That passion for playing games 10 hours a day is now a career! Top professional gamers can pull in six figures playing on teams in gaming tournaments to stadium-size crowds. There's also an entire support industry of folks making a living managing teams, producing events, and covering gaming on Twitch and YouTube. ESL creative producer Joshua Gray, FACEIT media VP/ Eleague shoutcast James Bardolph,e-league general manager Christina Alejandre, EchoFox CEO Jace Hall and Raptr CEO (and world's first pro gamer) Dennis Fong discuss the landscape and what's needed to get into and thrive in the industry. Moderated by Fast Company's Susan Karlin.
Saturday July 23, 2016 4:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
Room 24ABC