Dubai World Game Expo kicks off

The Dubai World Game Expo kicked off its trade day today with presentations from the likes of Crytek and Blizzard. The event is held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre at Hall Numbers 5, 6 and 7.

The trade day schedules for 27th and 28th October are as follows:

Day 1
Opening Keynote Address

Speaker: Avni Yerli, Managing Director – Crytek

Crytek Sponsor Session:
CryENGINE: Create a new level in 45 minutes
Speaker: Sean Tracy, Technical Artist – Crytek

Blizzard Entertainment Sponsor Session
Massively Multiplayer War Stories
Speaker:John Cash, Technical Director – Blizzard Entertainment

Nordic Game Sponsor Session:
How to build the future game industry
Speaker:Sten Selander, Business Development Director, Nordic Game Program

Day 2

Epic Games Sponsor Session:
Revving the Chainsaw: Gears of War 2 Cinematic Production and Level Design

Speaker: Grayson Edge, Senior Level Designer – Epic Games

Timeline Interactive Sponsor Session:
Lessons learned from the development of CellFactor:Psychokinetic Wars
Speaker: Ahmed Metwally, CEO – Timeline Interactive (Egypt)

MENA Region’s Game Development & Market Session:
Keynote Address
Speaker: Paul Holman- Vice President Research and Development.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
“Today Dubai, Tomorrow the World”

Speaker: Ahmed Jadallah, Technical Manager – Vertex Studio (UAE)
Speaker: Nour Khrais, General Manager – Maysalward (Jordan)
Speaker: Yasir Agha, Head of Marketing – Joybox (Syria)
Speaker: Steve Tsao, CEO – Tahadi Games (UAE)
Speaker: Nick Bryant, Managing Director – Txt TV FZLLC – MBC Group (UAE)
Speaker: Computer Game National Institute of Tehran (Iran)

The event will be open to the general public on the following dates:

28th October: 4pm – 8pm
29th October: 10am – 8pm