Overview
For the past three years Evergreen Events has dazzled game industry leaders with refined networking opportunities and high-powered conferences. Every year, we’ve returned with an exciting new conference identity and focus, but with the same emphasis on networking, exclusivity and quality of experience. From the LA Global Game Summit reception 2006 to Seattle’s OGDC '07, and most recently with ION '08, Evergreen Events is always looking forward.
LOGIN is the conference for leaders and innovators of the online game industry. This annual conference hosted in Seattle each May brings together industry leaders to discuss, collaborate, and share advancements about technology, design, business, community and legal areas of online game development.
LOGIN 2009 features three and a half days of online game development lectures, panels, and roundtables, renowned local and international industry speakers, facilitated networking activities, parties, keynote lunches, meetings and an exhibition area. The conference has an international attendee list of more than 500 of the most influential, forward-thinking leaders in the business of online game development.
If you're serious about online games, then Seattle is the only place you'll want to be May 11-14, 2009. We look forward to seeing you there!
News and Interviews
2009 LOGIN Conference to Launch with Opening Remarks from ChinaJoy Founder
This year, LOGIN will kick off on Monday, May 11th, with a Welcome Ceremony and Session Preview before launching into the Opening Reception. Evergreen Events is honored to distinguish the evening with welcoming remarks being offered by Han Zhihai, Secretary General of China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy) Organizing Committee and General Manager of Howell International Trade Fair Ltd. The LOGIN Session Preview will be hosted by Jay Moore, Director of Business Development for BitRaider, and will feature a fast-paced sneak peek of each of LOGIN's sixty-two information-packed sessions.
2009-04-30: Dean Takahashi Announced as Opening Day Keynote
Online game development start-ups, the hidden risks and soaring rewards, will take center stage at one of the leading game industry conferences on Tuesday, May 12th. Evergreen Events, the producer of the LOGIN Conference, is excited to announce the third and final keynote for this year's conference will be led by Dean Takahashi, lead writer for digital media at VentureBeat, a leading technology news blog covering the business of innovation. The 2009 LOGIN Conference, a high-level event designed to facilitate education and networking in an upscale and relaxing setting for business and development leaders involved with the online game industry, will be held May 11th-14th 2009 in Seattle, Washington at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
In this keynote address entitled What’s a Wave and What’s a Puddle?, Mr. Takahashi will consider the tricky question of deciding what’s a wave to jump on and what’s really just a puddle for start-up companies. You don’t want to get to the wave too early, and you don’t want to show up too late.
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2009-04-22: LOGIN Conference Joins Forces with ChinaJoy
Evergreen Events is delighted to announce the strategic partnership between the LOGIN Conference and the China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (ChinaJoy). This partnership encompasses reciprocal marketing, public relations and business development objectives for both of these leading edge interactive entertainment events for game industry professionals.
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2009-04-15: LOGIN Conference Explores Controversial Issues with Formal Debates
Now included among the dozens of sessions, panels, and roundtables is a series of three formal debates covering issues of secondary markets, ownership of virtual property, and the thorny issue of scripting by game designers. Traditional panels and lectures excel in delivering a range of opinions and a single focused viewpoint respectively. However, a debate presents attendees a high-resolution set of contrasting views that can challenge or reinforce their opinions in ways no other presentation format can.
Each debate is 60 minutes long and uses an abbreviated version of the National Forensics League’s policy debate format. This format gives speakers the freedom to define the direction and shape of the debate, but also provides it with structure and purpose. The debate is framed by a resolution: a formal statement of intent that one speaker will affirm and the other will negate. The resolution is intended to be divisive, worded in such a way that a clear position for or against it can be made. The ultimate goal is to educate the audience on the depth of popular issues; the take-away is a laundry list of thought provoking opinions that will get people interested in and talking about solutions to these development problems long after the conference.
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2009-03-18: Jesse Schell to Enlighten LOGIN Conference Attendees as Keynote Speaker
Evergreen Events is delighted to announce the Thursday, May 14th keynote speaker for the 2009 LOGIN Conference. Jesse Schell, the accomplished Professor of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of Schell Games, will be delivering a lunch keynote address explaining the complicated relationship between interactive entertainment, violence, culture and sociology. The 2009 LOGIN Conference will be held May 11th-14th 2009 in Seattle, Washington at the fantastic Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel, as an innovative event designed to facilitate education, networking, and entertainment for the leaders of the business and development online game industry.
In his keynote, "Make Games Not War", Mr. Schell will discuss how "it is very possible that widespread online games are changing people, and therefore, society, in subtle ways. But how? Will the constant playing of war games train us all to be killers, or will the cooperation these games require break down cultural barriers, and teach us to get along with strangers? Or both? This talk examines the paradoxical futures that online gaming may bring us, and makes some suggestions about how to use them to save humanity from itself."
"Jesse Schell represents the kind of unique voice we enjoy bringing to attendees at LOGIN. He has one foot set in academia and another set in game development, a mix of experience that keeps his point of view fresh and ahead of the curve. We have no doubt this keynote address will be remembered for years to come as a high standard in excellence and insight," proclaimed Cynthia Freese, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Evergreen Events.
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2009-03-03: LOGIN ’09 Registration Now Officially Open for Business!
We’re pleased to announce the start of early bird registration for the 2009 LOGIN Conference. This year, we’ve successfully combined value with the high event standards we set in 2007 and 2008. For $595, a rate which is available until March 31st or until all 100 early bird slots are spoken for, will offer the attendee access on all three days to every session, the expo area, the lunch keynotes, the welcome reception, the conference party and snack breaks. Plus, the 2009 LOGIN Conference pass includes access to the speed networking breakfasts, which were so popular as a separately priced amenity last year, we included them as part of the conference experience for everyone!
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2009-02-10: First Round of Speakers Announced for 2009 LOGIN Conference
The 2009 LOGIN Conference continues to take shape, with the announcement of the first round of industry-leading lecturers, panelists, roundtable leaders and timely, influential sessions:
- Perrin Kaplan, Principal, Zebra Partners LLC
- Nick Fortugno, CCO/Co-Founder, Rebel Monkey
- Carsten van Husen, CEO, Gameforge 4D GmbH
- Sean F. Kane, Esq., Videogame Attorney, Drakefordk & Kane LLC
- Craig Alexander, Vice President of Product Development, Turbine, Inc.
Full list of LOGIN Speakers
2009-01-14: Charlie Stross Announced as Keynote Speaker at 2009 LOGIN Conference
Evergreen Events is delighted to announce the first keynote speaker for the 2009 LOGIN Conference. Charlie Stross, the award-winning author of the book Halting State, is scheduled as the May 13th keynote speaker. Halting State is an acclaimed thriller which considers the social and technological consequences of virtual world life. Mr. Stross’ inimitable and thoughtful perspective on virtual worlds can be expected to both entertain and enlighten LOGIN attendees.
A resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, he writes full time, with a focus on the near-future consequences of information technology. In a previous life he was Linux columnist for the British magazine Computer Shopper, and first software developer at Datacash Ltd, back in the early dot-com era. His most relevant novels include Accelerando (2005), Halting State (2007) and 419 (forthcoming in 2010). He's also collaborating on a novel with Cory Doctorow.
"When we were brainstorming ideas for visionary keynote speakers," said Peter Freese, LOGIN Conference Director, "Charlie Stross' name was on the tips of the tongues of everyone who recently read Halting State or Accelerando. Charlie is the kind of visionary writer who makes revolutionary concepts seem both satisfyingly obvious and tantalizingly imminent. His ideas spark wildfires of creativity in the minds of his readers, and one is left reeling in potentialities. I can't think of a more fitting and inspiring speaker to ally with the forward-looking LOGIN Conference."
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