
Michael French (moderator)
Head of Games Games LondonMichael runs Games London, the Mayor of London-funded initiative to make London the games capital of the world. He is responsible for a programme of activity that covers the annual London Games Festival, of which he also festival director, inbound and outbound trade missions, a training programme and year-round work connecting games studios with investors.
The London Games Festival was launched in April 2016 and already attracts 100,000 every year with 40 events across the city. Meanwhile Games London’s work has created a potential business pipeline worth £80m+ for games developers in the UK. Previously, Michael was a journalist and publisher covering video games and interactive entertainment for trade and consumer press for over a decade.
He is also a trustee of the video games charity GamesAid, and in October 2019 was named one of the Progress 1000’s ‘most influential people in London’ by the Evening Standard.
2022 Speakers
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Ben Akroyd
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Simon Benson
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Graham Brown
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Andrew Colgan
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James Dean
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Nicole Du Cane
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Phil Englert
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John Fazio
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James Fraser-Murison
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Chris Grundy
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Andrew Haworth
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Alan Head
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Sinead Hosey
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Bob Hunter
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John Jackson
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Jonathan Lyth
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Brian Mirakian
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Dominic Mulroy
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Chase Neukam
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Martin Omes
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Marina Papadopoulou
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Grant Paranjape
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Chris Postell
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Wayne Powell
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Ewan Prentice
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Isobel Robins
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Craig Ryan
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Kieran Sanford
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Jim Sephton
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Adam Soan
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Eric Solem
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Michael Spatny
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Wim Stocks
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Ed Tomasi
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Scott Wakelin
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Jon Winkle