DevCom 2024 | Devcom | 17 August 2024 | Koelnmesse Confex, Koelnmesse Halle 1, 50679 Köln, Germany

This is the Europe’s biggest Game Developer Event.

The heart of this event is the main conference, where distinguished experts from the global games industry give exclusive talks, participate in panel discussions and roundtables, and lead insightful workshops.
The programm will feature around 160 sessions by 250 speakers.

At the expo, companies from around the globe like game studios, publishers and service providers, present their products, services and businesses to our attendees.
Meet potential partners and studios onsite – or even weeks before and after the event via our online matchmaking system.

Discover the gems of tomorrow at the NRW Indie Showcase and the devcom Indie Market, or present your upcoming games at your very own booth. All exhibitors also compete for the devcom Indie Award 2024, which will be celebrated at the prestigious devcom Networking Dinner.

This is famous for being a hub for the international game development community, offering multiple opportunities to connect, network and exchange experiences at our numerous side events and activities at the conference venue and in Cologne.

2024 Speakers

Natalia Agafonova
Executive Producer, Bohemia Interactive

Brisia Fabiola Aguirre Ponce de Leon
CEO, Ajal Game Studio

Casey Al-Kaisy
CEO, Mighty Diamonds

Ross Allen
Director of Global Solutions, Affogata

Bo Andersson
CEO, GALLEON STUDIOS

Christian Nyhus Andreasen
Partner, COO, Fair Games ApS

Juliette Auverny-Bennetot
General Counsel, Raw Fury AB

Jang Mi Baek
Co-founder & BD, Melbot Studios

Jens-Uwe Bahr
Managing Director, Off The Beaten Track

Dan Baker
Founder, Oxide Games

Jasper Barnes
Head of Game Scouting, Team17

Donald Barrett
Senior Designer, Insomniac Games

Vic Bassey
Founder & Editor, VP Business Development, Games Industry Africa

Marcus Bäumer
Game Designer, Writer, Backwoods Entertainment

Curtis Baxter
Senior Writer, Electronic Arts

Kelsey Beachum
Senior Writer, Super Evil Megacorp

Emilie Beauchamp
Associate Art Director, WB Games Montréal

André Becker
Lead Architect, Nitrado (marbis GmbH)

Fabio Belsanti
CEO, AgeOfGames

Jacques Benchetrit
Co-founder, Agora Gaming Partners

Mohamed Bensakrane
Senior Security Analyst, Sega Europe

Shanti Bergel
Managing Director, Transcend.

Alexander Bergendahl
CEO, LootLocker

Thomas Bidaux
CEO, ICO

Alexis Biro
Business Development Manager, Terra Localizations

Pranjal Bisht
Game Developer, SuperGaming

Oliver Bisztyga
Programmer, Mi'pu'mi Games

Christopher Blackwell
Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Ashley Blake
Head of Marketing / CEO, Realize Music / elsewhereNFP

Dan Blechner
Co-founder & CPO, Quago

Marie Blondiaux
Producer, Coven

Jake Blunt
Senior Community Manager, Jagex

Kai Bodensiek
Rechtsanwalt, Brehm & v.Moers

Maria Borys-Piątkowska
Lead Narrative Designer, Flying Wild Hog

Rüdiger Brandis
Creative Producer, Playing History

Devan Brennan
Senior Consultant - Game Development & Publishing, Newzoo

Pavol Buday
Business Developer, PixelAnt Games

Jakub Bujas
Indie Developer, XiGames

Joel Burgess
Studio Head, Soft Rains

Rieha Burrell
Solutions Architect, AWS

Cat Burton
Co-Founder & CTO, Vesper

David Caballero
Chief Editor, Gamereactor

Duygu Cakmak
R&D Director, Creative Assembly

Martin Cao
CEO, Nimble Giant Entertainment

Hugo Abel Castro Duarte
CEO, BC Media Lab

Matteo Celoro
Director & Founder, Noovola

Huei Chan
International Marketing and Biz Dev, Freelance

Noshaba Cheema
Researcher in the Simulated Agents and Reality Group, DFKI - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz

Stewart Chisam
CEO, RallyHere

Jamie Christensen
Media and Games Marketing Producer, Bytro Labs

Alexandra (Sasha) Ciolac
Lead of DCC Tools, IO Interactive

Caroline Clark
Founder, ScribbleScape

Russ Clarke
CEO, Payload Studios

Benoit Clerc
Head of Publishing, Nacon

Terrance Cohen
Senior Engine Programmer, Insomniac Games

Jeff Collins
Chief Customer Officer, k-ID

Charlotte Cook
Global Commercial Director, Team17 Digital Ltd

Will Corwin
Principal Engineer, Eleventh Hour Games

Sébastien Croteau
CEO, The Monster Factory

Benjamin Culff
Game Designer, Lab42 Games

Ollie Cullen
Producer, Lab42 Games

Nikolai Danylchyk
Cloud Engineer, Google

A.M. Darke
Founder, Open Source Afro Hair Library

Jarory de Jesus
Founder and Director, Coquito Games

Menno Deen
Social Impact Game Designer, Super Menno Monster

Clara Deitmar
Creative Director, Mucks! Games UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Alex Delamaire
Director of Business Development & Communications, Blackbird Interactive (BBI)

Jason Della Rocca
Co-Founder, Execution Labs

Olivier Deriviere
Composer, Ameo

Elisa Di Lorenzo
Co-Founder & CEO, Untold Games srl

Diana Díaz Montón
Co-Founder, Native Prime

Marina Diez
Emotional Game Designer, btf Games GmBH

Osama Dorias
Design Director, Brass Lion Entertainment

Julius Dorsel
Creative Producer, Mucks! Games

Mihnea Dragoman
Creative Director, Ubisoft Düsseldorf

Mafalda Duarte
Studio Director & Producer, Telescope Game Studios

Andrea Dufaure
Counsel, A&O Shearman

Kate Edwards
CEO / CXO & Co-Founder, Geogrify / SetJetters

Berkley Egenes
Chief Marketing Officer & CGO, Xsolla

Judy Ehrentraut
Creative Content Strategist, Red Meat Games

Nick Ellis
Managing Director, Theorycraft Marketing

Timothee Engel
Founder & Multiplayer Consultant, TheoTimeDev

Caleb Epps
Audio Director, Brass Lion Entertainment

Dominon Ero
Senior Community Manager and Events Lead, Carry1st

Jennifer Estaris
Game Director, ustwo games

Jesus Fabre
Marketing and Business Consultant, JF Games Marketing and Communications

Lena Falkenhagen
Narrative Director, Paintbucket Games // Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Essen

Yoan Fanise
CEO, DigixArt

David Farré Gil
Game Developer / PhD Student, Not Lemonade

Alexander Fernandez
CEO & Co-Founder, Streamline Media Group

Jeremy Fielding
Community Manager, Stunlock Studios

Bergur Finnbogason
Creative Director, CCP

Matt Firor
Studio Director, ZENIMAX ONLINE STUDIOS

Sharon Fisher
Head of Trust & Safety, Keywords Studios

Christopher Flato
CEO, Yellow House

Christian Fonnesbech
CEO & Head of IP, Leverage

Bárbara Framil
Senior Narrative Designer, Inflexion

Josephine Friday
Sales Director, Enterprise Mobile, Xsolla

Jörg Friedrich
CEO & Game Director, Paintbucket Games

Emelie Fuller
Software Engineer, EA DICE

Kai Florian Furch
Attorney (Partner), Brehm & v. Moers Rechtsanwälte

Monet Gardiner
Dialogue Designer, Sony Interactive - Creative Arts

Eva Gaspar
CEO, Abylight Studios

Des Gayle
Studio Head, Altered Gene

Dennis Gehlen
CEO & Founder, TaKeTV GmbH

Peter Gerson
Global Head of Player Engagement Solutions, Keywords Studios

Brenden Gibbons
Lead Game Designer, Massive Miniteam

Callum Godfrey
Head of Third-Party Publishing, nDreams

Thomas Goebl
Senior Director Game Security, 2K

Nick Grant
CEO, 80.lv

Maximilian Graustein
Marketing Manager, ByteRockers' Games

Eva Grillova
Game Designer & Consultant, Naavik

Alexandra Grindean
Senior Release Manager, Avalanche Studios Group

Julia Gstöttner
Localization Producer & Writer, Independent / IGDA Localization SIG Co-Chair

Ria Gynther
Project Coordinator, Gamebadges

Manny Hachey
Accelerator Program Manager, Xsolla

Marija Haenisch
VP of Marketing & Communication, Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH

Jan Halwe
Business Development Manager, ByteRockers' Games

Tristan Hantschel
Level Designer, The Good Evil

Charly Harbord
Head of Business Development, Powell Group/IndieGameBusiness

Gordon Hayes
Head of Developer Relations, Rive

Molly Heady-Carroll
Creature Consultant, Arcane Circus

Saija Heinonen
Project Manager, Gamebadges / Metropolia UAS

Onat Hekimoglu
Co-Founder, Director, Composer, Slow Bros. GmbH

Berry Hermans
Developer, Games for Health

Malindy Hetfeld
Freelance Game Writer

Evan Hill
Game Designer, Self Hunter Studio

Julia Hiltscher
CEO, Doctor Hiltscher CSR

Helen Hindpere
Writer / Narrative Designer, B-Mira OÜ

Alistair Hirst
Sr. Game Dev Relations, Dolby Laboratories

Nicolas Hoberg
Psychologist, Behind the Screens

Celia Hodent
Game UX Strategist, Independent Consultant

Matthias Hoechsmann
Managing Director, Calumma Games GmbH

Andrew Hogan
Chief Revenue Officer / Co-founder, Intorqa

Christoffer Holmgard
Co-Founder & CEO, modl.ai

Chris Hong
CEO & Chief Developer, CosmoUniverse

Emese-Anna Hoppa
Game Designer, Ubisoft Mainz

Vered Horesh
Chief Strategic AI Partnerships, Bria AI

Alexander Horowitz
Audio Director, Electronic Arts

Patrick Hudson
CEO, Robot Entertainment.com

Michael Hug
Founder & Creative Lead, TON & SPOT Audiodesign

Lucina Hum
Founder, Bisalina Speedruns

Alistair Hume
VR Game Developer, Full Dive Games

Stefan Ideler
CIO, i3D.net

Stephan Jacob
Professor, Hochschule Darmstadt

Anett Jaschke
Lead UI/UX Designer, Atomhawk Advance

Meghna Jayanth
Narrative Designer, Speculative Agency

Cody Johnson
CEO, Creative Director, Music Producer, Emperia Sound and Music

Andrii Kaplia
Development Manager, Bioware

Elizaveta (Lisa) Karaseva
PhD Candidate, University of Twente

Damian Kastbauer
Software Product Manager, Audiokinetic

Joe Kataldo
Composer & Sound Designer, Mad Wave Audio, LLC

Jessica Kathmann
Psychologist, Behind the Screens

Kent Keirsey
CEO, Invoke

Olga Kellner
Narrative Lead, Owlcat Games

Charlie Kenihan
Creative Director, Bin Chicken Studios

Erwin Kho
Art Director/Art Lead, Geometric Interactive

Nina Kim
Senior Game Designer, Rare Ltd

Shawn Kittelsen
SVP, Creative, Skydance Games

Suvi Kiviniemi
Incubation Manager, LGIN / Metropolia UAS

Philip Klostermeyer
Security Researcher, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Maximilian Knop
Founder & MD, KONSOLE

Maciej Knot
CMO, Frozen District

Vivienne Koh
CEO / Founder / Producer, FloofCorp

Christoph Kohlhaas
Innovationsmanager Games, KölnBusiness / City of Cologne

Pieter Koornhof
Chief Operating Officer, 24 Bit Games

Sophie Kordes
VFX Artist, KING Art Games

Joanie Kraut
CEO, Women in Games International

Thorolfur Beck Kristjonsson
Founder / Principal World Architect, NARC Limited

Ruslana Kruchek
Co-Founder, Brand Manager, Art Director, VP Production

Ben Kvalo
Founder & CEO, Midwest Games

Hyeyon Kwon
CEO, Sentience

Dang-Stefan La Hong
Team Lead Community Management, Playa Games GmbH

Kim Ladd
Business Development, Terminal3

Zaire Lanier
Writer, Crouton

Gabriel Lascano
Unity Expert Consultant/Product Development Exec, Consultant

Jason Latino
Cinematic Director, Larian Studios

Bruno Laverny
Marketing Director, Ishtar Games

Adrienne Law
Senior Writer, Larian Studios

Yves Le Yaouanq
Chief Content Officer, Focus Entertainment

Raymond Ledwaba
CEO, ITTHYNK Gaming

Moritz Lehr
Quest Coordinator & Senior Quest Designer, CD PROJEKT RED

Gabriela Leskur
Narrative & Experience Lead, Oxide Games

Uri Levanon
VP Biz Dev, Ludeo

Nickole Li
Principal Game Designer, Mojang Studios

Artem Liubutov
Head of Monetization Unit, Xsolla

Elena Lobova
Co-Founder, GDBAY

Tanja Loktionova
Founder, Values Value

Vladimir Lopatin
Senior Technical Artist, Guerrilla

Josh Loveridge
Managing Director, Stratton Studios

Christian Lövstedt
CEO, Midjiwan AB

Xin Luan
Brand Commercial Manager, Tencent LightSpeed Studios

Aaron Ludlow
Product Director, Playstack

Cecilia Luna
Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Communication, Bytro Labs GmbH

Simone Luxi
Insights and Strategy Manager, Tilting Point

Carmen Mac Williams
Director, Grassroots Arts

Pontus Mahler
Co-Founder, Agora Gaming Partners

Christian Mahnke
CEO, EarReality

Sarah Makdad
Com Dev, Open To Work

Mark Mandel
Developer Relations Tech Lead, Google Cloud

Alexandre Mandryka
Creative Consultant, Game Whispering

Stephanie Marchand
Sr VP Production, Behaviour Interactive

Ivan Martinez
Solutions Architect, AccelByte

Fleur Marty
Producer, Ubisoft Montreal

Wessel Mast
Tools Programmer, Guerrilla

Maxim Matveyko
VP Technology, Sandsoft

Damien Mauric
SVP Studios Business Development, SEGA

Stefan Maurus
Gameplay Programmer & Lead Integrator, GIANTS Software

Conor McGinley
Customer Support Manager, Bytro Labs GmbH

Ally McLean Hennessy
Game Director, Lemonade Games

Gustav Mehner
CEO, PandaBee Studios

Freyja Melhorn
Director Marketing Communications, BXDXO GmbH

Fawzi Mesmar
VP Global Creative, Ubisoft

Michael Metzger
Managing Partner, Drake Star

Benjamin Meyer
Senior Solutions Architect, Games, Amazon Web Services

TJ Michael
Tech Lead, Moon Active LTD

Alexander Mishulin
Creative Director, Owlcat Games

Kenny Mitchell
Professor & CTO, Edinburgh Napier University

Phil Mohr
CEO and Co-Founder, Metica

Alex Moretti
CEO, Fallen Planet Studios

Brittney Morris
Advanced Writer, Insomniac Games

Matthew Morris
CCO, Code Wizards Group

Hytham Morsy
Animation Director, Brass Lion Entertainment

Tim Morten
CEO, Frost Giant Studios

Wojciech Mosiejczuk
Game Designer, Massive Entertainment

Alex Moukala
Composer, Freelancer

Bawa Syed Mubarak
Consul General of India, Consulate General of India, Frankfurt

Joan Lluis Mudarra
Producer, Tilting Point

Feras Musmar
Product Director, TTK Games

Paavan Nanda
CEO & Co-Founder, WinZo Games

Sabine Neuser
Narrative Designer, Deck13 Interactive

Zoe Nguyen Thanh
Art Director, Curious Fish

Florian Niggemeier
Localization Specialist, Florian Niggemeier

Mark Nolan
Director of Marketing, Modulate

Hugo Obi
Founder, Maliyo Games

Isaac Olander
CEO, Tallgran

Arden Osthof
Senior Narrative Designer, Freelance

Eylul Ozekes
Marketing Director, Sarepta Studio AS

Björn Pankratz
Creative Director, Pithead-Studio

Amber Pasternack
PhD Research Student, University of Glasgow

Jonas Pastoors
Researcher, Breda University of Applied Sciences

Neha Patel
Composer/Sound Designer, Freelance

Max Pears
Principal Mission Designer, Hangar 13

Michal Pekala
Partner, Head of Video Games, RZM

Vee Pendergrast
Industry Development Manager, NZ Centre Of Digital Excellence Ltd

Aurélie Perrin
Localization Specialist & IGDA Localization SIG Co, LocQuest

André Persson
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Project 369

Erik Peterson
Steam Business Team, Valve

Johanna Pirker
Professor, LMU/GameLabGraz

Randy Pitchford
Founder and CEO, Gearbox Entertainment

Andreas Podgurski
Tech-Lead, Ulisses Spiele

Andrei Podoprigora
Co-Founder & CEO, Forklift Interactive

Arthur Protasio
CEO & Creative Director, Fableware

Lucie Prunier
Executive Technical Producer, DON'T NOD

Ferran Puntí
CEO, The Breach Studios

Marcus Purvis
Director, Useful Studios

Gregory Queste
Brand Marketing Consultant, Not a Shark Company

Matt Radford
CEO / Creative Director, 5th Corner

Daria Radu
Developer Success Engineer, modl.ai

Stefan Randelshofer
Head of Audio, Larian

Stephane Rappeneau
CEO, Weird Loop & Indie Plaza

David Reitman
Lead, Games, PwC

Christian Retzlaff
Head of Story Development & Writing, Magic Bytes

Ana Ribeiro
Game Director, ARVORE Immersive Experiences

Kristian Roberts
Managing Partner & CEO, Nordicity

Mark Robinson
Lead Programmer, Ubisoft Düsseldorf

Pawel Rohleder
Co-founder / Studio Director, PixelAnt Games

Guido Rosso
Founder/CEO, Rive

René Rother
Janitor, Bathroom

STEPHANE ROY
Former Vice President and Studio Head, WB Games Montreal

Alice Ruppert
Consultant, The Mane Quest

ELIANA RUSSI
Chief Programming Officer, gamescom latam

Ahmed Salama
Content & UX Director, Ubisoft

Daniel Sanchez
Chairman, IGDA Colombia

Pedro Santoro Zambon
Researcher | Vice Chairperson, Utrecht University | IGDA SIG Incubation

Shayan Sanyal
Head of Games Industry BD, AWS

Francesco Sapio
CEO, Red Hog Studio

Klaus Scherwinski
Storyboard Artist, STORYBOARDKLAUS.COM

Julien Schillinger
CEO, PandaBee Studios

Alexandra Schmuklermann
Professional Dancer and Researcher

Dieter Schoeller
CEO, Headup

Lea Schönfelder
Co-Founder, Fein Games

Elben Schutte
Senior Composer, Pressure Cooker

Philomena Schwab
Co-Founder, Stray Fawn Studio

Alec Shea
Music / Sound / Voice, Alec Shea Audio

Mihir Sheth
Game Director, SIE Santa Monica Studio

Anna Sieprawska
Product Manager, InnoGames GmbH

Jeff Skelton
Head of Technology Partnerships, Electronic Arts

Raunaq Singh Sokhi
Game Designer, EA Digital Illusions CE AB

Nathan Sölbrandt
Director of BD - EMEA, Germany

Jessica Sollander
Development Director, DICE

Sarah Sorrell
Charity Director, Safe in Our World

Sos Sosowski
Mad Scientist, Sos

Matteo Sosso
Game Director, Untold Games s.r.l.

Devan Soyka
Senior Narrative Designer, Crytek

Martine Spaans
Owner, Tamalaki Games

Andreas Sperling
Video Producer, Webedia GmbH

Bridget Stacy
VP of Marketing, Xsolla

GUSTAVO STEINBERG
CEO, gamescom latam

Jean-Philippe Steinmetz
Head of Xsolla Backend, Xsolla

Robin-Yann Storm
Workflow UX Designer, Freelance

Matthew Strasser
Advanced Dialogue Coordinator, Insomniac Games

Benjamin Strobel
Psychologist, Behind the Screens

Andreas Suika
Game Designer, My Own

Nav Sunner
CEO, Navatron

Mikkel Svendsen
Lighting, Rendering, Effects, COCOON (Geometric Interactive)

Dana Sydorenko
Founder & CEO, GameTree

Attila Szantner
CEO, MMOS Sarl

Dean Takahashi
Lead Writer for GamesBeat, VentureBeat

Eyram Tawia
CEO & Co-Founder, Leti Arts

Rodrigo Terra
President, ABRAGAMES - ARVORE

Rakshit Thakur
Engine Developer, SuperGaming

Jack Thibaut
Game Developer, Not Lemonade

Armando Troisi
Global Narrative Director, MY.GAMES

J.J. Trulock
Manager, ROE Network

James Turner
Senior Account Manager - Gaming, Revolgy

Thomas Tuts
Founder, Streaming Toolsmith

Danielle Udogaranya
Games Consultant & Entrepreneur, EVOLOTU

Egemen Üstün
Influencer, JokerStreamOk

Mark Val
Head of Growth, Photon Engine

Pieter van der Linden
President, vivitnet

Bertine van Hövell
Founder - Director, Lost Again

Adinda van Oosten
Game Journalist, Acreates

Jurriaan van Rijswijk
CCO, Games for Health

Anders Vang Pedersen
Associate Professor, Dania Academy

Vitalii Vashchuk
Global Head, Gaming Solutions, EPAM

Sergei Vasiuk
LiveOps Director, Wargaming

Ivonne Vaziri-Elahi
Narrative Designer, Freelancer

Jakin Vela
Executive Director, IGDA

Céline Veltman
Game Director, Curiosmos

Bertrand Vernizeau
CEO/Partner, Game Seer

Javier Verón Mérida
Co-Founder & Developer, Entalto Publishing

Joost Vervoort
Associate Professor, Utrecht University

Felix Voigt
Lighting Artist, Deck 13 Interactive GmbH

Hanh Vu
CEO, GameGeek Vietnam Co., Ltd

Daniel Wagner
CEO & Creative Director, Monokel

Danielle Wallace
3D Environment Artist II, Heart Machine

Mia Ginaé Watkins
Creative Operations, Riot Games

Kasper Weber
Founder & CEO, Beyond Creative Limited

Julien Wera
CEO, Moon Rover Games

Bobby Wertheim
Partner, Nocturne Games

Paul West
CEO, Fumb Games

Daniel Wewerinke
Senior Game Designer, Guerrilla

Benn Wiebe
Vice Chairman / Executive Producer, HFP

Bri Williams
Narrative Designer, Crytek GmbH

Jonathon Wilson
Senior Level Designer, Hangar 13

Liam Wiltshire
Head of Payments & Compliance, Tebex, an Overwolf Company

Ingelis Wipfelder
Narrative Designer, Freelance

Kamil Wojtas
Lead Community Developer, Funcom

Leonie Wolf
Associate Art Director / Senior Technical Animator, Maschinen-Mensch

Garrett Young
General Manager, Empty Vessel

Leiming Zeng
Senior Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud International

Bert Zierfuss
Senior Animator, IO Interactive AS

2024 Partners

DEVCOM PARTNER:
• KolnBusiness

PARTNERS FOR #DDC2024:
• Abstract
• Accelbyte
• Alibaba Cloud
• Aws
• Anything
• Astragon
• Brazil Games
• CISPA
• Community Clubhouse
• Critical Rabbit
• Diversion
• G5 Games
• Games Capital
• Google Cloud
• i3d
• India Content Hub of the World
• InnoGames
• Invoke
• Jet Brains
• Lemonate
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• NetCologne
• Nikofirm
• Nitrado
• Perforce
• Rive
• Sard
• Segwise
• Sepc
• ShiYanTech
• SpielFabrique
• Swiss Games
• Terminal 3
• The Indie Brewery
• Waves
• Winking
• Xsolla
• Yager