Queens Hotel, 24th March, 6-9pm followed by networking drinks
The final speaker line up for our first Future of Gaming Roadshow event, in partnership with SoftLayer, has been confirmed. This free to attend event takes place in Leeds, this Tuesday 24th March, from 6-9pm.
Come along to network with fellow games industry professionals, learn how to future-proof your businesses and improve your access to finance.
- Kevin Carthew, Creative Manager, Team 17
- Stewart Gilray, CEO, Just Add Water Developments
- Karl Hilton, Programme Executive, Games & Digital, Creative England
- Anthony Trabano, Global Sales Representative, SoftLayer, an IBM company
- Ryan Gilmour, SDK Product Manager, Marmalade
- Isaac Douglas, Online Services Manager, Multiplay
Each evening event will focus on the future of gaming infrastructure and feature local investors to help improve developers’ and digital publishers’ access to finance.
The Future of Gaming Infrastructure tour will also visit Dundee, Manchester, Leamington Spa and London, you can register for all these events here.
Topics
- The biggest opportunities the cloud presents to game developers and digital publishers;
- The 5 mortal sins of launching an online game
- Building high performance, cross platform mobile application
- How to deliver a crisis-free launch;
- Coping with explosions in downloads and usage – automatically;
- Beyond GaaS – what ‘Everything as a Service’ (Xaas) means for game devs;
- How mobile strategy must change in the age of GaaS;
- How to optimise game engines for a global infrastructure environment;
- What the future holds for social gaming;
- Access to finance – options for indies;
The evening event format will feature:
- Live Q&As on your cloud and infrastructure challenges;
- 1-2-1 clinics with SoftLayer experts to address your real-life business issues;
- 1-2-1 meetings with local investors to pitch your current projects for funding;
- Informal networking with local game developers over complimentary drinks & nibbles
About SoftLayer
SoftLayer, an IBM Company, provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. Our customers range from Web start ups to global enterprises.