Slush and IGDA Gaming Event on November 17th (6PM onwards)

Slush and IGDA have partnered with Tencent to present the biggest IGDA Finland evening yet The monthly IGDA evening will take place on November 17th – one day before the Slush main event starts. We are expecting over 1.000 developers, gaming enthusiasts and media representatives from the Nordic countries and beyond.

Our venue for the night is Circus, Salomonkatu 1-3, Narinkkatori, 00100 Helsinki.

Tencent is sponsoring the event, and thus we'll make sure that you stay happy with some snacks and drinks for the duration of the night! The preliminary agenda is as follows:

6:00PM Doors open 7:00PM IGDA Welcoming speech 7:10PM Tencent sponsorship speech 8:00PM Networking party 9:00PM Live gaming music 10:00PM Networking party

Please sign yourself and your teammates up for the event at: http://www.slush.org/register/igda-gaming-night/

We'll of course try to get everyone in but every venue has its limits!

See you on November 17th!

On behalf of the whole crew,

Riku Mäkelä COO The Slush Team

Jyri Partanen Chairman of the Board IGDA Finland

Dan Brody VP of Business Development Tencent

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Please note! Due to the renovation of Adams Club, there won't be another IGDA gathering this month.

IGDA Hubs: join Microsoft & Unity tour Finland!

Microsoft and Unity will be touring Kajaani, Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Jyväskylä mid January 2014! Make sure to secure your place at the tour (free of charge!).

NOTE: The Microsoft Unity event goes from 9am to 6pm. From 7pm onwards the evening continues as IGDA Finland Gatherings in Turku, Tampere and Helsinki. Jyväskylä (Expa) and Kajaani (Kavio cluster) will organise evening parties as well. The evening party is a separate event and has different sponsors. In Helsinki the official IGDA Finland Gathering will be sponsored by Applifier - Everyplay.

Games track on Nov 13th, Slush

Slush Games track will occupy the Black Stage on November 13th. Check out the Games track program.

At 11:30am 10 mobile game startups will hit the stage. Each one will have one lesson to share with the crowd from the first leg of their journey. After the learnings we'll involve Kristian Segerståle and Aki Järvilehto into the discussion. What will these two experienced game developers / business leaders have to say to the startups?

The startups: Gajatri Studios (Tiina), Headnought Games (Pauli), PlayRaven (Lasse), Fat Lemon Games (Jani), Rival Games (Jukka), Boomlagoon (Antti), Small Giant Games (Markus), Nonstop Games (Juha), Tuliotus (Sami) and SongHi (Daniel).

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Other gaming related events during Slush:

- Facebook's "Getting started with Parse ­- the new way to build" workshop at the Slush Basement on November 13th - 11:00am - 1.45pm. Facebook will organise four 20 minute sessions in a row. No pre-registration needed.

The workshop will focus on: - User acquisition using Facebook's Mobile App Ads - Growing your game using Facebook's social channels - Cross platform social integration with Unity

- Neogames & IGDA Finland game industry mingle at 5pm White Stage - meet other investors, publishers and developers. Snacks and drinks available.

- Official Slush party on November 13th from 9pm onwards

- Women in Games networking event on November 14th, at 5pm (Teatterimuseo)

Mobile Mixer event & IGDA Finland Networking event with Facebook

Welcome to IGDA Finland November Gathering with Facebook on November 12th!

IGDA Finland November Gathering will be a double treat. The evening will start with Pocket Gamer & IGDA Finland Mobile Mixer sponsored by Applifier, Rovio and Unity and continue as IGDA Finland Gathering sponsored by Facebook.

Agenda

5:30-7:30pm cocktails, food, networking & Mobile Mixer panel

Featured speakers: Oscar Clark • Evangelist • Applifier Oleg Pridiuk • Technical Evangelist • Unity Jussi Immonen • Senior Publishing Manager • Rovio Tiina Zilliacus • CEO • Gajatri Studios More to be announced soon!

Following the Mobile Mixer, IGDA Finland November Gathering with Facebook will mix the industry influences and mobile game superstars. Facebook will talk about the power of the Facebook Platform and sponsor some drinks!

Welcome to connect, relax and learn!

Pocket Gamer & IGDA Finland Mobile Mixer Time: 12.11.2013 at 17:30 Place: Club Adams, Erottaja 15-17, Helsinki Finland Register: EventBrite

IGDA Finland November Gathering with Facebook Time: 12.11.2013 at 19:30 Place: Club Adams, Erottaja 15-17, Helsinki Finland

Peter Molyneux in Helsinki on 19th of June - Free2Play gaming summit

From developers - for developers:IGDA Finland, Neogames, and Supercell have joined forces to launch a new free-to-play gaming summit in Helsinki called Free Your Play.

The one-day event will be held on June 19 and will feature a keynote by Peter Molyneux.

Apply for a ticket.