Countdown to the New PlayCon!
May 1, 2018 | With just one week to go before PlayCon officially kicks off anticipation is growing. Toy and play professionals won’t want to miss this informative and educational conference, taking place next week in San Francisco, CA.
The event has a new conference format, featuring short “TED-Talk”-like sessions and content based on four key pillars: Opportunities & Growth, Creativity, Innovation, and Inspiration that is sure to get ideas flowing from attendees. PlayCon has lined up two dozen diverse speakers spanning the gamut of thought leaders, notable toy and consumer-industry executives, influential names in creative communities, and top industry research partners all likely to inspire toy, play, and youth entertainment executives to find their next big idea.
Confirmed speakers include: Jennifer Rogers Doyle of Disney Channels Worldwide; Renee Weber from The Marketing Store; Amazon’s Anne Carrihill; Facebook’s Eva Press; Google’s Victoria Fang; alternative reality game designer Jane McGonigal; Dale Dougherty, “father” of the Maker Movement; YouTube’s Dan and Lincoln Markham; Bottle Rocket Management CEO Chas Lacaillade; Activision Blizzard’s Tim Kilpin; Trend Hunter’s Armida Ascano and Courtney Scharf; Sugarfina’s Rosie O’Neill; Jefferies’ Stephanie Wissink; Ted Curtin of ProdigyWorks and more.
Register for PlayCon, taking place May 8 to 9 in San Francisco. Visit the PlayCon site for a list of up-to-date speakers, hotel information, and other news about the industry’s premier conference for play professionals.
“The new PlayCon is sure to be a productive and motivational two days for toy professionals,” said Marian Bossard, The Toy Association’s executive vice president of global market events. “Toy professionals will most definitely create new connections and take home actionable ideas from attending this powerful conference.”
PlayCon is taking place May 8 to 9 at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, CA. To register for PlayCon or see the full schedule of events, visit www.ToyAssociation.org/PlayCon.
The Toy Association is also hosting an open forum prior to PlayCon’s official opening on Tuesday, May 8 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the SF Jazz Center. The forum will focus on succeeding over bankruptcies and retail disruption and is open to all toy and play professionals at no cost (registration for PlayCon is not required). Email Robyn Gibbs to RSVP for the open forum.