White Nights Conference - Leading European B2B Show for Game Industry

Business Conference for Game Industry

JUNE 19 — 20, 2019

Tickets Attendees

1800+

attendees

50+

countries

200+

booths

70+

speakers

location

St. Petersburg, Russia

1800+

attendees

200+

booths

70+

speakers

50+

countries

location

St. Petersburg, Russia

White Nights St. Petersburg'19 Speakers

Christian Fonnesbech

Christian Fonnesbech

Karina Konkova

Blizzard Entertainment

Karina Konkova

Cyril Barrow

Cyril Barrow

Chris Wren

Chris Wren

Jim Ying

Jim Ying

Diana Moldavsky

Diana Moldavsky

Sam Bevan

Sam Bevan

Christopher Bergstresser

Modern Times Group

Christopher Bergstresser

Igor Pashchenko

Igor Pashchenko

About

The White Nights Conference is a leading B2B event for the game industry in Europe. It gathers key companies from European countries, Russia & CIS, Asia, and the US - over 4,500 attendees per year. The main reason to attend the White Nights events - according to the visitors' feedback - is an opportunity to meet decision-makers face-to-face. You can have direct communication with any conference attendee with the help of the White Nights Business Assistant, our own matchmaking system.

Also, we hold an exclusive event - White Nights CEO Summit Europe The event is for top managers from game industry only.

White Nights St. Petersburg – June 19-20, 2019
White Nights Moscow – October 16-17, 2019
White Nights Berlin – February 2020
White Nights CEO Summit Europe – Spring 2020

Industry-leading companies like King, Obsidian, Supercell, Rovio, Bandai Namco, Big Fish, Wargaming, Playrix, Pixonic, Facebook, Google and many others have already attended.

The agenda includes two atmospheric networking parties: the welcome pre-party on the day preceding the event and an all night party after the first day. The unique thing about this conference is that it doesn't start early in the morning which helps developers to have a more productive business day.

The White Nights events is a part of the Nevomedia's ecosystem that also powers such services as TalentsInGames.com, Publisher Wanted, GameWorldObserver.com and App2Top.ru.

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White Nights St. Petersburg'19 Program

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Blue Hall Green Hall Purple Hall

09:30 - 11:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee sponsored by Matryoshka Games

11:00 - 11:30
ENG&RUS

Alexey Vstavsky, Senior Account Manager, AppAnnie

Mobile Games 2019: Where Is The Money?

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A deep dive into current app and mobile trends as well as genre selection process that could radically improve your chances to succeed and making money with your next games.

11:30 - 12:00
ENG&RUS

Karina Konkova, Communications Manager, Blizzard

Storytelling in Communication

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What storytelling in communications means and how it can be used to promote your games and engage with your audience meaningfully.
Karina will share several tips on how to build your story and elaborate on the experience of applying storytelling in the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth launch campaign on Russian market.

12:00 - 12:30
ENG&RUS

Vladimir Haritonov, VP, Game Services, Game Insight

Topic to Be Announced

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12:30 - 13:00
ENG&RUS

Le Zhong, Director of Business Development, Mobvista

How to Gain Success in China

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This session will target for developers who are willing to acheive something in Chinese Gaming Market. In addition to show the market overview, we will also talk about Chinese players' unique appetite campared to other countries, the performance of overseas games. Most importantly, we will focus on how to earn money in China, including using Chinese domestic monetization platform and China Social Meida. To be more accurate, we will disclose some related data to give reference to user acquisiton.

13:00 - 13:30

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

13:30 - 14:00
ENG&RUS

FIRESIDE CHAT: Getting Too Casual? How Any Genre Can Achieve Long-Term Success in a Rapidly Changing Industry

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The mobile gaming landscape has become increasingly competitive. Reaching the top of the charts and staying there is an insurmountable task for most developers. This panel will compare the hyper-casual portfolio approach with that of non-casual titles, focusing on opportunities for growth, the similarities of each approach, and the specific strategies you need, regardless of genre, in order to achieve long-term success.

Moderator:

Daniel Tchernahovsky, Director of BD, Applovin

Speakers:

Ivan Ruppo, Head of Marketing, Vizor Games
Zar Serebryannikov, CBDO, Azur Games

14:00 - 14:30
ENG&RUS

Christian Fonnesbech, Consulting Executive, DDM / Nordisk Film Games

Your IP is the Soul of Your Brand

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Your success depends on your ability to build a Brand that stands out in the market. If you want to play the long-term game (and you do), you also need a core IP that is built to last.
Christian Fonnesbech will share the creative and business related foundations of building long-term brands and franchises - and discuss the arguments that investors love to hear.

14:30 - 15:30
ENG&RUS

PANEL DISCUSSION: Scale, Scale, Scale! Level-Up Your External Development

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Previously looked upon as simply a way to save money, external development is now common practice for most, if not all developers. Consumer demand forces games to be larger and more complex, requiring added content, richer experiences, longer gameplay, etc. – all of which has a direct impact on capacity and resources. Find out how to leverage external development to scale your teams, increase the scope, add capabilities, and support your game for the long haul.

Speakers:

Chris Wren, Sr Manager, Electronic Arts
Cyril Barrow, VP Operations, Rovio

More speakers to be announced.

15:30 - 16:00

Happy Hour sponsored by Adikteev

16:00 - 16:30
ENG&RUS

Samuel Bevan, Regional Manager Emerging, Snap Inc

Achieving Business Success on Snapchat

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Sam Bevan, Snapchat’s Emerging EMEA Lead, explains how businesses of all sizes can meet their advertising goals on Snapchat. Learn more about the platform, audience, and ad products that make Snapchat a unique and effective place to grow your business.

16:30 - 17:00
ENG&RUS

Nadav Ashkenazy, VP Global Partnerships & Biz-Dev, ironsource

Syncing User Acquisition and Monetization

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It’s becoming increasingly important for app monetization and user acquisition teams to work closely together. Nadav Ashkenazy, ironSource’s VP Global Partnerships, will discuss how these two teams can provide each other with fresh insights to maximize revenue. Nadav will cover the importance of automating processes, and share best practices for combining UA strategies with ad monetization.

17:00 - 18:00
ENG&RUS

PANEL DISCUSSION: Investment in Games

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Speakers:

Diana Moldavsky, Director, International Partnerships,Tencent,
Christopher Bergstresser, Partner, Modern Times Group
Pieter van der Pijl, Partner, Triple Dragon
Jim Ying, Managing Director, CVCapital

More speakers to be announced.

21:00 - 02:00

Join us at the official party by Unreal Engine! All kinds of drinks, buffet dinner, live music band and a nice quiet terrace for networking will be awaiting. For Premium Pass holders only.

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09:30 - 11:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee sponsored by Matryoshka Games

11:00 - 12:30
ENG

Facebook

Speakers and Topics to Be Announced

12:30 - 13:00
ENG&RUS

Orsolya Szabo, Programmatic Demand Lead, EMEA, MoPub

Programmatic Pitfalls: 5 Traps to Avoid

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Are you ready to up your mobile programmatic game? Maybe you’re even considering taking programmatic in-house? Before you take that next step, be sure you’re asking the right questions on 5 key topics that will impact your success, including user-level revenue data and in-app bidding. You’ll leave this session armed with actionable insights that take your programmatic strategy to the next level.

13:00 - 13:30

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

13:30 - 14:00
ENG&RUS

adjust

Speaker and Topic to Be Announced

14:00 - 14:30
ENG&RUS

Stack by Appodeal

Speaker and Topic to Be Announced

14:30 - 15:00
ENG&RUS

Ioana Hrenincuic, CEO, GameAnalytics

Global Benchmarks Analysis of Mobile Gaming Genres

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GameAnalytics is a flexible and free analytics tool designed to improve KPIs for indies, studios, and publishers. It helps them to drive more conversions, refine critical flows, and boost retention by making the right decisions based on data - not guesswork. Currently, GameAnalytics provides insights for nearly 40,000 studios in 70,000 different titles... reaching more than 1/3 of the world’s mobile gamers. In this talk, they reveal the latest industry trends for KPIs like retention, session length, ARPPU, and conversion - all at the genre level.

15:00 - 15:30
ENG&RUS

Felix Braberg, Head of Games, Adikteev

Topic to Be Announced

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15:30 - 16:00

Happy Hour sponsored by Adikteev

16:00 - 16:30
ENG&RUS

Aleksandr Bezobrazov, Marketing Director, Social Quantum

Ad Monetization for Non-Hypercasual

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What does a developer need to consider when introducing ads to non-hyper casual games? Real-life case studies from long-standing strategy hit Megapolis and farm-sim game Wild West: New Frontier.

16:30 - 17:00
ENG&RUS

Anton Buchelnikov, CEO, Apptica

Efficient UA Strategies in 2019: Overview, Ad Formats, Case Studies

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If you are a publisher, marketer or UA manager, you probably consider mobile market analytics as an important part of your job. We present the latest data on the in-app advertising market. We'll talk about Ad Network selection, best advertising formats, localization of creatives, and playable ad effectiveness.

17:00 - 17:30
ENG&RUS

Ogury

Speaker and Topic to Be Announced

17:30 - 18:00
ENG&RUS

Boris Burangulov, Lead of Product Analytics, Pixonic

Analytics: a Function or a Resource. How the Company’s Approach to Analytics Influences Performance

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A case study of two approaches to analytics in a company. Looking at Pixonic’s case we’ll see what’s the difference between the two approaches and what a company needs to interchange one for another.

21:00 - 02:00

Join us at the official party by Unreal Engine! All kinds of drinks, buffet dinner, live music band and a nice quiet terrace for networking will be awaiting. For Premium Pass holders only.

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09:30 - 11:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee sponsored by Matryoshka Games

11:00 - 11:30

11:30 - 12:00

Speaker and Topic to Be Announced

12:00 - 12:30
ENG

James Salins, CEO, Redbox Mobile

Understanding Consumer Behaviour within the App Store

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Redbox Mobile have commissioned a Whitepaper, reviewing the global behaviour of consumers app store usage and habits. (based upon 1,500 app consumers from US, China and Europe). The whitepaper will be published at the same time as Whitenights and we will be highlighting the main findings from the study and how your app marketing strategy can be tailored based on these findings.

12:30 - 13:00
RUS

Kesha Skirnevsky, CEO, Zebrainy ltd

Associative Magnet or the Brand New Way to Sell the Game to Customers

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Associative magnet allows to create effecient commercial texts, videos, banners and descriptions for the stores and launchscreens. Materials created with the associative magnet, as tested, boost the conversion on 30-70%.

13:00 - 13:30

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

13:30 - 14:00
RUS

Konstantin Sakhnov, Managing Partner, Datcroft

Topic to Be Announced

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14:00 - 14:30
ENG

Appmetrica

Speaker and Topic to Be Announced

14:30 - 15:00
RUS

Ivan Kozyev, Head of Analytics, Crazy Panda

Developing An Intelligent User Acquisition System

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The talk will give a look at the first attempt of developing an intelligent user acquisition system, covering aspects such as: what data you may need to build your own system; what methods should be used; and how to get reasonable results out of the entire thing. Ivan will share not just the stories of success, but also talk about failures that, admittedly, were aplenty.

15:00 - 15:30
ENG

Georgii Steshenko, Product Analyst, Wargaming

5 Common Delusions in Game Analytics

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Nowadays, each gaming company has built or is currently building its own analytics process. But many beginners standing this path, are not completely understand how things work. In my talk, I will try to highlight the typical misconceptions associated with integration of analytics at the stage of launching projects that I met in my practice.

15:30 - 16:00

Happy Hour sponsored by Adikteev

16:00 - 16:30
ENG

Olivier Le Bas, VP Business Development, Homa Games

Hyper Complexity Behind Hyper Casual

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They are in the top charts, they seem to be extremely simple, but they are in fact more complex than they look. Let's have a look inside HyperCasual games. Homa Games has successfully published 3 games in the top charts in 2019 and is willing to exchange about some of the ingredients of this success. From game design analysis to UA & Monetization techniques, we'll unveil some of the complexity hidden behind those not-so Hyper Casual games.

16:30 - 17:00
ENG

Lance James, Head of Production, Versus.Evil

Publisher and Developer Relations

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Working to improve communication and relationships between developers and publishers. What are some small things you can do to help improve the working relationships between both parties.

17:00 - 18:00
ENG

Oksana Afonina, Senior Director, EMEA Growth, Applovin

Unlocking Player Potential: Missed Growth Opportunities for Mobile Game Devs

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User acquisition is tricky for all mobile game developers, but some key considerations about your game can make a big impact. There's a lot that can be done to break through your barriers to UA, from optimising creatives to restructuring your campaigns and beyond. In this session, we'll discuss the most common things that game devs can change in order to optimise their UA strategies and how to unlock your growth potential.

21:00 - 02:00

Join us at the official party by Unreal Engine! All kinds of drinks, buffet dinner, live music band and a nice quiet terrace for networking will be awaiting. For Premium Pass holders only.

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Blue Hall Green Hall Purple Hall

10:30 - 12:00

Welcome Coffee sponsored by Matryoshka Games

12:00 - 13:00
ENG&RUS

Olesya Kozlovskaya, Industry Manager, Google
Arseniy Alikhanov, Analyticial Consultant, Google
Kamila Shaidullina, Account Strategist, Google

Go Beyond Marketing: Insights on Asia, Creatives, Ad Monetization

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13:00 - 14:00
ENG&RUS

PANEL DISCUSSION: Hacking UA

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14:00 - 14:30

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

14:30 - 15:00
ENG&RUS

Nikita Zatsepin, Country Manager RU & CIS, BlueStacks

Topic to Be Announced

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15:00 - 15:30
ENG&RUS

Aleksandr Makarov, Head of Gaming Platform, OK (Odnoklassniki)

Mobile Social Games. How to Succeed on the Fast Growing Market

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How OK gaming platform has changed over the past year. Developers' cases who have increased the profits from mobile games lately.

15:30 - 16:00
ENG&RUS

Daniel McLaren, Design Lead, Playkot

How to Manage Game Design in LiveOps

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When your game is Live, how do you decide what to build next and what your players want? This talk will focus on how to get your Design team to create content for players and not Designers.

16:00 - 16:30
ENG&RUS

Tsahi Liberman, Head of Marketing & Business Development, Simpool

Game Economy & LTV Prediction Models

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Game Economy is tricky and complex, and not every game designer is capable of handling a well based balanced parameters that serves both the game owners, the players and the share holders. In order to maximize your revenues from your game, everything must tick like a Swiss watch, perfectly synced and ever changing, in control. There are several solutions in the market today to allow that, and in the talk, will be covered the methods, and the solutions.

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

17:00 - 17:30
ENG&RUS

Speaker and Topic to Be Announced

17:30 - 18:00

18:00 - 19:00

FAREWELL MINGLE! Join conference survivors for the last drink&hug

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10:30 - 12:00

Welcome Coffee sponsored by Matryoshka Games

12:00 - 14:00
ENG&RUS

Speakers to Be Announced, Playrix

Match3 Secrets

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14:00 - 14:30

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

14:30 - 15:30
ENG&RUS

Matthaus Krzykowski, VP Product, GM Europe, Tenjin

Best Practices for Advertising and Monetization in Hyper-Casual Games

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Hyper-casual absolutely exploded in popularity in a recent years. Some calling it one of the biggest drivers of mobile growth. Despite this success, we should remember that hyper-casual games are really new and they demand a completely different approach in terms of advertising and monetization. There is no one better to talk about the best practices in this field than Tenjin and Say Games. Tenjin is the marketing analytics platform which is empowering top hyper-casual developers with its tools and the knowledge base. Say Games is a leading hyper-casual publisher in the world. Their apps almost never leaves top charts of iOS and Android.

15:30 - 16:30
ENG&RUS

Deconstruction Workshop. Part I Game Industry Experts Will Deconstruct Games in Real Time Right in Front of You

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Game industry guru with different areas of expertise will deconstruct several games from the Developer Exhibition right in front of the audience. Experts will share their perspective on the games with regard to game design, game mechanics, monetization, and game cycle. After that, the expert committee will announce the verdict and reward the winners.

Everyone in the audience will get a chance to take part in the discussion and select a team that will receive the Audience Choice Award.

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

17:00 - 18:00
ENG&RUS

Deconstruction Workshop. Part II Game Industry Experts Will Deconstruct Games in Real Time Right in Front of You

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Game industry guru with different areas of expertise will deconstruct several games from the Developer Exhibition right in front of the audience. Experts will share their perspective on the games with regard to game design, game mechanics, monetization, and game cycle. After that, the expert committee will announce the verdict and reward the winners.

Everyone in the audience will get a chance to take part in the discussion and select a team that will receive the Audience Choice Award.

18:00 - 19:00

FAREWELL MINGLE! Join conference survivors for the last drink&hug

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10:30 - 12:00

Welcome Coffee sponsored by Matryoshka Games

12:00 - 13:00

Speakers and Topics to Be Announced

13:00 - 13:30
ENG

Shai Amoyal, Project Manager, Nurogames

Games on Command - How Army Service Taught Me to Produce Games

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Production for games can be an arduous and taxing affair. However, as counter-intuitive as it may seem, it actually resembles army service in many ways. In his talk, Shai will discuss how the ever-changing landscape of game development is very similar to serving in the army, what are some common pitfalls of management and leadership that are still utilized and how can we learn from it to improve game development.

13:30 - 14:00
ENG

Adam Jaffe, CEO, Tenko Games

Creative Optimization: A Method for Saving Your Company a Ton of Cash

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Presentation of the in-house developed methodology. The talk will include the case study of how companies can lower their CPIs, improve their CTRs and increase the overall profitably of their buisness.

14:00 - 14:30

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

14:30 - 15:00
ENG

Joel Julkunen, Head of Game Analysis, GameRefinery Oy

East vs West - Comparison Analysis of Genres, Visuals and Brands

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During this talk we'll be comparing the US mobile game market with China, Japan and South Korea and focus on their differences in various areas. We'll be covering, which genres, game features & mechanics, IPs/brands and visual styles are hot (and which are not) in these four markets and how they differ from each other.

15:00 - 16:00

Speakers and Topics to Be Announced

16:00 - 16:30
RUS

Sergey Kopov, Founder, 0xGames

Game Design of Open Economy Games

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I want to tell about features of such kind of games on the examples of our games and other companies. I'll make review background and future prospects.

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break sponsored by Matryoshka Games

17:00 - 17:30
RUS

Galyna Iefremova, COO, Bini Bambini

Kids Games Monetization Tips and Tricks

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Kids game industry is considered complicated for business. Kids are not making purchases. Most monetization models are hardly applicable for kids games. Galyna will share the story of BiniBambini that managed to grow four times in revenue in less than a year producing apps only for small kids.

17:30 - 18:00

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18:00 - 19:00

FAREWELL MINGLE! Join conference survivors for the last drink&hug

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White Nights St. Petersburg'19 Floor Plan

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Event Location

Lenexpo Exhibition Complex,
Pavilion 7
Bolshoy pr.V.O.103,
199106
St. Petersburg, Russia

Russian Visa

You must have a valid Russian visa to enter the country.

Please note that the following information is for the citizens of the EU countries, the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. If you are a citizen of any other country, please contact us at welcome@wnconf.com to learn more about getting Russian visa in your particular case.

To apply for a Russian visa you will need to obtain a visa invitation letter. We can help you get one as we work with an authorized travel agency.
To receive a visa invitation letter, please follow the steps:

1 Pay the $30-fee

2 Fill out the application form

It will take one working day to get an invitation letter.

Please keep in mind that an invitation letter is NOT a visa - you'll have to apply to the Russian embassy. So please plan accordingly. You don't need a hard copy of an invitation letter to apply for a tourist visa.

"The White Nights is the best, the most productive and the most atmospheric event in the Russian game industry."

VK.com

Maxim Babichev

"The entire trip was a blast and a great experience - I went through and entire box of freshly printed business cards, something I've never done at a show before!"

FireProof Studios

Barry Meade

"Wonderful event! Everything was spot on, the location, the organisation, the people, the parties - all!"

Miniclip

Andre Pais

"I have been to many conferences in the USA, Canada, Brazil, etc and this one was very impressive."

King

Sabrina Carmona

"Very professional and world-class audience, a lot of contacts and insights "

Microsoft

Romuald Zdebsky

"We met with new developers and got some good leads out of it"

GameHouse

Leo Kraan

"There is some incredible developer talent in Russia. A great event!"

Electronic Arts

Ed Rumley

"A well-organized conference!"

Big Fish

Julia Kelson

"An absolutely cracking conference. A really good event, one of the best in my opinion."

Flurry

Richard Firminger

"WNCONF has a great developer focus and gathers the best professionals. Moreover, it has the best parties and post-conference gatherings"

Chartboost

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CONTACT US

CHAIR OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

JULIA LEBEDEVA

JULIA LEBEDEVA

julia.l@nevosoft.ru

GENERAL INQUIRIES / COORDINATOR

ELENA SIDOROVA

ELENA SIDOROVA

elena@wnconf.com
elenassidorova
elenassidorova
+7 960 277 78 91

Questions regarding program, sponsorship, payments.

GENERAL INQUIRIES / COORDINATOR

EGOR ERSHOV

EGOR ERSHOV

egor@wnconf.com
egor_ershov
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+7 911 094 96 40

Questions regarding program, sponsorship, logistics.

GENERAL INQUIRIES / COORDINATOR

MARIA VASILEVSKAYA

MARIA VASILEVSKAYA

maria@wnconf.com
maria_vasilevskaya
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+7 921 655 65 83

Questions regarding media partnership, press accreditation, international delegations participation, logistics.

GENERAL INQUIRIES / COORDINATOR

LYUBA BORODULINA

LYUBA BORODULINA

lyuba@wnconf.com
lu_bash
lubkin_boro
+7 904 215 48 01

Questions regarding Developer Exhibition, Deconstruction Workshop, volunteering.

For general inquiry please contact us at welcome@wnconf.com

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