The Pocket Gamer Global Game Stars track at GMIC is now locked and loaded for 22 October in San Francisco, and attendees are in for a special treat.

From start to finish, the track is set to provide a platform for the industry's leading voices, offering key insights on creating monster breakout hits, dominating the charts, and making tons of money in the process.

All next week, we'll be publishing a series of preview articles that offer a closer look at each of the sessions on the Pocket Gamer track, along with interviews of the key speakers.

Thanks to sponsors NativeX, SGN, Distimo, InMobi, Fiksu, HasOffers, and CocoaChina.

For now, however, you can take a look at the confirmed lineup below:

Stellar speakers

Pocket Gamer Global Game Stars Track @ GMIC
Tuesday, 22 October, Moscone South, Room 106, San Francisco

10am, Keynote/Funding the Future of Mobile Gaming

• Kristian Segerstrale, co-founder & partner, Initial Capital

10:30am, Spotlight: Asia

• Kyu Lee, CEO, Gamevil
• Lei Zhang, general manager USA, CocoaChina
• Jeff Lyndon, co-founder, & EVP iDreamSky
• Rick Liu, VP Asia Pacific & Latin America, NativeX
• Chris James, managing director, Steel Media

11:15am, Fireside Chat/The New Royals of Gaming

• Chris DeWolfe, CEO, SGN
• Lori Kozlowski, editor, Forbes

11:45am, Are Social Platforms Changing the World of User Acquisition?

• Marco DeMiroz, CEO & president, PlayFirst
• Perry Tam, CEO, Storm8
• Niccolo De Masi, CEO & president, Glu Mobile
• Mike Cohen, VP & GM, InMobi
• Glenn Kiladis, VP & GM, Fiksu
• Chris James, managing director, Steel Media

12:30pm, Lunch Break

1:30pm, Secrets from the Future

• Ed Fries, Xbox co-founder

2pm, Where Will Mobile Games Go Next?

• Jay Wright, VP product management, Qualcomm
• Chris Early, VP digital publishing, Ubisoft
• Fabien-Pierre Nicolas, GM Mobile, Perfect World
• Giordano Contestible, VP product & revenue, Tilting Point
• Remco van den elzen, co-founder & COO, Distimo
• Martine Paris, US events editor, Pocket Gamer

3pm, How Big Can Mobile Games Get?

• David Helgason, CEO, Unity

3:30pm, What Every Dev Should Know

• Dean Takahashi, lead writer, VentureBeat
• Anil Dharni, COO, GREE
• Mickey Maher, vice president, Applifier and other leading industry voices

4:10pm, Global Game Stars Competition

Cheer for your favorite game as aspiring devs pitch a panel of investors, top publishers and the press in the hopes of winning big.

6pm, Closing Remarks

• Chris James, managing director, Steel Media

7-10pm, Pocket Gamer's Party of the Future!

Boogie on down with Pocket Gamer, Qualcomm Vuforia & Everyplay for a night of beats, bites and crafty cocktails in the swanky subterranean digs of Vessel nightclub. DJ R3Y will be spinning and the networking will be stellar.

The party is free for all mobile gaming professionals thanks to our generous sponsors, Qualcomm Vuforia & Everyplay.

RSVP here:
http://pggmicparty.eventbrite.co.uk

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