Pocket Gamer Connects - East meets West
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Brand new for 2014 comes Pocket Gamer Connects, a global mobile games conference from Steel Media, the publisher behind Pocket Gamer and PocketGamer.biz.
Brand new for 2014 comes Pocket Gamer Connects, a global mobile games conference from Steel Media, the publisher behind Pocket Gamer and PocketGamer.biz. Building on our experience of running the leading mobile games industry portal alongside some of the best industry networking events, we believe we can bring something fresh to the conference scene that will be genuinely useful, engaging, and enjoyable. Key benefits include: Essential guides to publishing in Korea, Japan & China Super power panels featuring top global business leaders Dedicated second track for indie developers Exhibition space, workshops, and gaming zone The best industry networking events (mixers, pitches, parties) Free market trends research for all attendees The inaugural PG Connects kicks off in the heart of London's Southbank and will be based around the premise of "East meets West", with the aim of providing genuine insight, ideas, and connections amongst thought-leaders from Asia, America and Europe. Like all of our activities, this event will be born from the industry, for the industry. We're currently busily working to provide a format that's original, involving, and inspiring - encouraging ideas and connections while providing real value to all attendeesBrand new for 2014 comes Pocket Gamer Connects, a global mobile games conference from Steel Media, the publisher behind Pocket Gamer and PocketGamer.biz. Building on our experience of running the leading mobile games industry portal alongside some of the best industry networking events, we believe we can bring something fresh to the conference scene that will be genuinely useful, engaging, and enjoyable.
Key benefits include:
- Essential guides to publishing in Korea, Japan & China
- Super power panels featuring top global business leaders
- Dedicated second track for indie developers
- Exhibition space, workshops, and gaming zone
- The best industry networking events (mixers, pitches, parties)
- Free market trends research for all attendees
The inaugural PG Connects kicks off in the heart of London's Southbank and will be based around the premise of "East meets West", with the aim of providing genuine insight, ideas, and connections amongst thought-leaders from Asia, America and Europe.
Like all of our activities, this event will be born from the industry, for the industry. We're currently busily working to provide a format that's original, involving, and inspiring - encouraging ideas and connections while providing real value to all attendees.
Speakers include:
Ken Asakura - CEO at Adways
Jason Avent - MD at Boss Alien
Robby Yung - VP of Business Development at Animoca
Oscar Clark - Evangelist at Applifier
Adam Green - CEO at Assyria Games
Richard Flores Santos - Head of Games at Biodroid games
Xavier Louis - Co Founder at brainbow
Lei Zhang - General Manager at Chukong
Paul Flanagan - Advisor at Creative Mobile
Veli-Pekka Piirainen - CEO & Founder of Critical Force Entertainment Ltd
Tom Hass - Producer at DeNA
John Ozimek - Co-founder at Dimoso
Keith Katz - CEO at Execution Labs
Simon Barratt - MD and Owner of Four Door Lemon
Andy Zhong - Angel investor at FunPlus
Kyu Lee - President of Gamevil USA
Nicolas Godement-Berline - General Manager at gumi Europe
Shainiel Dao - CEO at Halfbrick
Jeff Lyndon - Co-founder of iDreamSky
Nicoll Hunt - Head Honcho at I Fight Bears
Eric Choi - Head of Business Development at KakaoTalk
Tommy Palm - Games Guru at King
James Mintram – Director at Lemon Moose Games
Harry Holmwood - CEO at Marvelous AQL
Paul Croft - Co-founder & Chief Games Officer at Media Tonic
Julia Lebedeva - Biz Dev Director at Nevosoft
Nikola Cavic - Head of Business Development at Nordeus
Gunnar Hempel - Global Gaming Lead at NTT Docomo
Fabien- Pierre Nicolas - GM Mobile at Perfect World
Tarek Hohberg - Co-Founder at Pfeffermind Games
Maarten Noyons - CEO at Playground / IMGA
Ville Heijari - European GM at PlayHaven
Becky Ann Hughes - Vice President of Product and Marketing at Play First
Natalie Griffith - Owner of Press Space PR
Hendrik Lesser - CEO at Remote Control
Peter Vesterbacka - CMO at Rovio
Perry Tam - CEO at Storm 8
Steve Gray - VP of Business Development at Tencent
Gareth Edmondson – CEO of Thumbstar Games
Sebastian Kriese- Corporate Partnerships at Wooga GmbH
