Game Connection

Game Connection is a business convention of the video game industry [ [http://www.gdconf.com/events/gameconnection.htm Events // Game Connection // Game Developers Conference 2007 ] ] . It is an international marketplace for game developers, service providers and publishers looking to expand their network and to find the right business partners.

History

The Game Connection history began in 2001, when Pierre Carde, Director of Lyon Game, decided to set up a convention for the gaming industry with the objective of doing business.

The first convention took place in Lyon on December 2001 and attracted 27 French developers and 20 international publishers. Last year Game Connection Europe brought together more than 150 development studios, 94 service providers, and 150 publishers, representing a total of about 36 countries. In 2004, the Game Connection joined the Game Developers Conference in California.

Location

The Game Connection takes place in two different locations at different periods of the year.
* Game Connection Europe is held yearly in Lyon (France) during fall.
* Game Connection America takes place in San Francisco (USA) in February during the Game Developers Conference.

The Online Meeting System

Before the event, all attendees register on the Game Connection website. Through the online meeting system, participants can learn about each other’s company projects and interests; search through the database, ask questions, send meeting requests and much more. This means meetings are only scheduled when both parties are interested, increasing the efficiency of the event and the probability that the right business partners will be found. On the website, developers can display their projects to give publishers an idea of what they will be presenting at the convention.

During the event, each exhibitor (game seller or service provider) has a closed booth in which he can make its presentations to buyers during half-hour meetings. Depending on everyone's schedules, companies can conduct up to 40 meetings in three days.

Connection Events

Connection Events is the organizer of Game Connection. Created in July 2006, the company is a spin-off of Lyon Game, which initially launched Game Connection Europe. Through the years, Connection Events has developed a true expertise in the video game industry which has led it to be put in charge of organizing the Lyon Game Developers Conference, the first French edition of the original GDC held yearly in California.

This year, Connection Events is also co-organizer of the Paris Game Developers Conference, which will take place in Paris on June 23-24 2008.

Connection Events is currently working on a project called Game Credits. Game Credits will be the complete database of video game professionals and the games (or projects) they have worked on. It will offer a complete game history, complete with details about people and companies that participate in their creation. The project will be launched by spring 2008.

References

External links

* [http://www.game-connection.com/ Official Game Connection website]