Speaking at Inside Social Apps

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Jan 182011
 

I seem to have neglected to mention that I will be on a panel at Inside Social Apps InFocus. The event is on the 25th — next week! As I understand it, they expect the event to be full, with no registrations available at the door, so if you’re in the area, you may want to register now on the website.

The panel I am on:

M&A Landscape for Small & Midsize Developers

Paul Bettner, GM, Zynga with Friends (former Founder & CEO, Newtoy)
Sean Ryan, Director Games Partnerships, Facebook (former EVP and GM Games, News Corp)
Atul Bagga, VP Equity Research – Games, ThinkEquity
Raph Koster, VP Creative Design, Playdom (former President, Metaplace)

Some of the world’s largest media companies and game publishers have made major acquisitions of social game developers in the last 18 months. We’ve also seen consolidation in the space through several acquisitions of small-to-midsize developers. As we begin 2011, what do the shifting landscapes in the media and games industries mean for M&A activity, and potential acquisition targets, in the year ahead? We will investigate from every angle.

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  2. Andy Van Laer says:
    January 25, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    Hi Raph, I’m attenting the panel at ISA2011 right now and was checking you out 🙂
    I saw on this site some things about 3D and thought it would be interesting to take a look at our game MyClub, build with Unity and live in beta on Facebook.

    If you have any comments, they are very welcome and appreciated!

    Thanks and best regards

    Andy Van Laer

    PS: Basic is nice 🙂

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