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James Binns

Executive Chairman

Network N Group

Tom Storr

Co-Founder

The Experimentation Group

Adam Boyes

CEO

Vivrato

Guy Ulmer

Business Development Lead

Plarium

Slava Lukyanenka

Head of Production

GSC Game World

Beatriz Mota Pinto

Marketing Manager

80 Level

Carolina Rocha

Player Community Lead

Fortis Games

Hanna Sakharova

Senior Recruiter

8bit

Marie Mejerwall

Games Consultant

Mejerwall Consulting

Federico Bellucci

Founder & Programmer

Febucci

Sergei Belkov

Senior GD

Lion Studios

Ishan Manjrekar

Principal Game Designer

Sybo Games

Yoeri Staal

Producer

StaalMedia

Petr Pekař

Lead Cinematic Designer

Warhorse Studios

Paola Velasquez

Senior Dialogue Designer II

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Michal Korek

Advisor

Travis Gibson

Senior Business Development Manager

Snowed In Studios

Alexandre Amancio

Studio Head / Executive Producer

Studio Ellipsis

Nikola Stoyanov

Art Director

Ubisoft Sofia

Maria Borys

Lead Narrative

Flying Wild Hog & Merry Tale Games

Martin Cao

Studio Builder, Advisor & ex-CEO

Athanasios Chaloudis

Senior Business Analyst

Surfshark

Tulay McNally

Sr. Director, Inclusive Game Design Strategy

Scopely

Aliaksei Sasnitski

Board & Video Games Producer

Miguel Oliveira

CEO / Co-Founder

Druids AI

Brooke Burgess

Game Director

Superboo Studios

Mafalda Duarte

Board Member & Secretary

International Game Developers Association (IGDA)

Adrien Bacchi

CEO

Chibiphoenix

André Sousa

Audio Designer

Giants Software Entertainment

Alyssa Kollgaard

COO

Akupara Games

Peter Wilson

Director of Product

AMGI Studios

Rui Guedes

Founder

Firedrake Games

Max Nielsen

CEO

Grenaa Games

Ljubica Garic

Senior Recruiter

8bit

Itai Edry

Studio Director

Miniclip

Ricardo Cesteiro

Co-Owner & Producer

Camel 101

Gabriela Siemienkowicz

Communications Lead

11 bit studios

Alex Vasiliev

Executive Engineering Director

Room 8 Group

Callum Underwood

CEO

Uwu Biz / IndieBI

Corrie Green

Senior Developer Advocate

Unity Technologies

Raphaël Joffres

Audio Lead

Sandfall Interactive

Abby LeMaster

Senior Lead Producer, R&D

Riot Games

Yegor Ostapenko

Game Designer

GSC Game World

Stan Minasov

VP of Product

AppMagic

Marlon Nunez

Creative Director & Unreal Engine Expert

Digito

Hiro Kozaka

Global Head of Strategy

Wargaming

Gonçalo Banha

Co-Founder & COO

Volt Games

Jeferson Valadares

President

APVP

Vladimir Tolmachev

tinyBuild

Publishing Producer

Tsahi Liberman

CEO

Alloi

Alex Savin

Commercial Director

Strikerz Inc.

Maria Chyrvona

CEO

DevGAMM

Joi Podgorny

Marketing & Partnerships

GGWP

Nathan Sawatzky

Trust & Safety Lead

Supercell

Nada Akl

Quality Program Manager

Supercell

Rami Ismail

Games Industry Studio & Project Advisor

Chris Charla

GM Portfolio & Programs

Xbox

Katya Hanna

Head & Director of Marketing & Operations

Kando Factory

Malte Barth

Founding Partner

BITKRAFT Venture

Ricardo Flores

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Codfish Academy

Juney Dijkstra

Strategy & Business Innovation Director, XDI

Electronic Arts

Gustav Pastucha

Strategic Partnerships

Pixel Federation

Nuno Leiria

Founder & CEO

Nilo Technologies

Chris Petrovic

Chairman & Chief Business Officer

FunPlus

Mariina Hallikainen

CEO

Colossal Order

Lewis Packwood

Features Editor

GamesIndustry.biz

Maria Sayans

CEO

ustwo games

Henrique Olifiers

CEO & Chairman

Bossa Games & tinyBuild

Verónica Orvalho

CEO

Didimo

Grzegorz Dymek

CEO

Anshar Publishing

Piotr Gamracy

CEO

Vivid Games

Kyle Billings

Director of Portfolio Strategy

Epic Games

Alex Delamaire

Director of Business Development & Strategy

Blackbird Interactive

Victor Lee

Director, Europe Investments

Krafton

Alex Nichiporchik

CEO

tinyBuild

Stefan Kreutzer

Head of Business Development, Global

Behaviour Interactive

Nathaniel Wattenmaker

Director of Brand Marketing

2K Games

Julia Palatovska

CEO

Dorian Inc.

Bibbi Wikman

Founder

PlayCap

Ferdinand Pons

Founding Partner

Kameha Ventures

Luis Monrocle

Senior Sound Designer

Arcella Sound

Christian Perucchi

Senior Composer

Arcella Sound

Phil Lopes

Assistant Professor

Lusófona University

Tim Browne

CPO & Co-Founder

Bright Gambit

Adrienne Youngman

Founder & CEO

Headless Brands

Eugen Sfirlos

Transformation Program Lead

Keywords Studios

Catherine Channon

Founder

The Treks Consulting

Francisco Moreira

Producer

Studio Ellipsis

Bryan Mashinter

CEO

MashLab LTD

Michał Bujko

Senior Business Development Manager

Roboto Global

Mon, Nov 3, 2025

Tue, Nov 4, 2025

Thu, Nov 6, 2025

Fri, Nov 7, 2025

08:00 - 10:00

Badge Pick-Up at Savoy Palace

09:15 - 09:35

Transfer to Monte Palace Garden

10:00 - 13:00

Monte Palace Morning Reception

13:00 - 13:30

Transfer to Savoy Palace

14:00 - 15:30

Creative Direction Workshop

Workshop

Rami Ismail

15:50 - 17:20

The Financing Quest: Finding Your Path through Investors and Publishers

In this workshop we will explore the various financing vehicles potentially available to you, how to best utilize them and choose the right one for you.

Workshop

Tim Browne - Bright Gambit

19:00 - 22:00

Welcome Dinner at Terreiro Restaurant (Savoy Palace)

09:30 - 10:00

Opening remarks

10:00 - 10:45

Adapting To Change, Holding Onto What Matters

How ustwo games has grown and adapted while keeping true to what their special sauce, and how we are looking to the future as we continue to evolve.

Fireside Chat

Lewis Packwood - GamesIndustry.biz
Maria Sayans - ustwo games

11:00 - 11:45

The Colossal Story of Order – Pros and Cons of Aiming for Stability

16 years of simulation games at Colossal Order. Where have we failed, what did we learn and how did we find success with Cities: Skylines?

Fireside Chat

Mariina Hallikainen - Colossal Order
Lewis Packwood - GamesIndustry.biz

11:45 - 12:30

Lessons Learned from 20 Years in the Trenches

Both a retrospective on my past experience in the industry, observations on where we are today and some thoughts on where our industry needs to go in the future

Keynote Speech

Chris Petrovic - FunPlus

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch at Orchidaceae Atelier Restaurant (Savoy Palace)

14:00 - 15:15

Solving the Unsolvable: Building the Future of Games Together

Roundtable

Adam Boyes - Vivrato

14:00 - 15:15

Self-publishing vs. Getting a Publishing Deal?

Roundtable

Michał Bujko - Roboto Global

14:00 - 15:15

Scaling Globally Without Breaking the Studio

Roundtable

Juney Dijkstra - Electronic Arts

14:00 - 15:15

Creative Leadership & Ethical Tech Growth in the Age of AI and UGC

As AI and user-generated content reshape how games are built, creative leadership now means leading both humans and technology, ethically. Join this open conversation on how to grow teams and tech res...

Roundtable

Verónica Orvalho - Didimo

14:00 - 15:15

Rebuilding After a Contraction: Lessons from Companies that Bounced Back Stronger

Roundtable

Piotr Gamracy - Vivid Games

14:00 - 15:15

Global Funding Climate 2025-2026: Realities & Opportunities

Roundtable

Victor Lee - Krafton

15:15 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:45

Staying Creative at Scale – Embedding Innovation in Large Teams

Roundtable

Alex Delamaire - Blackbird Interactive

15:30 - 16:45

Brand Management Through A Storm

The last few years have been hard on us all. Let's discuss how best to preserve your reputation with players, employees, partners, and investors when something goes wrong.

Roundtable

Nathaniel Wattenmaker - 2K Games

15:30 - 16:45

Managing the Growth – From 20 to 200 and Beyond

Roundtable

Grzegorz Dymek - Anshar Publishing

15:30 - 16:45

Building for Games: How to Put Together a Winning Studio

Building a successful studio is hard. Gather a core team that will weather any storm. Find your right game to work on. Finance, find partners. How to navigate all this without making the most obvious ...

Roundtable

Henrique Olifiers - Bossa Games & tinyBuild

15:30 - 16:45

Looking Outside the Platform Holders to Build Community and Drive Discovery

All games and developers face the same challenge: how do we, as game makers, get our content discovered before it reaches a storefront? Studios are finding success by building direct relationships wit...

Roundtable

Kyle Billings - Epic Games

15:30 - 16:45

Should I Sell? Raise More Funding? Go IPO?

Roundtable

Alex Nichiporchik - tinyBuild

10:00 - 10:10

Opening Remarks

The official start of the conference, featuring a welcome speech by Maria Chyrvona, CEO of DevGAMM.

Solo Speech

Scorewarrior Hall

Maria Chyrvona - DevGAMM

10:10 - 11:00

Maximizing Your Global Success with Xbox

Indie

In this talk, independent developers will learn how they can unlock more visibility, discovery, and sales success worldwide with Xbox. You will hear an overview of the latest Xbox development details ...

Solo Speech

Scorewarrior Hall

Chris Charla - Xbox

11:00 - 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 - 13:00

Rally to Recover: Confronting the Industry’s Toughest Challenges

Business

Game Development

Investments

The video games industry is at a crossroads, facing issues from layoffs and funding droughts to creative stagnation and investor misalignment. In this highly interactive 90-minute workshop, participan...

Workshop

Workshop Hall

Adam Boyes - Vivrato

11:15 - 12:00

Managing the Complexity of Live-Service Games

Game Development

Production

Team Management

Project Management

This talk dives into the unique challenges of managing live-service games, focusing on balancing content updates with ongoing maintenance, streamlining workflows for frequent releases, and incorporati...

Solo Speech

Scorewarrior Hall

Abby LeMaster - Riot Games

11:15 - 12:00

Into the Unknown: New Frontiers of AI in Game Creation

Artificial intelligence isn’t just a tool–it’s a collaborator that reshapes how we design, write, and imagine worlds. As AI systems begin to understand our fears, desires, and creative patterns, they ...

Panel Discussion

tinyBuild Hall

Alexandre Amancio - Studio Ellipsis
Nuno Leiria - Nilo Technologies
Phil Lopes - Lusófona University
Adrienne Youngman - Headless Brands
Francisco Moreira - Studio Ellipsis

11:15 - 12:00

Monetization in Action: Data-Backed Case Studies & Wins

Monetization

This session takes you inside real monetization changes implemented in mobile games - what was done, why it worked, and the measurable results. We’ll break down case studies centered on A/B Tests and ...

Solo Speech

Easybrain Hall

Michal Korek

11:15 - 12:00

Real-Time Go-to-Market Pulse

Business

Indie

Production

Solo dev or leading a small studio with no marketing team? Don’t panic—I got you! This table talk gives you a practical framework to go from talking to the mind of the player to connecting with their ...

Table Talk

Table Talk Room

Katya Hanna - Kando Factory

12:00 - 13:00

Games Policy for Portugal

Business

A discussion about the state of games policy in Portugal and what should happen in the future to help develop the local ecosystem. Don't forget to...

Table Talk

Table Talk Room

Jeferson Valadares - APVP

12:00 - 13:00

Music Design in Clair Obscur : Expedition 33

Audio & Sound

Music is one of the main pillars of Clair Obscur - Expedition 33, whose soundtrack, composed by Lorien Testard, received massive praise after the game's release. This music was carefully crafted all a...

Co-Talk

Scorewarrior Hall

Raphaël Joffres - Sandfall Interactive

12:00 - 12:30

The Life, Death, and Reincarnation of Game Discoverability

Cross-Platform

Marketing

Platforms

Organic discovery isn't dead as some have proclaimed, but it's now fighting a war on two fronts.

- First, on storefronts, where you must constantly evolve in order to maximize your chances for e...