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"Turning the Tide: Hiring & Retaining Women in Games" Wednesday, March 4, 2015

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"Turning the Tide:Hiring & Retaining Women in Games"

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Page 2: Turning the Tidetwvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/gdc2015/presentations..."Turning the Tide: Hiring & Retaining Women in Games" Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Our Speakers… • Fiona Cherbak,

Our Speakers…

• Fiona Cherbak, Senior Staffing Specialist, Gameloft• Isabelle Tremblay, Head of Human Resource, Square Enix Europe Studios• Cindy Armstrong, U.S. Regional Administrative Director, Wargaming• Susan Bollinger, Director, Talent & Culture, Certain Affinity• Ginger Maseda, Director of Global Talent Acquisition, Electronic Arts• Cathy Montes, Director of Talent Acquisition, Zenimax Media

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Women in the Games Industry

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Women as Game Developers

Georgia Nelson,Senior Programmer,Wargaming.net

Beth Beinke-Schwartz,Level Designer,Certain Affinity

Brenda Romero, GameDesigner/Developer,Romero Games, UCSC

Sheri Graner Ray,Creative Director andGame Design Author

Robin Hunicke,Designer & ExecutiveProducer, Funomena

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Women as Games Industry Leaders

Laura Fryer,General Manager,Oculus Rift

Mojdeh Gharbi,COO, Certain Affinity

Kiki WolfkillExecutive Producer,343 Industries

Amy Hennig, SeniorCreative Director, EA

Lucy Bradshaw,Senior VP, EA

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Women-Focused Community & Development Groups

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Women as Game Characters

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Women as Game Consumers

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Women as Games Advocates

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Games Industry Wages & GenderCourtesy of the 2014 Gamasutra Salary Survey