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INFO | PROGRAMME | FLIGHTS & HOTELS | REGISTER
EVENT PROGRAMME
DAY 1 Wednesday, November the 3rd, 2010
09:00 – 10:00 |
Registration of companies subscribing to training and coaching |
10:00 – 10:30 |
How to make your business propositions more effective
• Antonio Zangrilli (CEO, INVENT, France)
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10:30 – 11:00 |
How to improve your communication skills in presentations and meetings
• José Garasino (Director of Activities, Media Business School, Spain)
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11:00 – 13:00 |
Morning round of coaching sessions |
13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 – 18:00 |
Afternoon round of coaching sessions |
18:30 onwards |
Welcome cocktail (for all event participants) |
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The two training sessions will be held in a traditional one-to-many tuition scheme.
The coaching sessions will be held in a one-to-one scheme, allowing full interaction between experts and the company.
Depending on the number of participating companies, each coaching session will last between 30 and 60 minutes. The session will be based on a joint examination and revision of the showcase submitted, prior to the summit, by the subscribing companies.
DAY 2 Thursday, November the 4th, 2010
09:00 – 09:30 |
Registration of conference delegates |
09:30 – 10:15 |
Welcome and openings by authorities and organisers:
• Hon. Tonio Fenech (Minister of Finance, Malta)
• Reinhard Büscher (Head of Unit of Support for Innovation, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission)
• Jesmond Xuereb (Director, Fondazijoni Temi Zammit, Malta)
• Reuben Portanier (CEO, Lotteries And Gaming Authority, Malta)
• Michela Michilli, (Head of EU & Intl. Initiatives Unit, FILAS, Italy)
• Mario Galea (Advisor to the Executive Chairman, Malta Enterprise,
Malta)
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| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Invited speech: “Lure of the Game: Understanding What Makes Digital Games Involving”
• Gordon Calleja (Head of Centre for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Dr. Gordon Calleja is Assistant Professor and the Head of the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen. He currently lectures in Game Theory at Masters level at ITU. He has a background in Literary Theory and Media Studies and received his PhD from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. |
10:45 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
Panel on the theme “The ever increasing convergence of mobile tech and gaming: threats and opportunities. A Maltese perspective in a European context.”
Panelists:
• Saviour Chircop (Director, Centre for Communication Technology, University of Malta)
• Alexiei Dingli (Mayor of La Valletta and lecturer at the Department of Intelligent Computer Systems of the University of Malta)
• Jeanine Rizzo (Intellectual Property specialist, Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Malta)
• Trevor de Giorgio (International Compliance Manager, Greentube, Malta)
• Edwin Ward (CEO, Peak Ogilvy and Mather, Malta)
Moderator:
• Carlo Donzella (Technical Manager ImMediaTe project, FILAS, Italy and Mobile Gaming Summit Coordinator, FTZ, Malta)
The panel will debate the increasing “mobilization” of gaming, under the viewpoints of technological advances and application scenarios. The many opportunities and threats ahead will be examined from the Maltese perspective: Malta is already a “gaming cluster nation” that is a powerhouse in iGaming and eagerly striving to replicate the success in other gaming sectors. Maltese stakeholders with an international background/dimension will provide their experiences and opinions. |
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
14:00 – 15:00 |
Visit to demos and posters expo |
15:00 – 15:30 |
Invited speech: “Online games industry - Status and future”
• Jørgen Tharaldsen (Creative Producer, Funcom, Norway)
Where is online games today , where are they going, what are the trends, and why are the trends like they are? Jørgen Tharaldsen currently works in Funcom as a Creative Producer, directing the development of a new virtual world. Funcom is one of the world's leading developers and publishers of virtual gaming worlds, and titles includes Anarchy Online, Age of Conan, The Longest Journey and The Secret World. In addition to his work in Funcom he is the group leader for games and a board member in the Norwegian Film, TV and Games producers association, which organizes the companies who stand behind some 85% of all audiovisual production in Norway. |
15:30 – 16:45 |
Panel on the theme “Gaming has already become the richest sector of digital entertainment, worldwide. Is it just “a gorilla game”, or can SMEs and clusters have a say?”
Panelists:
• Klaus Haasis (Director, MFG, Germany)
• Thalita Malagò (Secretary General, AESVI, Italy)
• Kamil Othman (VP Creative Multimedia Strategy & Policy, Multimedia Development Corporation, Malaysia)
• Stanley Wang (Deputy General Director, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan)
• Jørgen Tharaldsen (Creative Producer, Funcom, Norway)
• Peter De Jong (Board Member, Dutch Games Association and CEO, Codeglue, the Netherlands)
Moderator:
• Jason Hall (Head of Innovation, New Markets and Skills, Screen WM, UK)
Apart subscriptions to Internet and PayTV, gaming is the biggest and fastest growing sector of digital media. Public institutions in Europe and beyond see it therefore as an ideal “innovative and creative” sector where to test policies and support schemes to make new companies flourish and new jobs created. Is that a reasonable and achievable objective or the “scale of the game” is so big that the largest companies dominate the entire market dynamics? Shall we expect new business relationships emerge between the big fishes and the minnows? Are there significant differences within Europe and between Europe and other regions of the world, especially South-East Asia? |
16:45 – 17:00 |
Coffee break
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| 17:00 – 17:30 |
Invited speech: “The Social Factor: Its Effect on Mobile IGaming”
• Mario S. Galea (CEO, Random Consulting, Malta)
Mario is a historical name for iGaming. He was the first CEO of the Lotteries and Gaming Authority in Malta and he introduced a number of gaming legislations whose regulatory model still serves as a standard for other jurisdictions. He’s an influential consultant to the EC on regulatory aspects as well as to industry in new gaming markets. He will expound in his speech his vision on how social gaming is going to reshape the whole gaming sector. |
| 17:30 – 19:00 |
This session is co-organized with Mobile Mondays Malta
Panel on the theme: "iGaming on Mobile: Where to now?"
Panelists:
• Jérôme Boutellier (Board Member, MobPartner, France)
• Ric Ferraro (VP Business Development, Golden Gekko, Spain)
• Ian Dunning (CEO, Wagerlogic, Malta)
• Malcolm Mallia (Director Business Development, Aspider Solutions Malta, Malta)
• Jackie Scerri (Associate, Zammit & Associates – Advocates and Legal Consultant- CSB Group, Malta)
• Alan Alden (General Secretary of Malta Remote Gaming Council and Director of Kyte Consultants Ltd., Malta)
• Mario S. Galea (CEO, Random Consulting, Malta)
Moderator:
• Alex Grech (Managing Partner of Strategy Works and Strategist in Digital Media, Mobile Mondays Malta)
The panel will explore the future of IGaming on Mobile - from a platform and Vertical perspective. The affiliate element will be discussed also as to proof where the push in this channel needs to be placed and whether the paradigm - IGaming + Affiliate business model works well in the Mobile channel. |
19:00 onwards |
Networking dinner
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DAY 3 Friday, November the 5th, 2010
08:30 – 09:30 |
Registration of showcase/partnering delegates and breakfast |
09:30 – 10:30 |
Introductions to the day and presentations
• Introduction to the day by the Master of Ceremony (Jakob Rasmussen, Director, Living Labs Global, Danmark)
• Mobile convergence and its requirement for successful gaming (Ian Dunning, CEO, Wagerlogic, Malta)
• Cross-platform gaming: the evolution of mobile gaming in the past five years and future trends (Alfred Hofer, VP Marketing and Sales, Greentube, Austria)
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| 10:30 – 11:15 |
Showcase presentations with Q&A moderated by Ian Dunning, Wagerlogic
• Presentations of showcases by:
o Digital Fun (Italy)
o Codefactory/FITA (Malta)
o Nexgen (Singapore)
o Centre for Communication Technology UoM (Malta)
• Q&A from the audience
• Plenum discussions |
| 11:15 – 11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30 – 12:15 |
Showcase presentations with Q&A moderated by Alfred Hofer, Greentube
• Presentations of showcases by:
o Golden Gekko (Spain)
o Codeglue (the Netherlands)
o WinAsUGo (Malta)
o int13 (France)
• Q&A from the audience
• Plenum discussions |
12:15 – 13:15 |
Showcase presentations with Q&A moderated by Malcolm Mallia, Aspider Solutions
• Presentations of showcases by:
o StrategyWorks (Malta)
o Lechill (Spain) - TBC
o Quad Consultancy (Malta)
o Funcom (Norway)
• Q&A from the audience
• Plenum discussions
• Bidding goodbye |
13:15 – 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30 – 17:00 |
Continued discussions and pre-arranged meetings |
This day is based on the showcase concept and platform developed - and successfully established worldwide - by Living Labs Global, an ImMediaTe project partner.
The day will also be co-organised with Malta Enterprise under the aegis of the EEN (Enterprise Europe Network). Both Malta Enterprise and FILAS are EEN members.
FILAS, the project coordinator, is currently coordinating EEN’s Thematic Group on Creative Industries. Participating companies will therefore have many opportunities to meet counterparts through pre-arranged or on-site contacts.
PARTICIPATION FEE
All activities in the 3 days are FREE to eligible participants. Organizers reserve the right to decide admission on the basis of the companies’ profiles.
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