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pinkbeta
07-11-2006, 01:03 PM
ELECTRIC ARTS SENIOR AUDIO DIRECTOR CHARLES DEENEN TO DELIVER KEYNOTE AT GAME AUDIO CONFERENCE

Impressive speaker roster includes audio directors, sound designers, and leaders from throughout the industry

The Game Initiative, the leading producer of conferences for professionals in the computer and video game industry, today announced Charles Deenen, the Senior Audio Director of Electronic Arts Vancouver, is set to speak at the first annual Game Audio Conference (GAC) on September 6-8, 2006 in Austin, Texas, the “Live Music Capital of the World.” Deenen rounds out the GAC’s already impressive speaker roster which features industry-leading audio directors, sound designers, and executives. Early-bird registration is now open for the conference at http://www.GameAudioConference.com and offers a 40 percent discount until July 21st.

In his more than twenty years in the industry, Charles Deenen has leant his hand to over 200 games including Enter the Matrix and Need for Speed: Most Wanted, numerous films, and dozens of film trailers, leading to four Golden Reel Award nominations. He is currently working as Senior Audio Director at Electronic Arts Vancouver.

"We are very excited to add Charles as keynote to our Game Audio Conference roster,” said Christopher V. Sherman, Executive Director of The Game Initiative. Other speakers featured on the roster include: Alistair Hirst (CEO, Omni Interactive Audio), Clark Crawford (Project Audio Director, Midway Studios Austin), Heather Sowards (Media Producer, Sony Online Entertainment), Tracy W. Bush (Audio Director, NCsoft), Peter Drescher (Sound Designer, Danger, Inc.), and Tom Hays (Director of Audio Services, Technicolor Interactive Services).

“In addition to its speakers, the GAC will offer advanced game audio sessions designed to educate industry professionals, spark discussion, and propose solutions to some of game audio's most daunting challenges,” Sherman says.

Scheduled GAC sessions include:
• Pre-production for Game Audio
• Large Scale Dialog Management
• Multi-channel Audio
• Creating Audio for Mobile Games
• The Lone Wolf
• When Audio is the Game Experience
• Music Design for Large Persistent Worlds
• Sound Source Acquisition and Library Maintenance

Early registration for the Game Audio Conference ends July 21st. Early registration for professionals is just $295, a discount of 40 percent off the onsite registration price of $495 and is $250 for students. Conference details and registration information are available at http://www.GameAudioConference.com

The Game Audio Conference is sponsored by Dolby Laboratories.

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In addition to the Game Audio Conference, The Game Initiative is hosting three concurrent conferences:
Austin Game Conference (Sept. 6-7-8) at http://www.GameConference.com
Game Writers Conference (Sept 6-7) at http://www.GameWritersConference.com
Casual Games Conference (Sept. 6-7-8) at http://www.CasualGamesConference.com

Registration to the Game Audio Conference grants full access to all 4 events.

rocktacity
07-18-2006, 04:34 PM
Early registration for the Game Audio Conference closes this Friday, so if you're going to do go and want to save money...

For more info: http:;//www.gameaudioconference.com (http://www.gameaudioconference.com)