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 deliver you the most well liked traits and newest improvements within the world video games business.
You’ll have entry to 2 days of cutting-edge talks, seminars and panel discussions with a few of the world’s main authorities overlaying all the things from monetisation and progress methods, to web3, blockchain and the metaverse.
Do not miss out on this unparalleled alternative to fulfill and be taught from a few of the most fun firms, manufacturers and people within the video games business – 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 proficient people that may lead the periods.
The Stay Ops Panorama monitor
Monday, January twenty second
The world of stay ops is quickly evolving, and video games firms should adapt their strategy to maintain up. This monitor highlights the necessity for enhancing and updating to keep up 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 Assist Lead at Rovio
On this Fireplace Chat, Samantha Pang, V.P. Buyer Success & Progress at Helpshift will speak with Pascal Debroek, Participant Assist Lead at Rovio Leisure Group about Rovio’s current journey reworking their whole 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 / Sport Lead at Area Ape Video games
Discover the intricate world of Match-3 video games, the place stay operations transcend mere occasion configuration – they require every day, meticulous marketing campaign balancing. Be a part of me as we journey by 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 repeatedly elevate the sport’s attraction and preserve gamers engaged each single day.
10:30 Stay Ops and Assist 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 Stay Operations & Monetization at Supercell
- Vladyslav Oboronko, Participant Assist 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 stay ops and product roadmaps.
Get a peek into the distinctive setups of every group and uncover how they successfully channel qualitative and quantitative participant information from assist groups to sport groups. Every panelist will share their expertise of stay ops and assist methods tailor-made to the distinctive traits of the video games they handle.
They’ll additionally contact on the newest developments in AI-driven assist and automation, participant retention ways, and VIP engagement—key components for propelling top-notch experiences and income progress in 2024 and past.
The Sport 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 discovered all through their journey.
Achieve unique insights into their inventive course of, uncover the revolutionary options they’ve applied, and uncover the knowledge they’ve gained alongside the way in which.
Do not miss the chance to be taught from the very best within the business and gas your personal path to success in sport growth.
14:10 Producing Rubbish – Avoiding the Pitfalls of Sport 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 big pink flags in sport growth. These are in no way the one unhealthy issues that may result in the manufacturing of rubbish, however in case you see indicators of them in your present group 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 Sport Jam
14:50 Retro Cellular Video games: Preserving a Historical past That’s Rapidly Disappearing
- Ryan Filsinger, CEO at Iron Fox Video games
- Chris Gallant, COO at Iron Fox Video games
We’re now coming 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 had been made previous to push to video games as a service are going the way in which of the dodo.
Iron Fox’s careers had been born on the creation of the App Shops, and now we’re spending our sources and time to try to protect our historical past. This speak 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! – Dare to Take Artistic 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 decisions 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 offer you a convention expertise you will not overlook. Plus entry to our Kick Off and International Connects events, the place the true networking actually occurs.
And along with all these superb stay alternatives, each one among 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 firms, you may organise your appointments on the occasion itself.