Realworld gaming futurist Jane McGonigal speaking at Nokia World

Next week is Nokia's big annual industry and developer knees up with Nokia World being held in London on September 14 -15.

Of course, there will be lots of strategy with keynotes from the likes of president and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and executive veep, Mobile Solutions, Anssi Vanjoki.

Symbian^3 handsets such as the N8 and E7 will also be a focus.

Software-wise, themes such as social, music, TV, location-based services and entertainment look popular and there are two specific game sessions as well.

Games can fix it

On Tuesday 14, at 15:10 Jane McGonigal, director of games research & development at the Institute for the Future is talking about The Future of Connected Gaming.

This is followed by a panel talk on Freemium and business models around free games with representatives from Fishlabs, Digital Chocolate, Lunaforte, Rovio and i-Play talking about their experiences.

Both sessions are in the Speakers' corner 3 track.

You can see the full agenda for the two days here.