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Minecraft, King, and PopCap headline speaker line-up for MGF Seattle 2017

Super Evil Megacorp, Game Insight, and more also in attendance

Minecraft, King, and PopCap headline speaker line-up for MGF Seattle 2017

Speakers from Minecraft, King and PopCap will take the stage at Mobile Games Forum Seattle 2017 during its two-day run on October 24th and 25th.

The event will host a number of talks and panels from members of the mobile games industry, along with a developer showcase and plenty of opportunities to network.

Speaker roster

Speakers include Minecraft's Product Marketing Lead Emily Orrson, King's VP of its Z2 studio Lou Fasulo and PopCap's Lead Producer Arjun Balaram.

Orrson will discuss how cross-platform play is working for Minecraft, while Fasulo will be giving a talk on using live ops and a game's community to improve their games.

Balaram will close out the conference with a case study on how PopCap moved from premium to free-to-play with its game Plants vs. Zombies 2.

Other speakers include Super Evil Megacorp's Taewon Yun, Game Insight CEO Anatoly Ropotov and Stugan's Jana Palm.

If the above sessions float your boat, we've got a special 20% off discount code for the event: just enter SeattlePG20 as your promo code when purchasing your ticket on the official MGF Seattle website, where you can also find out more information about the event.


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