Andy Thomason, featured recently in IT Now, is a veteran of the computer games industry, from the arcade games of the early 1980s, through 3D simulation and racing games of the 1990s to his position at Sony Computer Entertainment. Currenty he is working on compiler technology for the PS3 (PlayStation3).

Andy Thomason will lead a discussion on current trends and developments as well as the issues facing game developers of the next generation of video games on consoles and PCs.