2024 Early Speakers Announced
Paul Thind is an accomplished entrepreneur and the Chief Revenue Officer at Aethir, bringing over 25 years of expertise spanning gaming, music, Web3, and digital media. He has founded several successful ventures, including Triggerspot Inc., Blackmoon Games, Rivus Media, and Necropolis Records.
As a visionary in game publishing, Paul played a pivotal role in the growth of iconic platforms like Habbo Hotel and Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom. He also pioneered the integration of high-profile artist visits, featuring legends such as Ozzy Osbourne, Gorillaz, Oasis, and Beastie Boys, within gaming environments.
Throughout his career, Paul has held senior leadership and advisory positions at leading companies such as Spil Games, IGG, Zynga, 20th Century Fox, Denuvo, Spyr Games, LandVault, Disney, InMobi, and Outspark. His innovative contributions to the gaming and Web3 sectors have been instrumental in driving over $2 billion in transactions and enterprise value.
Eric is a gaming thought leader with 25+ years of video games industry experience including EA and Kabam, and advisory work for WB Games, Google, Amazon, and Sega.
Currently Eric is the Principal at Gossamer Consulting Group, founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, where he provides primary research on worldwide console and mobile gaming markets. Eric also consults with a variety of mobile and console game publishers on product and market strategy.
Laura has over 15 years experience in the games industry, focusing on F2P casual mobile games covering all phases of development (ideation to live operations management).
She’s worked in lead/key roles on titles Farm Heroes Saga (ABK), EverMerge (BFG), Tuscany Villa (Scopely) and Pearl’s Peril (Playtika).
Built and scaled a new games division at BFG; and plays a central role in casual publishing and strategy.
Oindrila Mandal is a Senior Game Product Manager at Electronic Arts. She builds player-friendly monetization systems for EA's portfolio of mobile games.
Nancy MacIntyre, CEO of WorldWinner, is a well-respected games industry executive, with a proven track record of successfully growing audiences worldwide for mass-market digital products.
Dafna Ben Onn serves as the Director of Monetization at SciPlay, leveraging a rich decade-long experience within the gaming industry. Her expertise spans diverse domains, transitioning her roots in marketing to excel in monetization, LiveOps, social media and CRM. Notably, Dafna has masterfully led the establishment of thriving LiveOps teams across three of SciPlay’s flagship games: Jackpot Party Social Casino, Gold Fish Casino and 88 Fortunes. Prior to SciPlay, Dafna held the role of Marketing Lead at Playtika. Dafna attended Shenkar College of Engineering in Tel Aviv where she studied industrial engineering and management. She currently resides in Austin, TX with her husband and two children.
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