The speakers for the annual D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit have been announced. The Summit is set for Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, February 17-19,2010.

“Our program for 2010 is fast becoming the most prolific line-up we’ve ever produced,” said Joseph Olin, president of the Academy. “From the industry’s most gifted minds behind some of the greatest entertainment properties, to leading edge thinkers steeped in the nature of creativity, there will be alot to talk about at this year’s Summit.”

Here is a sampling of the speakers:
• Dr Susana Martinez-Conde and Dr. Stephen L. Macknik, Laboratory Directors at The Barrow Institute , whose research and outreach on the neuroscience of illusions have been written up in hundreds of media stories including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired, as well as being on NPR and were recently filmed for the Discovery Channel.
• Ken Doroshow, Senior Council, Electronic Software Association , former Senior VP, Litigation and Legal Affairs, Recording Industry Association of America, and senior counsel to the United States Department of Justice
• Matias Myllrinne, President of Remedy Entertainment , known for their work on “Max Payne” Remedy’s “Alan Wake” is the new psychological action thriller coming to Xbox in Spring 2010
• Steve Perlman, Founder, President and CEO, OnLive , an entrepreneur and inventor devoted to pioneering Internet, entertainment, multimedia, consumer electronics and communications technologies and services
• Professor Jesse Schell, Carnegie Mellon University , who teaches Entertainment Technology, specializing in Game Design, formerly Director of the Walt Disney Imagineering VR Studio

The D.I.C.E. Summit is known for the annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony and that will be on February 18 this year. Jay Mohr will be hosting for the fifth year and the Independent Film Channel will be streaming the awards.

Registration for the summit is open and all details are here.

Beatles Love

GameStop wants you to feel the love that is around you and write a song of 100 words or less using titles from at least 10 songs of The Beatles. Entries for The Beatles Love Song contest will be accepted from now until November 16, 2009.

But if you are going to go through all the effort, you probably want to know what you’re going to win. Daily drawings will be held to give away a copy of The Beatles Love album, but the winning song writer will get:

* Two tickets to see LOVE by Cirque du Soleil
* Exclusive behind the scenes tour of LOVE by Cirque du Soleil
* Roundtrip airfare to Las Vegas, NV for two from anywhere in the United States
* Accommodations for two at The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV

For more information on how to enter visit http://www.thebeatlesinvasion.com/. There are a few updates already and you can listen to the Song of the Week to see an example of what they are looking for.