JALTCALL 2023 Saturday Keynote Speaker announced: Giles Goddard

JALTCALL2023 Keynote Speaker Announcement
We are very excited to present our Saturday keynote speaker for #JALTCALL2023.
Giles Goddard is an industry legend with some incredible credits to his name – He was the Lead Programmer on Star Fox, the co-creator of 1080 Snowboarding and much more!  Giles started his programming career when he was just a teenager making Amiga demos and experimenting with 3-D wireframes, this landed him a job with Argonaut Software and eventually with Nintendo of Japan. Giles has been living in Japan for over 30 years making games and location-based VR attractions. He is now Current CEO of the indie studio Chuhai Labs who are responsible for the games Carve Snowboarding, Whitewater Wipeout, and Cursed to Golf.
This special keynote interview will spend the first half covering topics and questions about gaming followed by the second half with topics that intersect both industries, AI, education in Japan, post-pandemic work environments, and computer, technology, and tech-related literacy in Japan.
For more information about our conference, check the JALTCALL2023 page
Join us June 2nd to 4th 2023 at Kumamoto-Jo Hall, in downtown Kumamoto City.
Call for proposals are open at https://cfp.jaltcall.org/jaltcall-2023/cfp (deadline: February 14th)