Agenda

Join Amir Satvat, the founder of the Always Supporting Games Community (ASGC) and Business Development Director at Tencent Games, and Chris Melissinos, Games Industry advocate and the Principal Evangelist for Video Games at AWS, for a frank and illuminating conversation discussing the current state of the games industry and why they still believe it's the greatest time to be a game developer. Backed by data, experience, and historical context, this conversation will focus on the changing landscape of the games industry, changes to embrace, new opportunities that may be overlooked, and where the video game industry may be headed next.

Takeaway

Understanding the pressures that have informed the current environment that video games occupy.
Historical cycles the industry has gone through and what recovery looked like.
The shape of the current jobs market and what the next few years may bring.
Understanding the evolving audience of video games, predictions, and unexpected opportunities.
Celebrate game developers and the industry.

Intended Audience

The intended audience is EVERYONE! If you are a game developer for 30 years, a student looking to break into the industry, or anyone and everyone in between, this is a conversation for you.