January 25th | San Francisco

What do industry leaders view as today’s most formidable challenges affecting social apps and games? How are top developers of all sizes overcoming obstacles to growth, and what can the industry expect in 2011?

Inside Social Apps InFocus 2011 is our second conference on the future of monetization on social platforms. On January 25th, 2011, leaders from social apps and games industry will share their insights on the key uncertainties, and new opportunities, facing social games and applications in 2011.

If you’re considering attending Inside Social Apps 2011, take advantage of early registration pricing and sign up now. Space will be limited, and last year’s conference sold out well before the event.

A limited set of tickets are available at the Early Announcement price of $179. This price will be good through tomorrow Friday October 29th only, so we encourage you to register now.

Who’s Speaking?

We’re honored to present the following 15 confirmed speakers at Inside Social Apps InFocus 2011:

• Atul Bagga, VP Equity Research, Games, ThinkEquity
• Bill Gossman, CEO, hi5
  
• Bret Taylor, CTO, Facebook
• Deborah Liu, Commerce Product Marketing, Facebook
• Eric Chu, Group Manager, Android Platform, Google
• Jason Oberfest, VP Social Apps, ngmoco:) (now part of DeNA)
• Kevin Chou, Co-founder and CEO, Kabam
• Manu Rekhi, GM Games, Content, and Platform, MySpace
• Peter Relan, Executive Chairman, CrowdStar
• Raph Koster, Former President, Metaplace; VP Creative Design, Playdom (now part of Disney)
• Rex Ng, Co-founder and CEO, 6waves
• Rick Thompson, Co-founder, Playdom (now part of Disney), and Investor
• Sean Ryan, EVP and GM Games, News Corporation
• Sebastien de Halleux, Co-founder and COO, Playfish (now part of Electronic Arts)
• Vish Makhijani, SVP Business Operations, Zynga
  
• Eric Eldon, Editor, Inside Network
• Justin Smith, Founder, Inside Network

A full agenda will be announced shortly. Keep an eye on InsideSocialApps.com for more information.

Inside Social Apps InFocus 2011 – January 25th in San Francisco

Social applications first emerged in 2007, and are today maturing into a global media ecosystem. With the launch of the Facebook Platform, followed by platforms from MySpace and other social networks, developers worldwide could leverage the social graph to create new kinds of social experiences never before possible.

Now, three and a half years later, what started out as sheep throwing and vampire biting has quickly become a profitable billion-dollar industry, punctuated by numerous major acquisitions by the world’s leading media companies and developers. But now, new challenges are emerging, affecting big players and new entrants alike.

Inside Social Apps will investigate the latest trends and challenges for social applications, and look at what’s to come for developers throughout the space – including the growth of virtual goods and social applications on mobile devices.

What are the biggest uncertainties and opportunities facing the future of social games and applications in 2011, and who is leading the way?

Inside Social Apps InFocus 2011 takes place January 25th, 2011 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, and brings together the world’s leading entrepreneurs to weigh in on the future of social app and game monetization.

Inside Social Apps will be a one-day summit led by Inside Network’s Eric Eldon and Justin Smith, and will take in-depth investigative approach to the day’s discussions. At Inside Social Apps, Inside Network will work alongside founders and executives of the top social networking, social gaming, mobile social gaming, payments, and virtual goods infrastructure companies to analyze the most important issues affecting the industry. Inside Social Apps is geared towards developers on Facebook, iPhone, Android, and emerging online social platforms.

Inside Social Apps will be a content-rich day of critical discussion, followed by an evening and nighttime of casual networking.

Register Now

A limited set of “early announcement” tickets is currently available at a special announcement price of $179, good through Friday October 29th. Space will be limited, so register today.

From all of us at Inside Network, we hope to see you on January 25th in San Francisco!