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W Love Games 2019
How it all started......
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“When I though of the speakers, workshops and mentoring program I wanted to bring value to the audience not just having “big names” but real dev-to-dev tips that attendees can benefit from. We have so much to share and learn from each other and core of @WLoveGames is exactly that!”, Natasha Skult
Speakers
Sophie Vo
I am a creative lead with over ten years of experience in the mobile gaming industry. What makes me wake up everyday is creating new exciting game experiences that can reach millions of players, expanding the capabilities of mobile and technology. I am currently building a small creative and lean team with Voodoo in Berlin, to create that next unique experience.
Osama Dorias
Osama Dorias is the Lead Game Designer at Warner Brothers Games Montreal. He also teaches Game Design at Dawson College where he authored the Independent Game Design Program. Osama loves to empower people in expressing themselves through game making. He especially loves to give a voice to marginalized people and causes.
Ekaterina (Katya) Dolgova
Ekaterina (Katya) Dolgova is a Human Resources professional with 20+ years of experience in Financial, Consulting, IT and Gaming industries. A lawyer and Chartered FCIPD by background, Katya has been working in the HR field since 1995. Now in July 2019 Katya is a co-founder & COO of Redhill Games and an HR Consulting company in Cyprus – It Starts With You.
Gabriele Aimone
When not taking care of my beautiful daughters, I am pretending to work in the game industry 😀 In these magic years I have been part of the rise of Supercell, Playraven and other startups shipping over 10 successful mobile games. Currently I am the Director of Helsinki Games Capital Ry, a new association focused on helping the Games Industry in the capital area.
NIkolina Zidar
Nikolina started her career in games during Rovio’s early days, where she held a title of Head of Production. She moved on to Next Games after that to work as Production Lead, but entrepreneurial “itch” was too strong in her and she moved on to found and lead Full XP Oy. Since 2018, she has been CEO of Unicorn Pirates Studio Oy, one of the most diverse gaming studios in the world, focused on making games for women and other underrepresented audiences.
Rufio
Rufio is a person who wears many hats. Last year, they were awarded the honor of the 2018 Jamtivist and a few months later they set a world record when streaming themselves making music for 30 games during Global Game Jam.
Anna Salomaa
Anna is the co-founder and CEO of Resistance Games, a PC strategy game studio located in Oulu, Finland. With 8 years of experience from the industry she has also worked in game start-ups, run gaming business development projects and lead the Oulu Game LAB, the game education program of Oulu University of Applied Sciences.
Rebekka Muntola
Rebekka Muntola is a Producer at PlayStack. Molding her path from contemporary arts to games, her passions lie in the creativeness and social aspect of video games.
Workshops
Practical Tools for Building Empathy and Trust at a Workplace ​by Johannes Koski
Lego Serious Play by Regina Casteleijn-Osorno
Game Design by Karoliina Korppoo
SPECIAL TREAT FOR 3D ARTISTS by Jani Kahrama
