SCHEDULE:

10.00 Doors Open – Registering Open

10.00 Demo Area Open

11.00 – 11.15 Welcome words by Chair Person Wanda / Valtteri Lahti & Event Director Mira Oja

11.15 – 11.30 Opening words BusinessJKL, City of Jyväskylä

11.30 – 11.50 Mika Karhulahti Jamk, Raine Koskimaa JYU

12.00 – 12.55 Speaker Joni Finne, Vice-Chairperson, Company: IGDA Finland / Finnish Game Jam

Topic: Not sure what I did, but here I’m!

13.00 – 14.15 Lunch at Ilokivi

14.30 – 15.25 Speaker Sami Kalliokoski, CEO, Company: Traplight

Topic: Navigating Mobile Business in 2023 (from Traplight’s perspective) 

15.25 – 15.40 Break (15 min)

15.40 – 16.35 Speakers Olli Raudus CEO & Co-Founder & Simo Ollonen CTO & Co-Founder, Company: All Hats Oy

Topic: The highs and lows of being a founder of a game company

16.25 – 16.50 Break (15 min)

16.50 – 17.45 Speaker Salla Hakkola, Composer, Harpist, Performance
Artist, Founder of Tonally Oy, Company: Tonally Oy

Topic: Quality music in games – what’s the point, what it takes and how to make the most of it

 

17.45 – 18.00 Break (15 min)

18.00 – 18.55 Speaker Ilari Kuittinen, Studio Head, Company: Housemarque

Topic: Strategic decisions of an independent studio

19.00 – 19.30 Panel with the Speakers

 

BREAK 

 

AFTER PARTY

20.00 “Doors open”

20.15 The Next Level Awards

20.30 DJ & VJ

23.00  End Of After Party

 

SPEAKERS slots 45 min + QA 10 min

Ilari Kuittinen, Managing Director of Housemarque

Salla Hakkola, Composer, Harpist, Performance Artist, Founder of Tonally Oy

Olli Raudus CEO & Co-Founder / Simo Ollonen CTO & Co-Founder of All Hats

Joni Finne, Vice-Chairperson, of IGDA Finland / Finnish Game Jam

Sami Kalliokoski, CEO, Traplight