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What is the FESTIVAL OF GAMES?

The Festival of Games is Europe’s most effective business event for everyone who wants to make profit with digital games. It consists of a Conference, the Expo, the largest European Career Fair in gaming and the match-making event Pitch & Match.

For whom is the FESTIVAL OF GAMES?
The Festival of Games is the meeting place for decision makers from the entire value chain of the games industry and related industries such as TV, film, news papers, telecom and many more...

Festival of Games attracts front-runners in business, strategy, marketing, finance, game art, design, technology and development. Focused on boardroom knowledge and deal-making, the Festival of Games is a platform for executives and entrepreneurs.

When is the next FESTIVAL OF GAMES?
The Festival of Games takes place from April 19-20, 2012 in the Netherlands.

Key figures of the FESTIVAL OF GAMES 2011

History of the FESTIVAL OF GAMES
Various groups in the Utrecht area combined their powers to unite the Dutch games industry for the first time in 2005. The importance of this gathering and knowledge sharing became apparent to national and local governments. With their support, the NLGD foundation was established in 2006 with the objective to stimulate the development of the Dutch games industry.

With the successful 2007 edition in mind, it became clear that the next edition should have an international focus: the Festival of Games was born. With the addition of the match-making event Pitch & Match in 2009, the show became a worthy addition to the European playground.

The Festival of Games 2011 showed an attendance of over 2000 business professionals. With the complementary combination of a Conference, the Expo, Pitch & Match and the Career Fair, it has become the most effective business event for everyone who wants to make profit with digital games.

We invite you to be part of next year’s history!

Creative Spirit Game Conference | Expanding Markets: How Creative Becomes Business

Change is happening fast in the games industry, the upcoming of social networks as gaming platforms, the surge of smart phones, trans media, cloud computing based gaming, interactive television and the convergence between all the means of gaming.

This year the Festival of Games will be a guiding hand in the changing landscape with sessions not only focusing on the latest trends, but how these impact your day-to-day business. The sessions do not only focus on emerging business models, but we give you the inside on the art of business modeling itself!

In the current market trends there is a big opportunity for developers and publishers to find new markets, but to capture these markets, decision making knowledge is crucial. Together with The Conference Committee, the Conference is brought to a whole new level in which Industry front-runners are given a stage to share their boardroom knowledge with dealmakers and professionals from the game industry, media and entertainment, big brands, mobile, ICT and their service providers.

Who attends?
Everybody that wants to profit from digital games as their core business or as complimentary revenue stream will be present. The Conference audience will consist of a mixture of players from the entire value chain of the games industry combined with media companies, investors, recruitment agencies and social networks.

Expo
The Expo is a marketplace where you can meet new prospects and catch up with your existing relations. Discover the latest trends from exhibitors that showcase services, products and innovations and invite potential relations to talk business. The Expo is the center of networking of the Festival of Games with over 2000 visitors from over 25 countries.

Career Fair
At the largest European Career Fair, top talent from the industry is gathering to find the perfect job. Companies show that they are hiring, they collect résumés on the spot or conduct interviews onsite. Young and experienced professionals are eager to show their skills and contribute to better games. With well above 1000 people onsite actively seeking a new job or internship, it is the perfect concentration of creative people from Europe.

Pitch & Match
Pitch & Match is the most effective way to do business in the online and mobile games industry. In 30-minute meetings companies meet dozens of new business partners face to face. Amongst the attendees are developers, publishers, operators, social and game communities, and content & service providers for any online entertainment platform: game console, handheld, PDA, mobile phone, PC or TV.

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