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Second Life founder Philip Rosedale to keynote PG Connects San Francisco 2018

High Fidelity's influential entrepreneur will kick off conference's Superstar Sessions with his unique industry perspective

Second Life founder Philip Rosedale to keynote PG Connects San Francisco 2018

We're delighted and honoured to confirm Second Life founder Philip Rosedale will keynote Day One of Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2018 (May 14th to 15th).

One of the games industry's most respected entrepreneurs, Rosedale boasts enviable insight into leveraging technology for creating engaging user experiences - and he will share his learnings with you in what is sure to be an unmissable opening to the conference schedule.

Now at High Fidelity and still exploring virtual environments, Rosedale will lead our PGC SF Superstar Session roster with 'The Future Of Technology', explaining his unique and fascinating outlook on how the potential of virtual reality and other current technologies will affect related industries as well as society as a whole.

This is going to be a thought-provoking 'high level' talk for anyone remotely connected to gaming.

In good company

Rosedale isn't the only fine mind imparting knowledge at our event, of course - check out our confirmed speakers to date, with more to come.

The latest speakers joining our 10-track conference programme of industry experts includes:

  • Mark Robinson, DeltaDNA
  • Brian Sapp, Jam City
  • Tarika Soni, MoPub
  • Dave Rohrl, Mobile Game Doctor
  • Matt McMahon, Seriously
  • Natalie Portier, Appodeal
  • Remco Smit, Tapcore
  • Angelo Ferro, Unity Ads

Together with our existing and yet-to-be-revealed speaker line-up, these fine folk will cram their knowhow into a packed two-day schedule covering everything from blockchain gaming and influencer marketing to monetisation, company culture, eSports and much more.

So come learn and come meet.

If you hurry, you'll even get in at the Early Bird price and save yourself up to $400! Don't hang about though - offer ends tomorrow...


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