International Conference in Malta 22nd-24th January 2014
The International Conference and Workshop on validation of good practices will be hosted by one of the Boo Games partner’s Temi Zammit Foundation on the 22nd and 23rd of January 2014 in Malta. The International conference will be organised in order to present the preliminary results to stakeholders
INTERREG IVC Operational Programme
The Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business
The last decade has seen a progressive convergence of information, communication, media and mobile technologies that has changed the shape of many more or less traditional application markets. The constant march towards an even more profound and complete digitalization on mobile platforms of every a
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The digital gaming sector is an important and rapidly growing part of the creative industries. As such, it is important that this industry is aggressively supported at the European level. Zackariasson and Wilson (2012) indicate that some policy options for the provision of such support include: taki
Gaming, in its widest meaning, makes no exception – even if the full deployment of Video Gaming is far from being complete. This international event would combine a conference which will bring experts in the field of gaming and good practices validation workshop. The aims of this interactive worksho
The workshop will focus on the nine practices chosen from Sofia and Malta. The approach is meant to be pragmatic and interactive and follows presentations of best practices from regions under the themes: access to finance, business support and cluster and events and networking. Both Sofia and Malta
Malta, with its leading position in the EU for gaming, together with its traditional geo-political situation as the Euro-Mediterranean network hub, is in the ideal location for such an event. “What Singapore has become for Media Fusion in Asia-Pacific region, that may Malta become for Gaming in the
The three most important regions of the world for Gaming are Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. While Europe and North America are established and relatively consolidated markets, Asia is the one showing the most explosive growth, both in terms of demand and offer. The Boo Games project has alr
FORMAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The first evening of Wednesday 22nd January is planned to be a pre-event day, offering the official opening of the event where in evening all delegates will be invited to a networking reception.
The second day, Thursday 23rd of January will be dedicated to a conference and a good practice workshop. In the morning, the Maltese government and EC officials will deliver the opening address, followed by a keynote speech and debates. In the afternoon, the participants will have the possibility to
The third day is the business visits day, the morning of which will be devoted to giving participants an insight of games industry in Malta.
Anyone who is interested to register for this event can contact: Katina Mladenova via e-mail: katina.mladenova@ftz.org