Welcome Drinks Reception at Swansea City AFC

Registration & Coffee

Session 1: Esports Tournament Organisers, Rights Holders and Games publishers – has the pandemic reshaped future in-person esports tournaments?

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Speakers :
Jon Winkle, Managing Director, EPIC.LAN Martin Omes, Program Logistics Coordinator, Gamers Outreach Foundation Andrew Haworth, Director of Operations & Production, BLAST TV

Coffee break & Exhibition networking

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Session 2 Innovations Showcase – Ideas and inspiration for your next esports event

A unique opportunity for attendees to listen to rapid fire presentations from 7 leading product and service providers from around the world, offering a range of innovative ideas to help take your future esports tournaments and events to the next level!

Includes presentations from Forum by Arena Group (The benefits of using demountable infrastructure for esports events), Nowy Styl, IHSE, Daktronics, Elan Inventa and StaydiumTravel.com

Speakers :
Ewan Prentice, Regional Sales Manager, Daktronics Graham Brown, Comms Liaison, Arena Group

Session 3 The evolution of esports venues – latest approaches to both purpose built and mixed use venues

Speakers :
Dominic Mulroy, Chief Operations Officer, Pure Imagination Studios Marina Papadopoulou, Head of New Business & Esports Development, Church House Westminster Ben Akroyd, Lead Consultant, Arena Consultancy James Fraser-Murison, Director of Esports, Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke

Lunch & Exhibition networking

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Session 4 The venue perspective – key insights from design through to activation

Part 1 – Creating a complete esports venue ecosystem

From shape-shifting seating bowl design that allows various capacities and configurations based on a given event’s scale to immersive tech, performance training areas, game developer labs, and retail – what are the components of a complete and self-sustaining esports ecosystem?

Part 2 – Special Presentation by Ilija Kurteski

An overview of how the esports industry has continued to grow despite the pandemic, current issues in the industry and insights into how the industry may develop in coming years.

Part 3 - Community integration within esports venues by Kieran Sanford, Co-Founder, FORG4MERSake

Speakers :
Kieran Sanford, Co-Founder, FORG4MERSake

Session 5 - Esports and broadcast technologies

Part 1 – Presentation from Jonathan Lyth, Group Chief Technical Officer – ES Broadcast

Jonathan Lyth, Group Chief Technical Officer, ES Broadcast

Coffee break & Exhibition networking

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Session 5 Part 2 Esports and broadcast technologies – where to next?

Speakers :
Jonathan Lyth, Group Chief Technical Officer, ES Broadcast Phil Englert, Business Development Manager of Global Esports, Ross Video Martin Omes, Program Logistics Coordinator, Gamers Outreach Foundation Michael Spatny, Managing Director/CSO, IHSE Alan Head, Partner Account Manager, Panasonic Broadcast & ProAV

Session 6 The importance of creating an Immersive Experience for Esports Events

Speakers :
Simon Benson, Founder and CEO, Talent for Tech Martin Omes, Program Logistics Coordinator, Gamers Outreach Foundation Adam Soan, Head of Broadcast & esports Technology, Bendac Wayne Powell, Business Development Manager, d&b audiotechnik GB Limited Jim Sephton, Managing Director, UK HADO

Evening Networking Reception at Swansea Arena

Registration & Coffee

Session 7 Part 1: Readiness and risk –planning for events including pre-event capability testing

Eric Solem, Commercial Director, WeTrack

Session 7 Part 2: Technology Showcase: Presentation from L-Acoustics

Technology Showcase: Insights into how immersive, hyperreal Sound can maximise fan engagement and the in-seat experience for esports events

Scott Wakelin, Business Development Manager, Cruise Ship & Sports Facilities, L-Acoustics

Session 7 Part 3: Technology Showcase: Panasonic solutions for esports

An Explanation of Panasonic’s “Glass-to-Glass” solution for esports which includes PTZ cameras, Studio cameras, Robotics solutions, Switchers, Kairos, Projectors and professional displays.

Coffee break & Exhibition networking

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Session 8 - panel discussion on esports ready venues

Speakers :
Jon Winkle, Managing Director, EPIC.LAN Chris Grundy, Technology Group Leader, ME Engineers Dominic Mulroy, Chief Operations Officer, Pure Imagination Studios

Session 9: Keep them coming back! – Insights and ideas in fan engagement and growing community participation for in-person esports events

Speakers :
Sinead Hosey, Co-founder, EPIC Global Martin Omes, Program Logistics Coordinator, Gamers Outreach Foundation Craig Ryan, Director, Pixel Bar Leeds & Manchester Isobel Robins, Research Officer, Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFÉ)

Lunch, Exhibition networking

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Bespoke venue tour

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Venue Tour speakers include:

Matthew Fallon, Project Architect – AFL Architects

Stephen Hogg, Director – d&b audiotechnik

Company representatives from Ambassador Theatre Group

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Session 10 – Esports Hotspots – destinations bringing esports front and centre

Speakers :
Martin Omes, Program Logistics Coordinator, Gamers Outreach Foundation John Jackson, CEO, Esports Wales Sinead Hosey, Co-founder, EPIC Global

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