GamesBeat@GDC has been unveiled and will be held on March 10 in San Francisco featuring the theme, Disruption 2.0.
The one-day executive conference will explore the future of gaming and the effects of the iPhone, iPad, social media, digital distribution, and online gaming on the industry.
Speakers will include Steve Perlman, CEO of On-live, John Schappert, COO of EA, Bryan Reynolds, Chief Designer of Zynga, Klass Kersting, CEO of Gameforge, Neil Young, CEO ngmoco, Gareth Davis,of FaceBook, and Bart Decrem, CEO Tapulous, among others.
You can register here to receive $50 off your GamesBeat@GDC registration using the following code: GBEATSP.
The organisers are also calling all startups to enter into a “Who’s Got Game” startup competition: “If you’re a game entrepreneur, we encourage you to enter your company in the competition for the best game startup.”
The 5-7 finalists will be featured at the conference on March 10 and will each pitch their companies on stage in front our panel of expert judges and an audience of more than 400 executives and investors from the industry.
Applications can be found here.