Game Development
- Nathaniel Bell
Senior Environment Artist; Insomniac Games - Jennifer Canada
Designer; Insomniac Games - Rafael Chandler
Freelance Writer - Marie Croall
Game Designer; Fallen Earth, LLC - Rett Crocker
Creative Lead; Republic of Fun - Justin Drust
Audio Lead/Sound Designer; Red Storm Entertainment/ Ubisoft - Chris Hazard
President; Hazardous Software - Michael Lee
Founder; Ludoko Studios. - Shaun McGabe
Production Director; Insomniac Games - Jeff McGann
Creative Director; Red Storm Entertainment - Mike McManus
Gameplay Programmer; Insomniac Games - Patrick Sebring
Lead Technical Designer; Atomic - Jason Schklar
Game & User Experience Consultant; Initial Experience - Gary Stelmack
Game Designer; Red Storm Entertainment - Jim Van Verth
Software Engineer; Insomniac Games
Games and Media
- Karen Albritton
President, Capstrat - Wendy Beasley
Account Manager; TriplePoint PR - Adam Blumentahl
CEO; Curious Sense - Steve Butts
Executive Editor; IGN - Sue Bohle
President; Bohle Company - Daniel Crowder
Managing Partner; Monumental - John Gaudiosi
Freelance Writer - Giovanni Gallucci
Consultant, Author, Speaker - Newton Grant
Vice President Business Development and Marketing; Themis Media, A Division of Themis Group - Alex Macris
Co-Founder, President, and CEO; Themis Group - Dave Murray
President; Clear Image - Dr. Lewis Pulsipher
Instructor; Fayetteville Technical Community College - Robert Rice
CEO; Neogence Enterprises - Cord Silverstein
Director of Interactive Communications; Capstrat
Engines and Middleware
- Dan Amerson
Technical Director; Emergent Game Technologies - David Bruner
Vice President of Technology Development; [TC]2 - Stephen Cooney
Lead Programmer; Digital Roar Studios - Stephanie O'Malley Deming
Co-Founder, President; XLOC - John Farnsworth
Director of Shared Development; Epic Games - Wayne Harvey
Vice President, CTO; Vicious Cycle Software, Inc. - Zachariah Inks
Creative Director; Digital Roar Studios - Shaun Kime
Technical Director; Emergent Game Technologies - Jeff Kramer
VP of Technology; Hosted Solutions - Jobe Makar
Founder and Chief Game and Virtual World Architect; Electrotank, Inc - Luke O`Reilly
Sales Engineer; Havok - Paul Robbins
Animator; Insomniac Games - Dr. Paul Salvini
Chief Technology Officer; Side Effects Software - Markus Schneider
Executive Vice President; Xaitment GmbH, Germany - Jeff Spalding
Executive Vice President, Market Operations; Peak10, Inc. - Brad Swearingen
Teacher of Game Development; Wake Tech University - Rob Terrell
Founder; TouchCentric LLC - Jeremiah Washburn
Creative Director; Emergent Game Technologies - Alan Willard
Senior Level Designer/Senior Technical Artist; Epic Games
Immersive Learning
- Jason Allaire
Associate Professor, Psychology; NC State University - Juan Benito
Co-Founder and Creative Director; Joystick Labs - Phaedra Boinodiris
Serious Games Program Manager; IBM - Ty Christopher
Senior Software Developer; Lockheed Martin - Margaret Collins
Director, Creative Enterprises & Arts; Piedmont Triad Partnership - Jerry Heneghan
Managing Director; Virtual Heroes, A Division of ARA, Inc. - Ken Hubbell
Sr. Manager, Learning Technology; Ingersoll Rand University - Richard Kristoff
President and CEO; American Research Institute - Tony Makin
Guilfod Tech Community College - Tony O'Driscoll
Professor of the Practice; Fuqua School of Business and Duke University - Amar Patel
Manager; Medical Simulation Center, Wake Med Health and Hospitals - Michael Rowe
Strategist; IBM - Carmen Russoniello
Associate Professor and Director of the Psychophysiology Lab and Biofeedback Clinic; East Carolina University - Dr. Graham Snyder
Medical Director; Medical Simulation Center, Wake Med Health and Hospitals - Ann Thai
Assistant Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center; Sesame Workshop - Thomas Tucker
Winston Salem State University - Andrew Young
Game Designer and Project Manager;
Business of Games
- John Austin
Vice President; Emergent Game Technologies - Zach Bishop
Attorney; Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP - S. Gregory Boyd
Attorney; Davis & Gilbert - Glen Caplan
Joystick Labs - Steve Chang
Shareholder; Banner & Witcoff, Ltd - Ross Dannenberg
Attorney and Partner; Banner & Witcoff Ltd. - Heather Dean
Attorney; Hughes Pittman Gupton - Jason Della Rocca
Senior Consultant/Founder; Perimeter Partners - Sandy Dockter
Human Resources Manager; Atomic Games - John Eder
AutismSphere - Keith Friedly
Designer; Insomniac Games - Christopher Gregorio
Owner; XDragonX10 Productions - Joe Gregorio
Developer Advocate; Google - Shawn Gorman
Shareholder; Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. - Tim Johnson
Recruiting Manager; Epic Games - Justin Kasierski
Joystick Labs - John Lyons
CEO; Digital Roar Studios - Paul McLaurin
Senior Animation Engineer; Red Storm Entertainment - Suzanne Meiler
Director of Design and Gaming; Vaco, LLC - Loyd Melnick
Chief Customer Officer; Merscom, LLC - Bob Pickens
Director of Entrepreneurship; CED - Jay Powell
Founder; Digi Ronin Games - Coe Ramsey
Attorney; Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, & Leonard, LLP - Mike Rasmussen
El Presidente; Republic of Fun - Charles Shook
Trestle Capital Partners - John Stewart
Member (Partner); Dixon Hughes PLLC - Ryan Strandling
Senior Development Director; Electronic Arts - Steve Vanderwoude