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Realworld gaming futurist Jane McGonigal speaking at Nokia World

Panel on freemium business models too

Realworld gaming futurist Jane McGonigal speaking at Nokia World
Next week is Nokia's big annual industry and developer knees up with Nokia World being held in London on September 14 -15.

Of course, there will be lots of strategy with keynotes from the likes of president and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and executive veep, Mobile Solutions, Anssi Vanjoki.

Symbian^3 handsets such as the N8 and E7 will also be a focus.

Software-wise, themes such as social, music, TV, location-based services and entertainment look popular and there are two specific game sessions as well.

Games can fix it

On Tuesday 14, at 15:10 Jane McGonigal, director of games research & development at the Institute for the Future is talking about The Future of Connected Gaming.

This is followed by a panel talk on Freemium and business models around free games with representatives from Fishlabs, Digital Chocolate, Lunaforte, Rovio and i-Play talking about their experiences.

Both sessions are in the Speakers' corner 3 track.

You can see the full agenda for the two days here.
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