Art & Animation Summit by devcom, December 14-15th!

IGDA Game Art SIG is a partner of “Art & Animation Summit” by devcom, and we wish to invite you to attend numerous talks and panels, participate in Q&A and dedicated portfolio review sessions! Do not miss this chance to be a part of our roundtables and exchange and discuss ideas with fellow artists from all around the world, or even exhibit your own artworks in the A&A online gallery!

Tickets as well as more information about the speakers and the full program can be found here:

https://www.devcom.global/art-animation-summit-2021/

Get Free and Discounted Tickets to Pocket Gamer

IGDA Finland is partnering with Pocket Gamer Connects to offer you 20% tickets for Digital Next and Beyond Games, taking place collectively from Nov 15 - 19. Join the event to be enlighten by expert talks, panels, a digital version of the Big Indie Pitches for PC & Console and Mobile, the Journalist Bar, Discord channel, and other matchmaking activities like Investor Connector and Publisher SpeedMatch, all delivered to the comfort of your desktop wherever you are in the world!

Beyond Games will offer two days on the frontier of the interactive entertainment space. Meet professionals from across the creative industries for a few days of knowledge-sharing and networking.

There are a limited number of free tickets for indie developers and IGDA members are eligible for a 20% discount.

Leadership Day is Live

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We are so excited to bring you IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2021, a virtual one-day conference about how we build companies, teams and working cultures to build better games.
The program will be streamed on the IGDA Finland Twitch channel, while the discussions, networking, as well as, IGDA Finland Mentor Café will take place in the IGDA Finland Discord server.
As we wanted to create an atmosphere as close as possible to the live-event, we have created a fun content for you to use and interact with fellow devs – please check our IGDA Finland Leadership Day Photobooth! Feel free to share the content on social media and in our channels.

Schedule
NOTE: The event is hosted by Helsinki time zone (EEST/UTC + 03:00)

9:45 - 10:00 Welcoming words by the organizers

10:00 - 11:00 Keynote: Leading Fast and Slow by Matias Myllyrinne, CEO/Co-Founder, Redhill Games

11:00 - 12:00 From Zero to Lead by Ari Arnbjörnsson, Unreal Engine Evangelist, Epic Games

12:00 - 13:30 IGDA Mentor Cafe & Lunch break

13:30 - 14:30 Leadership Mythbusting by Maria Maunula, Producer, Nitro Games

14:30 - 15:30 Games for Good Fireside Chat with Deborah Mensah-Bonsu, Founder, dmb crew

15:30 - 16:30 Leading Creativity Through Stories by Tatu Petersen-Jessen, Senior Art Director, Rovio Entertainment

16:30 - 17:30 Diversity & Inclusion Panel with Taina Myöhänen (We In Games Finland), Dan Bernardo (Playta Games) and Sarah Spires (IGDA Foundation).

17:30 - 18:00 Closing words

19:00 IGDA Annual General Meeting – hosted on IGDA Twitch Channel

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It's Time for DevGamm Fall '21

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DevGAMM Fall 2021 will take place online and will be held on November 17-19! Expect sessions, game activities and pitches, online meetings and an expo.

The game submissions for the DevGAMM Awards are still open! The best games in 9 nominations will be named on November 19, and judged by more than 90 gamedev experts! There is $ 40,000 in prize money, and the deadline for submissions is October 1st. Submit your game on the conference website.

Conference registration is open. Basic tickets are free for everyone and IGDA Finland members get 15% off pro tickets. Use promo code DG&IGDA_Finland15 when signing up.



Welcome to IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2021!

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We are delighted to invite you to IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2021!

This one day event is designed around a thought provoking speaker track and ample room for networking with industry peers.

Like all things IGDA Finland, the conference free to attend (registration is required to receive all the links and material beforehand) and non-profit, made possible by our volunteers and partners!

Ge your TICKET today!