Speakers • Nordic Game 2018

NG18 Speakers

Adam Sawicki

Dev. Tech. Engineer, AMD

Adonis Flokiou

Incubation Manager, The Animation Workshop

Adrian Tingstad Husby

Designer, Krillbite Studio

Albertina Sparrhult

Project Manager, Arkatay Consulting

Alessandro Canossa

Sr. User Rsr./Data Sci., Massive Entertainment

Alexey Izvalov

Amanda Warner

Learning/Game Creator

Andreas Thomsen

Technical Designer, Bedtime Digital Games

Andrew Brand

Recruitment Manager, Ubisoft Blue Byte

Anette Staloy

VP Business & Marketing, Dirtybit

Angie Smets

Executive Producer, Guerrilla Games

Anita Sarkeesian

Director, Feminist Frequency

Anna Jenelius

CEO/Creative Director, Valiant Game Studio

Antonia Koop

CEO, Kite Rider-Strategic Adventures

Are Mack Growen

VP of Product, London Venture Partners

Ari Arnbjörnsson

Senior Game Programmer, Armada Interactive

Ari Pulkkinen

Composer/Producer, AriTunes

Arnold Nesis

CEO/Composer, Capricia Productions

Audrey Leprince

President, The Game Bakers

Bendik Stang

CEO/Co-Founder/CD, Snowcastle Games

Björn Berg Marklund

Lecturer, University of Skövde

Bjorn Toft Madsen

Senior Director, King

Bobbi Augustine Sand

Game Designer, Transcenders Media

Brandon O’Connell

Lead Developer, Fleech Games

Brjann Sigurgeirsson

CEO, Image & Form

Carlos Estigarribia

BD Director, Gazeus Games

Carolyn Petit

Managing Editor, Feminist Frequency

Casey Al-kaisy

Brand Manager, EA DICE

Chris Remo

Designer/Composer, Campo Santo

Christian Fonnesbech

Head of IP Development, Nordisk Film Games

Christina Seelye

CEO, Maximum Games

Christofer Sundberg

Founder/CCO, Avalanche Studios

Christopher Gade

Christopher Schmitz

Studio Lead/Dir. PD, Ghost Games

Cvetan Rousimov

COO, Imperia Online

Dave Miller

Head of Global Publ., Athlon Games

David Fugère-Lamarre

President, iLLOGIKA

David Lalonde

Director, Nutaku Publishing

David Smith

Managing Director, Interactive Selection

Delano Lobman

HR Manager, Guerrilla Games

Derk de Geus

CEO, Paladin Studios

Ebba Køber

Head of Communication, Flexible Education Norway

Ed Smith

Gaming Vertical Acct. Mgr., Amazon

Elena Egorova

Sr. Intl. Business Developer, Mail.ru Group

Elie Abraham

Mx., Ian & Elie

Emil Bengtsson

Explorer, WhatAreBirds

Erik Odeldahl

Creative Director, Fast Travel Games

Erik Robertson

Managing Director, Nordic Game Resources

Erja Retzén

Senior MD, Nasdaq Nordic

Eros Resmini

Chief Marketing Officer, Discord

Esben Kjær Ravn

CEO/Founder, Kong Orange

Gabby Dizon

Chairman, Alto.io

Gustav Rathsman

Sound Designer, EA DICE

Guzman Diaz

Principal, Index Ventures

Hakan Abrak

CEO/Co-Owner, IO Interactive

Hannibal Glaser

Producer, Decochon

Hans Shakur

Co-Founder/Strategist, Games for Peace

Hans von Knut Skovfoged

Creative Director, PortaPlay

Henrik Grim

Investor, Northzone

Horatiu Roman

Chief Technical Unicorn, VRUnicorns

Ignacio Monereo

BD Android Apps & Games EMEA, Google

Jacob Riis

Program Director, Nordic Game

Jakob Krochmal

Associate, Awapatent

James Shannon

Senior Sound Consultant, Dolby

Jan Schneidereit

PR Manager, Mothership Marketing

Jana Palm

General Manager, Stugan

Jason Della Rocca

Co-Founder, Execution Labs

Jason Roberts

Lead Designer, Buried Signal

Jean-Marc Broyer

Jeff Tremblay

BD Manager, Nutaku Publishing

Jeffrey Hilbert

CEO, Starting Point Games

Jenny Brusk

Senior IT Lecturer, University of Skövde

Jens Andersson

Designer/Co-Founder, Villa Gorilla

Jeremy Kang

Principal Game Designer, King

Johan Engström

Partner/Head of Capital Markets, MAQS

Johanna Nylander

Policy Affairs Mgr., Swedish Games Industry

John Gaudiosi

President, Greenlit Content

John Ozimek

Director, Big Games Machine

John Watson

Technical Director, Stoic

Johnny Monsarrat

Jon Jordan

Editor, BlockchainGamer.biz

Jon Kimmich

CEO, Software Illuminati

Jordan Devore

Co-EIC, Destructoid

Josef Fares

Founder, Hazelight

Juanjo Monge

CMO, Lab Cave Games

Julie Heyde

#ChickenBitch, VRUnicorns

Jupiter Hadley

Journalist/Writer

Kate Edwards

CEO/Principal Consultant, Geogrify

Kevin Suckert

Founder, Pixel Pizza

Kim Krogh

Studio Game Director, King

Kjartan Emilsson

CEO, Sólfar Studios

Krzysztof Żarczyński

Code/Business, Monster Couch

Lance James

Producer, Versus Evil

Lars Henriksen

Sr. Strategic Consultant, Game Hub Denmark

Lars Utstøl

Project Leader, Kunnskapstrening IT

Laura Bularca

Journalist/Writer

Mads Vadsholt

Game Developer/AV Artist, Mads & Friends

Malena Klaus

Independent Game Developer

Marcus Toftedahl

Researcher, University of Skövde

Maria Grimaldi

Sr. Investment Mgr., Goodbye Kansas

Marie Amigues

Mark Peterson

Mark Yeend

Content Director, Xbox/Microsoft

Markus Nyström

Creative Director, Fall Damage

Martin Adolfsson

Game Developer, Kunnskapstrening IT

Martin Durhuus

Creative Director, Arura

Martin Wahlund

Martin Walfisz

Senior Partner, Nordisk Film Games

Masaru Ohnogi

Head of Global BD, Gumi Inc.

Matej Lancaric

Head of Mobile Marketing, Pixelfederation

Mattias Georgson Petrén

Project Manager, Arkatay Consulting

Mattias Lindblad

CEO, Flamebait Games

Max Nilsson

Game Developer, VRUnicorns

Michael Cheung

Partner, Makers Fund

Michael Gallagher

President/CEO, Entertainment Software Association (ESA)

Michael Schade

CEO & Co-Founder, Rockfish Games

Miikka Luotio

Director BD Europe, Tilting Point

Mike Gamble

European Territory Manager, Epic Games

Mike Hines

Developer Evangelist, Amazon.com

Mikkel Fledelius Jensen

Managing Director, Game Hub Denmark

Måns Wide

Product Lead, Rovio

Natalie Portier

Chief Evangelist, Appodeal

Natasha Trygg

Nick Wu

Founder, DapDap

Olli Harjola

Co-Founder, Nolla Games

Ozgur Soner

Founder, BoomByte Games/InGame Group

Pascal Luban

Game Designer/Creative Director

Per Anders Östblad

Lecturer, University of Skövde

Per Backlund

Professor, University of Skövde

Petri Ahonen

Sr. Business Developer, Gothia Innovation

Petri Alanko

Composer/Sound Designer

Petri Purho

Developer, Nolla Games/Kloonigames

Petter Henriksson

Business/Marketing, Landfall

Radu Ziemba

Managing Partner, Kappsule Studios

Robert Ridihalgh

Sr. Technical Audio Specialist, Microsoft

Robert Virding

Principal Language Expert, Erlang Solutions

Robin Hunicke

CEO & Co-Founder, Funomena

Romain Schneider

Founder, Janeious

Ruan Rothmann

Programmer/Designer, Free Lives

Rune Dittmer

Co-Founder, Flashbulb Games

Rune Skovbo Johansen

Game Developer, Sanctum Dreams

Sanna Lilie

Norm Engineer, Add Gender

Sasha Makarovych

Game Data Analyst, Massive Entertainment

Shailesh Prabhu

Founder/Game Designer, Chaibirkes

Shalev Moran

Games Program Curator, Print Screen Festival

Shirley Lin

Co-Founder/Chief BD, DOGI

Shum Singh

Managing Director, Agnitio Capital

Sig Gunnarsson

Co-Founder, Tasty Rook

Simon Parkin

Journalist/Writer

Siobhan Reddy

Studio Director, Media Molecule

Ste Curran

Presenter, One Life Left

Stefan Abadzhiev

Director BD EMEA, TELUS International

Stephen Lee

Head of BD, DECA Games

Sönke Kirchhof

CEO/Executive Producer, INVR.SPACE

Tabea Iseli

Game Designer, Stardust

Taras Terletskyy

Designer/Composer, Sample Rate Audio

Tero Virtala

CEO, Remedy Entertainment

Thomas Giardino

Steam Business, Valve

Thomas Lykke Larsen

‎Project Mgr./Consultant, CDS BusinessAalborg

Thomas Westin

IT Lecturer/Researcher, Stockholm University

Thor Mýrdal

Composer/Sound Designer

Tim Rittmann

Program Director, Booster Space

Tommy Francois

VP Editorial & Creative Services, Ubisoft

Tony Zander

VP Product & Development, Vectr Ventures

Tove Ingerslev

Head of Projects, Viden Djurs

Tsahi Liberman

VP International Relations, GameIS

Viktor Johansson

Associate, Awapatent

Wilhelm Nylund

Yev Petrov

Project/Marketing Manager, Paymentwall

Zeb West

Producer, Stoic

Åsa Wilson

Chief People Officer, Avalanche Studios