24 July 2023
BAFTA/Dan Fearon The first games-specific BAFTA Connect Forum was held on the 24th of June, bringing together Connect members for a day of networking and learning.
BAFTA Connect Forums are all-day events exclusively for BAFTA Connect-members which aim to educate, encourage conversation as well as facilitate the exchanging of ideas.
The day for games included a programme of talks as well as a networking lunch. The programme focused on the earlier stages of a games production cycle – from building collaborative teams from the outset, to concepting a game worthy of a BAFTA nomination.
The full schedule was as follows:
- Creating and producing a BAFTA-nominated game with Claire Lim (Presenter), Moo Yu (Creative Director at Team Artichoke) and Caroline Marchal (CEO at INTERIOR/NIGHT)
- What are games publishers looking for today? with James Batchelor (Editor-in-Chief, Games Industry.biz) and Meg Clarke (Game Scout at Team17), Guy Richards (Director at ID@Xbox), K.A. Pedersen (Game Scout at Fireshine Games) and Jake Parker (Content Scout at nDreams).
- Building and leading collaborative teams with Jazenna Mccalums (Presenter), Rosa Carbo-Mascarell (Design Manager at Improbable) and Jodie Azhar (CEO at Teazelcat).
- Worldbuilding in a games team Zoe Delahunty-Light (Video producer, Eurogamer), Giles Armstrong (Writer, Assassin’s Creed: Mirage), Jeryce Dianingana (Senior Environment Artist at Rocksteady) and Christine Brownell (Franchise Design Director at Media Molecule)
For more Connect events, BAFTA Connect members can keep an eye on the events page here
