Events For Gamers: Intergame 2014 is a major mobile and social game conference in Tallinn, Estonia. What does Estonia provide for game industry visitors for this year’s event?
Intergame: This year Conference theme is “Building Your Successful Gaming Business”. We have been creating a program of event, that includes over 15 presentations from known industry professionals, who will talk about the best practices in running gaming business. Special attention will be given to recruiting and outsourcing, since part of the Conference will be devoted to Talent Market, where employers will talk face to face to young talents from Baltic region.
E4G: What is Intergame’s overarching history from the very first event, and how has it changed just since last year’s event?
Intergame: Our Conference is just two years young. Gaming business in Estonia and Baltic states is developing at the speed of the light. Coming to region You can see a birth and growth of local gaming companies, inspired by continuous success of our Northern industry mates, the Finns. We, at Intergame team, when organizing our very first event a year ago, have faced a challenge – arranging speakers for a new event and promoting it to participants, but this year our conference has been noticed both by our audience. So, Intergame is growing along with the industry in a region.
E4G: What keynote speakers and celebrity guests can attendees expect to see at the event? Any returnees from last year?
Intergame: More, than a half of our speakers (pls. Refer to agenda: http://igexpo.eu/intergame_2014_eng/conference_program/) are “active” speakers, those, who share their working experience or are mentors in Gaming Incubators. Returnees are Dobroslav Dimitrov (Imperia), Lasse Mäkelä (Invesdor), if to notice companies, who are the same, but have different speakers – it is famous Nokia or fastly growing Fortumo.
E4G: Talent Market is a key page on the website that hasn’t been filled in yet. What is this going to be for the event, and is there anything else not listed on the website we can reveal here?
Intergame: Yes, Talent Market is our “surprise part”. In fact, several Universities and Colleges from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania started dedicated educational programs for gaming professionals. Game developers, 3D-artists, game designers – are on demand by all major gaming companies. We decided to enable a dialogue between potential employers from the famous companies and young talents in order to satisfy the need of the first and encourage second to apply.
E4G: The Gamefounders DemoDay & Pitch Contest that’s schedule for Day 1 sounds exciting! What is this contest all about?
Intergame: Gamefounders DemoDay is a challenging opportunity for incubation program attendees to present their projects to public and potential investors in a traditional, “pitch” format – presentation, followed by Q and A. At Intergame we simply would like to give such opportunity to other gaming start-ups or young companies by means of extending the amount of teams or including a few extra teams from other European gaming incubators. We believe that it is going to be more interesting and entertaining!
E4G: After-parties and mixers are always a nice way to unwind after a day on the showfloor or at numerous panels. The “Pocket Gamer Mobile Mixer” looks to be a highlight this year. What can visitors expect from this mixer?
Intergame: Day time at Conference is good for learning. But valued deals, partnerships, new contacts and establishments require some informal networking around the beer. That is something Pocket Gamer Mixers are known for 🙂 Of course, good drive and friendly atmosphere will be there, as promised to us by Comedy Estonia – they are going to entertain us at PGM.
E4G: Getting together with co-workers and networking is an expected part of any conference. What are you doing to help facilitate this for attendees?
Intergame: I think, we have Intergame program designed the way to enable it at venue or aside to it. We have chosen a brand new building of University of Tallinn, where is a plenty of space, that suits well for it.
E4G: For those hoping to yet attend Intergame 2014, are there any offers or discounts to make last minute trip expenses more manageable?
Intergame: Yes, sure! The best possible way is to be in touch with our sales staff, send us an email to info@igexpo.eu so we will provide to visitor the best possible opportunity.
E4G: Thank you for talking with us about Intergame! Where can interested attendees go to learn more about the event and to purchase a pass?
Intergame: Please visit our website at: http://www.igexpo.eu/!
