[DiGRA UK] European Games Financing Think Tank - Public online Debate - Financing the video games industry - 15 December 2021 (10:00 am - 3:30 pm)

[Thierry Baujard]

Join the annual online public event of the European Games Think Tank focusing on the funding of the video game industry!


** European Games Debate on Financing the video game industry
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Dear partners and friends,

For the 2nd time, we have the pleasure to organize the European Games Debate with MediaDeals and with the support of the German Federal Ministry for digital and transport. The debate is the annual online public event of the European Games Think Tank focusing on the funding of the video game industry.  The event will take place online on Wednesday 15th of December from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM (CET).

Join us and register here on EventBrite (https://www.eventbrite.de/e/european-games-think-tank-debate-on-financing-the-industry-tickets-205225273317) to attend the debate!

In 2021, SpielFabrique & MediaDeals conducted several round tables and interviews with European video game actors, covering 4 different topics: public funding, private funding, banking & financial institutions and professionalisation of studios. The idea behind this research was first to have a good understanding of the funding of the video game industry and then to address issues and discuss improvement opportunities.

During the 15th of December, the results of the research will be summarized and panels organized, gathering several European video game actors. This time, the 4 different topics will be crossed to discuss how the different funding institutions can better collaborate to improve the funding system in the video game industry.
Click here to register and attend the European Games Debate online! (https://www.eventbrite.de/e/european-games-think-tank-debate-on-financing-the-industry-tickets-205225273317)
https://youtu.be/LrQ0ZcK5Kvo
Teaser - European Games Think Tank - Public Debate
The Debate is moderated by:
https://fr.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-parpex-66215a6

Per Strömbäck
Spokesperson, Swedish Games Industry


AGENDA
10:00 – 10:20: Welcoming words

Speaker(s):

* Odile Limpach, Co-founder – SpielFabrique – Germany
* Dr. Stephan Zass, Head of Game Department – Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) – Germany
* Felix Falk, Managing Director – Game Germany – Germany


10:20-10:40: "Bankrolling games: challenges of video game funders" (Keynote)

Speaker(s):

Stéphane Rappeneau, Programme Manager – Société Générale – France
10:40 – 11:30: Panel: Financing the growth of studios

Moderated by Per Strömback, Spokesperson – Swedish Game Industry – Sweden

Speaker(s): Impulse by Soren Lass: Feedback from successful studios
* Nicolas Parpex, Head of Creative Industries – BPI – France
* Sebastian Badylak, Business Developer – Coffee Stain Publishing – Sweden
* Astrid Refstrup, CEO & Co-founder – Triple Topping – Denmark
* Ina Göring, Head of Members Department – GAME – Germany

Topics:
Our research highlighted that video games studios struggles to generate enough revenues to achieve a sustainable growth. They need external support to finance their development, from public and private entities. However, different instruments lead to difference consequences. In this panel, the different offers will be discussed and how they impact studios.
11:30 – 12:15 Panel: Mobilize public/private co-funding

Moderated by Per Strömback, Spokesperson – Swedish Game Industry – Sweden

Speaker(s): Impulse by Thierry Baujard: Feedback from past workshops

* Skander Morgenthaler, Head of Federal Games Funding Programme – BMVI – Germany
* Sofie Filt Laentvaer, Director of Partnerships – Nordisk Games – Denmark
* Kristian Metzger, Managing Director & Co-Founder – Stratosphere game – Germany
* Bertrand Vernizeau, CEO – Game Seer Venture Partners – Germany

Topics:
Public support in the video game industry has been increasing in Europe. From subsidies to tax rebate (depending on the countries), studios have access to different support instruments. Though, according to the interviews and round tables we conducted, the private investors usually don’t consider the presence of public support in their decision making. In this panel, we will therefore discuss how private and public funds could work better together, exploring some cases and find improvement opportunities.
13h15 – 13h30: Keynote
"Ready Player Jedermann. Video games and Future of Entertainment."

Speaker(s):
* Joost van Dreunen, Game industry investor and lecturer – NYU Stern School of Business – United States

13:30 – 14:15: Panel: Structuring the funding ecosystem

Moderated by Per Strömbäck, Spokesperson – Swedish Game Industry – Sweden
Speaker(s): Impulse by Odile Limpach: Feedback from past workshops
* Sebastian Storm, Head of Media Unit – ILB – Germany
* Jo Twist, CEO – UKIE – United Kingdom
* Hendrik Rump, Managing Director & Founder – Quantumfrog – Germany
* Benedikt Grindel, Managing Director – Ubisoft Blue Byte – Germany

Topics:
Support in the video game industry varies greatly from country to country. While Northern countries have a strong private equity network, traditional like France and Germany offer numerous types of public support. However, public investors and private investors usually come at different stages. In order to foster the development of the industry, different financials instruments must be available. In this panel, the questions of financing all the actors of the ecosystem, as well as how to implement new financial instruments and attract traditional investors will be discussed.
14:15 – 15:00 Panel: European vision and cross border collaborations

Moderated by Per Strömback, Spokesperson – Swedish Game Industry – Sweden

Speaker(s): Impulse: Macej SZYMANOWICZ – European Commission - Creative Europe
* Youri Loedts, Head of Game Department – Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) – Belgium
* Simon Løvind, Commissioning Editor, Games & Digital Media – Danish Film Institute – Denmark
* Adrien Larouzée, Producer & Publisher – Arte – France/Germany
* Maria Coronado Alvarez, Cultural Sector Manager – Triodos Bank – Spain

Topics:
The European video game industry is facing fierce competition from Asian and American companies, such as Tencent. In fact, most of the revenues generated by the European market are gathered by non-European companies. A better collaboration between the EU members could be a good opportunity to strengthen European companies. In this panel, collaboration between public entities as well as the concept of coproduction will be discussed.
15:00 – 15h30: Ending words and next steps
Speaker(s):
* Dr. Stephan Zass, Head of Game Department – Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) – Germany
* Thierry Baujard, Co-founder – SpielFabrique – Germany
* Per Strömbäck, Spokesperson – Swedish Game Industry – Sweden

https://spielfabrique.eu/en/europeangamesthinktank/

About The European Games Think Tank: (http://spielfabrique.eu/en/europeangamesthinktank/)

In 2021, thanks to the further support of the German Ministry (BMVI), Media Deals and SpielFabrique are joining forces to go deeper within the 4 identified topics (Private investment, Public Funding, Banking and Professionalization) with focused round tables to discuss best practices to improve access to funding for the game sector in Europe.

The outcomes of the discussions will be presented in a public online debate at the end of the year to follow up from last year’s (spielfabrique.eu/en/europeangamesthinktank/) (http://spielfabrique.eu/en/europeangamesthinktank/)

The European Games Thing Tank is organised and supported by:


https://www.bmvi.de/EN/Home/home.html
http://media-deals.org/

http://spielfabrique.eu/en/europeangamesthinktank/

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