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Opening Presentations: The Future of Digital Entertainment

February 05, 2018
9:40 AM - 10:15 AM
Bayview Ballroom
Visionary presenters give their perspectives on the future of digital entertainment followed by Q/A .

THE VIEW FROM HOLLYWOOD: STATE OF MEDIA BUSINESS 2018
PRESENTER: Andrew Wallenstein, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Variety 

THE SATOSHI FUTURE: THE CASE FOR BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY INVESTING AND ITS IMPACT ON ENTERTAINMENT
PRESENTER: William Quigley, CEO, Clearstone Ventures, OPSkins, and WAX 
What does the emergence of the blockchain and cryptocurrencies mean to digital entertainment investors? In this presentation, William Quigley, co-founder of the world's first and most successful consumer Internet venture capital fund and a cryptocurrency billionaire will reveal his blockchain investment thesis. He will explain the real reasons cryptocurrencies have value today and explore how the blockchain will revolutionary the video gaming industry.

MOBILE: CHANGING THE FACE OF DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
PRESENTER: Josh Yguado, Founder, President & COO, Jam City
There is a massive, global shift in human behavior occurring — enabled by mobile devices — that is changing how we communicate, how we connect, and how we are entertained. Josh Yguado, Co-Founder & President of Jam City, discusses how mobile has fundamentally altered digital entertainment by making social and achievement core to the content experience - and why the most innovative and successful companies are embracing everything that a mobile-first audience craves. 

PRESENTERS

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Variety
CEO, Clearstone Ventures, OPSkins,  and WAX 
Founder, President & COO, Jam City