SXSW 2020
Esports: Bigger than the Game
Description:
The rise of esports is unlike anything we have ever seen. esports today is moving beyond the screen to infiltrate nearly every part of mainstream pop culture. The future for esports is as a digitally native, global platform on which community, technology, competition, celebrity, commerce and media merge into one mega industry. This panel will bring together experts from media, gaming, multinational brands and investing to discuss why esports is much bigger than anyone can imagine.
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Takeaways
- How gaming has very quickly infiltrated mainstream pop culture.
- The ramifications of esports content spreading from games into everyday life and vice versa.
- Why the community of more than 2 billion amateur gamers is as important to esports as the 1,000 professional gamers
Speakers
- Annie Pei, Producer, CNBC
- Delane Parnell, Founder & CEO, PlayVS
- David Galvan, Vice President, MasterCard
- Rick Yang, Partner, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Organizer
Shannon Wilsey, Director, Venture Capital Practice, Sparkpr
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