Full Name
Ian Livingstone CBE
Job Title
chairman
Company
Sumo-Digital
Speaker Bio
Ian Livingstone is one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry. He co-founded iconic games company Games Workshop in 1975 with Steve Jackson, launching Dungeons & Dragons in Europe, and Warhammer.
He co-authored The Warlock of Firetop Mountain with Steve Jackson in 1982, the first interactive book in the Fighting Fantasy series which has sold 20 million copies worldwide. He has written 15 titles in the series, including Deathtrap Dungeon and City of Thieves. His new book, The Port of Peril, was published by Scholastic in August 2017.
In 1995 he oversaw a merger that created Eidos plc where he served as Executive Chairman until 2002, and later as Creative Director. At Eidos he launched global video games franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
He co-authored the influential Livingstone-Hope Next Gen review published by NESTA in 2011, recommending changes in ICT education policy. He was ranked the 16th most influential person in the UK’s digital economy in the Wired 100 list for 2012. He chaired the Next Gen Skills campaign, working with government to introduce the new Computing curriculum in schools in 2014. He is opening Livingstone Academies in 2019 in association with Aspirations Academies Trust, with a curriculum focussed on problem-solving and digital creativity. He co-authored Hacking The Curriculum in 2017.
He co-authored The Warlock of Firetop Mountain with Steve Jackson in 1982, the first interactive book in the Fighting Fantasy series which has sold 20 million copies worldwide. He has written 15 titles in the series, including Deathtrap Dungeon and City of Thieves. His new book, The Port of Peril, was published by Scholastic in August 2017.
In 1995 he oversaw a merger that created Eidos plc where he served as Executive Chairman until 2002, and later as Creative Director. At Eidos he launched global video games franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
He co-authored the influential Livingstone-Hope Next Gen review published by NESTA in 2011, recommending changes in ICT education policy. He was ranked the 16th most influential person in the UK’s digital economy in the Wired 100 list for 2012. He chaired the Next Gen Skills campaign, working with government to introduce the new Computing curriculum in schools in 2014. He is opening Livingstone Academies in 2019 in association with Aspirations Academies Trust, with a curriculum focussed on problem-solving and digital creativity. He co-authored Hacking The Curriculum in 2017.
