The more the merrier!

The ION Games Conference (originally known as the Online Games Development Conference) has once again expanded its speaker selection. The show, which runs May 13-15, 2008, now includes notable individuals from various parts of the industry, like Pirates of the Burning Sea's Joe Ludwig and Nexon's Min Kim. Here's the whole list:

• href="http://www.ionconference.com/speaker.php?id=4790"
  target="_blank">Joe Ludwig,
  Director of Development at Flying Lab Software discusses and
  dissects the positives and negatives experienced in the development
  of Flying Lab's pirate-themed MMORPG in the href="http://www.ionconference.com/session.php?id=4791"
  target="_blank">Pirates of the Burning Sea: A Postpartum
  lecture.
• href="http://www.ionconference.com/speaker.php?id=82924"
  target="_blank">Min Kim,
  Director of Game Operations at Nexon America, joins the panel
  target="_blank">Creating a Global Marketplace for MMOGs: Can
  East and West Really Play
  Together?, which is covering the critical topic of
  cross-cultural
  adaption of online games to create a global gaming development and
  consumer culture.
• href="http://www.ionconference.com/speaker.php?id=66110"
  target="_blank">Dave
  Elchoness, Executive Director of the Association of Virtual
  Worlds leads a blue ribbon panel in the href="http://www.ionconference.com/session.php?id=66078"
  target="_blank">Redefining
  Virtual Worlds for Mass Market Consumption session that
  delves
  into the fundamental identity of, and future for, virtual worlds.
• href="http://www.ionconference.com/speaker.php?id=16258"
  target="_blank">Wanda Meloni,
  President & Senior Technology Analyst with DFC Intelligence,
  moderates an experienced panel that examines the future trends of
  online game development on console platforms in the href="http://www.ionconference.com/session.php?id=4715"
  target="_blank">Console 2.0 -
  Taking Console Games Online session.
• href="http://www.ionconference.com/speaker.php?id=80229"
  target="_blank">Dillon Seo,
  Global Business Manager with Korea Game Industry Agency (KOGIA)
  shares his unique insight from within one of the world's hottest
  markets for online games, Korea, at his lecture, href="http://www.ionconference.com/session.php?id=80152"
  target="_blank">Korea Online
  Game Industry - Where is it Heading?

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