CEO of Ronin Film, as a speaker for the GLS!

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Jeff Goodsill, game development guru from Tencent Boston, and one of the finest men in the business has joined the greenlight summit.

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We are very happy to have David Glenn former art director at Blizzard and Flagship Studios, Creative Director at Zynga, and now founder of Mamba Studios as a speaker for the GLS!

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Scott Wetterschneider, TAD Faculty, aka the man who knows all things toy, has joined us for the greenlight summit.