The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) sent word today that Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President of Development and Production for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and Chris Satchell, Chief Technology Officer at International Gaming Technologies (previously the XNA group GM at Microsoft), will deliver keynotes at the Third Annual Leadership Forum, which is slated for November 12-13 in San Francisco.
The IGDA Leadership Forum will feature three leadership tracks: personal, project, and studio. The event is "designed to best fit the attendees’ current or projected career path" and to offer "a comprehensive range of educational topics encompassing key aspects of the industry."
“The great thing about the Leadership Forum is that it attracts working professionals from diverse backgrounds—large and small developers and publishers—who share best practices and real life success stories,” said the Production SIG's Chair, Heather Chandler. “We’ve found a real need for management training in this industry and the Leadership Forum has helped to provide the medium to facilitate this training.”
Other speakers at the event will include Kane Minkus, Michael Saladino, Don Daglow, David Edery, among others who will "outline their personal framework for successfully advancing the state of the art in game production and management."
