October 11-14 2018
Poznan, Poland
Poznan, Poland
Polish Game Industry
as seen on the Poznań Game Arena and Game Industry Conference
The Game Industry Conference takes place alongside the Poznan Game Arena, one of the most important and largest game expos in Europe. Over 71 000 visitors enjoy the show by testing games and hardware from more than 130 expositors.
The two events are the best place to meet most of the people from the Polish Game Industry. There are already more than 400 studios and 6 000 people working in games development in Poland. And if you include all the additional services, such as outsourcing, Q&A, localization, publishing and distribution, this number will surely double in its size.
B2B exhibition zone and meeting system
The GIC offers the best B2B opportunities to reach industry professionals from Poland and most of the Central and Eastern Europe. The B2B exhibition zone, although located in the proximity of the B2C area of the PGA Expo tradeshow, is separated and offers an excellent environment for meeting developers and business partners.
A professionally organized meeting area with a Meet to Match meeting system allows for well-organized sessions with just the proper business partners you are looking for. It also hosts the Japan+Eastern Europe Networking Event. The Business Lounge offers a place to sit down and chill out or to have a casual conversation. It also serves meals during lunch hours and coffee, soft drinks and snacks non-stop.
Finally, the networking events planned for each evening are designed to include space to sit and talk as well as to taste Polish foods and drinks.
A professionally organized meeting area with a Meet to Match meeting system allows for well-organized sessions with just the proper business partners you are looking for. It also hosts the Japan+Eastern Europe Networking Event. The Business Lounge offers a place to sit down and chill out or to have a casual conversation. It also serves meals during lunch hours and coffee, soft drinks and snacks non-stop.
Finally, the networking events planned for each evening are designed to include space to sit and talk as well as to taste Polish foods and drinks.
Recruitment event 
GeekCareers is one of the latest additions to the GIC. It started in 2016, with seven companies searching for employees for their Polish and international offices. Its success exceeded our expectations and hopes. Recruiting companies reported that they have met many candidates, both Polish and foreign, on all levels of expertise, starting from juniors and students, but also reaching into the group of experienced seniors and leads. Four people found their dream jobs here, which speaks volumes of the event’s success. One of the biggest advantages of GeekCareers is high availability for potential candidates, both in terms of ticket pricing and the time – the event is happening over the weekend.
Teaching event with advanced talks
At the GIC we believe in the learning value of talks and we think that the content of presentations and meetings is more important than big names. Due to our unique marking of the presentation difficulty level ( - basic, - intermediate, - advanced), we are looking for talks that will provide useful insight even to developers with years of experience. Speaker candidates have to go through an advanced and rigorous submission and review system, while our Advisory Board is working hard to verify the potential value of every talk.
And it pays off: the GIC is seen as a major teaching event with talks of only the best quality.
And it pays off: the GIC is seen as a major teaching event with talks of only the best quality.
CEEGA
Central & Eastern European Game Awards is a new initiative to recognize and promote the best video games from this region yearly. The CEE region is big and important and yet often underseen part of the global gaming industry. The region totals over 1000 game development studios, over 25000 people producing games and many interesting success stories.
Central & Eastern European Game Awards 2018 will be announced on October 13th during a big gala hosted by GIC together with Poznan Game Arena.
Featured speakers
Daria Zersen
Concept-artist, illustrator in casual game studios. Lead artist of e.g. Nightmares from the Deep: Davy Jones at Artifex Mundi or at House of Fables. Teacher.
Brian Dilg
Has 30 years of teaching and curriculum development experience. Currently at position of CRYENGINE Learning Manager.
Markus Pursche
Porting programmer at QLOC for 2 years, worked on RiME for PC and Xbox One and Dark Souls: Remastered for Xbox One and Playstation 4.
Marco Busse
Senior Product Manager at European Games Group with 7 years of experience on 20+ free to play games with devs from 7 countries and 5 continents.
Karolina Kuzia-Rokosz
Quest Designer at Fool's Theory working on Seven The Days Long Gone. Previously worked on CD Projekt RED's The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt.
Katarzyna Niżałowska
Game programmer at Techland, working on gameplay and game systems in Dying Light 2. Supporter of women in technical proffesions.
Aleksander Kauch
Lead game programmer at 11 bit studios, working on Frostpunk, and previously on This War of Mine and Anomaly series.
Iga Oliwiak
Digital and traditional painter, currently working at Wooga on June's Journey . Worked on Golden Globe, Oscar and BAFTA nominated Loving Vincent feature movie.
Mariusz Gąsiewski
Google veteran of 11 years, now working as Head of Mobile Gaming and Apps Poland. Expert on the use of performance marketing, web analytics, search engine marketing.
Hilda Lidén
Lead AI designer at Little Nightmares, Senior designer at Tarsier. Previously worked at Massive Entertainment on The Division, Far Cry 3, World in Conflict and more.
Agnieszka Rumińska
Composer and sound designer at Anshar Studios. She successfully transferred from the classical music world into the gaming industry and now tackles with every step of audio production.
Martin Jelinek
Marketing Analyst at AppAgent working on analytics tool ROY and supporting clients in their needs. Was involved in app analytics for Inscape, Gold Town Games, Kiwi.com and Starbreeze .
Bożenka Chądzyńska
Illustrator / Concept Artist with experience in the whole spectrum of 2D art for games. Worked on Grim Legends 2 and 3 or Bladebound. Creator of amJam.
Grzegorz Wojciechowski
Software Developer (Memory & Performance team) at Unity Technologies. Worked in Sumo Digital, Ubisoft (platforms) and Techland (engine).Sponsors
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Partners
Organizers
Media partners
Patrons
Companies in MeetToMatch
GIC place and timeIn 2018, GIC will take place on: Thursday, October 11th – Sunday, October 14th Have any questions? Contact us: contact@gic.gd | TravelPoznań is the eastern neighbour of Berlin. There are multiple trains and bus lines that take 3h to travel and offer prices starting from 10Euro. There are regular direct flights from following cities: Star Aliance Airlines: Frankfurt, Lvov, Munich, Warsaw–Chopin Scandinavian Airlines: Copenhagen Ryanair: Alicante, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Girona, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Malta, Oslo-Torp Wizz Air: Paris-Beauvais, Barcelona-El Prat, Birmingham, Doncaster/Sheffield, Eindhoven, Kiev, London–Luton, Malmö, Oslo-Torp, Stockholm–Skavsta For more detailed information, see our travel guide. |