PGC Returns to San Francisco March 18-19

Pocket Gamer Connects, returns to San Francisco for the first time since 2018, taking place at the The Hibernia March 18-19.

The PGC crew will be running a whole host of side activities and curated matchmaking events to cater to everyone’s networking needs, like:

Investor Connector (application deadline: March 1)
Publisher SpeedMatch (application deadline: March 1)
The Global Connects Party
The Very Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) (application deadline: March 8)
The Very Big Indie Pitch (PC + Console Edition) (application deadline: March 8)
The Big Indie Zone

Indie Developers can apply for a few complimentary Indie Expo Table in the Big Indie Zone by entering a competition.

They've partnered with MeetToMatch to ensure that a ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco includes access to MeetToMatch: The San Francisco Edition beyond the conference. If you have a ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects, you can use the platform to make meetings all week at locations around the city. And with a Pocket Gamer Connects ticket, you will be able to use the Pocket Gamer Connects meeting zone at the lovely Hibernia Hotel to hold your meetings (even non-PGC users of MeetToMatch will be able to join you at our meeting tables).

The program has almost been finalized so if you’d like to submit a talk do it ASAP using the speaker submission form.

IGDA Finland members get 20% off their tickets when using promo code IGDAFinland20.

Get 15% Off Your Ticket to DevGAMM Gdansk

On February 28-29 the heart of gaming will beat in Gdańsk as industry professionals gather for the next edition of DevGAMM.

DevGAMM is returning to Amber Expo in the magical city of Gdansk, Poland, for its second edition, after a great launch in March of last year with more than 550 professionals from 38 nations attending.

The full program, tickets and additional information is available on the conference website.

IGDA Members can use promo code DG_IGDA_15 for 15% off Business and Sessions tickets.

Catch the GDWC Awards in Tallinn

The Game Development World Championship 2023 Winter Season has closed and the jury is deciding the winners across 18 categories. The winners will be announced on February 23rd, 2024 in an Awards Show in Tallinn, Estonia.

Join GDWC in celebrating the best indie games and the awesome developers behind the games! Event details and tickets here.

Categories and soon-to-be-announced Finalists can be found on the GDWC website.

The Awards Show will also be streamed in GDWC Youtube channel.

Last Call for Online Speakers for Games Gathering Lviv

Games Gathering is hosting a hybrid event in Lviv from Feb 29 - Mar 3. The conference kicks off with an online only day on February 29th and physical event will take place Mar 2-3, with the talks available online.

The applications for speakers closes on February 12th. This is a great online speaking opportunity for people who have difficulties traveling. Apply to speak using this form.

Tickets are available on the conference website and IGDA Finland members get 10% off using discount code IGDAGG24 during checkout.

The Games Gathering team is Ukrainian and 10% of ticket proceeds will be donated to the Gamedev Under Bombs project to help Ukrainians affected by the war.

Here is a list of IGDA Finland social media channels!

IGDA Finland is active on many platforms to help you get information about game industry events. On LinkedIn and Facebook, we have both a company page (with IGDA events only) and a group (with all game industry events).

Choose your favorite way to follow us!
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/FRpyTyKUZq
LinkedIn (company page): https://www.linkedin.com/company/igda-finland
LinkedIn (group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/igda.finland
Facebook (company page): https://www.facebook.com/igdafinland
Facebook (group): https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1791406/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/igdafinland

Design: Alise Hirvonen
Text: Vesna Grau