ExPlay Festival 2012 organisers have announced this year’s keynote will be UKIE’s CEO Jo Twist.

Taking on the role earlier this year, JoTwist has been working to make the UKIE trade body relevant to modern games development by giving its members access to the latest platforms, experts, and technology they need to grow as a company, and providing them with advice on fundraising, building relationships with their fans, developing their creative IP and finding talent.

She’s not the only big name speaking at the festival either: The Guardian’s Keith Stuart, TIGA CEO Richard Wilson, Creative Assembly’s lead game designer Clive Lindop, Preloaded’s founder Phil Stuart, and Heldhand Limited’s director Harry Holmwood are all making an appearance.

Twist will be delivering her talk at the VIP event in Bath on the 31st October, ahead of the ExPlay  taking place from the 1 – 2 November.