We returned to Helsinki City Hall and held our best event yet with two viewing spaces at City Hall and online broadcast that reached hundreds including watch parties in different countries.
Leadership Day by IGDA Finland
There were no dedicated games leadership conferences in Europe... so we decided to make one! Leadership Day by IGDA Finland is an international event about how we build companies, teams and working cultures to build better games. We held the inaugural conference in 2019 and with the support of the community, it has evolved into an annual forum for leadership in games.
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Games companies, their inner workings and cultures 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!
Less, but better
This one day event is designed around a thought provoking speaker track and ample room for networking with industry peers. We will of course organize an IGDA Mentorship Cafe to help you grow your professional network.
Like all things IGDA Finland, the conference is non-profit and made possible by our volunteers and partners.
Leadership Day 2025
Save the Date! Leadership will take place on Monday, October 6, 2025
We’re kicking off Finnish Games Week with a day of inspiring talks and networking.
We’ll start making tickets available after the venue has been finalized and we understand capacity. Sign up now to stay in the loop.
Call for Speakers
Past topics have included leadership in various aspects of game and team development including: Team building, approaches to DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion), accessibility, shaping corporate culture, mentoring, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder management and running teams/companies remotely.
Future topics we'd like to see covered: Community building and management, conflict resolution, optimizing investor/publisher relations, optimizing work with externals/outsourcing, more techniques on running teams and companies, any topic related to leading companies/teams that you are passionate about.
Application Deadline: Friday, June 6, 2025
Venue
TBD
During the lunch break we’ll be hosting a Mentor Cafe on the first floor of City Hall. Here games industry leaders will share their knowledge and expertise in short, 15 minute mentoring sessions This is a great opportunity to either be a mentor or a mentee or both! We can’t promise that everyone will be matched as it depends on the pool of mentors, but we do our best. Sign ups for the Mentor Cafe will start at a later date.
Can’t make it to Helsinki? Host a Watch Party!
Leadership Day is best experienced live, so we invite game developer communities to host an event to watch our live stream. Our Q&A system allows remote viewers to post and vote on questions in real-time. Sign up to host a Watch Party and we’ll send you additional information.
Code of Conduct
IGDA Finland is committed to keeping our community safe for everyone and has
a zero-tolerance policy on harassment in any and all of its forms - please read our Code of Conduct.
Previous Events
Partners
This event wouldn’t be possible without help from our partners and sponsors.
2024 Sponsors
If you are interested in sponsoring please see our sponsorship package.
Organizing Committee
We’ve been making this event happen since 2019. We aim to make it better each year and there is more that needs doing. Drop us a line via firstname.lastname@igda.fi to join the fun!
Volunteers
