Game Developers Conference 2005 Dedicates Two Day Summit to Rapidly Expanding Mobile Games Sector

Game Developers Conference 2005 Dedicates Two Day Summit to Rapidly Expanding Mobile Games Sector Leaders From Mobile Communications Industry to Meet With World's Top Game Developers SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- To address the explosive growth of the mobile market, the 19th annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) will focus two days of lectures and panels at the 2005 conference, March 7 - 11, San Francisco, on the mobile gaming industry. GDC Mobile 2005 will bring together more than 500 leaders from the game development community with representatives from mobile game developers, publishers, traditional platform game developers, handset manufacturers, aggregators and operators to discuss opportunities, challenges and viability in the space. Summit sessions for the 2005 GDC Mobile will include: * World Tour of Mobile Games Speakers: Matthew Bellows, GameSpot.com, David "DC" Collier, Namco * Under the Covers with Mobile3D Speakers: Claude Benoit, ATI, Brian Bruning, Nvidia, Kenneth Edwards, Intel, and Ricci Rukavina, Disney Interactive Group * Producing Quality Games for Wireless Speaker: Zack Norman, JAMDAT * The Next Generation of Mobile Entertainment Speaker: Tim Walsh, THQ * Novel Ways to Use Audio in Games Speakers: Jukka Holm and Kai Havukainen, Nokia * Academic Experts on Mobile Game Design Speakers: Ruben Edwards and Paul Couton, Lancaster University (UK) Fernando Herrera and Marko Turpeinen, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology * The Reality of MMORPG on Mobile Phones Speakers: John Newcomber, In-Fusio * Application of Fuzzy Logic for Game Speakers: Anna Maria Cuaresma, Aurora Wireless * Architecture for Efficient Mobile Game Development Speaker: Jyri Ranki, Sumea * The Tipping Point in Wireless Gaming Speaker: Mike Yuen, Qualcomm "The GDC continues to be the defining event for industry professionals involved in the creation of interactive entertainment," said Rob Tercek, Executive Vice President, Programming and Chief Strategy Officer, MFORMA. "The 2005 GDC Mobile Summit program will feature some of the most respected names in the mobile space who will discuss relevant trends, issues and agendas in the mobile sector." A complete list of GDC 2005 event information is available at www.gdconf.com. About the CMP Game Group A core provider of essential information and community to the professional game industry, the CMP Game Group includes the Game Developers Conference, Game Developer magazine, Gamasutra.com, the Independent Games Festival, and the Game Developers Choice Awards. For more information, please visit www.cmpgame.com. CMP Media LLC CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com/) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences and custom publishing. Source: CMP Game Group CONTACT: Craig Sinel of The Bohle Company, +1-310-785-0515, ext. 211, craig@bohle.com, for CMP Game Group; or Tara Gibb of CMP Game Group, +1-415-947-6219, tgibb@cmp.com Web site: http://www.gdconf.com/ Web site: http://www.cmpgame.com/ Web site: http://www.cmp.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html ------- Profile: International Entertainment