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Who's whO at tHe eSports foRum
Leaders of the Olympic and Esports worlds will meet at the ground-breaking Esports Forum organised by GAISF and the IOC in Lausanne this weekend.
Here’s a guide to some of the participants who are shaping the future of esports.
Nicolo Laurent
CEO of Riot Games which gave the world League of Legends, now played by 100 million people each month.
Mike Morhaime
President and CEO of Blizzard Entertainment whose Starcraft license is considered to have been a milestone in the development of esports.
Mark Rein
Founder and VP at Epic Games whose Fortnite has proved so popular that French footballers emulated its dances which feature in the game as goal celebrations during Russia 2018.
Jens Hilgers
Jens is a serial esports entrepreneur and widely recognised as one of the most influential people in the sector. He is co-founder and CEO of DOJO Madness, co-founder of Electronic Sports League (ESL), one of the oldest and largest organization in esports and BITKRAFT Esports Ventures.
Dan ‘Frodan’ Chou
An American Hearthstone ( Blizzard) caster, player and manager of the Tempo Storm team, Dan is one of the most influential casters in the esports universe.
Timo Siep, FIFA, Wolsfburg
Highly rated FIFA player with the esport section of German Bundesliga football club Vfl Wolfsburg. Timo recently told an interviewer he was so obsessed with the game that his parent once confiscated his PlayStation. He won a new one at his next competition and the rest is history…..
Dario ‘TLO’ Wünsch
Dario, who plays Starcraft II for Team Liquid is highly respected by his fellow players and across esports StarCraft II community for his creativity ingame. TLO stands for The Little One to distinguish him from his esports playing brother (The Big One)
Stephanie ‘missharvey’ Harvey
The Canadian is one of the leading female players in esports, best known as a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) player, having won five world championships. She plays for Counter Logic Gaming Red.
Kim ‘Geguri’ Se-yeon
A brilliant Overwatch player with the Shanghai Dragons team, Geguri has constantly confounded critics including those who initially accused her of cheating because she was so good.
Jake Lyon
One of the best known players in the sector, Jake captained the USA Overwatch team is currently playing for the Houston Outlaws. Raised in San Diego, California, he started playing Overwatch while in college at Denison University and his career as rocketed ever since.
T.L Taylor
Professor in Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she is a renowned academic on gaming, internet, esports and streaming and their social impact.
You can follow the EsportForum via the live stream at IOC Media YouTube Channel or the esports platform Twitch and send questions using the hashtag #EsportsForum.