TiE Social: Social Gaming – Where is it headed in 2012?

Each month, TiE Silicon Valley hosts special meetings and forums for the tech industry throughout Silicon Valley to provide discussion and insight into a popular topic.

This month’s event is called “Social Gaming — Where Is It Headed in 2012″ and features Claritics’ own Raj Pai on a panel with other illustrious speakers. The discussion takes place tomorrow night in Santa Clara. To register, click here. More details below…

TiE Social: Social Gaming – Where is it headed in 2012?

2011 will be remembered as the year that Zynga filed for its IPO, Google launched Google+, and Facebook executed the Credits transition. With the first social gaming IPO, Zynga has raised ~$1 billion to fund its continued global expansion and also launched its own site. Meanwhile, Google is putting its weight behind what appears to have the potential to be the most serious competitor to Facebook as a social gaming platform. How big is the market, and where will social gaming go in 2012? How will existing players fare with the changing landscape? Click here to learn more.

Date:
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

TiE Hosts:
Shalini Govil-Pai, Director & Head of Youtube Partner Solutions, Google
Bhaskar Roy, Head of Qik Products, Skype

Moderator:
Josh Elman, Principal, Greylock Partners

Speakers:
Doug Banks, Software Engineer/Game Designer, Root-1
Albert Chen, Assistant Professor of Game Design and Development, Cogswell College
Joe Keene, Founder & COO, Ngmoco
Raj Pai, CEO & Co-Founder, Claritics

Time:
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM    Registration, Dinner, & Networking
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM    Panel and Q&A
9:00 PM                     Adjourn