Industry drinks reception confirmed for GI Live: London

All GI Live: London attendees are invited to a free drinks reception on Thursday, September 22nd.

Courtesy of Renaissance PR and Amiqus, the drinks will immediately follow the conclusion of the event and take place between 6pm and 8pm at the Novotel Excel at the Upper Deck Bar.

“We are really proud to support GI Live as a quintessential moment in the game industry calendar for learning new tendence and networking with the best opinion leaders in the business," says Renaissance boss Stefano Petrullo.

GI Live: London takes place September 21st– 22nd at London Excel alongside the EGX consumer show. There is also a digital-only meetings day takes place on Tuesday, September 20th. Tickets are on sale here.

Speakers include The Walt Disney Company’s Sean Shoptaw, PlayStation Indies boss Shuhei Yoshida, Hiro Capital’s Sir Ian Livingstone, Rare studio boss Craig Duncan, Gina Jackson OBE, Interior/Night's Caroline Marchal, Valve’s Alden Kroll, and Aurora Agency’s Dawn Paine. You can see the full list of speakers will be reveled later today.

More than 50 investors and publishers have signed up to the event, with many looking to meet with independent creators.

Attendees include Valve, ID@Xbox, Hiro Capital, Square Enix Collective, Sega, Curve, Frontier, Makers Fund, Creative Enterprise, Marvelous Europe, PlayStack, Team17, TinyBuild, Tripwire Interactive, Twitch, Wired Productions, Working Capital Management, Wizards of the Coast, with many more to be announced.

Firms attending the digital day only include 101XP, Amplifier Game Invest, Bandai Namco, Blitworks, Boombit, Good Shepherd, Google, Hidden Trap, HoYoVerse, JanduSoft, Kakao Games, Lessmore, Plaion, Ripples Asia Venture, Skystone Games and Tencent.

A digital ticket is also available and includes access to the digital meeting system for Tuesday, September 20th, plus links to watch the talks online. Our physical ticket includes complete access to the entire three days (plus 4-day access to EGX), and lunch.

Companies can also book a permanent meeting table, which they can use across the entire two days of the event to host meetings. All tickets are on sale here.

Interested in sponsoring the event? Contact George Corner