Covering a wide range of topics with experts from Germany and abroad, gamescom congress is popular beyond the games industry. Accordingly, tickets sold out quickly in previous years. Around 800 guests on site in Cologne and more than 140,000 live stream users attended the congress last year. The gamescom congress is aimed at experts from various business sectors as well as culture, education, politics, sciences, journalism, and game development.
With around 40 items on the agenda, the gamescom congress 2023 impressively presents how games can contribute to education, sciences, business, culture as well as society. Hence, the congress highlights the numerous aspects of how video games and game technologies enrich our lives. The first speakers have already been confirmed: Lisa Paus, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, will speak about child protection in video games nowadays. Sarah Brin, Head of Product and Growth at Kythera AI from Edinburgh, Scotland, will examine the creative potentials of artificial intelligence. Sasha MacKinnon, CEO of Mino Games, from Montreal, Canada, will reveal how even small development teams can find economic success with the help of artificial intelligence.
The panel on antisemitism with former Federal Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Antisemitism Commissioner of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia), Doron Kiesel (Central Council of Jews in Germany), Cigdem Uzunoglu (Foundation for Digital Games Culture) and Olaf Zimmermann (German Cultural Council) will discuss how to fight antisemitism and how remembrance can be implemented in our lives through games.
Further details on the programme will be published shortly.
Attendance information:
- Tickets are available for € 103 on https://b2b.gamescom.global/gamescom/gamescom-congress.
- Tickets for students and teachers cost € 38 (proof required).
- Congress tickets can be combined with gamescom tickets for (business visitors and private visitors) for an additional fee.
The gamescom congress will take place on 24 August 2023 as part of gamescom, the world's largest event for video games and Europe's leading business platform for the games industry. The gamescom congress is organised by Koelnmesse GmbH and game - Association of the German Games Industry. The conference is sponsored by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Participation for journalists: https://b2b.gamescom.global/press-creator/participation-for-journalists/
Further Information:
gamescom congress at Facebook and Twitter, #gcc23
About gamescom congress
The gamescom congress is Europe's leading conference on the potential of computer games in a digitalised world and offers interfaces far beyond the digital and media industry. Speakers from Germany and abroad present their topics in lectures, seminars and panel discussions. The gamescom congress takes place annually as part of gamescom in Cologne and is organised by Koelnmesse GmbH and game e.V., the association of the German games industry. The gamescom congress is sponsored by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. www.gamescom-congress.de
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Achim Quinke
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