LF07 Schedule

Day 1 – Thursday, November 8th

  Production Track Leadership Track
8:00 continental breakfast / Registration & Check-In
8:15    
8:30    
8:45    
9:00 Opening Address  
9:15    
9:30 Keynote – Ultimate Objectives: Lessons Learned From Building BioWare
9:45 Ray Muzyka,Greg Zeschuk  
10:00    
10:15    
10:30 break  
10:45 Something from Nothing Leadership Lab
11:00 Tim Longo John Farnsworth
11:15    
11:30    
11:45 lunch break  
12:00    
12:15   Roundtables Discussions x5 (Optional)  
12:30        
12:45        
1:00    
1:15 How Not To Schedule A Project Communication Breakdown:
1:30 Jamie Fristrom How to Prevent This on Your Watch
1:45   Tony Van
2:00    
2:15 break  
2:30 Working with Publishers Caught in the Middle:
2:45 as a Developer Producer Managing Staff, Teams and Executives
3:00 Chris Natsuume Catherine Herdlick
3:15    
3:30 coffee break  
3:45    
4:00 Leveraging Outsourcing How Not To Dine In Hell:
4:15 to Enhance Development Next-Gen Development Without Killing Your Team
4:30 Aaron Pulkka Kenneth Yeast
4:45    
5:00 break  
5:15 Panel – Production Potpourri Panel – Motivation & Team Morale
5:30 Mike Capps,Heather Chandler, Jason Della Rocca,John Farnsworth,
5:45 Jamie Fristrom,Tim Longo, Catherine Herdlick,Mike McShaffry
6:00 Trent Oster Tony Van
6:15    
6:30 Dinner Reception  
6:45    
7:00    
7:15    
7:30    
7:45    
8:00    

Day 2 – Friday, November 9th

  Production Track Leadership Track
8:30 continental breakfast / Registration & Check-In
8:45    
9:00    
9:15    
9:30 Keynote – 10 Surprising Ideas for Leaders on the Future of Games
9:45 Don Daglow  
10:00    
10:15    
10:30 break  
10:45 Agile Implementation Managing Artists and
11:00 Trent Oster Art Outsourcing for Next-Gen Games
11:15   Mike Swanson
11:30    
11:45 lunch break  
12:00    
12:15   Roundtables Discussions x5 (Optional)  
12:30        
12:45        
1:00    
1:15 Local Anesthetic: Death By 1000 Ideas:
1:30 Painless Game Localization Managing Designers and Creatives
1:45 Heather Maxwell Chandler Tim Gerritsen
2:00    
2:15 break  
2:30 Dilemmas of the Publisher’s Managing Engineers
2:45 External Producer
 Mike McShaffry
3:00 Bill Dugan  
3:15    
3:30 coffee break  
3:45    
4:00 Cross Discipline Team Collaboration Building the Perfect Team
4:15 Clinton Keith Mike Capps
4:30  
4:45    
5:00 break  
5:15 Keynote – Leading Creativity: Probing Tim’s Brain
5:30 Tim Schafer  
5:45    
6:00    
6:15    


“The IGDA Leadership Forum has, without question, the highest quality of content of any game industry event I have ever attended. As far as “”bang for the buck”" it is the best conference for producers and managers in our industry. Any studio looking to upgrade its production and management techniques should make this a must attend event for their studio’s production and management leads. The annual IGDA Charitable Foundation dinner is also not to be missed.”

- Tom Buscaglia, The Game Attorney


“I’ve had the pleasure of attending the IGDA Leadership Forum for 2 years now. The conference is small and focused, which is its greatest strength. Not only does it offer an excellent schedule with high quality speakers, attendees have many opportunities to connect with other developers. This networking and sharing of ideas is what gives someone the additional tools, and perspective to be better at their job. The IGDA Leadership Forum has had a huge impact on my career. Every year, I’ve come away with new friends and mentors, and new inspiration that I can immediately apply to create positive impact within my company. For such a low cost with such high return, I ask you this: How can you not afford to send yourself and your employees to the IGDA Leadership Forum?”

- Kim Sellentin, Associate Producer, Blizzard Entertainment


“I’ve attended the Leadership forum every year since its inception. It’s my can’t miss conference each year for a couple of reasons… 1. It’s a very personal conference, small enough to get to know everyone and large enough to attract great speakers. 2. The game industry tends to build leaders from with in, but being a great developer does not make a great leader. The Leadership Forum provides a wonderful opportunity to develop those traits and learn how others have gotten there. 3. Unlike some large events, this is a very focused conference. The topic is narrow enough to attract a lot of like minded people and broad enough to cross disciplines. I can’t recomend the Leadership Forum highly enoughto any producer, leader, or simply those in our industry seeking to be the best at their craft. ”

- Chuck Hoover, Studio Production Director, Schell Games


“If you’re a manager in the games industry, or you have managers reporting to you, you owe it to yourself to come out or send them to the IGDA Leadership Forum next year. Your competitors are out here trying to figure out how to get better at capturing the lightning and putting it in a package to ship out to customers. We desperately need better trained leaders in the industry, and this is a proven place where they can come and improve their skills. This year I found an insight in every talk to make me better at my job, and to help my reports become better at their jobs. I really don’t feel like I can afford *not* to go. Can you?”

- Brett Douville, Lead Systems Programmer, Bethesda Softworks
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