Welcome to BE BIG, the first transnational game industry event organized by the Baltic Explorers, aiming to boost Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, and Swedish game exports in the world's biggest game markets Asia and the US.
Be BIG offers two days of astonishing expert talks that are all connected to developing business in games. Be BIG includes insights on team building, starting a business from scratch, diversity, pitching, and publishing, along with experiences in startup marketing and maintaining business relations in Asia.
Thursday 25.3.2021 GLOBAL open for public - Day 1, ZOOM LINK HERE
12:00 Teemu Saarelainen / Baltic Explorers - Opening words
12:10 KEYNOTE: Mike Bradshaw - ABC of Pitching
13:00 Demo Show Case
13:20 Marja Konttinen / Hatch Kids - Game Marketing for Startups
14:00 Kim Ordén / Startup entrepreneur - "Starting a Games Business Straight out of School and What I've Learned from My Mistakes"
14:45 Intro to the pitching session
15:00 - 17:00 Peer2Peer stuff - Discord
Friday 26.3.2021 GLOBAL open for public - Day 2, ZOOM LINK HERE
10:00 Good morning & welcome back / Baltic Explorers
10:10 KEYNOTE: Kimmo Kari - All about Publishing
11:00 Catch a coffee
11.10 DEMO SHOWCASE
12:00 Isto Vanhamäki / Ladec Oy & Juha Tuominen / Roboride - Establishing and Maintaining Business Relations in China and Asia
12:30 Sophie Vo / Voodoo Games & Rise and Play - Diversity as an Asset in Games Business
13:15 Natasha Skult / MiTale - How to Manage a Successful Team
14:00 Introduction to the pitching session
14:15 Peer2Peer stuff - Discord
16:00 AFTER WORK beers (virtual wormhole from one location to another)
Saturday 27.3.2021 LOCAL
10:00 – 14:00 Only for teams accepted in the Be BIG coaching programme – Discord
Sunday 28.3.2021 LOCAL
10:00 – 13:00 Only for teams accepted in the Be BIG coaching programme - Discord
Register here
Be BIG offers two days of astonishing expert talks that are all connected to developing business in games. Be BIG includes insights on team building, starting a business from scratch, diversity, pitching, and publishing, along with experiences in startup marketing and maintaining business relations in Asia.
Thursday 25.3.2021 GLOBAL open for public - Day 1, ZOOM LINK HERE
12:00 Teemu Saarelainen / Baltic Explorers - Opening words
12:10 KEYNOTE: Mike Bradshaw - ABC of Pitching
13:00 Demo Show Case
13:20 Marja Konttinen / Hatch Kids - Game Marketing for Startups
14:00 Kim Ordén / Startup entrepreneur - "Starting a Games Business Straight out of School and What I've Learned from My Mistakes"
14:45 Intro to the pitching session
15:00 - 17:00 Peer2Peer stuff - Discord
Friday 26.3.2021 GLOBAL open for public - Day 2, ZOOM LINK HERE
10:00 Good morning & welcome back / Baltic Explorers
10:10 KEYNOTE: Kimmo Kari - All about Publishing
11:00 Catch a coffee
11.10 DEMO SHOWCASE
12:00 Isto Vanhamäki / Ladec Oy & Juha Tuominen / Roboride - Establishing and Maintaining Business Relations in China and Asia
12:30 Sophie Vo / Voodoo Games & Rise and Play - Diversity as an Asset in Games Business
13:15 Natasha Skult / MiTale - How to Manage a Successful Team
14:00 Introduction to the pitching session
14:15 Peer2Peer stuff - Discord
16:00 AFTER WORK beers (virtual wormhole from one location to another)
Saturday 27.3.2021 LOCAL
10:00 – 14:00 Only for teams accepted in the Be BIG coaching programme – Discord
Sunday 28.3.2021 LOCAL
10:00 – 13:00 Only for teams accepted in the Be BIG coaching programme - Discord
Register here