Snapped a few quick photos to post here. Though, seems like more a floating around Facebook, etc.

Pre-conference drinks: Coray Seifert (Koas), Julianne Greer (The Escapost), Michael Capps (Epic), Jamie Fristrom (Torpex), Tom Buscaglia

More drinks…: Ray Gresco (Blizzard) Rodney Gibbs (Fizz Factor), Tina Kowalewski (Sony), Richard Vogel (BioWare Austin)

Room fills up to see Curt Schilling for the opening keynote.

Curt Schilling at the podium.

Group huddle during the “idea swap” session.

Studio growth case studies panel: Jason Coleman (Big Huge Games), Tim Gerritsen (2K Boston), Shawn Himmerick (Midway Newcastle), Kelly Zmak (Radical).

Folks mingling at the lobby bar.

Folks enjoying the nice sit-down dinner :)

At the open-bar “after party” sponsored by EA Partners, Green-Ear and Image Metrics.

Mike Capps (Epic) belting out some Beastie Boys to great effect.

Mark Cerny keynote action.

Team problem solving workshop…

More team problem solving workshop action…

Off course, scrum guru Clinton Keith has his group stand up for the problem solving workshop.

Closing studio heads’ “hot seat” panel: Tim Train (Big Huge Games), Tobi Saulnier (1st Playable Productions), Michael Capps (Epic), Jen MacLean (38 Studios), Brett Close (38 Studios).

Conference participant Maureen Starkey also uploaded a bunch of Leadership Forum photos to her Flickr stream.

Events like the Leadership Forum cannot happen successfully without the support for sponsors – those kind companies and organizations who simply want a bit of your attention and to build good will with the community. So far, Autodesk, EA, Hansoft, Midway and NPD have stepped up to sponsor the Leadership Forum.

There are still many chances to support the event. Full details on sponsorship opportunies available online.

Thanks to all the great proposals and the hard work of the program committee, the following awesome line up of industry speakers have been confirmed for the IGDA Leadership Forum this fall:

• Mike Capps – President, Epic Games
• Heather Maxwell Chandler – Executive Producer, Media Sunshine
• Don Daglow – President and CEO, Stormfront Studios
• Jason Della Rocca – Executive Director, IGDA
• Shekhar Dhupelia – Development Director/Producer, Midway
• John Farnsworth – Studio Director, Destineer
• Jamie Fristrom – Technical Director, Torpex Games
• Tim Gerritsen – Executive Director, Big Rooster
• Michael Heilemann – Technical Director, Stormfront Studios
• Catherine Herdlick – Director of Game Production, gameLab
• Tim Longo – Creative Director/Senior Designer, Crystal Dynamics
• Mike McShaffry – freelance developer
• Ray Muzyka – CEO, BioWare Corp., Corporate VP and Director, BioWare/Pandemic
• Chris Natsuume – Creative Director, Boomzap
• Trent Oster – Project Director, BioWare Corp.
• Aaron Pulkka – Senior Director, Outsourcing, Vivendi Games
• Mike Swanson – Studio Art Production Manager, Gas Powered Games
• Tony Van – Executive Producer, Ubisoft
• Greg Zeschuk – President, BioWare Corp., Corporate VP and Director, BioWare/Pandemic

There are still a few folks we’re waiting on for confirmations, but this will serve as the bulk of our faculty for the Leadership Forum.

More details to come in the near future regarding their actual topics and session descriptions, along with a preliminary schedule.