Speakers • Nordic Game 2020

NG19 Speakers

NG20 speakers announced as confirmed

Speakers announced as confirmed

Stefan Abadzhiev

Director BD EMEA, TELUS International

Elie Abraham

Audio Designer/Composer/VA, Ian & Elie

Kevin Agwaze

Treasurer, Game Workers Unite

Melek Balgün

TV Announcer/Journalist

Dominik Baumeister

Developer Tech Engineer, AMD

Malte Behrmann

Professor/Attorney, BBW Hochschule

Kristoffer Benjaminsson

CTO, Fast Travel Games

Nicolae Berbece

Developer, Those Awesome Guys

Jonathan Berg

Hugo Bille

Game Designer, Hugo Bille

Morten Brunbjerg

Game and Screenwriter

Sara Casén

Producer/Co-Founder, Midnight Hub

Christopher Cataldi

Co-Founder/COO, Genvid Technologies

Sam Chaotic

Content Creator/Streamer/Entrepreneur

Charles Chiang

Founder/COO, MyGamez

Matthew Compher

Level Designer, Tarsier Studios

Crystin Cox

LiveOps Evangelist, Microsoft PlayFab

Adrian Cuevas

Co-Founder, Nomada Studio

Ste Curran

Creative Director, One Life Left

Arnaud De Bock

Developer, Sectordub

Catharina Bøhler

CEO/Game Designer, Sarepta Studio

Michael Cheung

Partner, Makers Fund

Torbjørn Christensen

Gameplay Director, IO Interactive

Maarten de Koning

Partner/EVP BD, DDM

Jason Della Rocca

Co-Founder, Execution Labs

Kate Edwards

CEO & Principal Consultant, Geogrify

Christoffer Elfving

Global Key Acct. Mgr., Dreamhack

Kristofer Eng

Founder/CPO, Elias Software

Mattias Engström

Game Director, IO Interactive

Annette Stavenow Eriksson

CEO/President, Lawyer.se

Matthew Florianz

Lead Sound Designer, Frontier

Julius Fondem

Associate Producer, Ubisoft Redlynx

Fredrik Fottland

Animation Producer, Expanse

Florine Fouquart

Digital Artist/Game Developer

Mike Gamble

Head of Games Lic. EMEA, Epic Games

Are Mack Growen

Principal, London Venture Partners

Ken Hall

CEO/Creative Director, 2Dogs Games

Ian Hamilton

Accessibility Specialist, IHDC

Henrik Hedberg

Tax Partner, Grant Thornton

Riku Heino

Game Designer, Rovio Entertainment

KooPee Hiltunen

Director, Neogames Finland

Doron Hirsch

Co-Founder, Kwa Qua Games

Douglas Holmquist

Composer/Sound Designer, Holmquist Tonalitet

Zach Huntley

President/Bus. Mgr., Kakehashi Games

Philip Hübner

Head of BD & Strategy, Challengermode

Lili Ibrahim

Art Director, Chucklefish

Marie-Claire Isaaman

CEO, Women in Games

Patrick Jarnfelt

Chairman, Copenhagen Game Collective

Martin Johnson

Founder, Electric Dreamland

Gemma Johnson-Brown

Chief People/BD Officer, Dovetail Games

Sjoerd De Jong

Sr. Engine Evangelist, Epic Games

Heini Kaihu

Samuel Kahn

Jari-Pekka Kaleva

Vera Karpova

Lead Analyst, Devtodev

William Kelly

Researcher, University of Oxford

Emil Kjaehr

Product Manager, Funday Factory

Tobias Kopka

Art. Dir./Head of Dev. Rel., Ludicious/Reboot

Lisa Kretschmer

Development Manager, EA Ghost Games

Thomas Kriebernegg

Andreas Krogh

Lead Game Designer, IO Interactive

PJ Kuczynski

Member, Copenhagen Game Collective

Johannes Kuhlmann

Head of Core Tech., Deep Silver Fishlabs

Jiri Kupiainen

CEO/Founder, Matchmade

Julius Kuschke

Chief Product Officer, Nevigo

Leena Kuusniemi

Special Adviser, Fipra International

Lau Korsgaard

Founder/CD, Napnok Games

Andreas Lange

President, EFGAMP

Arran Langmead

Dev. Rel./Tech. Artist, Epic Games

Forest Swartout Large

Sr. Producer, IO Interactive

Sara Larsson

Software Eng./Gamification Des., CGI

Samuel Lee

Partner/COO, Kowloon Nights

Mikael Leinonen

Yanqi Li

Business Manager, Vivo

QiuShi Liang

Head of Game Bus./Dep. GM (Div. 2), XiaoMi

Tsahi Liberman

Head of Marketing/BD, Simpool

Alberto Gonzalez Lorca

VP Bus. Dev., Bandai Namco Ent. Europe

Jon Cato Lorentzen

CEO, Krillbite Studio

Mylène Lourdel

Game Marketing & Communication

Pascal Luban

Game Designer & Creative Director

Harri Manninen

Founding Partner, Play Ventures

Dieter Marchsreiter

MD, Marchsreiter Communications

Anna-Liisa Mattila

Lena Mech

Chief Wonderer, Copenhagen Game Collective

Rich Metson

Co-Founder, Semaeopus

Markus Myhrberg

Thor Mýrdal

Composer/Sound Designer

Arnold Nesis

CEO/Composer, Capricia Productions

Anna Norrevik

CEO, Antler Interactive

Yotam Noy

Jaana Nykänen

CEO, Divine Robot

Olivier Oosterbaan

Lawyer, Leopold Meijnen Oosterbaan

Anastasia Opara

Procedural Artist, Embark Studios

Pieter Paepe

Practising Partner, Astrea

Mark Parker

Lion Tamer, The Bearded Ladies

Trista Patterson

Sr. Adv. GRID-Arendal, UN Envir. Collab. Ctr.

Enric Pedró

Chris Perrella

Sr. Graphics Tech. Artist, Insomniac Games

Tommy Persson

Founder, Lawyer.se

Adrian Popovici

Head of VR Development, Gleechi

Licia Prehn

Head of Production, Nopia

Ari Pulkkinen

CEO/Composer, AriTunes

Jakob Rasmussen

Lead AI Designer, Apex Game Tools

Asko Relas

Sr. Data Engineer, Rovio Ent.

Jacob Riis

Program Director, Nordic Game

Erik Robertson

MD, Nordic Game Resources

Micaela Romanini

Vice Director, VIGAMUS Foundation

Lindsey Rostal

CEO/Game Director, Timberline Studio

Patrick Rose

Founder, Games Analysts

Magnus Runesson

Programmer, Resolution Games

Cvetan Rusimov

COO, Imperia Online

Max Samorukov

Ramin Shokrizade

Meta Game Designer, 2Dogs Games

Shum Singh

Founder, Agnitio Capital

Tobias Sjögren

Video Games Consultant

David Skarin

First Lady, The Bearded Ladies

Philip Skogsberg

Co-Founder, Challengermode

Hans von Knut Skovfoged

Creative Director, PortaPlay

Warren Spector

Studio Director, OtherSide Ent.

Luke Spierewka

Code/Design, Afterburn

Anette Ståløy

VP Bus. & Marketing, Dirtybit

Haydn Taylor

Sr. Staff Writer, GamesIndustry.biz

Jørgen Tharaldsen

CEO, Megapop Games

Rose Thomas

Level Designer, King

Haraldur Thormundsson

Circus Director, The Bearded Ladies

Ragnar Tørnquist

CEO, Red Thread Games

Reginaldo Valadares

Head of Studio, Rovio Ent. (Stockholm)

Rob van der Loo

David Verbruggen

Representative, Ingames

Simon Vickers

Lead Designer, Avalanche Studios

Giovanna Villani

Sr. Mgr. Bus. Acquisition, Digital Bros

Sophie Vo

Executive Producer, Rovio Ent.

Michael Vogt

Main Writer, IO Interactive

Ólafur Waage

Senior Programmer, Ubisoft Massive

Bobby Wertheim

Sr. Content Mgr., Sega Europe

Thomas Westin

Instructor/Researcher, Stockholm University

Jamie (Sheng) Xue

Overseas BD Mgr., OPPO

Chris (ZhuoLiang) Zhou

Sr. Product Manager, Tencent