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Joost van Dreunen (NYU Stern School of Business), Micaela Mantegna (Abogamer and Lawyer) and Oana Ruxandra (Warner Music Group) discuss the future of videogames at the DLD Munich Conference 2023

Let the Games Begin

DLD Munich 2023

January 13, 2023

Games are an integral part of today’s entertainment culture. Now, with artificial intelligence thrown in the mix, the question is: How will humans continue to express themselves and create meaning against a background of generative AI and other automations of online culture?

This talk features NYU professor Joost van Dreunen, a leading academic in the interactive entertainment industry and publisher of a weekly newsletter on gaming, tech, and entertainment called the SuperJoost Playlist; Oana Ruxandra, Chief Digital Officer & EVP of Business Development for Warner Music Group; and Micaela Mantegna, also known as the “AboGamer”.

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Oana Ruxandra

Warner Music Group

As Chief Digital Officer & EVP of Business Development for Warner Music Group, Oana Ruxandra oversees the company’s global digital partnerships and negotiations. With her team she explores innovation and creating new digital revenue opportunities.

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Joost van Dreunen

NYU Stern School of Business

Considered “the top academic” in the video games industry, Joost teaches at the NYU Stern School of Business and is the author of ONE UP: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games. He also publishes a weekly newsletter on gaming, tech, and entertainment called SuperJoost Playlist.

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Micaela Mantegna

Abogamer & Lawyer

Known as the Abogamer, Micaela Mantegna is a lawyer specialized in video games, metaverse, artificial creativity, copyright and artificial intelligence ethics. Currently an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, she was part of the external red team that contributed to evaluate OpenAI’s DALL·E 2 preview.

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