Jason Della Rocca will serve as the keynote speaker for the “industry” track at the 2009 Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames). The keynote lecture will focus on the changing global landscape of the game industry and how industry can work together with governmental and academic stakeholders to nurture and promote a local game cluster. Jason will also lead a roundtable discussion on economic development policies with key stakeholders from the Brazil.

SBGames is the annual symposium of the Special Commission of Games and Digital Entertainment of the Computing Brazilian Society dedicated to Research, Development, and Innovation in computer games, real time simulation, and new forms of digital entertainment. Since 2002, the symposium has been congregating scientists, artists, designers, entrepreneurs, educators, and students from universities, research centers, and industry. This year, the theme of the conference is “Thinking about Convergence”, reflecting the importance of bringing together all the medias and platforms (TV, cinema, computer, mobile devices), the impact of digital contents is becoming ubiquitous (i.e. in any object), and the implications of sharing solutions between several sectors (entertainment, defense, simulation industry, and education).