TIGA Plans Conference During the London Games Festival

The British Games Developers Association has announced its own business conference in London on 3 April, aimed at start-ups and founders in the British games industry. The event will take place during the London Games Festival, but is apparently not part of the LGF.

The London Game Festival (LGF) itself will take place from 2 April to 13 April. Numerous events are planned in England's capital city, including the new consumer trade fair New Game Plus, the renowned BAFTA Awards and the investment conference Games Finance Market.

The UK Games Developer Association, TIGA, is apparently keen to take advantage of the attention generated by the LGF. TIGA has announced the new Start-Up, Scale-Up & Grow Conference for 3 April. The conference is to take place in London at the premises of TIGA's charity partner The Passage and will bring together 25 speakers. The content will cover topics such as raising investment, marketing, leadership and management, and the importance of mentoring.

The speakers already announced include Chris Kingsley, CTO & Co-Founder Rebellion, Gemma Brown, COO, Dovetail Games, Chris McCourt, Investment Director, Mercia Ventures, Joanna Haslam, Design Director Snap Finger Click, Nathalia Garcia, Fractional CMO, Julia Kenny, Head of Console Partnerships Headup and Astrid Refstrup, Developer Relations and Business Development Wings.

"TIGA’s focus is to make the UK the best place in the world to develop video games. In addition to campaigning for our industry in the corridors of power and enhancing games education, TIGA aims to enable more studios to start-up, scale-up and grow. The UK is a great place to start-up a games business, but growing is difficult, especially for independent studios. TIGA’s research reveals that 53 per cent of all studios founded between 2008 and 2018 did not survive to 2023. Of those studios that endure, many stay small, with 78 per cent of all UK games studios employing four or fewer people. The TIGA Start-Up, Scale-Up & Grow Conference will provide unrivalled advice, information and inspiration to studios seeking to scale-up and grow and so support the wider video games industry." - Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA

With the date of 3 April, TIGA has scheduled the conference to take place at exactly the same time as the LGF. However, the conference is not an official partner event. At least it is not listed as such on the LGF website.

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