Thursday 24th September 2015
9.30am-6pm
The NEC
Concourse Suite 1
Birmingham B40 1NT

The GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit 2015, supported by Creative England, is the UK's premier games investment event - and this year is happening in Birmingham as part of the huge EGX games expo. The GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit is an opportunity for small-to-medium-sized games companies to find out more about public and private games investment, and also have an opportunity to network and pitch informally and formally to investors, publishers and platform-holders. At last year's event, there were more than 60 private meetings between investors and games developers.

Investors and speakers confirmed include Creative England, Nintendo of Europe, All 4 Games (Channel 4), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe XDev, Square Enix Collective, Standfast Interactive, UK Games Talent and Finance CIC, Pollen VC, Nyman Libson Paul, The Wellcome Trust, Crowdfunder, Standfast Interactive and Chris Lee (Media Molecule co-founder).

Every ticket purchase for the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit includes:

• Four morning speaker sessions from major players in the games industry
• The Games Investment Panel featuring Chris Lee (Media Molecule co-founder and investor), Caroline Norbury (Creative England), Joel Hughes (Crowdfunder) and more
• Refreshments and a full networking lunch
• Full access to EGX featuring the best new and exclusive games
• Exclusive access to the non-public EGX Press Area

Please note: The deadline for applying for formal meetings with investors has now passed, however you can still network informally with investors at the event and in the exclusive non-public EGX Press Area.

Schedule:

09.30 - 10.00: Sign-in/Coffee

10.00 - 10.05: Introduction by Jamie Sefton, Organiser

10.05 - 10.25: Paul Durrant, UK Games Talent and Finance CIC - "A new prototype fund"

10.25 - 10.45: Jas Sohal, Creative England - "2015/16 Funding Opportunities from Creative England & Microsoft"

10.45 - 11.05: Natalie Griffith, PressSpace - "Running a successful Kickstarter campaign"

11.10 - 11.25: Patrick Bradley, Station 12 - "Making your games company investor-ready"

11.25 - 11.40: Coffee/Tea Networking

11.40 - 12.25: The Games Investment Panel featuring Chris Lee (Investor), Caroline Norbury (Creative England) Paul Durrant (UK Games Talent and Finance CIC), Joel Hughes (Crowdfunder) and Richard Hayden (The Wellcome Trust). Presented by Matthew Handrahan, GamesIndustry.biz

12.25 - 1.30: Networking Lunch

1.30 - 6.00: 30-minute formal meetings between games companies and investors in private meeting rooms on the EGX show floor Press Area at The NEC

At any time during/after lunch, attendees can access to EGX at The NEC to check out the Press Area, GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair and also play all the latest games on the showfloor.

* Please note: while any ticket-purchaser can pitch to investors via the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit meeting application form, this does not guarantee a private meeting on the day. Any formal meetings will be at the discretion of the investors. Also, Gamer Network and GamesIndustry.biz cannot guarantee that any meetings with investors will result in investment for your company. Tickets are non-refundable.