Videogame Economics Forum - Le programme mis à jour

Angoulême - 5 & 6 avril 2012

Dernière ligne droite pour s'inscrire au " Videogame Economics Forum ". En réponse aux attentes de nombreux professionnels et en concertation avec Jean-Michel Blottière, nous avons pris l'initiative de lancer un nouvel évènement autour des problématiques liées au financement. Avec des espaces de Networking, vous pourrez rencontrer de nouveaux partenaires et développer votre activité…

Découvrez le programme de ce nouvel événement ouvert à tous les professionnels de l'Image. Pensé pour vous, le " Videogame Economics Forum " s'inscrit dans une démarche constructive afin de répondre au mieux à vos attentes et vous accompagner dans votre développement. Profitez des mutations en cours pour vous positionner et trouver vos partenaires financiers, techniques et artistiques.

Le " Videogame Economics Forum " s'est fixé pour objectif de vous fournir les clefs vous permettant d'optimiser votre stratégie, de mettre à votre disposition un lieu de rencontres et d'échanges de qualité orientés sur les principales problématiques freinant aujourd'hui l'essor des secteurs liés au divertissement.

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Thursday, April 5 2012

09.30 - 10.00 // Welcome Coffee

10.00 - 10h10 // Opening talks

Official Opening - Robert Richard - President Pôle Image Magelis
Opening words - Jean-Michel Blottière - CEO - NX Publishing & VEF Conference Chair

10.15 - 10.30 // Opening Address

Industry trends in digital technologies & gaming and financing opportunities
Francis Lorentz - CEO - LD&A (Lorentz, Deschamps & Associés)

10.30 - 11.00 // Opening Keynote

Discussion: The next format transition: is it already underway?
Joseph Olin - Executive Director, International Digital Media & Arts Association, COO Fulltime Interactive, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California, Industry Consultant
John Taylor - President - Arcadia Investment Corporation

11.05 - 11.20 // Business Intelligence

How to turn a great game into a great company?
Peter Warman - CEO & Co-founder Newzoo I Gamesindustry.com

11.20 - 11.40 // Networking Break

11.45 - 12.00 // Business Models

Rise of the Mobile Browser Game
Rob Unsworth - VP Global Sales - Digitale Chocolate

12.05 - 12.20 // Business Models

Brand and Product Placement in Social Games: what we learnt from Totally Spies ! experience and Kompany
Frédérique Doumic - CEO - OUAT Entertainment

12.25 - 13.00 // Who's who ?

Studios / Investors / Speakers Fast Forward Presentation

13.00 - 14.10 // Networking Lunch

14.15 - 14.45 // Keynote

Why Investors Invest, and Don't Invest, In Game Companies
Glenn Entis - General Partner - Vanedge Capital

14.50 - 15.20 // Discussion

Power 2 the Player!
Sébastien Doumic - S VP Creation- OUAT Entertainment
Luc Bourcier - VP & GM Publishing Europe Southern Region Codemasters
PhD "Game In Progress: New Business Models for the Videogame Industry"

15.25 - 15.40 // Funding and Financing

Lessons learnt from the first 10 Years of Online Games in Europe
Carsten van Husen - CEO - Gameforge 4D

15.45 - 16.00 // Funding and Financing

Raising Capital for Video Games Companies
Patrick Memmi - President - Axiom Finance

16.05 - 16.30 // Keynote

TOGETHER IN HARMONY, bridging the gap between founders & investors
Nicolas Gaume - President - SNJV / CEO - Mimesis Republic

16.35 - 17.30 // Funding and Financing

Panel Discussion: Financers and Investors perspective
Host: Carole Faure - Director of Video Game Management specialized MBA - Institut de l'Internet et du Multimédia - Pôle Léonard de Vinci

Panellists

Glenn Entis - General Partner - Vanedge Capital
Guillaume Lautour - Partner - Idinvest Partners
Thibaut Revel - Partner - Clipperton Finance
Valérie Bourgoin - Head of Videogame on Digital Department - CNC

17.45 // Shuttle to Cognac - Departure from CitéBD

19.00 - 20.00 // Visit of Château Otard Cognac Distillery - Baron Otard Cognac Tasting

20.00 - 23.00 // Gala Dinner

Friday, April 6 2012

09.00 - 09.30 // Welcome Coffee

09.30 - 09.35 // Welcome

Opening words - Jean-Michel Blottière - CEO - NX Publishing & VEF Conference Chair

09.40 - 09.55 // Business Intelligence

Value Creation in Media and Entertainment Industries
Alain Busson - Affiliate Professor - HEC Paris (Hautes Etudes Commerciales)

10.00 - 10.15 // Business Models

Distributing and promoting digital content for independant developers
Terence Mosca - Director - Consulting

10.20 - 10.45 // Business Intelligence

How to develop a distribution network?
Abrial Da Costa - CEO - Funforge Digital - Xavier Liard - President and Business Development Director - DotEmu

10.50 - 11.05 // Business Models

Business models between game companies and Media websites
Pierre Mathieu - Head of online games - eTF1

11.10 - 11.25 // Business Intelligence

Communities - An Added Value
Thomas Lagemann - CEO - Two Pi Team // Nadja Bastawi - CVO - Two Pi Team

11.30 - 11.45 // Business Intelligence

Data analysis and graph theory of social games
Olivier Mathieu - VP Business Operations - IsCool Entertainment

11.50 - 12.05 // Business Intelligence

Enhancing player monetization through advanced statistics
Olivier Masclef - Managing Director - KiNiRo

12.10 - 12.25 // Students Special

Jump in the Puddle: From a Student's Game to a Commercial One
Stéphane Natkin - Professor - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Computer Science Department - and Founder and Director of ENJMIN - Graduate School on Games and Interactive Media.

12.30 - 13.00 // Students Special - ENJMIN's Projects Fast Forward Presentation

13.00 - 14.30 // Networking Lunch

14.30 - 15.00 // Keynote

Discussion: Online market: Key Trends and industry economics
A top-down view of the key trends, competitive dynamics and economics shaping the broader online environment and the ever-evolving Internet
Meredith Amdur: General Manager, Strategy and M&A, Microsoft Online Services Division - Microsoft Corp.
Evan Hirsch - Fire Chief - Engine Co. 4

15.05 - 15.20 // Business Intelligence

Where have all the gamers gone?
Anita Frazier - Industry Analyst - NPD Group

15.25 - 15.40 // Business Intelligence

The Socially Synergistic Enterprise: Balancing internal and external collaboration to improve innovation
Marcel Baron - Consultant Enterprise Marketing Management - IBM

15.45 - 16.00 // Business Intelligence

How cloud Gaming and dematerialization will affect the business model and value chain of AAA console Video Games
Guillaume de Fondaumière - Co-CEO, Executive Producer - Quantic Dream

16.05 - 16.20 // Business Models

Cloud Gaming Business Models
Ivan Lebeau - President - Prodeo Consulting / GM France Playcast Media

16.25 - 16.40 // Business Models

The secret hero of Cloud Gaming: the non gamer
Sevan Kessissian - Vice President of strategy and content - G-Cluster

16.45 - 17.00 // Best practice

Free to play is not free to build
Mark DeLoura - Videogame Technology Consultant

17.05 - 17.20 // Best practice

Smelling Smoke: Early Warning Signs of Trouble with Your Developer
Evan Hirsch - Fire Chief - Engine Co. 4

17.25 - 17.40 // Business Intelligence

Social Gaming best practice through the eyes of Kobojo
Vincent Vergonjeanne - Co-Founder - Vice President Products & Strategy - Kobojo

17.45 - 18.45 // Funding and Financing

Panel Discussion: Studios perspective
Host: Frédérique Doumic - CEO - OUAT Entertainment