2025 Conference Programme

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  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • 9:45am

    Tom Cole University of Greenwich
    Laurence Oldham Frontier Developments
    Kish Hirani Kiss Publishing & BiG
    Declan Cassidy Into Games
    Hope Caton Kingston University
    Ian Goodall Aardvark Swift
    Marcia Deakin NextGen Skills Academy
    9:45am - 10:45am
    Room 5

    11:00am

    Xu He ustwo games
    11:00am - 11:45am
    Room 1
    Katherine Mould Keywords Studios
    11:00am - 11:45am
    Room 3
    John Campbell Triangular Pixels
    11:00am - 11:45am
    Room 4

    12:00pm

    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 1
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 2
    Imogen Mellor YRS TRULY
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 3
    Cassia Curran Raw Fury/Curran Games
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 4
    Tom Cole University of Greenwich
    Laurence Oldham Frontier Developments
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 5
    Danni GT Danni GT Coaching
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 6

    2:00pm

    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 1
    Sam Hughes Metacore
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 2
    Cameron Akitt Sony Interactive Entertainment
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 3
    Matt Wilson The Game Assembly UK
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 5
    Lydia Cooke University of Brighton
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 6

    3:00pm

    Stark Holborn ColePowered
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 1
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 2
    Martin Wein GameFlex Consultants
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 3
    Melissa ‘Mj’ Lewis Kepler Interactive
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 4
    Tom Cole University of Greenwich
    Laurence Oldham Frontier Developments
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 5
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 6

    4:00pm

    Callum Underwood IndieBI / Uwu Biz
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 1
    Zhong Hu Twin Atlas
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 3
    Amy-Leigh Shaw Sweet Baby
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 4
    Tom Cole University of Greenwich
    Lien Cross nDreams
    Andy Bossom University for the Creative Arts
    Dr Jackie Mulligan Game Republic
    Dr Gina Jackson Skillful/Pitchify
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 5
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 6

    5:00pm

    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 1
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 2
    Najmah Salam Small Loan Studio
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 3
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 4
    Tom Cole University of Greenwich
    Laurence Oldham Frontier Developments
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 5
    Dr Gina Jackson Skillful/Pitchify
    Matt Spall Pitchify
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 6

    Tuesday 8 July Official Events

    18.00 - 20.00: Develop:Brighton IceBreaker in the Metropole Bar everyone with a Develop pass welcome!

    19.00: RaiseTheGame Festival Of Food at Shelter Hall.

    19.30 - 23.30: Poker Tournament in support of GamesAid in the Sandringham Suite at the Hilton Metropole

  • 9:45am

    Sam Lake Remedy Entertainment
    Sam Loveridge GamesRadar
    9:45am - 10:45am
    Room 1
    9:45am - 10:45am
    Room 5

    11:00am

    Ilari Kuittinen Housemarque
    11:00am - 11:45am
    Room 1
    Claire Morwood Indie Developer & Artist
    11:00am - 11:45am
    Room 2
    Marlon Fussell Martian Lawyers Club
    11:00am - 11:45am
    Room 3
    Andrew Fray Studio Enso
    11:00am - 11:45am
    Room 4
    Josh Weeden PitStop Productions
    Liam Kenrick PitStop Productions
    Rosanna Normanton Intimacy Coordinator
    11:00am - 11:45am
    Room 5

    12:00pm

    Samuel Roberts GamesIndustry.biz
    Jay Baylis Bytten Studio
    Sophie Smart No More Robots
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 1
    Dennis Quaisser Pixel Maniacs
    Beth Wain Disobey
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 2
    Garry Seto Massive Damage Games
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 3
    Francesca Foffano University of York
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 4
    Em Aspinall Safe In Our World
    12:00pm - 12:45pm
    Room 6

    2:00pm

    Donald Barrett Insomniac Games
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 1
    Ash Kerins Concept Artist and Illustrator
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 2
    James Vigor Ground Shatter
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 3
    Shereen Fares Ragdoll Games
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 4
    Natalie Winter Actor and Director
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 5
    Elli Shapiro OMG (Out Making Games)
    James Dodd Out Making Games / Martin Tripp Associates
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 6

    3:00pm

    Ali Cormack Studio Gobo
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 2
    Jennifer Estaris ustwo games
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 3
    Stanley Wang Koffeecup
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 4
    James Stant Frontier Developments
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 5
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 6

    4:00pm

    Joe Burridge Play Ventures
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 1
    Anonymous Roosens
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 2
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 3
    Jamin Smith Pantaloon
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 4
    Julia Bianco The Halp Network
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 5
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 6

    5:00pm

    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 1
    Kirsty Fraser Third Kind Games
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 3
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 4
    Ashley Keeler Target3D/StudioT3D
    Susie Valerio Voice Actor and Casting Director
    Katie Young Liquid Violet
    Randall Ryan HamsterBall
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 5
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 6
    Samantha Ebelthite Amplified Games
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 7

    Wednesday 9 July Official Events

    15.00 - 17.00: Women in Games Fizz and Cake in 1890 Restaurant (off hotel lobby)

    17.00 - 18.00: Expo Mixer

    19.00: Develop:Star Awards at the Brighton Dome

    20.00: GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party

  • 10:00am

    10:00am - 10:15am
    Room 5
    10:15am - 11:00am
    Room 5

    11:15am

    11:15am - 12:00pm
    Room 1
    11:15am - 12:00pm
    Room 2
    11:15am - 12:00pm
    Room 3
    Roy Caseley University of the Arts London
    11:15am - 12:00pm
    Room 4
    Paola Velasquez Sony Interactive Entertainment
    11:15am - 12:00pm
    Room 5
    Jonas Gawe Limit Break Mentorship
    Anisa Sanusi Limit Break Mentorship
    11:15am - 12:00pm
    Room 6

    12:15pm

    12:15pm - 1:00pm
    Room 1
    Tom Knight Fireshine Games
    Julia Spinola Fireshine Games
    12:15pm - 1:00pm
    Room 2
    Peter Hanson Sony Interactive Entertainment
    Ciaran Walsh Studio Gobo
    Ben Pickersgill Studio Gobo
    Simon Haines Sony Interactive Entertainment
    12:15pm - 1:00pm
    Room 5
    Ros Chisholm BadBear Games CIC
    12:15pm - 1:00pm
    Room 6
    12:15pm - 1:00pm
    Room 7

    2:00pm

    Alix Taylor-Searle Third Kind Games
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 1
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 2
    John McCormack The Chinese Room
    Laura Dodds The Chinese Room
    Jack Roach Big Farmer
    Daan Hendriks The Chinese Room
    Alys Elwick Big Farmer
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 3
    Stephanie Bazeley Team Junkfish
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 4
    Siddhant Ravi Ninja Theory
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 5
    Estelle Bailly Coaching with Estelle
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 6
    Nicola Strina Blink Games
    2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Room 7

    3:00pm

    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 1
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 3
    Mark Fraser Aero Astro Arts
    Antonio Amado Aero Astro Arts
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 4
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 5
    Emma Varjo Redhill Games
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 6
    3:00pm - 3:45pm
    Room 7

    4:00pm

    Jamie Denham Sliced Bread Animation
    Soheil Salehinia Sliced Bread Animation
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 1
    Agnes Kasilovska Dead Nice Studio
    Sam Thompson Dead Nice Studio
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 2
    David Partouche The Multiplayer Group
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 3
    Jacob Coles Massive Entertainment - a Ubisoft Studio
    Martin Weissberg Massive Entertainment - a Ubisoft Studio
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 5
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 6
    Yasmina Fadel Maximalist
    4:00pm - 4:45pm
    Room 7

    5:00pm

    Nick Wiswell Turn 10 Studios
    5:00pm - 5:45pm
    Room 5
    Nick Wiswell Turn 10 Studios
    Daan Hendriks The Chinese Room
    Pete Ward MachineGames
    Rebecca Parnell Act III Studios
    Tessa Verplancke Freelance Sound Designer
    5:45pm - 6:30pm
    Room 5

    Thursday 10 July Official Events

    17.00: Final fun session plus Indie Showcase Winners announced in Room 1 everyone welcome!

    19.00: The post-conference party in support of SpecialEffect and OneSpecialDay at Oh So Social Bar on the seafront.

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