The VGBA EuroSummit returns for Gamescom 2024 presented by Tencent Games. We’ve taken your feedback and suggestions from last year with the result being an expanded conference with 7 sessions of keynotes and panels. We will be covering the coming changes in the legislative landscape for games including Artificial Intelligence and Loot Boxes just to start. In addition to more sessions, we have added a pre-event coffee, lunch and the always popular drinks reception which has been generously sponsored by Tencent as well. The registration website has the complete agenda. Register before July 15 and get your ticket for last year’s price.
VGBA EuroSummit
[August 20, 2024]
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2024 Video Game Bar Association EuroSummit on Games Business & Law
Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM CEST
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Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1
Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1
Speakers
Agenda
10:00
Registration & Coffee
Registration & Coffee
11:00
Welcome
Welcome
Speakers:
Henner Hentsch, Anselm Rodenhausen, Konni Ewald & Joseph Olin
11:10
Opening keynote
Opening keynote
11:45
What’s On the Regulatory Horizon for Games
What’s On the Regulatory Horizon for Games
Speaker:
Anselm Rodenhausen
Video Games Europe
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
13:15
Keynote: “It’s a Deal” Update on the EU’s AI Act Panel: “Key Aspects of the AI Legal Framework for the Games Industry”
Keynote: “It’s a Deal” Update on the EU’s AI Act Panel: “Key Aspects of the AI Legal Framework for the Games Industry”
Speaker:
Kai Zenner
Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss
Tobias Haar
Aleph Alpha
Moderator:
Adrian Schneider
Osborne Clarke
Panelist:
Kai Zenner, Julian Klagge
Nordemann // EU design law reform
14:15
DSA, DMA & OSA Updates
DSA, DMA & OSA Updates
Impulse Talk 1:
Chrissie Scelsi, Don McGowan, Dana Hooker, Michael Williams
DLA Piper
Impulse Talk 2:
Regulatory Enforcement:
Tasks, Roles and Enforcement Instruments of the BNetzA Tim Harlinghausen
Digital Services Coordinator Germany
Impulse Talk 3:
What does the OSA mean for the Games story, Kostya Lobov
Harbottle & Lewis
15:00
Loot Boxes in Games Panel Discussion: “Loot Boxes – never ending story?!”
Loot Boxes in Games Panel Discussion: “Loot Boxes – never ending story?!”
Impulse Talk 1:
Ann Becker
Video Games Europe
Impulse Talk 2:
Regulation of Loot Boxes by Gambling Laws Jan Feuerrhake
Taylor Wessing
Impulse Talk 3:
Elisabeth Seckler
USK
Moderator:
Henner Hentsch
game
16:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:15
Navigating the Cyber Battleground in the Games Industry
Navigating the Cyber Battleground in the Games Industry
Speaker:
Christoph Ritzer
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
16:45
Harassment in the Video Games industry and what lawyers can do about it
Harassment in the Video Games industry and what lawyers can do about it
Speaker:
Don McGowan
Former General Counsel Bungie
Michael Williams
The Pokemon Co // COO // Intorqa
17:15
Current Trends in M & A
Current Trends in M & A
Speakers:
Tatiana Marzoil
DLA Piper
Caglar Egar
CEO – exmox GmbH
Michael Metzger
Drake Star Partners
Moderator:
Philipp Meyer
DLA Piper
18:00
End of Day Reception
Sponsored by Tencent Games