Video games are a strong engine for economic growth with over 135 million games sold and $22 billion in revenue generated in 2014. (Entertainment Software Association, 2016). A recent Fortune article, “The 10 most successful states for video game development,” ranked New York state as fourth in growth with 8,137 employees and an economic contribution of $378.5 million.
Welcome: Lisa Doerner, Executive Director, Digital Rochester
Facilitator: Andrew (Andy) Phelps, Director of the RIT Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC), Professor in the School of Interactive Games & Media
Panelists: Jason Arena, CEO and President, Workinman
Colin Doody, President and Co-founder, Darkwind Media Ltd.
Jon-Paul (JP) Dyson, Director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games and Vice President for Exhibits, Strong Museum of Play
Robert (Rob) Mostyn, Digital Games Hub Coordinator – RIT Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction & Creativity (MAGIC), Rochester Institute of Technology
Victoria (Tory) VanVoorhis, CEO, Second Avenue Learning
Location: RIT, Student Innovation Hall
Time: 5:30pm on 3/27/2018