GameON: Finance 2009 has come to an end. Thank you to all our sponsors and attendees for supporting this great event - the best one yet!

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Spotlight on Keynote Speaker Sessions

John Sutyak

Project And Product Funding In The Game Industry - Has The Time Arrived?

John Sutyak
Business Development Director
Digital Development Management (DDM)

Yannis Mallat Innovation pipeline: feeding our growth with breakthroughs

Yannis Mallat
Chief Executive Officer
Ubisoft Montreal & Toronto
Due to an emergency back on the Farm, Zynga will not be presenting at the event.  In Zynga's stead Jason Della Rocca, Senior Consultant at Perimeter Partners and Chair of the GameON: Finance Advisory Board will open the conference with a presentation on mitigating risk in the game space.

Other Featured Speakers

 

Dan Connor

Dan Connors
Chief Executive Officer, Director, Founder
Telltale Games

 

Ping Li

Ping Li
Partner, Accel Partners

 

Greg Short

Greg Short
Executive Director,
EEDAR

 

 

Hong Yee

Hong-Yee Wong
CEO, IUGO Mobile Entertainment

 

View the Full Speaker List

About GameON: Finance 2009

On October 27th and 28th in downtown Toronto, industry experts will explore strategies surrounding funding opportunities for video game creation including: venture capital, angel investment, project financing, public and private equity.  GameON: Finance offers great networking opportunities, exceptional value and unmatched industry insight into the world of video game financing and investment.

Registration

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> Start-up Passes (SOLD OUT)

All members of Interactive Ontario (io) and the Canadian Interactive Alliance / L'alliance interactive canadienne (CIAIC) associations benefit from the member savings. Be sure to select "Members" when registering to receive your discount. For more information about this and other discounts, visit Passes & Pricing.

Take a look at some of the past attendees of GameON: Finance.

Positioning your company for investment? Need advice?

Legal and Tax Advice from Industry Experts

GameON: Finance 2009 attendees have the additional option to sign up for special 1X1 consultations with legal and tax experts. Have your questions answered in private and confidential sessions available for signup.

KPMG LLP Canada is part of a global networking of professional firms (KPMG International) providing audit, tax and advisory services.
 
Cognition LLP , an innovative virtual law firm specializing in providing affordable and business-focused in-house counsel and corporate legal services for startup and growth businesses. Pre-book a special, complimentary mini-consultation with Joe Milstone or Rubsun Ho, the founding partners of Cognition LLP – available for signup in the delegate area on Wednesday.

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Design ExchangeTravel & Venue

This year's conference will be held at The Design Exchange, former home of the Toronto Stock Exchange in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 234 Bay Street. This centrally-located, historical building has all the amenities you'll need to enjoy a successful conference, from private areas for meetings, to fabulous spaces conducive to networking all in a beautiful, relaxed setting.

GameON: Finance has also partnered with three of Toronto's top hotels, offering discounts for out-of-town travellers.

> Visit the Travel & Venue page for more details.

Map of venue, hotels and local attractions


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Press & Media

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Please note that to qualify as press, you must be working editorial press with a track record for covering the interactive entertainment industry.


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 What Delegates said about last year's conference...

 "The GameON Finance conference provided some great insight into the state of Ontario's game development environment. The one-on-one sessions were very useful in helping me determining the steps I need to take to obtain financing in the future. I had an enjoyable time." - Shiraz Baboo, Gambatte Corporation

"GameON Finance provides a welcome platform for the exchange of information and ideas, as well as a great place to network with interactive entertainment industry professionals hailing from a variety of different fields and backgrounds. As such, attendees are guaranteed to walk away with new insights and perspectives on one of the world's most exciting high-tech mediums every year." - Scott Steinberg, Managing Director,
Embassy Multimedia Consultants

"I've never seen such a collection of people from industry, government and academia together in one place. It was great knowing that the people in the room were serious about making the video game industry thrive in Ontario." - Steve Engels, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Computer Science,
University of Toronto


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