Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2024

Pocket Gamer Connects, returns to Finland again in 2024!

Over 1,500 games industry professionals will gather at Wanha Satama in Helsinki on October 1-2 to network, discover, pitch and learn from 200 of the world’s top experts.

Mobile, PC and console, blockchain, VR/AR and more will be covered, across unmissable conference tracks. Our speakers and panelists will share their expert insight into design and development, monetisation and growth, AI, blockchain and loads more. Attendees will gain access to the MeetToMatch meeting platform free and unlimited to all delegates, so you can find that perfect contact and arrange to meet them in person.

We’ll be running a whole host of side activities and curated matchmaking events to cater to everyone’s networking needs.

Investor Connector
Publisher SpeedMatch
The Global Connects Party
The Very Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition)
The Very Big Indie Pitch (PC + Console Edition)
The Big Indie Zone

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki is part of the Finnish Games Week 2024, a week-long series of game industry events taking place in Helsinki, and powered at its core by Leadership Day by IGDA Finland, W Love Games alongside Pocket Gamer’s own events. More information on Finnish Games Week can be found here: https://www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/finnish-games-week/

IGDA Finland members get 20% using code IGDAHelsinki20 when registering, which is automatically applied using the this link.

Join us in Helsinki for the return of the leading games industry conference! Book your tickets now: https://www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/registration/ 

Quantum Game Jam 10 Years Celebration!

Join us in celebrating A DECADE of Quantum Game Jam! 🎉🎉🎉

This year we are reaching a great milestone - 10 years of Quantum Game Jam which grew into a global event! To celebrate, in collaboration with Department of Computing at University of Turku and IGDA Future program of IGDA Finland, we are organizing a one-day IT conference “ENTANGLE” in Turku with esteemed line of guest speakers.

Join us next week from Friday to Sunday, both the conference and game jam are FREE of charge to attend but registration is mandatory so that we can share the information and proceedings with the attendees.

📅 13.09. - Entangle: Bridging Quantum and Classical Computing ✨REGISTER HERE✨

👾 13-15.09 - Quantum Game Jam 2024 ✨REGISTER ON ITCH.IO✨

For more information visit quantumgamejam.org

Get 20% off your ticket to GIST / Indieway

Join game industry decision-makers on September 13-15 at Gaming İstanbul / Indieway, a business conference dedicated to the gaming industry.

🎙 Webinars/Seminars with great speakers,
📅 Business Matchmaking,
🎮 Indie Game Showcase.

IGDA Finland members should use promocode IGDA20 when registering for the event for a 20% discount. Get your ticket here: https://biletino.com/tr/e-unl/indieway-september-official-b2b-event-of-gaming-istanbul/

DevGAMM Awards: Empowering Future Game Talents with a $100K Prize Pool

The DevGAMM Awards is a top-tier competition celebrating excellence in game development, with a $100,000 prize pool and sponsor bonuses—perfect for indie developers and small studios.

Industry pros will judge projects across 10 categories.

The grand ceremony will take place at DevGAMM Lisbon 2024 on November 15.

Submission deadline: September 30, 2024. Submit your game or join other activities at DevGAMM Lisbon here: https://form.fillout.com/t/cBUBtM1Pv2us

Find more details on the DevGAMM website. Don’t miss your chance to showcase your game!

Get 20% off your Gamescom Congress Ticket

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