The 2026 Product x LiveOps & Growth Symposium is an invite-only GDC satellite event uniting the leaders who build, operate, grow, and monetize the world’s most successful games.
Now in its third year, the Symposium evolves beyond LiveOps as a function and frames it as a full operating system for modern games - one that connects agentic operations, direct-to-consumer commerce, full-funnel marketing, and monetization into a single, coherent growth and retention loop.
The agenda being updated daily!
From Player Data to Product Decisions: Operating Games with AI-Driven Clarity
Moderated by Solomon Ruiz-Lichter
Panelists:
Heather De Bernardi, Director of Product (Growth), Scopely
Bruce Lam, Chief AI Officer, Dev Stream Labs
Spenser Skates, CEO and coFounder Amplitude
Hawkins Pham, Director of Publishing Platform at VNGGames
Travis Boatman is a veteran of the videogame industry with over 25 years of experience including 17 years in the mobile space. He has created multiple top grossing hits including Simpsons Tapped Out and Sims Free Play, drove Zynga Poker mobile to #1 grossing and ran the Words with Friends franchise and network.
Today Travis is the founder and CEO of Carbonated, a Los Angeles-based mobile games studio. Prior to Carbonated, Travis served as SVP Mobile at Zynga where he was responsible for expanding the company’s mobile game portfolio across iOS, Android and Facebook including the Zynga With Friends network. Travis was also SVP of global mobile studios for Electronic Arts, where he was responsible for EA’s mobile game strategy and pioneered dozens of mobile titles.
Travis is also an angel investor and mobile advisor for companies like Apple, Mattel, Evollve, Yvolver, Little Labs, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and featured in four Apple keynotes.
