Featured speakers 2016

Takashi Tokita

Takashi Tokita

Game development veteran with 30 years of experience. Worked on Chrono Trigger & Parasite Eve but is mostly known from Final Fantasy series. Currently is leading Square Enix’s Division 9.Square Enix Division 9 Head
Agostino Simonetta

Agostino Simonetta

A veteran of 10 years in working with the inde development community, now works as a manager of the ID@Xbox program in Europe helps developers publish on Xbox and Windows ecosystem.ID@Xbox Regional Lead - EMEA
Paweł Marchewka

Paweł Marchewka

Founder and CEO of Techland. Executive Producer, Creative Director and Lead Designer for many hit titles, including Dead Island, the Call of Juarez series and Dying Light. CEO
Marcin Przybyłowicz

Marcin Przybyłowicz

Composer and music director at CD Projekt RED. Is an author of music for The Witcher series, Hard West, Ancient Space and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, among others.CD Projekt RED Music Director / Composer
Roman Mardo

Roman Mardo

Business Development Manager (CEE & Russia) at Google. He has been working in the video-gaming and Business Development domain for the past 10 years. Google Business Development Manager CEE & Russia
Rune K Drewsen

Rune K Drewsen

Founder and Chief of Marketing at Triband - danish indie games studio. Triband focuses on alternative games for both mobile and computer.Triband Chief of Marketing
Adabelle Leiram & Björn Lindberg

Adabelle Leiram & Björn Lindberg

Adabelle and Björn work at Massive (The Division, Assassins Creed II) as Gameplay Programmer and Technical Lead Online Programmer.Massive Entertainment - A Ubisoft Studio Gameplay Programmer, Technical Lead Online Programmer
Maciej Hofman

Maciej Hofman

Policy Officer at Directorate-General for Education and Culture within the European Commission. He works on the support to Cultural and Creative SectorsEuropean Commission, DG-Education and Culture Policy Officer
Sven Erik Knop

Sven Erik Knop

Senior Technical Specialist at Perforce Software. He has a strong background in software development and large scale databases.Perforce Software Principal Consultant
Piotr Trochim

Piotr Trochim

Freelance AI developer. He previously worked on The Witcher 2: Assasins of Kings as an AI and Gameplay Programmer.botperfect AI Developer/Founder
Agata Droga-Bazan

Agata Droga-Bazan

Lead artist in The House of Fables (Wrath of Loki, Eventide). Previously worked in World-Loom as 2D graphic artist.The House of Fables Art Lead
Konrad Czernik

Konrad Czernik

Lead Concept Artist at Techland with over 10 years of experience. Worked on Hellraid, Call of Juarez and Dead Island and most of Short Break studios games. Also is an academic teacher. Techland Lead Concept Artist
Peter Heinrich

Peter Heinrich

Developer Evangelist at Amazon.com. Former game developer and software architect with broad experience in entertainment applications.Amazon.com Developer Evangelist
Piotr Perucki

Piotr Perucki

Works as Graphics Software Developer at Intel Technology Poland on games and benchmarks performance analysis. Intel Technology Poland Graphics Software Engineer
Monica Crisp

Monica Crisp

Owner of www.change-job.com - a proud partner of some of the cutting edge studios around the globe. She has 17 years experience as games industry recruiter.Change Job Ltd CEO
Adrian Hofman

Adrian Hofman

CEO at Digital Imaginary Studios, an outsourcing team with over seven years in the industry.DI Studios CEO
Aleksandr Kudishov

Aleksandr Kudishov

Producer at Rock Path Collective and game development field leader in Microsoft Student Partner Program at Microsoft with extensive background in the gaming industry.Rock Path Collective Producer
Gregory Louden

Gregory Louden

Senior Narrative Designer at Remedy Entertainment. He works both on movies and games, such as Quantum Break and Crossfire 2.Remedy Entertainment Senior Narrative Designer
Martyna Zych & Christian Beckhäuser

Martyna Zych & Christian Beckhäuser

Martyna is Twitch streamer and Twitch manager at GOG.com. Christian is YouTube reviewer, worked on Tower of Guns, Mothergunship. Both develop Cold Hearts.GOG.com Developer/artist/streamer
Szymon Jabłoński

Szymon Jabłoński

Engine Programmer at 11bit Studios, worked on Anomaly Defenders and This War of Mine. Computer graphics researcher at Warsaw University of Technology.11 bit studios Engine programmer
Andrzej Blumenfeld & Artur Janik

Andrzej Blumenfeld & Artur Janik

Lead Game Programmer & Associate Technical Producer at Techland. Both worked on the studios most famous titles, including recent Dying Light.Techland Lead Game Programmer & Associate Technical Producer
Aleksander Kauch

Aleksander Kauch

Lead game programmer in 11 Bit Studios. Worked on almost every 11 Bit's game including Anomaly series, This War of Mine and recently announced Frostpunk.11 Bit Studios Lead Game Programmer
Henrike Lode

Henrike Lode

CEO and Co-founder of the Lohika studio. She is a developer, game designer, game development teacher and co-organizer of the Nordic Game Jam.Lohika Games Creative Director
Clement Halloo

Clement Halloo

Performance Marketing Manager at InnoGames, previously worked at Twitter and La Redoute. Experienced mobile marketer and account manager.InnoGames Performance Marketing Manager
Michał Marcinkowski

Michał Marcinkowski

One of most renown Polish indies, famous worldwide for his work on Soldat and King Arthur's Gold. Currently working as designer and programmer his Transhuman Design studio.Transhuman Design CEO
Maciej Miąsik

Maciej Miąsik

Experienced veteran game developer working many years on various jobs in gamedev. Creator of legendary Electro Body, Robbo and Heartlight.Pixel Crow Grand Commander
Kadri Ugand

Kadri Ugand

Co-founder and CEO of GameFounders, the global gaming startup accelerator and a network of 200+ mentors, partners and friends from the game industry to help young studios grow. GameFounders CEO and co-founder
Sjoerd De Jong

Sjoerd De Jong

Has 16 years of Unreal Engine experience. Worked for Guerrilla Games, Digital Extremes, Epic Games, Webzen and more. Level designer and the founder of Teotl Studios.Epic Games Unreal Engine Evangelist
Masatoshi Tokuoka

Masatoshi Tokuoka

Game reviewer and games media journalist at 4gamer.net and scenario writer for “Sen-no-Kaizoku” at Sega. atelier THiRD game journalist
Sos Sosowski

Sos Sosowski

The biggest Polish indie superstar. Mad Scientist of video games, creator of McPixel, Thelemite, latest Mosh Pit Simulator and many other games. Sos
Olivia Klose & Kristofer Liljeblad

Olivia Klose & Kristofer Liljeblad

Kristofer, cloud game architect, and Olivia, analytics and machine learning specialist at Microsoft, help develop backend solutions for games on Azure.Microsoft Senior Software Development Engineer & Technical Evangelist
James Sisti & Otto Awquatty

James Sisti & Otto Awquatty

User Experience Designers at Sidekar Interactive specializing in User Experience Design, User Interface Design, and Product Testing.Sidekar Interactive User Experience Designers
Valentin Simonov

Valentin Simonov

Field Engineer at Unity responsible for solving engineering challenges for major customers. He worked at Interactive Lab company, and Mail.Ru. Unity Technologies Field Engineer
Krzysztof Maliński

Krzysztof Maliński

Owner of Insane Code and a senior developer at HUUUGE Games. Worked on Duke Nukem: Critical Mass, Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded and other titles for Nintendo consoles.Huuuge Games / Insane Code Owner / Senior developer
Julita Dzierka

Julita Dzierka

Data Analyst at T-Bull, responsible for optimizing monetization parameters using analitical and marketing tools. T-Bull S.A. Data Analyst