Leadership Day: Call for Speakers

Save the date for Leadership Day by IGDA Finland: September 30, 2024! This international event explores the company structures, team dynamics, and working cultures that make the best games, offering insights to vital but often overlook aspects of game development.

The call for speakers is open. Share your expertise on leadership topics such as team building, change management, DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), accessibility, corporate culture, mentoring, CSR (corporate social responsibility), stakeholder management, remote team/company management, community management, conflict resolution, investor/publisher relations, outsourcing, or any leadership topic that you are passionate about. The deadline for applications is June 7, 2024.

Got an idea for a talk, a series of lightning talks, or a panel discussion that needs some fleshing out? Contact us at leadership (at) igda (dot) fi for support.

For more information visit: https://www.igda.fi/leadership-day

IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2023 - Get your tickets now!

We invite you to join us on our fifth Leadership Day on the 11th of September at BioRex Helsinki!

Leadership Day by IGDA Finland is an international event about how we build companies, teams and working cultures to build better games. Games companies, their inner workings and cultures are some of the least documented aspects of game development. Yet we and our work are all defined by these choices every single day. Join us in learning and challenging the cutting edge of leadership in games from some of the brightest minds in the industry!

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Speakers

Saara Bergström
Next Games / Netflix

Mika Tammenkoski
Metacore

Jaakko Kylmäoja
Fingersoft

Jinesha Gandhi
Redhill Games

Wanda O Rly
Psyon Games

Aki Kanerva
Virtual Air Guitar

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Sponsors

For more info visit our event page

Leadership Day - Last Call for Speakers

Leadership Day by IGDA Finland is an international event about how we build companies, teams and working cultures to build better games. Games companies, their inner workings and cultures are some of the least documented aspects of game development. Yet we and our work are all defined by these choices every single day. Join us in learning and challenging the cutting edge of leadership in games from some of the brightest minds in the industry!

Save the date: This free event will take place at BioRex in Helsinki on Sept 11th, the day before Pocket Gamer Connects.

Last call for speakers! The speaker application deadline is Jun 30th.

For more information visit: https://www.igda.fi/leadership-day

Leadership Day is Live

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

Welcome to IGDA Finland Leadership Day 2021!

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!

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Leadership Day by IGDA Finland: Save the Date and Call for Speakers

Leadership Day by IGDA Finland is an international event about how we build companies, teams and working cultures to build better games and will be taking place online on September 27th.

The inner workings and cultures of games companies are some of the least documented aspects of game development. Yet we and our work are all defined by these choices every single day. Join us in learning and challenging the cutting edge of leadership in games from some of the brightest minds in the industry!

Do you have a thought provoking talk on nurturing and building people and teams or shaping company culture? If so then apply to be a speaker. (Deadline September 3rd)

Interested in supporting this event and helping us make it a little more special? Then please consider sponsoring it.

Inclusion Actions that Actually Matter in Games Companies: Survey & Discussion

We are excited to have Laura Smith, founder of Pluuro, speak at Leadership Day by IGDA Finland on September 28th.

For her upcoming presentation, Laura wants to know, "What is the most impactful action your company has taken to make YOU more empowered, more included, or more productive there?". To have your thoughts or experiences included in the discussion, please respond to the anonymous survey by Monday, September 21st. The survey takes 4 minutes to complete and can be found here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/InclusionInGames .

In addition to her talk, insight from the survey will be used to help circulate inclusive solutions in the industry and to help companies prioritize actions that have real impact.

Thank you for your support and participation.

Like all things IGDA Finland, Leadership Day is free and open for everyone and made with love by our volunteers. To sign up and learn more visit: https://www.igda.fi/leadership-day-2020

This event wouldn’t be possible without the kind support of our sponsors: RedHill Games, Next Games, Epic Games, and Supercell.

Leadership Day (Sept 28): Better Cultures. Better Teams. Better Games.

IGDA Finland is pleased to announce Leadership Day, a one-day online conference dedicated to how we build companies, teams and working cultures to make better games. This year’s Leadership Day will take place on September 28th. 

Games companies, their inner workings and cultures are some of the least documented aspects of game development. Yet we and our work are all defined by these choices every single day. Join us in learning and challenging the cutting edge of leadership in games from some of the brightest minds in the industry!

This one day event is designed around a thought provoking speaker track and ample room for networking with industry peers, including an IGDA Mentor Cafe to help you grow your professional network! Hear from industry influencers, like our keynote speaker, Joakim Achren of Elite Game Developers, and join in digital discussions to help better your business. 

Like all things IGDA Finland, Leadership Day is free and open for everyone and made with love by our volunteers. To sign up and learn more visit: https://www.igda.fi/leadership-day-2020

This event wouldn’t be possible without the kind support of our sponsors: RedHill Games, Next Games, Epic Games, and Supercell.