– Opening with Björn Böhning and Brigitte Zypries at Kino International
– 6 days, 11 events, 300 speakers
– For professionals, fans and families
April 20, 2015 – In the upcoming six days, Berlin will become the German games capital. At the eleven events of the INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN (April 21-26, 2015) everything will revolve around computer games. More than 300 national and international speakers are invited to for various keynotes, workshops and panel discussions. Gaming enthusiasts, fans and families are addressed by the events as much as professionals and experts of the games industry.
The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN will officially be opened by Björn Böhning, Head of the Berlin Senate Chancellery, and Brigitte Zypries, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Games Week Berlin and Quo Vadis Center at Kino International. The Opening Summit is the kick-off event of the INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN, where representatives of politics, media and public institutions in Germany and Europe can meet and network with the international games industry.
Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin: “Berlin is an important location for the games industry – both nationally and internationally. More and more game companies find their way to Berlin, no other site has such a dense and diverse games infrastructure with game developers, publishers, investors and creatives, flanked by a vibrant startup scene. The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN reflects the importance of the city as a hotspot for the games industry and invites not only the games professionals behind the scenes, but also the Berlin citizens to play.”
During the whole week, computer games and the games industry will be the center of attention at the eleven events that are part of the European games industry’s most important networking and communication platform: the Opening Summit (April 21), the developer conference Quo Vadis (April 21-23), the independent games festival A MAZE. / Berlin (April 22-25), Gamefest at the Computerspielemuseum (April 23-26), Womenize! Tech, Digital Business and Media (April 23), Matchmaking Dinner (April 22), Making Games Talents (April 25), 15 Years of GAMES ACADEMY Party (April 23), Franco-German Game Initiative (April 22), CGC BarTalk (April 21), and Apps World Germany (April 22-23).
Festive highlight will be the presentation of the German Video Game Awards (April 21), which is held in cooperation with the INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN. Five of the 13 categories of the German Video Game Awards will already be awarded in the afternoon as part of the Opening Summit.
The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN follows in the footsteps of DGT – Deutsche Games Tage, which were initiated in 2007 in Berlin by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg supports many of the individual events.
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Thank you to our sponsors and partners:
Ad2games, Amazon Appstore, Bandai Namco, BIU – Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware, Eventbrite (Official Ticketing Partner), hitbox Entertainment, King Digital Entertainment, KOTRA – Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, PlayFab, Ubisoft Blue Byte, UNITY as well as the SAE Institute Berlin and Videopath for supporting the media production.
The Opening Summit of the INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN is supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
About the INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN
The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN from April 21–26, 2015, is the leading cross-industry communication and networking platform for games business, development and culture in Europe. Over six days, the umbrella brand combines more than eleven events for industry representatives and game enthusiasts alike. In 2014, about 10,000 international and German game developers, publishers, investors and representatives of public institutions and the media industry as well as gamers, families and fans came to Berlin.
The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN connects a variety of events, including the opening event Opening Summit, the games business and development conference Quo Vadis, the independent video games festival A MAZE. / Berlin, Gamefest at the Computer Games Museum, Womenize!, Matchmaking Dinner, Making Games Talents, Franco German Game Initiative, CGC BarTalk, 15 Years Games Academy, Apps World Germany, and many more; in cooperation with the German Video Game Awards (Deutscher Computerspielpreis). The INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK BERLIN follows in the footsteps of the DGT – Deutsche Gamestage – an event initiated by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg in Berlin in 2007. Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg supports many of the individual events. www.gamesweekberlin.com.
