With the tenth anniversary particular version of Pocket Gamer Connects London simply a few weeks away, we thought it was time to discover the 29-track convention schedule. This January twenty second and twenty third, greater than 200 world-class knowledgeable audio system will deliver you the most well liked traits and newest improvements within the world video games trade.
You’ll have entry to 2 days of cutting-edge talks, seminars and panel discussions with among the world’s main authorities protecting the whole lot from monetisation and development methods, to web3, blockchain and the metaverse.
Do not miss out on this unparalleled alternative to satisfy and study from among the most fun corporations, manufacturers and people within the video games trade – tickets can be found now.
Between now and when the venue doorways open, we’ll share what every monitor is about, in addition to the proficient people that may lead the classes.
The Reside Ops Panorama monitor
Monday, January twenty second
The world of reside ops is quickly evolving, and video games corporations should adapt their strategy to maintain up. This monitor highlights the necessity for enhancing and updating to take care of ongoing engagement with on-line communities, and shares useful methods to maintain gamers coming again for extra, making certain that video games proceed to thrive in the long run.
09:30 Classes From 20 Years of EVE On-line
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO at CCP Video games
09:50 Rovio’s AI Transformation for Bettering Participant Expertise
Samantha Pang, VP Buyer Success & Progress, Participant Engagement Options at Key phrases StudiosPascal Debroek, Participant Help Lead at Rovio
On this Hearth Chat, Samantha Pang, V.P. Buyer Success & Progress at Helpshift will discuss with Pascal Debroek, Participant Help Lead at Rovio Leisure Group about Rovio’s latest journey reworking their whole assist setup, to leverage AI and automation to enhance their participant expertise.
10:10 Crafting a Match-3 Marketing campaign Balancing Suite
Geoffrey Gilles, Product Proprietor / Sport Lead at House Ape Video games
Discover the intricate world of Match-3 video games, the place reside operations transcend mere occasion configuration – they require each day, meticulous marketing campaign balancing. Be part of me as we journey by way of Chrome Valley Customs’ evolution from floor zero to a classy Match-3 marketing campaign balancing suite.
Put together to immerse your self within the nuanced methods and instruments that repeatedly elevate the sport’s enchantment and preserve gamers engaged each single day.
10:30 Reside Ops and Help Methods to Form the Way forward for Your Video games
Peter Gerson, Head of International Participant Engagement Options at Key phrases StudiosStijn Tops, Head of Reside Operations & Monetization at SupercellVladyslav Oboronko, Participant Help Lead at SYBOSebastian Brant, Director of Participant Companies at Huuuge Video games
Hosted by Key phrases Studios, be part of this distinguished panel that includes leaders from gaming powerhouses Supercell, SYBO, and Huuuge Video games to learn the way their assist environments and instruments are surfacing wealthy information and insights that form new instructions of their reside ops and product roadmaps.
Get a peek into the distinctive setups of every group and uncover how they successfully channel qualitative and quantitative participant information from assist groups to recreation groups. Every panelist will share their expertise of reside ops and assist methods tailor-made to the distinctive traits of the video games they handle.
They’ll additionally contact on the most recent developments in AI-driven assist and automation, participant retention ways, and VIP engagement—key parts for propelling top-notch experiences and income development in 2024 and past.
The Sport Dev Tales monitor
Tuesday, January twenty third
Get impressed by the firsthand experiences of video games builders as they share their newest tasks, groundbreaking improvements, and invaluable classes realized all through their journey.
Achieve unique insights into their inventive course of, uncover the revolutionary options they’ve carried out, and uncover the knowledge they’ve gained alongside the best way.
Do not miss the chance to study from one of the best within the trade and gasoline your individual path to success in recreation improvement.
14:10 Producing Rubbish – Avoiding the Pitfalls of Sport Improvement
Marie-Anne Hachey, Chief Working Officer at Threaks
On this meme-filled rant about unhealthy administration and horrible product planning, I will be declaring a few big crimson flags in recreation improvement. These are on no account the one unhealthy issues that may result in the manufacturing of rubbish, however if you happen to see indicators of them in your present group or a future firm, you will know what to do: RUN! Or, you recognize, keep and assist make issues higher. No matter works!
14:30 Jamming for Careers
Charly Harbord, Director of Operations at International Sport Jam
14:50 Retro Cell Video games: Preserving a Historical past That’s Rapidly Disappearing
Ryan Filsinger, CEO at Iron Fox GamesChris Gallant, COO at Iron Fox Video games
We’re now getting into an period the place a good portion of cellular gaming historical past is being misplaced. You can’t go into your closet, seize an outdated iPhone 4, mud it off and play the classics. Gaming historical past is being misplaced and quite a lot of wonderful video games had been made previous to push to video games as a service are going the best way of the dodo.
Iron Fox’s careers had been born on the creation of the App Shops, and now we’re spending our assets and time to attempt to protect our historical past. This discuss shall be one half historical past lesson, one half name to motion and one half bringing these classics to a brand new viewers.
15:10 It’s Harmful to go Alone! – Methods to Dare to Take Artistic Dangers?
Maria Sayans, CEO at ustwo gamesAlexander Bergendahl, CEO & Co-Founder at LootLockerPhil Elliott, CEO at Trendy WolfVincent Scheurer, Founder & Operations Director at Payload Studios
Within the ever-shifting panorama of recreation creation, uncertainty reigns supreme. How will we forge a path that marries innovation with legacy? The reply lies in calculated risk-taking. Be part of us as we unravel the paradox: How can we leap into uncharted territories whereas tethered to our roots? As stewards of creativity, let’s domesticate a tradition the place boldness is curated, the place daring selections propel us towards enduring.
Fringe occasions, events and networking
In addition to two full days of unmissable convention content material, whether or not you are a writer, developer, investor or indie we have classes, networking and fringe occasions designed to offer you a convention expertise you will not overlook. Plus entry to our Kick Off and International Connects events, the place the actual networking actually occurs.
And along with all these wonderful reside alternatives, each one in every of our 2,500+ attendees will get full entry to the occasion’s on-line assembly scheduler, MeetToMatch. In addition to connecting you with determination makers from greater than 900 corporations, you may organise your appointments on the occasion itself.
