Speakers

Chris Melissinos is a Principal Evangelist at AWS, where he helps influence the next generation of technology and offerings from AWS while also acting as a developer advocate, ensuring that the needs of game developers are met. Prior to AWS, he was the Chief Gaming Officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., creator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's "The Art of Video Games" exhibition, Executive Director of Media and Entertainment for Verizon, and a founding board member of the Video Game History Foundation, advisor to the Women in Games International and the Community Clubhouse organizations, and a voting BAFTA member. His "The Art of Video Games" exhibition explored the 40-year evolution of video games as an art form, demonstrating its impact on American culture, and traveled to 10 additional museums across the US. For this work, he received the industry "Ambassador Award" at the 2013 Game Developers Choice Awards at the Game Developers Conference. He co-authored the book, "The Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect", and has contributed to or been featured in numerous other works. A frequent speaker at major industry events and universities around the world, he has been featured in more than 30 news outlets including CBS, ABC, BBC, NPR, Wired, Time Magazine, National Geographic, Nintendo Power, Game Informer, and TEDx. Having done professional interview and on-camera work for more than 15 years, he is the co-host of AWS's "The Cloud Report"news program, host of the weekly "Boss Rush" video game industry news livestream on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitch, and the creator and host of the "AWS - Game Industry Legends" interview series.

Presenting:

• You Have to Have a Happy Life: RJ Mical on Four Decades of Inventing Play