Reboot Develop Blue Unveils Complete List of Speakers

The full roster of speakers for Reboot Develop Blue has been announced, ahead of the event's return to its traditional calendar slot in Dubrovnik, Croatia, following its post-lockdown revival last year. Organizers have now made the speaker line-up available online, with plans to release an alpha version of the conference schedule shortly. The three-day conference will feature eight tracks, including a new VR/AR track, as well as three awards ceremonies: the Indie Awards, Pitching Session Awards, and Hero Awards. Notable speakers include Aaryn Flynn, CEO of Inflexion Games and former BioWare general manager; Andreea Chifu, senior strategic partner manager for ID@XBOX; Chelsea Blasko, co-CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios; and Dino Patti, founder of Jumpship, the developer behind Somerville. Other speakers include Don Daglow from the AIAS Foundation, Ilari Kuittinen, co-founder and studio head at Housemarque, and Kate Edwards, CEO of Geogrify, as well as Laurence Phillips, writer and designer of Vampire Survivors, and Leigh Alexander, narrative designer. The list of speakers also features Marcus Bromander, co-founder of Innersloth, the developer of Among Us; Patrice Désilets, president and creative director of Panache Digital Games; Rami Ismail, indie games developer; and Steve Escalante, general manager of Versus Evil. Tobias Sjögren, CEO of Starbreeze, and Xalavier Nelson Jr, studio head at Strange Scaffold, will also be in attendance, along with representatives from Meta, Epic Games, Unity, Rare, Supercell, Giants Software, Raw Fury, Devolver Digital, Wargaming, and Paradox. James Batchelor, editor-in-chief of GamesIndustry.biz, will moderate some panel sessions. The full speaker line-up can be viewed here. Standard-priced passes are currently available, but will be replaced by the higher 'last minute' rate starting tomorrow, Saturday, April 15. Reboot Develop Blue will run from Monday, April 24, to Wednesday, April 26.