KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
LENA RAINE
AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER AND PRODUCER BASED IN SEATTLE, USA. SHE HAS WRITTEN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS FOR HIGHLY-ACCLAIMED VIDEO GAMES SUCH AS CELESTE, GUILD WARS 2, AND MOST RECENTLY MINECRAFT'S NETHER UPDATE. HAS ALSO RELEASED SEVERAL STANDALONE ALBUMS AND INSTRUMENTAL WORKS, INCLUDING HER DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ONEKNOWING.
DAN GOLDING
HOST OF SCREEN SOUNDS RADIO SHOW ON ABC CLASSIC, AND A SENIOR LECTURER AT SWINBURSE UNIVERSITY OF TECHOLOGY. AWARD WINNING COMPOSER OF UNTITLED GOOSE GAME & FROG DETECTIVE, WRITER AND THE AUTHOR OF STAR WARS AFTER LUCAS.
SPEAKERS
AARON EDWARDS
AUDIO GENERALIST BASED IN MELBOURNE, WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF AUDIO IMPLEMENTATION FOR BOTH FMOD AND WWISE WITHIN UNITY AND UNREAL. HE HAS WORKED WITH CLIENTS SUCH AS INFINITY PLUS TWO, TEAM FANCLUB, BLEEDING FINGERS CUSTOM MUSIC SHOP & CHANNEL 7 AUSTRALIA.
ANGHARAD YEO
YOUR VIRTUAL HOST!
TV PRESENTER, WRITER AND MUSICIAN WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER WORK ON ABC ME'S GOOD GAME SPAWN POINT. AN EXPERT IN TECHNOLOGY AND GAMES, ANGHARAD HAS ALSO SPENT TIME AS A TOURING MUSICIAN AND HAS RECORDED SEVERAL RELEASES SOLO, AND WITH HER BAND PALMAR GRASP.
CALLIOPE RYDER
GAME RUNNER AND PRODUCER AT STARCOLT, CURRENTLY WORKING ON BEST FRIEND FOREVER. WITH A BACKGROUND IN PERFORMING ARTS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, CALLIOPE BRINGS A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERTISE TO HER WORK. SHE'S A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND DOGS WITHIN THE ANZ GAME INDUSTRY.
CLAIRE MORWOOD
GAME DESIGNER, PROGRAMMER AND ARTIST, CURRENTLY WORKING ON BEFORE I FORGET. SHE RUNS GAME JAMS IN THE UK, AND WORKSHOPS FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE GAMES, AFTER SHE MET CHELLA RAMANAN AT A GAMES JAM AND FORMED THE MICRO GAME STUDIO 3-FOLD GAMES.
MUSIC PRODUCER AND COMPOSER FOR GAMES & TV. HAS WRITTEN SOUNDTRACKS FOR TITLES SUCH AS SLAY THE SPIRE AND THE BAFTA WINNING KIND WORDS, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING MUSIC AND SOUNDS ON PROJECTS LIKE SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.
JOSIE BRECHNER
HAS BEEN CREATING AUDIO EXPERIENCES FOR GAMES AND MORE SINCE 2012, AND HAS TOURED THE US AND INTERNATIONALLY AS AN INDEPENDENT ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN. HER WORK CAN BE HEARD IN PROJECTS LIKE BLOSSOM TALES, MIXOLUMIA, FROG FRACTIONS 3/4, EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER, BEST FRIEND FOREVER AND MORE.
WORKS AS A MUSIC EDITER, QA, COMPOSER AND PRODUCER. HER LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASE IS BAFTA NOMINATED MANIFOLD GARDEN, WHICH GARNERED HER THE G.A.N.G BREAKOUT TALENT AWARD. CURRENTLY WORKING AS AN AUDIO PRODUCER ON HALO INFINITE
LOS ANGELES BASED COMPOSER, GAME DESIGNER & AUDIO IMPLEMENTER WITH A FILM COMPOSING BACKGROUND. HER UPCOMING TITLE DIVINUET GENERATES MUSICAL EXPERIENCES BASED ON TAROT READINGS. GAME CREDITS INCLUDE HASSLE AND A CROOKED HEART (COMING SOON)
DIRECTOR OF AUDIO FOR NETHERREALM STUDIOS IN CHICAGO, USA. AN INDUSTRY VETERAN, HE HAS CREATED SOUND AND MUSIC FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF GAMES, THE MOST RECENT BEING THE MORTAL KOMBAT AND INJUSTICE FRANCHISES - INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, INJUSTICE: 2, MORTAL KOMBAT X AND MORTAL KOMBAT 11
WAN HAZMER
GAME DESIGNER & ENTREPRENEUR WHO HAS WORKED FOR SQUARE ENIX IN JAPAN, AS LEAD GAME DESIGNER FOR TITLES SUCH AS FINAL FANTASY XV. HE FORMED HIS OWN VIDEO GAME COMPANY METRONOMIK IN HIS HOME COUNTRY OF MALAYSIA, AND RECENTLY RELEASED THEIR DEBUT GAME NO STRAIGHT ROADS.
A VETERAN COMPOSER IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY, PENNING THE SCORES TO MORTAL KOMBAT 11, CALL OF DUTY: WWII, AND STAR WARS: VADER IMMORTAL. ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER OF IMPACT SOUNDWORKS, A SAMPLE DEVELOPMENT AND MUSIC SOFTWARE COMPANY, AND AN ACCLAIMED LECTURE ON VIDEO GAME MUSIC.