

Those who attend the World Congress of Play (September
9-11 in San Francisco) are going to come away with an entirely new way of
seeing their business and their industry.
One of the big reasons is the sheer number of points of view (over 40 speakers and 21 points of view) being
represented by our speakers. Here is a
list in alphabetical order of points of view and speakers:
Animation;
Storytelling and Artificial Intelligence - Oren Jacob, CEO and
Bobby Podesta, Chief Creative Officer ;ToyTalk
Augmented
Reality - Keith Maddison, Augmented Reality Architect; BoostAR
Children’s
Publishing - Dan Yaccarino, Author and Illustrator;
Yaccarino Studios
Design
- Brendan
Boyle, Partner; IDEO
Entertainment
- Donna
Friedman Meir, Founder; Lemonade Consulting
Futurist
- Nicholas
Webb, Author and Inventor; Hanz Toys
History
of Play -Chris Bensch, Vice President for Collections; Strong
National Museum of Play
Learning
-
Jessica
Lindl, eLearning Executive; GlassLab
Trip
Hawkins -Founder, CEO; If You Can
(founder EA and 3DO)
John
Barbour, CEO; Leapfrog
Licensing
- Ira
Mayer, Publisher; EPM
Mobile
Gaming -
Caroline
Hu Flexer, Co-Founder; Duck Duck Moose
Nancy
MacIntyre, Co-Founder, CEO; Fingerprint Digital
Trip
Hawkins, Founder, CEO; If You Can (founder EA and 3DO)
On
Line Play –
Chris
Heatherly, VP of Production & Marketing at Disney
Interactive; Disney Digital
Miles
Ludwig, Managing Director, Content Innovation Lab at Sesame Workshop
DarranGarnham,
Chief Business Development Officer and Chief Licensing Officer; Mind
Candy
Phygital
Play (Digital Toys) -
David
Merrill, Expert in cutting-edge human-computer interaction; Sifteo
Meryl
Nieman, Co-Founder, CEO; Playdate Planet
Playgrounds
- Darrel
Hammond, Founder and CEO;KaBOOM!
Research
and Analysis -
UtkuTansel,
Head of Toys & Games Research;Euromonitor
Dr. Kati Heljakka, Toys and Play
Researcher; Tactic
Retail - Richard Barry, Executive
Vice-President, Chief Merchandising Officer; Toys R Us
Social
Network Play -
Nancy
MacIntyre, CEO, Co-Founder; Fingerprint
Chris
Heatherly, VP of Production & Marketing at Disney
Interactive; Disney Digital
Toy
Trends - Reyne Rice, Trend Specialist; Toy Trends
Traditional
Toy & Game Inventing -
Mary
Couzin, CEO / Co-Founder; Chicago Toy & Game Group
Nancy
Zwiers, CEO & Chief Funosopher; Funosophy
Brendan
Boyle, Partner; IDEO
Transmedia -
Eli
Dekel, President; SabanBrands
Beth
Rogozinski, CEO; Transmedia SF
Chris
Heatherly, VP of Production & Marketing at Disney
Interactive; Disney Digital
Traci
Paige Johnson; Co-Founder, Yummico (Creator of Blues Clues and Co-Creator Super
Why)
Susanna
Pollack, Strategic and Business Planning; Yummico
Anna
Van Slee, Co-Founder; Other Door Entertainment
Brian
Torney, Strategy Director; Manifest Digital
Traditional Toys -
John Barbour, CEO, LeapFrog
Carter Keithley, President; Toy
Industry Association
Video Games - Trip Hawkins, Founder,
CEO; If You Can (founder EA and 3DO)
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