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Friday, July 11
 

9:55am PDT

Opening Ceremonies!
Limited Capacity seats available
We invite all our guests to help us kick off our celebrations. We'll be welcoming all of you and helping you all start the con off right!
Moderators
avatar for Matt Conn

Matt Conn

CEO, MidBoss
Matt Conn is the founder of Gaymer X and producer of Read Only Memories, Matt believes in making gaming accessible to everyone regardless of gender identity or sexual identity. He continues to strive to achieve equal representation in gaming for the LBGT community. He also likes olives... Read More →
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Toni Rocca

President, GaymerX
Toni Rocca is a feminist and an activist for creating inclusive spaces in gaming and other fandoms. As a trans woman, her expertise tends to revolve around queer issues and creating safer environments to foster creativity and enrich the culture of a space. She is known mainly for... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Gordon Bellamy

Gordon Bellamy

CEO, University of Southern California
Gordon teaches at USC Games, serves as head of the USC Bridge incubator and USC esports faculty advisor. He has played key business and product leadership roles at Tencent, Electronic Arts, as a designer on Madden NFL Football, and MTV.Gordon serves as the president / CEO of the Gay... Read More →
avatar for Mattie Brice

Mattie Brice

Mattie Brice is a play and games critic, designer, and activist. She previously wrote at publications like Kotaku, Paste Magazine, and PopMatters about design and social justice within the video game industry, and now writes independently. She also designs experimental games like... Read More →
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David Gaider

Senior Writer, BioWare EA
David has worked as both a writer and designer for BioWare since 1999, on such titles as Baldur's Gate 2, Knights of the Old Republic, and Neverwinter Nights. He then acted as Lead Writer on the hit Dragon Age, including Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, and most recently Dragon... Read More →
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Friday July 11, 2014 9:55am - 10:45am PDT
GaymerX Ballroom (3F) Grand Ballroom (3F)
  Main Event

10:45am PDT

Keynote: The Gaymer Movement & GaymerX
Limited Capacity seats available
David Gaider (Dragon Age), Colleen Macklin (The Metagame) and Mattie Brice (Mainichi) talk about what queerness can bring to the table in the world of games.
Moderators
avatar for Toni Rocca

Toni Rocca

President, GaymerX
Toni Rocca is a feminist and an activist for creating inclusive spaces in gaming and other fandoms. As a trans woman, her expertise tends to revolve around queer issues and creating safer environments to foster creativity and enrich the culture of a space. She is known mainly for... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Mattie Brice

Mattie Brice

Mattie Brice is a play and games critic, designer, and activist. She previously wrote at publications like Kotaku, Paste Magazine, and PopMatters about design and social justice within the video game industry, and now writes independently. She also designs experimental games like... Read More →
avatar for Matt Conn

Matt Conn

CEO, MidBoss
Matt Conn is the founder of Gaymer X and producer of Read Only Memories, Matt believes in making gaming accessible to everyone regardless of gender identity or sexual identity. He continues to strive to achieve equal representation in gaming for the LBGT community. He also likes olives... Read More →
avatar for David Gaider

David Gaider

Senior Writer, BioWare EA
David has worked as both a writer and designer for BioWare since 1999, on such titles as Baldur's Gate 2, Knights of the Old Republic, and Neverwinter Nights. He then acted as Lead Writer on the hit Dragon Age, including Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, and most recently Dragon... Read More →
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Colleen Macklin

Founder and co-director, PETLab
Colleen Macklin is a game designer, professor in of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design, and founder/co-director of PETLab (Prototyping Education + Technology Lab), a lab that develops games for learning and social engagement. PETLab projects include disaster-preparedness... Read More →

Friday July 11, 2014 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
GaymerX Ballroom (3F) Grand Ballroom (3F)
  Main Event

7:00pm PDT

GaymerXConcert
Limited Capacity seats available
Virt, Aethernaut, 2Mello, & DJ Sean B will share their musical stylings! Party with us and rock out to game related music spanning from chiptune to hip-hop!
Moderators
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Speakers
avatar for Matthew Hopkins

Artists
avatar for Aethernaut

Aethernaut

Aethernaut returns to GaymerX! The chiptune violinist is back and with even more jams to get you moving!He is classically trained and video gamed, ready to share his sounds with all of you. Drum n bass, rock, electro, and more all laced with the sweet sounds of yesteryear. Be there... Read More →
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Friday July 11, 2014 7:00pm - 11:00pm PDT
GaymerX Ballroom (3F) Grand Ballroom (3F)
  Main Event
 
Saturday, July 12
 

6:00pm PDT

Cosplay Pageant
Limited Capacity seats available
The cosplay pageant is back! Miss Kitty Stryker's leads a beautiful ensemble of dazzling, incredible cosplayers and all-star judges, with some great prizes for the best cosplayers at GaymerX! 
Moderators
avatar for Kitty Stryker

Kitty Stryker

Head of Cosplay, MidBoss

Speakers
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JM
avatar for Karin Weekes

Karin Weekes

Lead Editor, BioWare
Karin is Lead Editor for BioWare’s three studios. She has worked at BioWare since 2006, editing Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect 3 Dragon Age II, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins and various DLCs for the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises. Karin... Read More →

Saturday July 12, 2014 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
GaymerX Ballroom (3F) Grand Ballroom (3F)
  Main Event

8:30pm PDT

Masquerade Ball (Dance Party!)
Limited Capacity seats available
Don't wipe off that cosplay makeup just yet! At our Masquerade Ball we encourage everyone to dress as fun and fierce as they can! You don't need to be in cosplay to come party, but it sure makes it even more fun!
Saturday July 12, 2014 8:30pm - 11:30pm PDT
GaymerX Ballroom (3F) Grand Ballroom (3F)
  Main Event
 
Sunday, July 13
 

6:00pm PDT

Closing Ceremonies and Q&A
Limited Capacity seats available
Watch us get all teary-eyed on stage as we say goodbye for now and give you an idea of what to look out for in the future!
Sunday July 13, 2014 6:00pm - 7:45pm PDT
GaymerX Ballroom (3F) Grand Ballroom (3F)
  Main Event
 
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