IGDA Helsinki Presents:
October Meetup
14.10.2025
Another month, another IGDA Helsinki Meetup! We’re super excited about this month’s program, a panel bringing together Producers from across the industry. We’ll dive into “The life of a Producer in games” with the help of Senior Development Manager Anika Neubert, Lead Producer Lauri Lapinleimu and Team Lead Lewis Jarrett. More info on the panel and panelists further below. See you at Maxine! 👋
📣 Please Note: There is a cloakroom fee of 2,60€ for the event this month! No pre-registration is required to join our Meetup.
WHAT:
IGDA Helsinki October Meetup
WHEN:
Tuesday 14.10.
Doors open at 17:00
Program starts at 17:45
WHERE:
Maxine, Kamppi shopping center, 6th floor (Elevators can be found on the E-floor, between Jungle Juice Bar and Rax). Note that Maxine is a 18+ venue, hence you must be 18+ years of age to attend.
PROGRAM:
🎙️ Panel: “The life of a Producer in games”
Panelists
Anika Neubert - Senior Development Manager at Remedy Entertainment
Lauri Lapinleimu - Lead Producer at Next Games, A Netflix Game Studio
Lewis Jarrett - Team Lead for Indie project “Against All Skies
🕹️ Wanna showcase your game at our Demo Corner and get some valuable feedback? Sign up using this link.
Deadline for signups is October 11th 23:59. Note, you will need to submit a 10 - 30s gameplay video!
💬 At Chat Corner, we're excited to host an AMA session with Jasmin Verollet-Dahncke from 19:00 to 20:00.
Panel “The life of a Producer in games”
What exactly does a Producer do in game development? How does the role vary between various branches of the industry? Whether you’re curious about the day-to-day responsibilities or already a Producer eager to compare notes, this panel brings together voices from across the industry to share insights from behind the scenes. Join us for our October Meetup and come hear about one of game development’s most versatile roles!
Panelists
Anika Neubert - Senior Development Manager at Remedy Entertainment. In late 2020, after gaining years of experience in leadership and project management, Anika seized an opportunity at Remedy Entertainment to establish her footing in the games industry. She supported the BAFTA award-winning Audio team on “Alan Wake II” for three years as Development Manager, contributing to the game’s success. As Senior Development Manager, Anika is now dedicated to the Narrative and Audio teams working on the sequel to the critically acclaimed “CONTROL”, bringing her skills, experience, and passion to help shape its next chapter.
Lauri Lapinleimu - Lead Producer at Next Games, A Netflix Game Studio. Lead producer at Next Games. Thirteen years of experience in the mobile games industry working in QA and production roles. Previously at Rovio, Seriously and Metacore.
Lewis Jarrett - Team Lead for “Against All Skies”. Team lead for Indie project "Against All Skies" born from Espoo GameLab. From the UK with 5 years producing and fostering vision alignment for projects in Finland including robotics hackathons and live-service gaming platform pipelines. Now wearing many hats and building a talented team to get Against All Skies shipped.
At Chat Corner, we’re excited to host an AMA session with Jasmin Verollet-Dahncke from 19:00 to 20:00. Driven by a strong passion for User Experience and Accessibility, Jasmin has worked for over a decade in the games industry and is looking to transform the way we work by helping studios and the game development community as a whole to nourish and maintain a user centric design culture that creates experiences accessible to all.
AmA topics to ask Jasmin about: User Experience, Game Design, Game Production, Accessibility
ACCESSIBILITY:
At IGDA Helsinki we strive for making our events accessible for everyone. We kindly ask all attendees to stay away from using strong perfumes or similar fragrances. The Meetups can be crowded at times, meaning that the sound volume can also become rather loud.
Maxine is wheelchair accessible. There's a few steps at the entrance, for that please ask security at the cloakroom for a ramp. Accessible toilet can be found at the back of the space.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding any type of accessibility of our Meetups, then please contact helsinki@igda.fi and we will do our best to assist you. We also have an accessibility contact present at the Meetup until 19:00. They can be found near the entrance and are ready to assist with any accessibility-related matters!
Reminder that IGDA Meetups use the THE FINNISH GAME INDUSTRY Code of Conduct!
