Social Issues and Skills

Casual Connect invites the most innovative and talented experts in the field of casual gaming in order to help perpetuate the casual gaming industry through new trends and technologies.

Casual Connect Kyiv invites the most innovative and talented experts in the field of casual gaming to come together and discuss new developments and advances in technology that may help perpetuate the casual gaming industry.

"Nottingham's very own videogame festival works hard to bring world-class developers and the public together. Interactivity and fun are the two keywords for this year's sixth outing."

GamesBeat invites some of the most well-known names in the gaming industry to discuss the ways in which gaming will shape the way we experience the world.

“The Games Convention Online combines business and community for browser, client and mobile games… The Games Convention Online will be the event of the year for the online gaming community. We invite all clan, guild, team, corporation, fan and website forum members to join us for three days of meetings, interchange and partying.” In 2010 it was announced that this conference will no longer be held.

This is an “annual event for the games industry in Asia-Pacific …. GCA is the only true international event for the digital interactive media industry in Singapore combined with a unique conference dedicated to topics covering the entire value chain of computer games.” The conference offers “lectures, workshops and master classes. GCA attracts international visitors to Singapore to meet, update and discuss the latest challenges and opportunities in the industry.” In 2010 it was announced that this convention would no longer be held.

“To meet the communications needs of the industrial, academic, and governmental sectors of researchers and practitioners of consumer communications and networking, the Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) was developed by the IEEE Communications Society in order to bring together the latest in communications and networking technology with the utilization of that technology in consumer communications and networking devices, services and applications.”

Part of the Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Interactive Festival is an annual event during which participants can play video games, meet industry professionals, preview the latest titles, and learn about the newest trends and technologies in video game play and mobile device use.

“Engage!® Conference and Expo is the definitive event on youth entertainment technology… Engage! brings together the leaders from the technology, toy, game and entertainment industries and provides critical cross-industry learning and valuable new business partnership and networking opportunities. This is where you find knowledge, contacts and business.”

“During the Festival of Games, the yearly NLGD Game Conference will focus on business trends: Online Development, Online Distribution, Online Marketing, Online Business Models and Online Play. The NLGD Game Conference is the forum in Europe where front-runners share their boardroom knowledge with dealmakers and professionals from the game industry, media and entertainment, big brands, mobile, ICT and their service providers.”