Things are looking up for the 2008 ION Game Conference scheduled for May 13-15 in Seattle, Washington. The organizers have finalized the complete schedule for the big event and have posted it online. Also, a new set of speakers for the conference has been revealed.
Some of the new speakers and their corresponding topics and schedules include:

• Craig Sherman, CEO of Gaia Online (Panel: Redefining Virtual Worlds for Mass Market Consumption; May 13, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)
  
• Rich Weil, Community Director of Cartoon Network (Panel: Successfully Managing a Community Emergency; May 13, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
  
• Dr. Lars Butler, Founder and CEO of Trion World Network (Panel: Creating a Global Marketplace for MMOGs; May 13, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.)
  
• Grant Wei, Director of Publishing of Cryptic Studios (Panel: Real Rights in a Virtual World; May 14, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
  
• Joe Ludwig, Director of Development for Flying Lab Software (Lecture: Pirates of the  Burning Sea: A Postpartum; May 15, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
  

The list above is just the tip of the iceberg, though - there are over 100 speakers covering 70 sessions over the three-day event. If you'd like to know the full schedule details and the complete list of speakers, just click on the source link below.