{"Name":"Dean Hall","Image":"\/speakers\/dean_hall.jpg","Company":"RocketWerkz","CompanyLogo":"\/speakers\/rocketwekrz.png","JobTitle":"CEO, Founder","Titles":"DayZ, Icarus","Description":"Adventurer, video game developer and flag-waving Kiwi Dean Hall is one of New Zealand's most successful digital creatives. He created the influential game DayZ, which won two Golden Joystick Awards and became the best selling PC game of 2014, plus sci-fi survival game Icarus, which reached #1 on global PC gaming charts in 2021.A former Royal NZ Air Force and NZ Army officer, Dean is an accomplished mountaineer having summited Mount Everest in 2013 and skied to the South Pole in January 2020.Dean returned to New Zealand in 2015 to found RocketWerkz, now headquartered on the top floors of Auckland\u2019s PwC Tower. Dean believes video game development can be a billion-dollar industry for New Zealand.","Language":"English","TalkName":"To Be Announced","TalkDescription":"-","ShowDate":"1-9-2022 8:30:00","Filter":"Business","ShowInCarousel":true,"BaseImgPath":"https:\/\/content.gdsession.com\/2023\/"}

{"Name":"Jakub Dvorsk\u00fd","Image":"\/speakers\/jakub_dvorsky.jpg","Company":"Amanita Design","CompanyLogo":"\/speakers\/amanita_logo.png","JobTitle":"CEO & Creative Director","Titles":"Samorost, Machin\u00e1rium","Description":"Jakub is the founder, game designer and creative director in Amanita Design, Prague based independent studio established in 2003, best known for games Machinarium, Botanicula, Samorost series, Chuchel, Pilgrims, Creaks or Happy Game. The studio is currently working on project Phonopolis and other two yet unannounced games.","Language":"Czech","TalkName":"To Be Announced","TalkDescription":"-","ShowDate":"1-9-2022 8:30:00","Filter":"Design","ShowInCarousel":true,"BaseImgPath":"https:\/\/content.gdsession.com\/2023\/"}

{"Name":"Brian Fargo","Image":"\/speakers\/brian_fargo.jpg","Company":"inXile entertainment","CompanyLogo":"\/speakers\/inexile.png","JobTitle":"CEO, Founder","Titles":"Fallout, Wasteland, The Bard's Tale","Description":"Brian Fargo is the founder of Interplay and one of the creators of games such Bard's Tale, Wasteland or Fallout 1 and 2. In 2003 he founded his own new company, InXile Entertainment, where he is currently working on upcoming RPG Clockwork Revolution.","Language":"English","TalkName":"To Be Announced","TalkDescription":"-","ShowDate":"1-9-2022 8:30:00","Filter":"Other","ShowInCarousel":true,"BaseImgPath":"https:\/\/content.gdsession.com\/2023\/"}

{"Name":"Marek Rosa","Image":"\/speakers\/marek_rosa.jpg","Company":"Keen Software House","CompanyLogo":"\/speakers\/keen.png","JobTitle":"CEO, Founder","Titles":"Space Engineers, Miner Wars","Description":"Marek Rosa is the CEO of GoodAI, a general artificial intelligence R&D company, and the CEO of Keen Software House, an independent game development studio best known for its best-seller Space Engineers (4 million copies sold). Marek founded GoodAI in 2014 with a $10M investment of his own money. Currently, Marek is occupied with the development of Space Engineers, VRAGE engine, AI Game, and general AI research project Memetic Badger.","Language":"English","TalkName":"To Be Announced","TalkDescription":"-","ShowDate":"1-9-2022 8:30:00","Filter":"Technical","ShowInCarousel":true,"BaseImgPath":"https:\/\/content.gdsession.com\/2023\/"}

{"Name":"Martin Kl\u00edma","Image":"\/speakers\/martin_klima.jpg","Company":"Warhorse Studios","CompanyLogo":"\/speakers\/warhorse.png","JobTitle":"Executive producer","Titles":"Kingdom Come: Deliverance","Description":"Martin Kl\u00edma is developing computer games since 1997. From Fish Fillets to Kingdom Come: Deliverance, he worked on a score of games in Brno, Prague and Leamington Spa. In 2011 he and Dan Vavra founded Warhorse Studios; he works as the Executive Producer there ever since.","Language":"English","TalkName":"To Be Announced","TalkDescription":"-","ShowDate":"2-9-2022 8:30:00","Filter":"Business","ShowInCarousel":true,"BaseImgPath":"https:\/\/content.gdsession.com\/2023\/"}