Keynotes Sara Clemens Chief Operating Officer, Twitch Sam Barham Chief Monkey/Creative Director at Balancing Monkey Games Speakers ArtAudioBusiness, Marketing and ProductionCultureGame DesignProgramming and QARealitiesSerious and Educational GamesStorytelling and NarrativeWorkshopsStudent Day Heli Salomaa Costume Designer and Researcher, Victoria University of Wellington Sadie Boyd 2D Environment Artist Karl Davis PikPok Paul Tobin Jason Keyser Raqi Syed Gabriel Boileau VFX artist at Virtuos Games Michael Bastiaens Art Department Lead, CerebralFix Campbell Crawford Senior Concept Artist, Rocketwerkz Matt Gretton Art Director, Outerdawn Games Shem Dawson Lead 3D Artist, Blizzard Chris Murphy Unreal Engine Evangelist Bruno Gohier Senior Technical Artist, Gameloft Sarah McLeod BigMouth Voices Patricia Sunandar Sound Designer, Grinding Gear Games Broghan Blackshaw Audio Designer, PikPok and Co-director, AwesomeSource Ltd Gemma Laurelle Actor Dmitry Novikov Sound Designer Matt Caradus Sound Designer/Audio Programmer/Composer, Rocketwerkz Matthew Bentley Programmer, Composer and Audio Engineer Stephen Brunton Actor Chris Murphy Unreal Engine Evangelist Seth Corbett-Davies Tim Bourne President, CerebralFix Nadia Thorne Co-Founder, Black Salt Games Mitch Cramer Seb Featherstone Zea Slosar Vee Pendergrast Operations Manager, New Zealand Centre Of Digital Excellence (CODE) Simon Smith Wade Pearson Commercial and Technology Lawyer, Gallaway Cook Allan Carl Leducq Production Coordinator, RocketWerkz Ally McLean Ashley van Wyngaard Producer, Wargaming Sydney Liam Esler Lucy Morris Studio & Creative Director, Starcolt Stephano Martincigh Tim Ponting Rob Vickery Founder and Managing Partner, Hillfarrance Venture Capital Chris Jagger Managing Partner, AV Maru Nihoniho Founder, Metia Interactive Eric-Rangi Hillman Game designer and artist, Metia Interactive Hine Mona Social Media Manager, Metia Interactive Reuben Shortland 3D Animator, Metia Interactive Michael Vandermeer Game designer and artist, Metia Interactive Morgan Baker Philip Mayes Founder/Managing Director, Mighty Kingdom Hiria Te Rangi Zoe Hobson Chantelle Cole Studio Director/CEO, Dinosaur Polo Club Jed Uy Jo Barber Liam Esler Sam Ramlu Co-Founder, Managing Director – Method, M Theory Audrea Topps Harjo COO at A44 Games Darren Hobern Raqi Syed Nate Tamblyn Thomas Barrer Morgana Watson Creative Director Chellew Wu Tamati Kawha Creative Producer/Director Cameron Hopkinson Liliana Ravenwood Programmer, PikPok Humphrey Hanley Kelly Marquand Bailey Raumati Community Manager at PikPok Jason Imms Director of Quality Assurance, Mighty Kingdom Mathias Piddington QA tester at PikPok Ceri Hutton Matiu Awarāwhiti Combat Specialist Nadia Thorne Co-Founder, Black Salt Games Patty Shannon Combat Designer, BEANS Lisa Blakie Daniel Armstrong Level Design, Grinding Gear Games Daniel Aparicio User Research Manager, PikPok Games Denis Phoenix Rich Durham Patty Shannon Combat Designer, BEANS Sean Flannigan Andrew Phelps Eric Santana Senior Game Designer, Outerdawn Dr. Malcolm Ryan Robert Curry Senior Designer, Dinosaur Polo Club Stef Animal Creative Director, Spookysoft Games Jason Imms Director of Quality Assurance, Mighty Kingdom Gavin Freyburg Kris Nicholson David Delgado Senior Software Engineer, MYTONA Mars Buttfield-Addison Paris Buttfield-Addison Rohin Knight Technical Artist, PikPok Tana Tanoi Programmer/Game Designer, Dinosaur Polo Club Michael Page Andrew Rowse Technical Manager/Lead Programmer, PikPok James Tan Director at Digital Confectioners Chris Murphy Unreal Engine Evangelist Alex Stevens Unreal Engine Evangelist Keir Rice Co-Founder, NZXR James Everett Jessica Manins Jimmy Baird Krystal Paraone Ollie Rankin Sakthi Priya Balaji Ranganathan Simon McCallum Miranda Verswijvelen Jae Stuart Dr. Nalin Arachchilage Lecturer in Cyber Security and Privacy, University of Auckland Tanya Marriott Senior Lecturer, Massey University Zoë Platt-Young Rick Stemm Design Manager, PikPok Samara-Jade Sendek Nick Jones Bridget Tompkins Artist/Writer, Runaway Play Lisa Blakie Alexander Swords Gabriella Lowgren Narrative Designer/Communications Manager, Infinity+2 Tim Nugent Jon Manning Paris Buttfield-Addison Francis Stephens Gameplay Programmer, Studio Mayday Tom Giardino Alex Stevens Unreal Engine Evangelist Zea Slosar Chris Murphy Unreal Engine Evangelist Neli Chaneva Francisco Monteverde Duncan Withers Art Manager, PikPok Kaci Aitchison Boyle Communications/Marketing/PR, Valve Hannah Mackintosh Senior Artist, CerebralFix Carl Leducq Production Coordinator, RocketWerkz Patricia Sunandar Sound Designer, Grinding Gear Games Alex Stevens Unreal Engine Evangelist Chris Murphy Unreal Engine Evangelist Giselle Rosman Jean Leggett Mead Robertson QA Tester, PikPok Jeronimo Barraco-Marmol Ryan Stark Associate Art Director, PikPok Sorcha Millican-Nagle Producer at Infinity Plus Two (505 Games) Rick Stemm Design Manager, PikPok Sean Flannigan Hamish Oliver Composer/Sound Designer Sami Habib Programmer at PikPok Meike Belter PhD Student at HIT lab NZ Emily Latta Community Manager, Balancing Monkey Games Molly Buglass-Clapham Concept Artist at PikPok
