2023
GIST I Indieway
September 22-24, GIST | Indieway
11:00 - 11:30
Opening Speech
Meriç Eryürek
Upgrade Entertainment B.V.
Co-Founder
Pınar Türker
Medya AŞ
General Manager
İsa Turgut İnci
YTU Yıldız Teknopark
Deputy General Manager
11:30 - 12:00
Why and How We Made a Political Impact Game - Death From Above
Hendrik Lesser
Remote Control Productions
CEO
12:00 - 13:00
Are You Venture Investible: Non-Obvious Roadblocks and Red Flags When Pitching For VC Funding
Jason Della Rocca
Execution Labs
Co-Founder
13:00-13:30
How to network like a pro?
Cevher Eryürek
Upgrade Entertainment B.V.
CFO/Events Director
Astrid Gooding
Devcom
BizDev & Key Account Manager
14:00 - 15:00
Workforce and Gender Equality in the Gaming World
Pınar Türker
Medya AŞ
Genel Müdür
Melih Gürel
Futurinn
Founder
Çağla Gül Senkardes
Istanbul University
Faculty Member, PhD
Alp Sezginsoy
Dojo Talent
Co-Founder
15:00 - 15:30
We are drawings of separate worlds
Maya Bora
Blay Games
Art Director
15:30 - 15:45
Finland`s Gaming Ecosystem
Sezin Ata Diler
Business Finland
Talent Manager
Kari Korhonen
Business Finland
Senior Adviser
15:45 - 16:00
Introduction to Finland and Opportunities for Startups
Annamari Soikkeli
Business Finland
Manager for Startup Permit
16:00 - 16:30
Can Uzer
Rovio Entertainment
Lead Sound Designer
17:00 - 18:00
Experiences from Finnish Gaming Ecosystem - Panel discussion
Oleg Paliy
Games Factory Talent
CEO
Deniz Kural
Supercell
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Creating Photo-realistic Digital Humans For Cinematics and Run-time With Unity
Mark Schoennagel
Unity
Advocate, Emerging Tech
18:00 - 19:00
Art Direction of Indie Games Projects
Serkan Özay
Hero Concept
Creative Director
Gallery