September 10, 2018

Giant

Speaker Spotlight: Netmarble EMEA president Barış Özistek on the rise of artificial intelligence and accessibility

Barış Özistek will be giving a talk called Going Global - Bringing giant games from Korea to the west at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 7, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Zorka.Mobi's Dmitry Chudovsky on influencer marketing trends and tools

Will speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018, which takes place on September 11th to 12th

September 7, 2018

Evasyst

Speaker Spotlight: Evasyst CEO Evasyst Dr. Mark Ollila

Dr. Mark Ollila will be talking about Why gaming today is less about the game and more about social experiences at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 7, 2018

Paladin

Speaker Spotlight: Paladin Studios CEO Derk de Geus

Derk de Geus will be talking about agile live ops at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 7, 2018

Agile

Speaker Spotlight: King's Sabrina Carmona on Fortnite's impact on the mobile games industry

Sabrina Carmona will be discussing how companies can create agile teams and foster a culture of excellence while developing games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 5, 2018

Dead Cells

Speaker Spotlight: Motion Twin games developer Sebastien Bernard

Sebastien Bernard will be talking at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki about the making of Dead Cells

September 5, 2018

Unleash

Speaker Spotlight: Bango VP of product marketing Guy Singh discusses Far East and Latin American markets

Guy Singh will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki titled Unleash The Power Of Operator Data To Convert 9X More Paying Users

September 5, 2018

Keys

Speaker spotlight: Quicksave Interactive CEO Elina Arponen on the past and future of chat games

Elina Arponen will be part of a panel discussing the Keys for Success in Hypercasual and Messenger Games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 5, 2018

Rollback

Speaker Spotlight: Exit Games senior engineer Erick Passos

Erick Passos will be giving a talk titled How Rollback Networking will Revolutionize Game Development at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 5, 2018

Parrot

Speaker Spotlight: Nitro Games head of community Ida-Emilia Kaukonen on keeping with mobile games trends

Ida-Emilia Kaukonen will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki called Shit on the Floor: Parrot Cage of Game Community

September 4, 2018

Fiend

Speaker spotlight: Seriously VP of games design Reko Ukko

Reko Ukko will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki titled Telling Your Brand's Narrative Across Mediums: A Case Study on Seriously's Best Fiends

September 4, 2018

Structure

Speaker Spotlight: Oktagon Games lead game designer Pedro Rauiz Estigarribia Gestal

Pedro Rauiz Estigarribia Gestal will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki called Discipline-based team structures vs. Lifecycle-based team structures

September 4, 2018

Indie Spotlight

Indie Spotlight: From RAF pilot to indie games with Powerless developer Lauren Carter

How the Narratio founder got into the industry and developed new interactive fiction title Powerless

September 4, 2018

Cloud

Speaker spotlight: Polystream CEO Bruce Grove

Bruce Grove will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki called Cloud Gaming - Leaving the lag behind

September 4, 2018

License

Speaker Spotlight: RocketJump Games CEO Louis René Auclair

Louis René Auclair will be talking about Working With Licenses at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 4, 2018

Adult

Speaker Spotlight: Nutaku business development manager Jean-Francois Tremblay

Jean-Francois “Jeff” Tremblay will be talking about the rise of the adult gaming market at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 4, 2018

Quantum

Speaker spotlight: Quantum Shake CEO Luai Mahjneh

Luai Mahjneh will be part of a panel discussing Growing as a Developer in Finland at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 3, 2018

Develop

Speaker Spotlight: Futureplay Games CEO Jami Laes on the past and future of the battle royale genre

Jami Laes will be giving a talk called Battlelands Royale - Inside View Into The Process And Development Of Futureplay’s Hit Game at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 3, 2018

Social

Speaker Spotlight: Flaregames head of product Antubel Moreda on the growth of hardcore and hypercasual games

Antubel Moreda will be part of a panel discussing Social Gaming Trends - From Casino to Casual at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

September 3, 2018

Retain

Speaker Spotlight: Libring Technologies CEO Marcelo Ballestiero on the changing ad landscape

Marcelo Ballestiero will be part of a panel at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki discussing gold standards for acquisition and retention

September 3, 2018

Excel

Speaker Spotlight: Zeptolab head of publishing Dylan Tredrea

Dylan Tredrea will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki called Revenue Projections: or How I Learned to Love Excel

September 3, 2018

Success

Speaker Spotlight: Gamee CEO Bozena Rezab

Bozena Rezab will be part of a panel at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki discussing the keys for success in hypercasual and messenger games

September 3, 2018

Maximise

Speaker spotlight: Wappier CEO Alex Moukas on how to maximise revenue from your existing players

Alex Moukas will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki titled Users Acquired… Now What? Maximising Revenue from Existing Players

August 31, 2018

Video

Speaker Spotlight: Traplight marketing, PR and influencer manager Veera Rouvinen on how to make a game YouTubeable

At Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Veera Rouvinen will be giving a talk called What makes a Game YouTubable - Top 10 Analysis and Tips for Developers

August 31, 2018

Together

Speaker Spotlight: Redlynx live ops manager Roland Peters shares how to run in-game events alongside TV shows

Roland Peters will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki about running in-game events alongside weekly TV show episodes

August 31, 2018

Empath

Speaker Spotlight: 12traits CEO Joe Schaeppi reveals the importance of empathy in retaining players

Joe Schaeppi will be giving a talk titled The Future of Gaming is Empathy - The Key to Retaining Players at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 31, 2018

Grow

Speaker Spotlight: Bon Games CEO Ilkka Immonen on how to grow as a developer in Finland

Ilkka Immonen will be part of a panel at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki discussing Growing as a Developer in Finland

August 31, 2018

Global

Speaker Spotlight: Yengage director of sales Justin Susumu Endo reveals how to be an international player

Justin Susumu Endo will be part of a panel at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki discussing how to be a truly international player

August 31, 2018

Expand

Speaker Spotlight: Jam City VP Jeremy Horn on how the developer is expanding from casual to mid-core

Jeremy Horn will be giving a talk titled From Casual Publisher to Mid-Core Player - How Jam City is Expanding at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 30, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Owl Studio CEO on how to run a successful business without investment

Vera Velichko will be talking about running a successful business without investment at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 30, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Square Enix head of production Ed Perkins on taking triple-A IPs to mobile in the West

Ed Perkins will be talking about building a successful mobile publishing team to take triple-A IPs to mobile in the West

August 30, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Game art lead Juuso Mattila reveals how Wargaming Helsinki built 100 tanks with three people

Juuso Mattila will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki about building 100 tanks with three people

August 30, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: RiseAngle's Kaveh Vahdat talks VR, AR and evolving immersive gaming

Kaveh Vahdat will be talking about publishing on VR/AR platforms from a business perspective at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 30, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: AppAgent CEO Peter Fodor on creating media plans for mobile games

We catch up with Fodor ahead of his talk at Pocket Gamer Connect Helsinki

August 30, 2018

Indie Spotlight

"I had way too much confidence": Ben Esposito on Donut County's six year journey through development

“One of the biggest challenges was the decision to make it by myself"

August 30, 2018

Lydia

Speaker spotlight: Jussi Loukiainen, Platonic Partnership

Jussi Loukiainen will be talking about the development of the award-winning Lydia at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 29, 2018

Pocketgamer Connects Helsinki

Speaker spotlight: Hatch CEO Juhani Honkala on cloud gaming and the future of the industry

"In the end it’s all about great games and creativity that matters"

August 29, 2018

Headsets

Speaker spotlight: Marcus Pullen, Blue Donut Studios

Marcus Pullen will be running a panel discussing the future of AR and VR at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 29, 2018

Gold

Speaker spotlight: Mihai Sfrijan, Amber

Mihai Sfrijan will be talking about the gold standard for Live Ops at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 29, 2018

Pocketgamer Connects Helsinki

Speaker Spotlight: Veikkaus game producer Karoliina Korppoo on taking a bet on gambling games

"To me the most interesting trend recently is how people who play gambling games are moving from buying physical scratchcards and playing on physical slot machines to play on mobile"

August 29, 2018

Console

Speaker spotlight: Kristoffer Benjaminsson, Fast Travel Games

At Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki, Kristoffer Benjaminsson will be talking about Achieving Console-Like Experiences on Mobile

August 29, 2018

Soft

Speaker spotlight: Teemu Mäki-Patola, Frogmind

Teemu Mäki-Patola will be giving a talk about soft launching real-time PvP games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 29, 2018

Compete

Speaker spotlight: Arne Peters, eSports.com

Arne Peters will be giving an overview on the stare of eSports and competitive gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

August 28, 2018

Lively

Speaker spotlight: Petri Ikonen, EA tracktwenty

Petri Ikonen will be talking about Live Service Game Design at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on September 11-12

August 28, 2018

Rivals

Speaker spotlight: Jukka Laakso, Rival Games

Jukka Laakso will give a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on September 11-12 titled Narrative Meets Gameplay - Thief of Thieves: Season One

August 28, 2018

Hyper

Speaker spotlight: Carlos Estigarribia, Gazeus Games

Carlos Estigarribia will be part of a panel discussing eSports in Brazil and casual games in eSports at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on September 11-12

August 28, 2018

Triple

Speaker spotlight: Pablo Fraile, Arm

Pablo Fraile will be talking about bringing AAA-console quality to mobile at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on September 11-12

August 27, 2018

Influence

Speaker spotlight: David Kim, nevaly

David Kim will be speaking about influencer marketing in the games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on September 11-12

August 27, 2018

Publish

Speaker spotlight: Oliver Kern, Lockwood Publishing

At Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on September 11-12, Oliver Kern will be part of a panel discussion about the gold standard for Live Ops

August 27, 2018

Diamond

Speaker spotlight: Tim Shepherd, Wooga

Tim Shepherd will be talking about seven years of lessons learned and mistakes made with Diamond Dash at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki