This is an open workshop for anyone interested and invested in the future of game development and gaming. We seek to bring together a range of professional, educational and lived experiences from students and researchers to game developers, gamers, artists, UX designer, sound designers, producers, marketing managers and others.

To kick the workshop off we’re inviting three game professionals to share trends that are affecting them, a signal of change they are curious about, and a future of games they are striving towards.

In the workshop part, you’ll learn about and practice identifying and using one of the core elements in foresight : signals of change. You will work side-by-side with folks from other fields and backgrounds and learn about the signs of change they see connected to futures of games.

Participation is free of charge, but seats are limited. The workshop will be held in English.

Program

• 12.30 pm Registration, coffee and tea
• 1 pm Welcome and introduction
• 1.10 pm Three reflections by invited speakers
• 1.45 pm Workshop (Introduction to signals of change, Mapping and sharing of signals, Identifying potential trajectories for the future of digital games)
• 4 pm End of workshop

Speakers

Martin Walfisz Founder and Creative Advisor at Connecting the Pixels Entrepreneur and gaming industry veteran with 30 years of experience. Co-founder of Massive Entertainment and Game Habitat, and former CEO of Thunderful Group. Today, he works as an advisor focusing on how emerging technologies are shaping the future of the gaming industry.

Björn Flintberg Researcher at RISE Leads support for the Swedish games industry, focusing on the ecosystem and factors that enable growth, such as clusters, incubators, community culture, and policy. He is also on the board of the Swedish Games Industry, represents the sector in the EU’s EIT Culture & Creativity, and is part of the Swedish Game Development Research Center (GDRC).

Bobbi A Sand Game Director at Transcenders Media

Context

This workshop is part of the Collaborative Foresight cycle Futures of Games, hosted in collaboration between Media Evolution and Game Habitat with additional funding from the Region of Skåne.

Illustration: Barbara Schussmann