With the tenth anniversary particular version of Pocket Gamer Connects London simply a few weeks away, we thought it was time to discover the 29-track convention schedule. This January twenty second and twenty third, greater than 200 world-class skilled audio system will convey you the most popular tendencies and newest improvements within the international video games trade.
You’ll have entry to 2 days of cutting-edge talks, seminars and panel discussions with among the world’s main authorities protecting all the pieces from monetisation and development methods, to web3, blockchain and the metaverse.
Do not miss out on this unparalleled alternative to satisfy and study from among the most fun corporations, manufacturers and people within the video games trade – tickets can be found now.
Between now and when the venue doorways open, we’ll share what every monitor is about, in addition to the gifted people that can lead the periods.
The Dwell Ops Panorama monitor
Monday, January twenty second
The world of dwell ops is quickly evolving, and video games corporations should adapt their method to maintain up. This monitor highlights the necessity for bettering and updating to take care of ongoing engagement with on-line communities, and shares useful methods to maintain gamers coming again for extra, making certain that video games proceed to thrive in the long run.
09:30 Classes From 20 Years of EVE On-line
- Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO at CCP Video games
09:50 Rovio’s AI Transformation for Enhancing Participant Expertise
- Samantha Pang, VP Buyer Success & Progress, Participant Engagement Options at Key phrases Studios
- Pascal Debroek, Participant Help Lead at Rovio
On this Hearth Chat, Samantha Pang, V.P. Buyer Success & Progress at Helpshift will discuss with Pascal Debroek, Participant Help Lead at Rovio Leisure Group about Rovio’s current journey reworking their complete assist setup, to leverage AI and automation to enhance their participant expertise.
10:10 Crafting a Match-3 Marketing campaign Balancing Suite
- Geoffrey Gilles, Product Proprietor / Recreation Lead at House Ape Video games
Discover the intricate world of Match-3 video games, the place dwell operations transcend mere occasion configuration – they require day by day, meticulous marketing campaign balancing. Be a part of me as we journey via Chrome Valley Customs’ evolution from floor zero to a classy Match-3 marketing campaign balancing suite.
Put together to immerse your self within the nuanced methods and instruments that constantly elevate the sport’s enchantment and hold gamers engaged each single day.
10:30 Dwell Ops and Help Methods to Form the Way forward for Your Video games
- Peter Gerson, Head of International Participant Engagement Options at Key phrases Studios
- Stijn Tops, Head of Dwell Operations & Monetization at Supercell
- Vladyslav Oboronko, Participant Help Lead at SYBO
- Sebastian Brant, Director of Participant Companies at Huuuge Video games
Hosted by Key phrases Studios, be a part of this distinguished panel that includes leaders from gaming powerhouses Supercell, SYBO, and Huuuge Video games to learn the way their assist environments and instruments are surfacing wealthy information and insights that form new instructions of their dwell ops and product roadmaps.
Get a peek into the distinctive setups of every staff and uncover how they successfully channel qualitative and quantitative participant information from assist groups to sport groups. Every panelist will share their expertise of dwell ops and assist methods tailor-made to the distinctive traits of the video games they handle.
They’ll additionally contact on the most recent developments in AI-driven assist and automation, participant retention techniques, and VIP engagement—key parts for propelling top-notch experiences and income development in 2024 and past.
The Recreation Dev Tales monitor
Tuesday, January twenty third
Get impressed by the firsthand experiences of video games builders as they share their newest initiatives, groundbreaking improvements, and invaluable classes realized all through their journey.
Acquire unique insights into their artistic course of, uncover the revolutionary options they’ve applied, and uncover the knowledge they’ve gained alongside the best way.
Do not miss the chance to study from the most effective within the trade and gas your personal path to success in sport improvement.
14:10 Producing Rubbish – Avoiding the Pitfalls of Recreation Improvement
- Marie-Anne Hachey, Chief Working Officer at Threaks
On this meme-filled rant about unhealthy administration and horrible product planning, I will be mentioning a few large crimson flags in sport improvement. These are on no account the one unhealthy issues that may result in the manufacturing of rubbish, however should you see indicators of them in your present staff or a future firm, you will know what to do: RUN! Or, , keep and assist make issues higher. No matter works!
14:30 Jamming for Careers
- Charly Harbord, Director of Operations at International Recreation Jam
14:50 Retro Cellular Video games: Preserving a Historical past That’s Shortly Disappearing
- Ryan Filsinger, CEO at Iron Fox Video games
- Chris Gallant, COO at Iron Fox Video games
We’re now getting into an period the place a good portion of cellular gaming historical past is being misplaced. You can’t go into your closet, seize an previous iPhone 4, mud it off and play the classics. Gaming historical past is being misplaced and a variety of superb video games have been made previous to push to video games as a service are going the best way of the dodo.
Iron Fox’s careers have been born on the introduction of the App Shops, and now we’re spending our assets and time to attempt to protect our historical past. This discuss might be one half historical past lesson, one half name to motion and one half bringing these classics to a brand new viewers.
15:10 It’s Harmful to go Alone! – Learn how to Dare to Take Inventive Dangers?
- Maria Sayans, CEO at ustwo video games
- Alexander Bergendahl, CEO & Co-Founder at LootLocker
- Phil Elliott, CEO at Trendy Wolf
- Vincent Scheurer, Founder & Operations Director at Payload Studios
Within the ever-shifting panorama of sport creation, uncertainty reigns supreme. How can we forge a path that marries innovation with legacy? The reply lies in calculated risk-taking. Be a part of us as we unravel the paradox: How can we leap into uncharted territories whereas tethered to our roots? As stewards of creativity, let’s domesticate a tradition the place boldness is curated, the place daring selections propel us towards enduring.
Fringe occasions, events and networking
In addition to two full days of unmissable convention content material, whether or not you are a writer, developer, investor or indie we have periods, networking and fringe occasions designed to provide you a convention expertise you will not overlook. Plus entry to our Kick Off and International Connects events, the place the actual networking actually occurs.
And along with all these superb dwell alternatives, each certainly one of our 2,500+ attendees will get full entry to the occasion’s on-line assembly scheduler, MeetToMatch. In addition to connecting you with resolution makers from greater than 900 corporations, you’ll be able to organise your appointments on the occasion itself.
