2022 EXTENDED

27 to 29 October 2022

On site at Quai10 Charleroi  

MEET & BUILD IN NUMBERS
 

6 editions since 2015 and 1 cancelled edition due to COVID-19

136 talkers from 20 different countries

84 talks and round tables from 11 bit Studios, Nintendo Europe, Riot Games, Jason Della Rocca, Kiro’o Games Studio, Unity, Red Hook Games, Tom Fry who made Sonic Mania, StARTS Europe, DoubleDutch Games, Pastagames, DontNod Eleven, Spiders Games, Dutch Games Association, Yacht Club Game, DROOL, NERIAL, SuperGiant Games, Molengeek, Landfall Games, Cyanide Studios, Mark Friend from Playstation Studios, I-Illusions, KING, Beat Games, Colossal Order, Amanita Design, Bohemia Interactive, DotEMU, Appeal, Wargaming, ...

more than 2000 visitors

1 online edition in 2021

8 B2B moments 

45 new games presented

Too many cups of coffee, too many glasses of water and way to many bottles of beer.

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THE BELGIAN VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY EVENT
 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS

Round tables between organizations’ representatives from Quebec, Brazil, France, Greece, ... about best practices exchanges, market situation, …

COPRODUCTION MARKET

In the morning, pitch sessions from Belgian (different regions) and international video game studios

looking for co-productions, 1-1 meetings, …

GAME DEV SCHOOLS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Students from Belgium game dev schools have 3 months internship, matchmaking with Belgians and international studios, schools’ presentation of their cursus, …

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INDUSTRY SERVICE PROVIDERS PRESENTATIONS

Servers, dev kits, marketing agencies, … will present their services to the audience.

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PUBLISHERS AND INVESTORS REVERSE PITCHES

Individual presentation to Belgian studios and project holders of what kind of project, funding, criterias, they are looking for...

1:1 MEETINGS

Meetings between Belgian studios, international publishers, private and public investors.

PROJECT HOLDERS PITCHES SESSION

Two hours pitches session of project holders working on their first game followed by 1:1 meetings with publishers and investors showing interest in the projects.

NETWORKING DRINK

All participants and speakers are invited to try Belgian beers :-)

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INVESTORS DINNER

Representatives of international publishers and national investors will enjoy a networking VIP dinner. 

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More than twenty conferences and round-table discussions with international and Belgian creators about six themes : pre-production, financing, production, marketing, distribution and education about/with video games.

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The main objectives of this third day are to share the experiences and knowledge of the different creators invited to speak, to offer to the Belgian participants  an opportunity to meet, to network, to discuss and to present their current projects to institutions and publishers.

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4 ROOMS IN QUAI10 MOVIE THEATER

20 talks and round tables in English, 1 room with talks in French.

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2022 SPECIAL GUEST : QUEBEC

Speakers from Québecian studios will share their expertise on different topics.

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LIVE STREAMING OF ALL TALKS

All Available  on Twitch.

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NETWORKING DRINK

All participants and speakers are invited to try Belgian beers :-)

ABOUT

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The MEET & BUILD 2022 Extended  is an event organized by FOr'J, WALGA and Quai 10 with the support of l'Agence du Numérique, Belgian Games, Digital Wallonia, Awex, la Région Wallonne, la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, FullTV, Québec Délégation Générale Bruxelles, Charleroi Entreprendre, l'Ambassade de France en Belgique, Québec EPIX, the Guilde du Jeu Vidéo du Québec, Wallimage, VAF, HUB-C, the City of Charleroi, Technocité and Sambrinvest.

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