TIGA, in partnership with the UK Tradeand Investment’s (UKTI) Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP), is offering grants of
£1,000 for eligible businesses who wish to attend Game Connection 2011.
Game Connection Europe will take place
on December 6-8, 2011 in Paris. Come along to interact with over 1,000
attendees arriving from all over the world, attend state-of-the-art sessions
given by experts, benefit from an in depth approach from speakers, attend
workshops to improve your knowledge and skills, put your company under the
spotlight, get a sneak peek at the latest trends and creativity, improve your
skills in one-day courses and learn from the best video game professionals.
The funding applies to any eligible
games business wishing to exhibit, including both TIGA members and non-TIGA
members. Any interested company must
make an application no later than October 7th. Please send your application
form to vanessa@tiga.org to save £1,000.
Dr Richard Wilson, CEO of TIGA, said:
“Game Connection Europe provides an
important opportunity for UK game developers/developer publishers to do
business. TIGA is delighted therefore to be able to offer, courtesy of UKTI’s
TAP, funding for eligible games businesses that wish to exhibit at the
tradeshow. We hope that as many games businesses as possible will take this
opportunity to save £1,000 on exhibition costs.”
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TIGA is the
trade association representing the UK’s games industry.The majority of
our members are either independent games developers or in-house publisher owned
developers.We also have games publishers, outsourcing companies,
technology businesses and universities amongst our membership. TIGA was awarded
‘Trade Association of the Year’ and the ‘Member Recruitment Award’ at the Trade
Association Forum Best Practice Awards 2010.
In 2011, TIGA won a further four awards at the Trade Association Forum
Best Practice Awards, including ‘Trade Association of the Year’ for the second
consecutive year. TIGA has been voted a
finalist in the CMI Management and Leadership Awards 2011 in the ‘Outstanding
Organisation (SME)’ category. Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO, has been voted a
finalist in the ‘Outstanding Leader’ category.
TIGA was also named as a finalist
in the 2010 Chartered Management Institute (CMI) National Management and
Leadership Awards in the category of ‘The Outstanding Organisation of the Year
Award (SME)’. TIGA is an ‘Investors in People’ accredited organisation.
TIGA is the trade association
representing the UK’s games industry.
Our vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games
business. Our mission is to fight for the interests of game developers. To achieve
our vision and mission we focus on the delivery of three strategic objectives:
effective political representation, profile raising and helping our members
commercially. This means that TIGA members are effectively represented in the
corridors of power, their voice is heard in the media and they receive benefits
that make a material difference to their businesses, including a reduction in
costs and improved commercial opportunities.
For further information,
please contact Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on: 07875 939 643, or email richard.wilson@tiga.org.