The German Esports Summit returns at the beginning of December. Organised by the German Esports Federation (ESBD), the summit will take place as part of the Gamevasion powered by DreamHack event in Hanover.

The line-up for the German Esports Summit has been confirmed. With 40 speakers and hosts, the German Esports Federation ESBD (06 and 07 December) kicks off at Gamevasion. With a standard day or festival ticket, visitors can attend the panels on the main stage. For keynotes, workshops and firesides, a trade visitor ticket for the B2B area is required. Festival topics include everything to do with esports and gaming, TikTok as a Twitch alternative, brand awareness of esports viewers, media protection for minors, esports structures in Lower Saxony, sim racing and the Olympics. The programme is available here.

Participants include Belit Onay (Mayor of Hannover), Christopher Flato, Julia Weitzel, Michael Haenisch, Lennart Kreuter, Timo Bock, Benedikt Wenck, Matthias Konen, Lorenzo von Petersdorff and many more.


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Marcel Kleffmann is Chief of Content of GamesMarket and our B2B and B2C expert for hardware, market data, products and launch numbers with more than two decades of editorial experience. (marcelDOTkleffmannATgamesmarktDOTde)
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