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Richard Dickson (Mattel President/CEO) and Robbie Brenner (Mattel Films EVP Exec Producer) discuss the creative process, exciting upcoming projects, and the potential toys have for storytelling throug...h film.Show more

Josh West, Head of Product Design at ThinkFun, challenges inventors to reflect on their product. His questions include: identifying the key idea, whether the world wants the idea, and if the idea has ...the ability to stand out.Show more

Inventors Marie Chaplet and Steffanie Yeakle of Les Fées Hilares give insight to how their collaborative creative process facilitates brainstorming. It features friendship, complementary, respect, fu...n, and freedom.Show more

Jeff Glickman came to game invention through his work as a rabbi. He and his wife Mindy share ten bible verses relevant to game design, hoping to spark inspiration in fellow inventors.

Hasbro's Design Manager Brian Torney reflects on the evolution of traditional toys and games into today's new media. He uses dinosaurs to depict how crucial evolving is to survival.

David Fox, Game and Toy Designer at Winner Games, LLC, gives insight to the value of opportunities. Using quotes and personal experience, he encourages designers to listen closely when opportunity kno...cks.Show more

Melissa Cohen, owner of MAJic Creative, shares her belief that the best way to form new ideas is looking for where a need exists. She explains how her team finds and fills holes in a client's market.

Moderator: Alan Hassenfeld (Chairman Executive Committee, Hasbro) Panelists: Gerrick Johnson (Director, BMO Capital Markets), Stephanie Wissink (Managing Director, Consumer Research, Jefferies). Spons...ored by Longshore Limited, Mattel, and Big G Creative.Show more

Moderator: Alan Hassenfeld (Chairman Executive Committee, Hasbro) Panelists: Gerrick Johnson (Director, BMO Capital Markets), Stephanie Wissink (Managing Director, Consumer Research, Jefferies). Spons...ored by Longshore Limited, Mattel, and Big G Creative.Show more

Moderator: Jean Butler (Business Dev. Consultant, Prior: The Toy Association) Panelists: Maura Regan (President, Licensing International), Eric Lang (Indie and Award-Winning Game Inventor), Steve Star...obinsky (Founder, Kid@Heart), Delanie West (Founding Creative Director, Product Development & Design Advisor, Be Super Creative)Show more