The Game as a Platform

8th Annual Conference April 17, 2013

Call for Speakers

Are you an industry expert interested in sharing your ideas with hundreds of marketing professionals in interactive entertainment? If so, you are in luck! The Game Marketing Summit 2013 Call for Speakers is now open.

The Game Marketing Summit (GMS), formerly known as MI6, a must-attend annual event for marketing professionals in the video game space. GMS is a full-day event that brings together the leading industry marketing and brand executives for discussion, deliberation, debate and celebration around the issues, opportunities and successes in the interactive entertainment industry. The day culminates with the Game Marketing Awards Show where the top creative work produced by and for the video game marketing community is showcased and honored.

As the world's largest video game marketing gathering, GMS provides the latest insights, perspectives and knowledge to help you stay ahead of the curve as well as the opportunity to network with the greatest innovators in Game Marketing. This year is no exception. More than ever, our marketing community is challenged with how to most effectively reach their consumer – a relationship that has changed drastically over the last few years forcing an evolution in the role of marketing. "The Game as the Platform" is the cornerstone theme for GMS 2013. 2013 is a pinnacle year for gaming promising explosive growth with new console launches, disruptive technology challenging the status-quo, ever increasing expansion with smartphones and tablets attracting millions of new game players, how do we effectively reach and engage them? Sessions this year will address the ever changing marketplace with a wide range of topics help you drive the success of your products and keep up with what is new, next and relevant for you to succeed. Session topics for this year include:

  • Consoles As An Ad Platform
  • Broadcasting Games and the rise of eSports
  • Media Mix Evolution
  • Marketing to Millennials
  • Going Viral with Zero Budget
  • Free-to-Play and Discoverability

Become a Speaker

This year's Game Marketing Summit and Awards will once again be held on April 17th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

If you are interested in applying to be a featured speaker in one of our sessions, please click here.

Apply to become a featured speaker