Expand Your Knowledge of Games

What are the latest developments in technologies? How does a studio define a unique visual style? How will a project stand out from the masses with a clever marketing strategy? How has the games industry landscape evolved over the last years and where it will go next?

Beyond Games

Conference talks and discussion panels will help you understand how games become a lifestyle, how it influenced music, fashion, and even the way we communicate with each other.

GAMEDEV

CONFERENCE

GameDev conference features international industry experts, presenting topics of relevance to all aspects of creating games. Here, entry-level talks meet deep dives into strategy, execution and results.

WE ALL PLAY

We All Play represents the medium of games and takes a look at how they interact with society, how they relate to other industries and how new technologies and communities intertwine with games.

Schedule

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

GAMEDEV CONFERENCE – HALL 5.3

12:00 – 12:15

Greetings and Opening Remarks
Gediminas Tarasevičius, LŽKA; Rokas Kolovskis, Go Vilnius

12:15 – 12:30

GameTech Accelerator in Lithuania: What to Expect?
Fer Arrebillaga, GameBCN; Agnė Vitkutė, GameTech Lithuania

12:30 – 13:00

Is Games Industry in Crisis, or Is It Getting Mature?
Tomek Majka, Imponderabilia

13:00 – 13:45

Sustainability in Games Industry: Current and Future Requirements
Maria Wagner, Sustainable Games Alliance

14:00 – 14:45

Managing the Wizards Tower: How to Produce Technology
Jan Kleszczyński, Techland

15:00 – 15:45

“World of Tanks” – Audio Construction Kit for Random Events
Vitalii Dernovyi, Wargaming

16:00 – 16:45

Nintendo Switch – An Introduction for Developers & Publishers
Mao Sugiyama, Nintendo Europe

17:00 – 18:00

Panel Discussion: Rebuilding the Game: HR & Talent Acquisition Perspectives on the Industry’s Road to Recovery
moderated by Tomas Ramoška, Techtak; Guests: Gintarė Verbickaitė, Unicorns Lithuania; Viktorija Beinartaitė, Nordcurrent; Renata Tilmantaitė, Wargaming; Tomek Majka, Imponderabilia;

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

GAMEDEV CONFERENCE – HALL 5.3

12:00 – 12:45

How to and Why Create a Marketing Strategy for Your Game
Jakub Mamulski, Heaps Agency

13:00 – 13:45

Studios Die by a 1000 Cut Ideas. Can We Do Something About It?
Simas Budrys, Raw Fury

14:00 – 14:45

Indie vs AAA: How Studios Approach Game Production
Tadas Migauskas, Remedy Entertainment Plc

15:00 – 15:45

Levelling Up: Business Development in Gaming
Al Banda, Avalanche Studios Group

With support of Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius

16:00 – 16:45

Building Scalable and Fair Online Gaming: UFL’s Journey with Google Cloud
Aleh Strakachuk, Strikerz Inc.; Matas Tvarijonas, Google

WE ALL PLAY CONFERENCE – HALL 5.1

11:00 – 12:00

Kiek tavyje partizano? Laisvės Deklaracijos mįslė
moderated by dr. Deividas Šlekys; dr. Aistė Petrauskienė, prof. Dainius Žalimas, Paulius Ambrazevičius

In Lithuanian. Organized by Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania

12:00 – 12:45

Lithuanian Board Games: Then and Now
Dmitrijus Babičius, SneakyBox

13:00 – 13:45

Playing Out of Sight: Games for Visually Impaired
Yaraslau Kot, Playcus

14:00 – 14:45

How Games Win Wars
Pijus Krūminas, ISM

15:00 – 15:45

Flawless Victory: Creative Communication Crafted for Games
Anna Nowak, Saatchi & Saatchi Poland

16:00 – 16:45

Pixels and Frames – The Fusion of Film Industry and Game Development
Kamil Pohl, Patryk Kin, Flying Wild Hog

With support of Embassy of Poland in Vilnius

17:00 – 18:00

17 Years of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: When Life Simulation Is a Game Changer
Alexey Sityanov, Game Designer and Story Writer

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

GAMEDEV CONFERENCE – HALL 5.3

12:00 – 12:45

Merging Theme and Mechanics: Lessons from Wargaming
Pijus Krūminas, ISM

13:00 – 13:45

Flipping the Script: How We Don’t Rest in a Coffin
Ata Sergey Nowak, Torpor Games

14:00 – 14:45

Life after Death (and Taxes)
Leene Künnap, Placeholder Gameworks

15:00 – 15:45

The Art of the Side Hustle: Finishing Your Game While Working Full-Time
Deividas Baumilas, Barzda

16:00 – 16:45

Web3 Games Are Cringe! How Can We Change That?
Thomas Tumosa, Zen Republic

17:00 – 17:45

From Unity to Godot: How We Remade Our Game
Patrikas Armalis, Eligijus Kiudys, Starbloom

WE ALL PLAY CONFERENCE – HALL 5.1

12:00 – 12:45

The Games We Play – How Competition and Community Make Us Better
Tobias Kopka, Curatomic

13:00 – 13:45

Power of Game Music (and Lithuanian Themes in Crowns and Pawns)
Daniel Noah Pharos, Novaquark

In partnership with Creative Europe Desk Lithuania – MEDIA Office

14:00 – 14:45

Beyond Games: A Powerful Medium for Storytelling and Community-building 
Simay Dinç, Recontact Games

In partnership with Creative Europe Desk Lithuania – MEDIA Office

15:00 – 15:45

Recycled Cosplay
Kaj Knight of Wands, knightofwandscosplay

16:00 – 16:45

Panel Discussion: How To Make a Living From Content Creation

moderated by Xanos; Alexandra Prado, alexandrachess; Lennard Verhage, journalist and influencer manager

17:00 – 18:00

Panel Discussion: Opportunities and Challenges of Web3 Games
Moderated by Andrius Jovaiša, Dievo Režimas; Laurynas Vainius, Engines of Fury, Aurimas Barauskas, Eternis: Death Match; Remigijus Zinys, Breach.gg; 

Speakers 2024

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

GAMEDEV CONFERENCE – HALL 5.3

Rokas

KOLOVSKIS

Go Vilnius
TechFusion Partnerships Manager

Gediminas

TARASEVIČIUS

Lithuanian Game Developers Association
Director of Operations

Fer

ARREBILLAGA

GameBCN
Program Manager

Agnė

VITKUTĖ

GameTech Lithuania
Program Manager

Tomek

MAJKA

Imponderabilia
Business Developer

Maria

WAGNER

Sustainable Games Alliance
Co-founder

Jan

KLESZCZYŃSKI

Techland
Technology Producer

Vitalii

DERNOVYI

Wargaming
Audio Designer

Mao

SUGIYAMA

Nintendo Europe
Business Development Manager

Tomas

RAMOŠKA

Techtak
Managing Consultant

Gintarė

VERBICKAITĖ

Unicorns Lithuania
CEO

Viktorija

BEINARTAITĖ

Nordcurrent
HR Manager

Renata

TILMANTAITĖ

Wargaming
Head of Global Talent Acquisition

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

GAMEDEV CONFERENCE – HALL 5.3

Jakub

MAMULSKI

Heaps Agency
Head of Agency

Simas

BUDRYS

Raw Fury
Executive Producer

Tadas

MIGAUSKAS

Remedy Entertainment Plc
Development Manager

Al

BANDA

Avalanche Studios Group
Business Development Manager

Aleh

STRAKACHUK

Strikerz Inc.
Technical Director

Matas

TVARIJONAS

Google
Customer Engineer

WE ALL PLAY CONFERENCE – HALL 5.1

Doc. dr.

Deividas

ŠLEKYS

VU TSPMI
Lecturer, warfare researcher

Dr. Aistė

PETRAUSKIENĖ

Lithuanian National Museum
Historian

Prof. Dainius

ŽALIMAS

European Parliament
Member

Paulius

AMBRAZEVIČIUS

Humoro klubas
Comedian

Dmitrijus

BABIČIUS

SneakyBox
Game Designer

Yaraslau

KOT

Playcus
Head of Business Development

Pijus

KRŪMINAS

ISM University of Management and Economics
Head of Wargaming Lab

Anna

NOWAK

Saatchi & Saatchi Poland
Creative Technology Director

Kamil

POHL

Flying Wild Hog
Cinematic Director

Patryk

KIN

Flying Wild Hog
Principal Cinematographer

Alexey

SITYANOV

8D Studio
CEO. Game Designer and Story Writer of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

GAMEDEV CONFERENCE – HALL 5.3

Pijus

KRŪMINAS

ISM University of Management and Economics
Head of Wargaming Lab

Ata Sergey

NOWAK

Torpor Games
Managing Director and Co-Founder

Leene

KÜNNAP

Placeholder Gameworks
Founder 

Deividas

BAUMILAS

Barzda
Game Developer

Thomas

TUMOSA

Zen Republic
CEO

Patrikas

ARMALIS

Starbloom
Co-Founder & Developer

Eligijus

KIUDYS

Starbloom
Co-Founder & CEO

WE ALL PLAY CONFERENCE – HALL 5.1

Tobias

KOPKA

Curatomic
CEO

Daniel Noah

PHAROS

Novaquark
Audio DIrector

Simay

DINÇ

Recontact Games
Co-Founder

Kaj

KNIGHT

OF WANDS

Knightofwandscosplay
Cosplayer, dollmaker, art teacher

The

XANOS

@Xanos
Content Creator, Streamer

Alexandra

PRADO

@alexandrachess
Chess Player, Content Creator, Streamer

 

 

Lennard

VERHAGE

Freelance
Journalist, content creators’ manager

Andrius

JOVAIŠA

Dievo Režimas
Podcast Creator

Laurynas

VAINIUS

Engines of Fury
Game Director

Aurimas

BARAUSKAS

Eternis: Death Match
CEO

Remigijus

ZINYS

BREACH.GG
Founder

Eglė

ZIOMA

Slightly Magic Games
Art Director

We All Play Conference host

Clara

MARTINEZ

NARANJO

Healthnews
Copywriter

We All Play Conference host

 

Ričardas

JAŠČEMSKAS

Lithuanian Game Developers Association
Project Manager

Gamedev Conference host

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