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Class 10 Guest Speaker: Andy Moore
Andy Moore will be joining us next class to talk about the future of games, the games industry and the role of “indy developers”. Andy is a programmer by trade (but a teacher at heart), and has helped game studios and other digital-media companies as a consultant, contractor, and specialist; focusing in the fields of […]
Class 9 Guest Speaker: Jennifer Kelly
We are particularly privileged this coming week to have as our guest Jennifer Lloyd Kelly. Ms. Kelly is IMHO the leading video game law litigator in the world. She is (for the third time) making the trek from San Francisco where she practices at Fenwick & West LLP. Jennifer’s bio on Fenwick’s website says it […]
UNESCO Convention Roundtable Video & Slides
For the sake of completeness here is video of my short presentation on “Relevance for Creative Digitization & the Internet” at the “Roundtable on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions – Impacts and Implications of the UNESCO Convention Ten Years After and Ten Years Ahead: The View From BC” as well as the related slides, the […]
Pitblado Lectures Talk
On Friday November 6, 2015 I was honoured to be invited to be on a panel and give a talk at the Pitblado Lectures in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This 55th edition of the Pitblado Lectures was put on by the Law Society of Manitoba, The Manitoba Bar Association, and The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law […]
Class 8 Guest Speaker: Steve Rechtschaffner
Steve Rechtschaffner has just recently returned to Vancouver from San Francisco so we are particularly lucky to have him talk to us about the future of tech. Particularly appropriate as well, since Steve has spent his career creating category-changing disruptive thinking and results across a wide spectrum of businesses. As you will see Steve is […]
Class 7 Guest Speakers: Jim Alam & Rob Edgar
Jim Alam and Rob Edgar will together reflect on the kinds of real-world legal issues that come up when a video game is produced. The magic is that they will be jointly presenting from the perspective of Jim as lawyer and Rob as client. Biographical information on each of them follows. Jim Alam is a […]
Class 6 Guest Speaker: Roch Ripley
Roch Ripley is a great friend and co-author of the 2nd Edition of Video Game. He is a partner in Gowlings’ Vancouver office and is co-chair of their Technology Industry Group. He has been an Adjunct Professor in this course and has always been very supportive of it. Roch will share his perspectives on a […]
Class 5 Guest Speaker: Mavis Dixon
Mavis Dixon will be talking to us this week about how games interact with our brains. Mavis is Manager of Projects and Engagement with Ayogo Health Inc. Ayogo blends game technology, patient-centered health narratives and design thinking to create games for people with chronic health conditions. Over time Mavis assumed the lead for digital marketing […]
Class 4 Guest Speaker: Brian Dartnell
Brian Dartnell, Associate General Counsel of Electronic Arts is our guest this week. Brian has been with EA for almost 10 years and is an exceptionally good friend of the course. He will take us through the rather exceptional scope of activities that an in-house video game lawyer participates in. Brian’s bio (from Linked In): […]
Law-ification Presentation @ Full Indie Summit 2014
For anyone who wants my take on a broad variety of issues video game developers might be interested in, this video which is a bit over a year old (but only recently posted to YouTube) might be helpful. https://youtu.be/5e7JoA1YK-Y jon