Call For Speakers for Engage 2012 Now Open

The Digital Kids / Engage!2012 call for speakers is now open.  Engage! takes place April 25-26 in Los Angeles. Speaker proposals are accepted on rolling basis but most of the conference programming and speaker selection will be made by October.  For your best chances, get your proposal in soon. Also, the suggestion box is open.  Recommend a speaker or suggestion there. Updated 9-26-2011 with some of the suggested panels below.

Operations
*Tech Scaling – Scaling your technology to handle load, redundancy, and peak activities.
* Toolsets and Platforms- Overviews of CRM, Filters, and Analytics Platforms, Middleware, Engines
* Building teams / organization structure – how to scale your human infrastructure.
* Community management (Big budget vs small budget, Big numbers vs small numbers)
* Outsourcing, Running remote staff, Insourcing
* Analytics – What are your players doing, why are they doing it, and how do you know they are *actually* doing anything.

Content
* Storytelling – How important is it to the success of your digital property. When to break the 4th wall.
* Transmedia / Connected play – Games and Media are now crossing seamlessly between digitally connected toys, online, consoles, handhelds and mobile. What are the pro’s/con’s of each of these platfoms.
* Gamification (or meta-game)
* Social gaming for good – Can we give back by gaming for good?
* In Game Branding – An alternative to traditional marketing? Another way of monetizing your property? Why brands are placing their products in games and what is the ROI.
* Social Media & Branding

Business
* Monetization – What are the latest payment methods, approaches, successes and failures in the space?
* When to License & Licensing Distribution
* Delivery methods
* Localization
* COPPA Update
* Legal Responsibilities -Review of legal issues facing digital properties