Liam Esler is a diversity advocate, game developer and event manager from Melbourne, Australia. He works at the Game Developers' Association of Australia to manage Game Connect Asia Pacific, Australia's premiere game development conference, is Co-Director of GX Australia, the first queer gaming convention to hit Australian shores, and acts as Co-Director of the IGDA LBGTQI+ Special Interest Group. When he is not running events or encouraging the industry to become more diverse, he is a producer, writer and designer who has worked at companies such as Beamdog, Obsidian Entertainment, Surprise Attack and Australian gaming news outlet and TV show Player Attack.