Super Early Bird tickets from only £99** - Limited number - ends 29 March

Usual fee: £299**

	PLENARY FORUM Including Legal & Business Workshop & State of the Nation ShowCase Conference: 9.30am - 5.30pm ............... Workshop & Showcase: 3.45pm - 5.30pm ................ (included in full day delegate fee. Individually bookable at £45**)
8.45 - 9.30	Registration
9.30 - 11.00	Policy Summit - A round-table discussion on the government roadmap for online digital strateg - and its impact on you. Includes sessions focused on: Impact of digital economy proposals on interactive convergent media Shape and opportunity of Open Government Speakers include: Matthew Jeffrey, Electronic Arts Gina Fegan, South East Media Network Mike Rawlinson, ELSPA (tbc) Kim Bayley, Entertainment Retailers Assoc Tom Watson (tbc) Google (tbc) Facebook (tbc)
11.15 - 11.40	Conference Chair Welcome & Opening Address Session 2 Keynote - (tba)     In addition, a dignitary presents the ASG Award winners with their Awards.
11.40 - 12.20	Session 3 Can Serious Games & Virtual Worlds be Monetised? What is the Future Distribution, Access and Monetisation Model? Is it 2D or 3D? Social, Games, Corporate, Brands - What are the Use Cases? How viable are Immersive Platforms? Speakers include: Rob Edmonds, SRI Justin Bovington, Rivers Run Red Ron Edwards, Ambient Performance Dave Taylor, Imperial College Speaker presentations followed by Q&A
12.20 - 12.50	Session 4 What's New in Geospatial Apps and Search? Transformational geospatial applications: worlds, maps and location-based information services online Speakers tba
12.50 -1.45	Networking over Lunch Break
1.45 - 2.15	Session 5 Monetising Online Games & Social Media. Who Will be the Winners and How? Will the Race to 3D Prove More Profitable? Successful revenue models: virtual goods, brand tie-ins, freemium/microtransaction Is moving to 3D inevitable? Will it make or break the current market leaders? How is Facebook changing for 3rd party developers? What works to engage communities? Lessons from Playfish and Zynga's Farmville   Speakers include: Nic Mitham, KZero Playfish (tbc) Toby Beresford, Nudge Presentation followed by Panel Discussion and audience Q&A
2.15 - 2.45	Session 6 Monetising Smartphone & Social Platform Apps. Factors for success on iphone and Android   Speakers presentations followed by Q&A
2.45 - 3.15	Networking over Coffee
3.15 - 3.45	Session 7 What are the Game-Changer Technologies? Augmented reality. 3D technologies. Intelligent Systems. Player Matching. Speakers include: Mike Dicks, Bleedin Edge David Burden, Daden Ltd Ian Hughes, Feeding Edge Includes: wrap-up Q&A Panel Discussion
3.45 - 5.45	Session 8 (included in full conference delegate ticket price. Can be booked separately for £45**) Legal & Business Workshop 1. Top Funding Opportunities - What they are and how to get them 2. Key legal issues 3. Case studies of funding, growth and exit 4. State of the Nation Showcase - Each showcase organisation gets to pitch for 2 minutes only, followed by 3 minutes Q&A

 
Programme subject to change. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the conference programme at any time without notice and at their discretion.

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