New North American Games Industry Summit, NAGIS, Announces Speakers and Guests For June Event
NAGIS, the new gaming industry-focused event coming to Edmonton, Canada, this June, has detailed some of the speakers bringing their experience to the show.
Set up to be Canada’s leading industry-focused B2B gaming event, NAGIS is built to bring together leaders, creators and innovators with a focus on making partnerships, investment and more. The show is slated to take place in Edmonton, Canada, June 18th-19th, just before the big Game Con Canada event that starts on the 19th and runs through the 21st.
Built as an industry-based event working in tandem with Game Con Canada, it is slated to bring some major names to Edmonton, including some notable panels, such as a BioWare Reunion, bringing together Casey Hudson, Trent Oster, Gregory Zeschuk, and Mark Darrah on a panel moderated by the one and only Mark Meer, the voice of the male Commander Shepard. For fans of Mass Effect, KOTOR and the studio as a whole, this is a major event and showcases some of the incredible talent that has worked right in the city.
It does not stop there, with NAGIS bringing some major names in the industry to The Edmonton Expo Centre, including Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, Toni Domenech (Hollywood Agent), YDB of the Wu-Tang Clan, Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering, and Kate Edwards, CEO of Geogrify and former Executive Director of the IGDA.
The event is slated to offer panels, talks, and meetups designed to help build a strong and innovative games industry here in Canada, and for anyone attending, NAGIS will feature food prepared by Top Chef Canada celebrity Chef Shane M. Chartrand, featuring an indigenous-themed menu for guests.
Here is the list of all confirmed speakers:
- Nolan Bushnell (Inventor & Entrepreneur; Co-Founder, Atari)
- Toni Domenech (Co-Founder of ATFP Productions)
- Pierre Moisan (Senior advisor-Creative Industries Montreal Business and Innovation Centre)
- Barsun Unique Jones (YDB) (Recording Artist & Entertainment Entrepreneur)
- Mark Darrah (Industry Consultant)
- Brent Bushnell (CEO & Co-Founder, Two Bit Circus)
- Bob Cooney (Founder of LEXRA)
- Richard Garfield (Co-founder, Game Design Director)
- Arka Ray (Co-founder, President and Technical Director)
- Jon Bankard (Co-founder, General Manager and Game Director)
- Kate Edwards (CEO & Founder of Geogrify)
- John Nguyen (Regional Vice President at Xsolla Canada)
- Ruwan Fernando (Founder of Go Boldly Design)
- Trent Oster (CEO of Beamdog)
- Casey Hudson (Game Director / CEO at Arcanaut Studios)
- Gregory Zeschuk (General Manager, Blind Enthusiasm Group)
- Poe Chuang (Research Specialist at Evolve PR)
- Gary Qian (Global Partnership Director at SoloGame)
- Claire Yang (Overseas Business Development at Kingsoft)
- Gem Johnson (CEO of Corvian Marketing)
- Caghan Bonnough (Director of Business & Marketing, Embersail Studios)
- Seth DeGrace (CEO and Co-Founder of Virtual Unreality)
- Chris Tihor (Founder/Story and Narrative Design Consultant)
- Ann Lemay (Narrative Director at WB Games Montreal)
- Mitch Dyer (Lead Writer @ That’s No Moon)
- Ben Gelinas (CEO of Copychaser Games)
- Garrett Fredley (Senior Build Engineer: IP Preservation at PlayStation)
- Luke Azevedo (CEO, Edmonton Screen)
- William Su (Lawyer with Nicol Law)
- Alex Handziuk (PR Specialist at Evolve PR)
- Amanda Tuckey (Community Specialist at Evolve PR)
- Luke Simms (Director @ Calgary Game Developers Association)
- Ceri Young (Game Writer)
- Anya Combs (Games Freelancer)
For anyone interested in attending this year’s Innagural show, head over to the NAGIS website to learn more and get tickets.