Powering Games with AWS | London

Since 2006, Amazon Web Services have been providing on-demand, pay-as-you-use infrastructure to businesses of all sizes. This invitation-only event will introduce the cloud computing platform offered by Amazon, and discuss how gaming companies use AWS today.

No experience is necessary - this session will use real world case studies to help introduce how gaming companies can use the cloud to stay flexible, agile and ahead of the curve. Customer speakers include: Sega, Swrve and Media Molecule.

What you can expect:

• Learn: Why gaming companies choose to use AWS today with customer presentations and use case focused sessions
• Understand: Why scalable technology is a key success to the social gaming world
• Discover: How you can use the cloud to understand player behavior

Who should attend

• Technical and business decision makers from the gaming community: IT specialists, IT managers, development managers and directors

Agenda

14:00 – 14:30: Welcome & Introduction to Amazon Web Services,
                         Matt Wood, Technology Evangelist, AWS

14:30 – 14:50: SEGA’s Digital Strategy with AWS,
                         Stuart Wright, IT and Network Director, SEGA

14:50 – 15:20: Improve Agility and Time to Market
                         How to quickly move from development to production using AWS
                         Matt Wood, Technology Evangelist, AWS

15:20 – 15:40: LittleBigPlanet – Taking an Idea to Market Using AWS
                         Gavin Sandie, Technical Operations Manager, Media Molecule

15:40 – 15:50: Break

15:50 – 16:20: Scalability and Availability for Online Games
                         How to build resilient, reliable games for dynamic demand
                         Matt Wood, Technology Evangelist, AWS

16:20 – 16:40: Redefining the Relationship Between Game Maker and Game Player
                         Dr. Steven Collins, Chief Technology Officer, Swrve

16:40 – 17:10: Understanding Player Behaviour
                         How to monetise your data
                         Matt Wood, Technology Evangelist, AWS

17:10 – 18:00: Beers and Networking

Click here to register. We look forward to welcoming you on 24 January 2012.