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W Love Games 2024 Program
Welcome to the event!
We are delighted to present this year's program
NOTE: The event is following Finnish time zone, UTC +3, EEST
Thursday, October 3
TIME
STAGE 💜💜 - Online
SHOWROOM
Maijansali hall, ground floor
09.00 - 10.00
Signups, coffee and networking
IGDA Finland CHAT CORNER
10.00 - 10.15
Welcoming words
Meet the TEAMS!
10.15 - 11.00
KEYNOTE:
Maria Maunula / Supercell & Lloyd Craske / Metacore
"From Fear to Focus: Mastering Change Management"
11.00 - 11.30
Jarory de Jesus / Coquito Games
"To the Beat Y'all - What Writers and Narrative Designers Can Learn from Hip Hop"
Meet the teams from our SHOWROOM!
CAREER WALL
11.30 - 12.00
Emma Varjo / Redhill Games
"Design Thinking: Player-focused approach to game development"
Meet the teams from our SHOWROOM!
12.00 - 13.00
LUNCH BREAK
13.00 - 13.30
Maria Wagner / Sustainable Games Alliance
"Financial and Legal Impacts of Climate Change on Your Business"
Presenting teams and games from Crossing Latitudes: Brazil-Finland Game Jam
13.30 - 14.00
Suzanne Freyjadis / IGDA
"Down the Rabbit Hole - The Untapped Potential of a Diverse Team"
Presenting teams and games from Crossing Latitudes: Brazil-Finland Game Jam
14.00 - 14.30
COFFEE BREAK
14.30 - 15.00
Joeli Niva / DLA Piper Finland
"Open Source From Lawyer's Perspective: Risks and Opportunities"
Presenting teams and games from Crossing Latitudes: Brazil-Finland Game Jam
15.00 - 16.00
KEYNOTE:
Panel discussion hosted by Finnish Game Developer Studios Association
Host: Daniel Fischer from Fingersoft
Panelists: Atte Kotiranta / Greener Grass, Elina Arponen / Quicksave, Erik Pöntiskoski / Dodreams
"Being an Entrepreneur in Games Industry - What it Really is?"
16.00 - 18.00
IGDA Finland Mentor Cafe - Oodi top (3rd) floor ​
and​
NETWORKING
19.00
WLG24 PARTY @ SUPERCELL
Limited number of attendees due to Supercell venue capacity,
sign up shared with registered attendees separately.
Friday, October 4
TIME
09.00 - 10.00
10.00 - 11.00
11.00 - 11.30
11.30 - 12.00
12.00 - 13.30
13.30 - 14.00
14.00 - 15.00
STAGE 💜 - Hybrid
Kino Regina, ground floor and Twitch
STAGE 💜💜 - Online
WORKSHOPS & SHOWROOM
Morning coffee and networking
KEYNOTE:
Maria Haykal / Rovio, SEGA
"Don't Be Scared of Starting From 0"
Pedro Santoro Zambon / Utrecht University
"Improving Team Formation With Technology: Is it Possible to Tame the Creative Talent Coordination Chaos?"
Stella Vaka / Silkroad Studios
Building a game business -From the pandemic into the open world
11.00 - 12.00
"Creating the best game country together" by Game Makers of Finland and TOIVE project
Ladina Taxer / Pro Helvetia
"She Got Game"
LUNCH BREAK
Katherine Vildoso & David Zuratzi
"W Love Games LATAM'
13.00 - 15.00
Narrative Design Workshop by Christina (Chride) Lassheikki / Nitro Games
Summary of the event - panel with the organizers, closing words
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!
Charly Harbord / Powell Group
"Importance of Cultural Representation in Games"
IGDA Finland CHAT CORNER
Live gameplay of games made at Crossing Latitudes Game Jam
MEET W LOVE GAMES 2024
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS!
