Get 20% off your Gamescom Congress Ticket

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The Gamescom Congress takes place on 22 August 2024 at the new Confex conference centre on the Koelnmesse exhibition grounds and shows that games are much more than just great entertainment. In a wide-ranging programme, 130 speakers from all over the world will present the social, economic and technological opportunities that games offer for our future in over 60 programme items. This year's programme will focus on the topics of 'Games and Artificial Intelligence' and 'Games and Democracy'.

Using contemporary practical examples, the Gamescom congress demonstrates how culture, business, science and society can benefit from the innovative power of games. This makes the Gamescom congress unique worldwide and in demand far beyond the games industry. The congress will take place for the 16th time in 2024 as part of Gamescom and is targeted at experts from a wide range of business sectors including culture, education, politics, science, journalism and game development.

Programme details and tickets are available at: https://congress.gamescom.global/en/gamescom-congress.

IGDA Finland members get 20% off when using the following code when checking out: congress24b3ews4pdq

Get 15% off Tickets to the Mobidictum Conference

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Returning for its third edition, the Mobidictum Conference 2024 is set for October 15-16 at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center in Istanbul, drawing over 1,500 attendees from 70 countries. With a strong focus on mobile gaming, the event features 100 speakers, including top names from Supercell, Rovio, and Ubisoft, and industry leaders like Peter Vesterbacka, Harri Manninen, and Fawzi Mesmar.

The conference, a key event for gaming professionals, offers networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities, with dedicated areas for PC, console, indie, and mobile games. Side events include a mixer, main party, and various meetups.

New this year, Mobidictum has partnered with Turkish Airlines, offering discounted flights to Istanbul from October 8-23. Tickets are now available on the conference page, with options to suit various budgets. Don't miss out!

Apply to speak at the conference using this form.

For more information visit the conference website. IGDA Finland members get 15% using promo code: partner-IGDA

The first ever IGDA Finland Grant goes to the talented End-all Entertainment and their game Paradigm Island!

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Paradigm Island is a narrative RPG where everyday surrealism meets dry wit. In this game, you'll discover what kind of person you want to be, unravel a complex mystery by getting to know the people you meet along the way using your chosen skills, all while trying not to get lost in your own mind. 

All in all, we received a total of 24 game submissions, and Paradigm Island stood out as the perfect match for this Grant. Thank you to everyone who applied and shared their feedback! This is our first Grant event and all the feedback has been noted and helps us to improve.

 
 
 

EU Sustainability Disclosure Workshop

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The Sustainable Games Alliance (SGA) is organizing a webinar on July 11th at 11:00 to review the new EU sustainability disclosures and what is required from the games industry?

In this webinar, the Sustainable Games Alliance will survey the legislative landscape in Europe, and make sense of the alphabet soup of interlinked EU acts: the CSRD, the CSDDD, the ESRS and the Green Claims Directive. Each separate legislative act imposes new obligations on companies to either disclose sustainability strategy, metrics, risks and impacts (CSRD), ensure that entire supply chains are free from human rights violations and environmental harms (CSDDD), to providing the extremely complex and detailed framework for ESG data disclosures (ESRS), and regulating the types of sustainability claims that companies can make and the evidence required for each (Green Claims Directive).

The session is for game business decision-makers, and staff in the industry with sustainability or compliance responsibilities. The session will show how the SGA will simplify members’ compliance with EU legislation, and accelerate action across the games industry.

The Sustainable Games Alliance is a non-profit founded by the world’s leading game entrepreneurs and environmental researchers with one goal: to make the games industry the leader in sustainability by setting ambitious and achievable standards for environmental and social responsibility.

Visit the SGA website for more information: https://sustainablegamesalliance.org/

Sign up for the webinar here:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsfuusrzkiHNKDrwvEvmeAn7eUhKuFq1yc#/registration