The PocketGamer.Biz RoundTables series is a brand-new initiative, aimed at bridging the gap between the expert insight offered each day in PG.Biz articles and the awesome live experience of our PG Connects and PGC Digital conferences.

Every couple of weeks we'll be bringing together four or five leading industry experts in a specific field to discuss a pertinent subject, hosted by the PG.Biz team. We'll broadcast the live event for free to everyone who signs up - who can also interact and ask questions, then we'll follow up with some key points in an article and at some point make the video available on our PG.Biz YouTube channel.

The next entry in this series will take place on August 25th with a discussion around how online events are growing and becoming even more important as the pandemic continues to cause disruption to physical gatherings.

Speakers include:

Sally Kevan, Global Events Manager, Steel Media;

Ilenia Vacca, global events manager at Unity;

Leon Winkler, director of international events at Ubisoft;

Alex Verrey, director of global PR at Heaven Media

More speakers will be announced soon!

The panel will be moderated by PocketGamer.biz editor Ric Cowley.

The world was thrown into disarray when the coronavirus pandemic first hit, and while the games industry has survived and thrived in some areas, it's seen a big impact on physical events. With the loss of E3, Gamescom, and even our own physical Pocket Gamer Connects events, the industry has turned to online events to fill the void. But how can we ensure the industry doesn't burnout on these events? What does it take to run a successful conference online? And once physical events return, will online events disappear?

All this and more will be covered in an insightful hour with global experts, all free and streamed online.

More online: coming soon!

This is a great opportunity to see, for free, the kind of expert content that PocketGamer.biz regularly brings together at the Pocket Gamer Connects Digital conferences. These full, five day events bring together speakers and panellists from around the world to share knowledge and insight, as well as provide great networking opportunities. The next one is September 14th-18th.

Meanwhile, every few weeks we'll share these standalone discussion RoundTables so you can gain valuable insight, and also discover the process of online panel discussions.

Future RoundTable topics will include: Pitching to Publishers and more.