Alberta Games Series - Thank you Alberta!
Digital Alberta is proud to announce that the first instalment of the Alberta Games Series, was a great success. Thank you for participating in this milestone event for the gaming community! Stay tuned for the 2023 date announcements for Edmonton.
- Sessions
- 10
- Tickets
- 120
- Day 1
- Hilton Garden Inn
- Party
- Revival Brewcade
- Day 2
- Platform Calgary
Speakers
Clara Sia
Senior Influencer Strategist at Devolver Digital
Providing global influencer strategy, relations management, and campaign execution for premier indie games at a sub-optimal publisher.
@seriouslyclara
Anahit Fernández
Producer at Navegante Studios
Ana holds an MBA and has a background in human resource management. In 2020, she took responsibility for the production, business development and administration of Navegante Studios while releasing their first video game Greak: Memories of Azur on all the major platforms.
playgreak.com
Jared Tan
Community Strategy at Nerial + Devolver Digital
Jared helped grow the Cult of the Lamb community to hundreds of thousands of followers and members while blending creativity and analytics. He's written about these staggering numbers and will share many aspects of building game communities on social media.
jaredtanj.com
Jason Della Rocca
Games Business Consultant, Co-Founder of Execution Labs, Chairman at GamePlay Space
Jason is a game industry entrepreneur, funding advisor, and cluster expert. He specializes in business/partnership development, pitching/funding, and ecosystem/cluster development.
dellaroc.ca
Pedro Medeiros
Pixel Picker at EXOK Games
Originally from Brazil, Pedro now lives in Vancouver, working at EXOK and in other solo projects. He was an artist on Celeste, TowerFall, Out There Somewhere and made a bunch of pixel art tutorials.
@saint11
Schedule
Game industry sessions, indie game showcase and an arcade after party.
Hilton Garden Inn
Informal conversations with game industry experts and the Alberta games ecosystem.
Platform Calgary
Badge Pickup and Chatting
Coffee and Pastries with your Peers
- MST
Opening Remarks by Scott Nye
COO, Inflexion Games
- MST
Influencer Marketing Strategies for Indie Games
Clara Sia, Senior Influencer Strategist at Devolver Digital
- MST
Building Launch Momentum: A Framework for Community Validated Deployment
Jason Della Rocca, Games Business Consultant, Co-Founder of Execution Labs, Chairman at GamePlay Space
- MST
Lunch and Indie Showcase
Buffet and Game Stations
- MST
Social Strategy for Card Cheaters and Cults
Jared Tan, Community Strategy at Nerial + Devolver Digital
- MST
A Celeste Art Postmortem
Pedro Medeiros, Pixel Picker at EXOK Games
- MST
The Role of a Producer in an Indie Game Studio
Anahit Fernández, Producer at Navegante Games
- MST
Closing Remarks by Alecia Peters
Executive Director, Digital Alberta
- MST
Happy Hour
- MST
After Party hosted by CGDA
Revival Brewcade
- MST
Game industry sessions, indie game showcase and an arcade after party.
Hilton Garden Inn
Badge Pickup and Chatting
Coffee and Pastries with your Peers
- MST
Opening Remarks by Scott Nye
COO, Inflexion Games
- MST
Influencer Marketing Strategies for Indie Games
Clara Sia, Senior Influencer Strategist at Devolver Digital
- MST
Building Launch Momentum: A Framework for Community Validated Deployment
Jason Della Rocca, Games Business Consultant, Co-Founder of Execution Labs, Chairman at GamePlay Space
- MST
Lunch and Indie Showcase
Buffet and Game Stations
- MST
Social Strategy for Card Cheaters and Cults
Jared Tan, Community Strategy at Nerial + Devolver Digital
- MST
A Celeste Art Postmortem
Pedro Medeiros, Pixel Picker at EXOK Games
- MST
The Role of a Producer in an Indie Game Studio
Anahit Fernández, Producer at Navegante Games
- MST
Closing Remarks by Alecia Peters
Executive Director, Digital Alberta
- MST
Happy Hour
- MST
After Party hosted by CGDA
Revival Brewcade
- MST
Informal conversations with game industry experts and the Alberta games ecosystem.
Platform Calgary
Registration and Light Breakfast
Coffee and Pastries with your Peers
- MST
Building the Next Gen of Talent in Gaming
Jeff Clemens, Bow Valley College
Owen Brierley, University of Calgary
Tyler Heaton, Lethbridge College
- MST
Starting a Game Studio in Alberta
Nikolas Zorko, QI Games
Jen Laface, Only by Midnight
- MST
Lunch and Networking
- MST
Attracting and Growing a Playerbase
Steven Messner, Digital Extremes
Logan Robb, New World Interactive
Christian Laventure, Evolve PR
- MST
Pitching to Publishers and Investors
Jon Higgins and Jason Della Rocca
- MST
Closing Remarks by Mike Lohaus
President, CGDA
- MST
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