The London Games Summit, co-presented by ELSPA and Tiga, programmed by the CMP Game Group, is a leadership seminar for game industry chief executives, departmental directors, and investors, addressing not only next-generation business issues, but exploring strategies for maximizing the expanding range of market opportunities that present themselves in the modern game market.
About ELSPA (www.ELSPA.com)
ELSPA (the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association) was founded in 1989 to establish a specific and collective identity for the British computer and video games industry.
Since then, the membership has steadily grown from 12 to nearly 100 companies, including almost all the major companies concerned with the publishing and distribution of interactive leisure and entertainment software in the UK. ELSPA works to protect, promote and provide for the interests of all its members, as well as addressing issues that affect the industry as a whole through:
- Industry Promotion
- Sales charts & reports
- Conferences & seminars
- Anti-piracy enforcement
- Reviewing proposed legislation
- Content ratings
- Research reports
- Careers promotion
About Tiga (www.Tiga.org)
Tiga is the trade association which represents the business, commercial and political interests of game developers in the UK and Europe to government, EU, publishers and financiers. Its members are both independent and in-house studios of companies producing for games consoles, PC, handheld, mobile and iTV games.
Launched in March 2001, Tiga has more than 90 member companies that collectively represent expertise from right across the industry. Tiga works to promote communication between developers and publishers and those that provide services to them. Tiga aims to benefit its members' businesses and creative interests by encouraging a better climate for investment in games, best business practice, dialogue and favourable terms with publishers and by lobbying for government support to the industry.
About the CMP Game Group (www.cmpgame.com)
A core provider of essential information to the professional game industry, the CMP Game Group offers market-defining content, and drives community through the Game Developers Conference, the Serious Games Summit D.C., GDC London, GDC Europe, GDC FOCUS ON events, GDC Mobile, Game Developer magazine, the Webby Award winning Gamasutra.com, the Independent Games Festival, the Game Developers Choice Awards, and GDCTV. For more information, please visit www.cmpgame.com.
About CMP Technology (www.cmp.com)
CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.
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