February 7^th, 2006 (8:31pm) - Satoru Iwata, an iconic game developer and president of Nintendo, returns for the second consecutive year to deliver the keynote address of the 2006 Game Developers Conference (GDC). GDC, the world’s largest event exclusively devoted to the art of game creation, will take place at the San Jose Convention Center Monday through Friday, March 20-24.

In his keynote, entitled "Disrupting Development," Iwata will inspire developers to take risks and mine the depths of their imaginations to create innovative games regardless of the size of teams or budgets. He will point to the Nintendo DS "brain-training" games and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to prove it is still possible to succeed at engaging new players and surprising existing players. Iwata will also share his thoughts on the role Nintendo’s video game systems will play in expanding the market and widening the possibilities for developers.

"We are extremely honored to feature an experienced platform leader such as Satoru Iwata as a keynote speaker," said Jamil Moledina, director, Game Developers Conference. "As Nintendo reinvents the scope of what games can be, it is ever more crucial to share their creative and market-growing philosophies with the other leaders of the game creation industry."

It is also expected that during his keynote Iwata will reveal some new and buzz-worthy information regarding Nintendo’s next generation game console, code-named Revolution.

Satoru Iwata’s keynote, "Disrupting Development," is scheduled for Thursday, March 23, from 10:30 to11:30am.