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

It's Time for DevGamm Fall '21

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!

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!

Save 25% off your PGC Digital #8 Ticket

IGDA Finland is delighted to be partnering with Pocket Gamer Connects to offer you an exclusive 25% discount on tickets to attend the leading B2B conference for the mobile games industry.

PG Connects Digital #8 will feature 250+ international superstar speakers to entertain and enlighten you with expert talks, panels, and power panels, plus an improved digital meeting platform. You can also expect a digital version of the Big Indie Pitch for PC & console, the brand-new Big Hypercasual Pitch, 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!

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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.