Upcoming industry events. If you'd like to have your event listed here, please contact Phil Elliott.
September 2008
10th - 12th Sep 2008 (3 days) Visit event site
Women In Games - Warwick University, Coventry, UK
The Women In Games conference encourages research and seeks to promote careers for women within the games industry. Making this career path attractive from a female perspective doesn't just make good business sense, it's vital both commercially and artistically. A major theme of Women in Games 2008 is exploring ways of encouraging more women to enter games and increase their prominence across the industry, ultimately demonstrating how the female perspective can provide a rich new angle on the gaming experience. Other themes will focus on the latest game research with a particular emphasis on areas that affect, or are affected by, women. Men are welcome too! Although this conference is concerned with women and games please note that men are also very welcome to attend. The industry needs a meaningful dialogue between the sexes as it moves forward.
15th - 17th Sep 2008 (3 days) Visit event site
Austin Game Developers Conference - Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas
Evolve to Win with the industry’s leading conference for Online Games, Writing for Games, and Game Audio. Join the world’s top game developers, publishers, filmmakers, and musicians this September for three days of sessions, outstanding keynotes, and the best parties under the Texan sun!
18th - 20th Sep 2008 (3 days) Visit event site
Games Convention Asia - Singapore
Leipzig/Singapore - February 19, 2008 - The organizers of Games Convention Asia (GCA) and Games Convention Asia Conference (GCAC) today announced new dates for this year's shows. GCA will take place at Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre Singapore, September 18-20, 2008, with the GC Asia Conference (GCAC) being held alongside, September 18-19.
October 2008
6th - 8th Oct 2008 (3 days) Visit event site
Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 2008 - London, UK
Building on the success of last year's inaugural forum - Europe's first major virtual worlds conference - with over 480 delegates from 23 countries, this year will see an enlarged event featuring a new London venue, a significant increase in the number of supporting organisations, as well as a raft of new show elements. The congress and expo is adopting the theme 'Enterprise, Education and Entertainment - harnessing virtual worlds for twenty-first century advantage'. It is to take place at The Bridge, London SE1, on 6-7 October, with workshops to follow on 8 October.
20th - 21st Oct 2008 (2 days) Visit event site
Virtual Worlds London - London, UK
Virtual Worlds London takes place 20-21 October 2008 at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, a beautiful venue right across the street from Westminster Abbey. Virtual Worlds London the leading event for businesses seeking to understand and maximize business strategies within virtual worlds. Virtual Worlds London is produced by Virtual Worlds Management (VWM), the leading virtual worlds trade media company. Conference agenda will include consumer and entertainment worlds, enterprise worlds, investment and strategy, education uses of virtual worlds, virtual law and visionary/future development.
28th - 29th Oct 2008 (2 days) Visit event site
The GamesIndustry.biz Bar hosted by GamesIndustry.biz - Corbet Place (The Old Truman Brewery), Brick Lane
A place for the industry to hang out during London Games Festival, sponsored by Ubisoft -
- Access is free for industry people
- Same location as the GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair
- Arrange meetings via the GamesIndustry.biz Network
- Free drinks on party night - Tuesday October 28 - invitations to be sent out via the Network soon
28th - 29th Oct 2008 (2 days) Visit event site
Eurogamer Expo 2008 hosted by Eurogamer - The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London
Eurogamer is happy to announce its inaugural consumer videogame event, the Eurogamer Expo! Taking place at the Old Truman Brewery on 28th and 29th October, the Eurogamer Expo is a feature event of the London Games Festival, and brings consumers face to face with all of the biggest Christmas release on all formats.
30th Oct - 1st Nov 2008 (3 days) Visit event site
Gamecity - Nottingham, UK
Now into its third year of ground-breaking games, premiere screenings, exclusive appearances - GameCity continues to bring you what other festivals can’t. And a little of what they won’t. Building on the success of the the previous two years, GameCity 3 promises buck the trend of phoning in lazy sequels by delivering a brilliant third installment where even Spider-Man and the Godfather couldn’t. This brilliant new programme will also be taking place at an exciting new venue. We are delighted to be able to announce that this special series will be taking place for three whole days within GateCrasher Loves Nottingham, the £1.5 million club facility within the heart of Nottingham City Centre from 30th Oct to 1st November. GameCity is a festival celebrating the culture and potential of videogames, bringing the people who play them into contact with the people who make them - and who want to make them. Taking place across an entire city, GameCity brings gaming to huge variety of venues - from cinemas and market squares, to restaurants, cafes and schools. It remains the only event in the world to bring developers, students and lovers of interesting culture together in Indian restaurants.
November 2008
13th - 16th Nov 2008 (4 days) Visit event site
International Digital Entertainment Festival - Melbourne, Australia
The creators of the eGames and Entertainment Expo are gearing up for the launch of their new, all encompassing digital industry showcase, the International Digital Entertainment Festival (iDEF), which will open in Melbourne during this November. iDEF is the platform for a series of events and activities which will be held in Melbourne during November this year, encompassing the digital entertainment industry, education and consumers and will continue as an annual event, creating a united approach to growing the Australian ICT industry.
21st - 23rd Nov 2008 (3 days) Visit event site
America's VideoGame Expo (VGXPO) - Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, US
America's VideoGame Expo is a one-of-the-kind Pop Culture event and the largest gaming event on the US East Coast. Celebrating it's fourth year, the convention is an annual gaming festival - where thousands of gamers and industry insiders can come together to celebrate videogames. Attendees come to VGXPO to experience the newest games, encounter game industry legends, compete in tournaments, buy games and meet with friends.
21st - 23rd Nov 2008 (3 days) Visit event site
Game Industry Summit Russia 2008 - Ambassador Hotel, St Petersburg, Russia
Game Industry Summit Russia 2008 is a specialized international business conference for game industry leaders with a scope on the Russian gaming market.
Game Industry Summit Russia is a media-channel for sharing experience and ideas between top-managers of Russian and foreign companies working in the computer and videogames market. The channel is open not only for game publishers and game developers but also for marketing, retail, investment, research companies and mass media.
The yearly summit provides an opportunity to discuss actual problems on the level of the key representatives and also to meet experts from the other entertainment fields for sharing experience in marketing and business management.
The program is divided into three days according to the following topics:
Russian Gaming Market: Facts, Figures, Trends Marketing and Promotion of Game Products Investments and Financing Projects
22nd - 23rd Nov 2008 (2 days) Visit event site
Breaking In: The Games Conference - Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, US
Game Jobs, Game Recruiter and America's VideoGame Expo (VGXPO) are hosting this two-day, one-track, conference aimed at providing employment tools and educational resources to people that want to find jobs in the videogame industry. At the Breaking In conference you'll be provided with everything you need to know to find a job in the games industry.
March 2009
