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Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: The UK Computer and Video Games Industry

Date: Morning, Thursday 21st January, 2010 (08:45 registration)
Venue: Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET

This seminar will look at the challenges faced by the UK games industry, the impact of increasingly fierce foreign competition, and the emerging business models and innovations set to drive growth in the future. What are the public policy options available to promote UK game development?

Planned sessions will examine:

  • Gaming in the UK - a continued success?, including analysis of the market going forward;
  • The role of incentives - how would the proposed tax-based incentive scheme work in practice and what constitutes culturally British; and
  • A video games revolution? - the opportunities created by new technologies, methods of payment and distribution - and the regulatory challenges they create.

Speakers include:

Ed Bartlett, Vice President Publisher Relations Europe and Co-Founder, IGA Worldwide; David Braben, Founder, Frontier Developments; James Brooksby, Studio Head, doublesix; Dustin Chodorowicz, Partner, Nordicity; Chris Deering, Non-Executive Chairman, Codemasters; Graham Dunnett, Director for Testing, Support and Documentation, Unity Technologies; Michael French, Editor-in-Chief, Develop, MCV and CasualGaming.biz; Rick Gibson, Independent Games Research & Strategy Consulting, Games Investor Consulting; Keith Ramsdale, Vice President, EA Games Europe; Ed Vaizey MP, Shadow Minister for Culture and the Creative Industries; Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Chairman, Home Affairs Select Committee; Jonathan Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Advertising & Marketing Communications, University of Greenwich; and Richard Wilson, CEO, TIGA. Further senior speakers are being approached.

Paul Rowen MP, Member, All-Party Parliamentary Group on New Media; and Tom Watson MP, Member, All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Computer and Video Games Industry have kindly agreed to chair this event.

For full information and booking, please visit the website or call 01276 489144 and ask for events booking.

Posted on 11 Jan, 2010 - more Conferences and Meetingsmore Industry News
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