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PROGRAM 2018 PROGRAM#nordicgame 2017 #nordicgame Welcome to Nordic Game 2018 It’s a great pleasure to welcome you to this fifteenth edition of Nordic Game, the only conference in the world with a dedicated focus on the entire Nordic games industry. Over the years we’ve evolved from a humble regional conference into a truly global industry event, as our vision of a strong, united games community and the values so many of us share - openness, innovation and diversity - have resonated with games industry professionals around the world, and they have been welcomed into our extended family. Of course, we continue to proudly celebrate the sheer quality and variety of games developed in the Nordic countries, and this year’s Nordic Game Awards (Thursday, 24 May from 18:00 in the Unreal Theatre) once again reflects the imagination and vitality of developers from the region we call home. However, our rapidly changing, interconnected industry doesn’t allow us to rest on our laurels, and our opening keynote (Wednesday, 23 May at 11:00 in the Unreal Theatre) brings together a panel of leaders from some of our most prominent Nordic studios to explore key challenges and opportunities for game developers moving forward. True to the many values we share with our extended global family, we’re also introducing a string of talks - the Impact sessions - that delve beyond the albeit important business and technical aspects of game development, to encourage all of us to think more deeply about the real impact of the games we create - and how we create them - on our world. Also working hard to spread our vision of a strong, united games community across Europe (and soon around the globe), the Nordic Game Discovery Contest, now concluding its second season, will show the games of the sixteen NGDC finalists (23-24 May in the Round Bar) as well as crown this year’s winner (Friday, 25 May from 14:00 in the Unreal Theatre) at NG18. With this brief introduction to all that’s Nordic Game this May, we hope that you’re ready to listen, learn, share, build, connect, evolve, inspire, eat, drink, be serious, have fun, be tired, but also be happy - and that you’ll enjoy NG18 as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it. Thank you for joining us and may we all prosper! The Nordic Game 2018 Team NG18 TIME SCHEDULE Tuesday 22 May PRE-CONFERENCE DAY 13:00-17:00: Venue open, on-site registration & badge pick-up 12:00-20:00: Pre-conference networking events including Game Habitat Studio Tour, Games Capital Summit (invite-only) and NG Exec Summit (invite-only), 14:00-18:00: NGDC Mentor Sessions (invite-only) 19:00: Games Germany/game mixer, (Restaurang M.E.C.K.,Malmö) Wednesday 23 May: CONFERENCE DAY 1 8:30-18:00: Venue open, on-site registration & badge pick-up 8:30-17:00: NG18 Publisher Market, Room Copenhagen 9:30-18:00: Expo Floor and MeetToMatch (Room Helsinki) open 10:00-17:00: Game Hub Scandinavia track, Room Reykjavik 10:00-17:00: Dev Sessions, hosted by Game Habitat, Room 5 11:00-12:00: Opening & First Keynote, Unreal Theatre 12:15-17:00: Sessions in the six auditoriums 12:00-14:00: Mentor Lounge, Room 2 12:00–14:30: Lunch served in the Dining Hall 14:15-17:00: NGDC Season 2 Semi-Finals 1 & 2, Room Stockholm 17:00-18:00: Happy Hour, hosted by Remedy, Black Bar at the Expo entrance 18:30: Speakers’ Reception Dinner (invite-only) 20:00: IGDA Party, (Moriskan Paviljongen, Malmö) Thursday 24 May: CONFERENCE DAY 2 9:00-late: Venue open 9:00-18:00: On-site registration & badge pick-up 10:00-18:00: Expo floor and MeetToMatch (Room Helsinki) open Venue 10:00-17:00: Sessions in the six auditoriums SLAGTHUSET 12:00–14:30: Lunch served in the Dining Hall Address: Jörgen Kocksgatan 7A 17:00-18:00: Happy Hour 2.0, hosted by IO Interactive (Black Bar at the Expo entrance) 18:00-19:00: Nordic Game Awards 2018, Unreal Theatre 211 20 Malmö 19:00-21:00: NG18 Gala Dinner, Dining Hall (Reservation required) 21:00-late: NG18 Nordic Party, sponsored by Epic/Unreal (No reservations needed, just bring your badge!) REGISTRATION Pick up your NG18 pass at the registration desk, Friday 25 May: DISCOVERY DAY located in the main entrance. 9:00-17:00: Venue open, on-site registration & badge pick-up 10:00-16:00: Expo floor and MeetToMatch (Room Helsinki) open 10:00-16:00: Sessions in the six auditoriums OPENING TIMES: 10:00-15:00: Yonderplay, curated by Copenhagen Game Collective, Room Oslo 22 May: 12:00 -17:00 10:00-20:00: Discovery Day Showcase, Dining Hall 23 May: 8:30 -17:00 12:00–14:30: Lunch served in the Dining Hall 24 May: 9:00 -late 14:00-14:45: NGDC Season 2 Finals, Unreal Theatre 15:00-16:00: Final Wrap-up including NGDC Grand Finals winner, Unreal Theatre 25 May: 9:00 -20:00 16:00-20:00: NG18 After Hours, Dining Hall 18:00 -19:00: Snack dinner served in the Dining Hall 20:00: Goodbye hugs A WARM THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS NGDC Partners: 18 GAME DEV CAMP SYNDICAT NATIONAL DU JEU VIDÉO NG 18 EXPO FLOOR PLAN A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A1 X1 Unity Emergency X 1 1 2 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 C 3 4 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A1 Epic/Unreal A18 Awapatent A2 Epic/Unreal A19 MeetToMatch A3 Play Finland A20 LabCave Games A4 Play Finland A21 Amazon Games A5 Aalto A22 IGDA Estonia A6 Greek delegation A23 Nutaku A7 Elias Software A24 Transmuted Games A8 Moldova A25 Housemarque A9 Wacom A26 XSolla A10 Photon/Exit Games A27 Sumo Digital A11 MediaNet B1 Epic/Unreal A12 MediaNet B2 Sweden Game Arena A14 NGI/SGI B3 TELUS Intl. A15 S. SE Creatives B6 Chinese delegation A16 #SWISSGAMES C2 Kirarito A17 #SWISSGAMES C4 Perforce NGDC finalist and their games are: Yaga, by Breadcrumbs Interactive (Rumania) – qualified at DevPlay, Rumania PyroMind, by Dbabicius (Lithuania) – qualified at GameOn, Lithuania Lightspeed Frontier, by Crowdwork Studios (Slovenia) – qualified at Slovenian Game Conference, Slovenia Drunk-Fu: Wasted Masters, by Rusto (Finland) – qualified at Northern Game Sponsored by Summit, Finland Close To The Sun, by Storm in a Teacup (Italy) – qualified at Sweden game Conference, Sweden Go Heroes: Prometheus, by Happyland Entertainment (Greece) – qualified at Athens A warm thanks to the NGDC Partner events Game Festival, Greece Obscuria, by Insiduos Games, (Portugal) – qualified at GameDev Camp, Portugal 18 A Place for the Unwilling, by AlPixel Games (Spain) – qualified at AzPlay, Spain GAME DEV CAMP Age of Space, by PodPal Games (Norway) – qualified at NM I Gameplay, Norway Bushy Tail, by Fuero Games (Poland) – qualified at GamesForum London, UK Broken Lines, by PortaPlay (Denmark) – qualified at Nordic Game Jam, Denmark Second Hand: Frankie’s Revenge (Rumania) – qualified at Reboot Develop, Croatia Youropa, by Frecle (Denmark) – qualified as Wild Card Pode, by Henchman & Goon (Norway) – qualified as Wild Card NORDIC GAME DISCOVERY BOSSGARD, by Sand Sailor Studio (Rumania) – qualified as Wild Card CONTEST – GRAND FINALS After driving the NGDC caravan through Europe to a string of partner events and conferences, it’s time to harvest the fruits from Winner & runner-ups will receive prizes from the qualifying rounds of the Nordic Game Discovery Contest’s second season. Plan of Attack, Greenlit Content, Mail.ru, Appodeal, GamesIndustry.biz, Nordisk Film Games and more! NGDC Grand Finals and Finalist Expo Sixteen finalists will be ready to pitch live at the NGDC Season 2 Grand Finals. To make the final four in the NGDC Finals on 25 May, contestans will have to fight trough the semi-finals on 23 May. Their qualifier-winning games will also be showcased in the NGDC Finalist Expo, where the NG18 audience can play all the games, meet some of the best uppcoming development talents in Europe and vote for their favorites. Learn all about the Nordic Game Discovery Contest, NGDC Grand Finals schedule including the finalists, their videos and much more at Semi-finals I &II: 23 May, Room Stockholm, 14:15-17:00 discovery-contest.nordicgame.com! Finals: 25 May, Unreal Theatre, 14:00-14:45 Finalist Expo: The Round Bar (23-24 May), Dining Hall (25 May) NG18 Sessions - 23 MAY 11:00 - 11:15 UNREAL THEATRE Erik Robertson Managing Director, Johanna Nylander Nordic Game Resources (moderator) Welcome to Nordic Game 2018 Policy Affairs Mgr., Erik Robertson and Jacob Riis open NG18 with a wel- Swedish Games Industry coming address. 10:00 -11:00 ROOM STOCKHOLM Jacob Riis Program Director, Erja Retzen Nordic Game Gaming on IPOs: Demystifying the Process of Senior MD, Going Public Nasdaq Nordic Come and listen to interesting cases on recent Nordic gaming IPOs, investor insights and market sentiment in general. Moderated by Johanna Nylander. Johan Engström Partner/Head of Capital Markets, MAQS 11:15 - 12:00 UNREAL THEATRE John Gaudiosi (moderator) Maria Grimald President, Sr. Investment Mgr., Nordic Game, Where Are You Going? Greenlit Content Goodbye Kansas A panel of leaders from some of the most influential Nordic studios gather to discuss the success of the Bendik Stang Nordic region and how it can keep its key position CEO/Co-Founder/CD, Markus Nyström in the global games industry. Moderated by John Snowcastle Games Creative Director, Fall Gaudiosi. Damage Hakan Abrak CEO/Co-Owner, IO Tero Virtala Interactive CEO, Remedy Enter- tainment Kjartan Emilsson CEO, Sólfar Studios Martin Wahlund 10:15 - 10:30 ROOM REYKJAVIK Adonis Flokiou CEO, Fatshark Incubation Manager, The Game Hub Scandinavia: Opening Opening Animation Workshop remarks from the Norwegian games industry.