D.I.C.E. Summit is an annual multi-day gathering of video game executives held in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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. Established in 2002 by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences , founded in 1996, is a non-profit organization that promotes computer and video game entertainment with the annual D.I.C.E. Summit event, where its Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony has been held annually since 1998...

, the conference is host to the annual Entertainment Software Association

Entertainment Software Association

The Entertainment Software Association is the trade association of the video game industry in the United States. It was formed in April 1994 as the Interactive Digital Software Association and renamed on July 16, 2003...

's Interactive Achievement Awards. The conference differs from other conferences in the industry in its emphasis on the business and production end of the industry, with a focus on trends and innovations in video game design.Gamasutra

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. D.I.C.E. Summit 2007 Live from Las Vegas gamasutra.com. Retrieved 4 Feb, 2008. The conference specializes in providing a more intimate, orderly venue for select industry leaders to network.

Structure

In 2007, a keynote

Keynote

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 speaker was added to open the event, which had traditionally begun with recreation before the introduction of presentations and panels. The summit's first keynote address was delivered Yair Landau, vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment

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 and president of Sony Pictures Digital

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. In 2008, the keynote address was delivered by Gore Verbinski

Gore Verbinski

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, director of The Pirates of the Caribbean film series

Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)

Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of fantasy-adventure films directed by Gore Verbinski and Rob Marshall , written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

. In 2009, the keynote speaker was Gabe Newell

Gabe Newell

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, Managing Director of Valve Corporation

Valve Corporation

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.

See also

• E3
• Game Developers Conference
  Game Developers Conference
  The Game Developers Conference is the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers, focusing on learning, inspiration, and networking...
  
  

External links

• Official website
• Description of DICE Summit 2007 by Heather Chaplin, coauthor of Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution at 1UP.com
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• Dice Summit 2011 G4tv.com
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  will be live streaming the Interactive Achievement Awards.