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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
O7H 2026 PROGRAM
Thanks to our Platinum Sponsors
09:00 - 10:00
Registration, Coffee & Tea
Welcome to Joki!
Lemminkäisenkatu 12b, 20520 Turku
10:00 - 10:15
Welcoming words
Welcoming words by organizers and sponsors
10:15 - 11:00
KEYNOTE
Luke Savage
Epic Games Education Adviser, Epic Games
Building a Career in Games: Lessons to learn
11:00 - 11:30
Adam Al-Sawad
CFO & Composer at Kalla Gameworks, IGDA Finland Board
When Art becomes the Self: Emotions and Communication in a Professional Setting
11:30 - 12:00
Teija Raninen
Film Commissioner, West Finland, Business Turku
From Turku to the World: Building Scalable Stories & IP
13:30 - 14:00
Chris Hamilton
IGDA HQ, Board Member
Topic: TBA
14:00 - 14:30
Susanna “Tipi” Ilmonen
Senior Developer at Futurice
Pongu - Game developers shortcut to Streamers & Discovery
14:30 - 15:00
Wilma Ramona Ikäheimonen
COB at Game Makers of Finland
Topic: AI within the game industry - threat, opportunity or something else
15:00 - 15:30
COFFEE BREAK
Short break
15:30 - 16:00
Panel Discussion with
HIVE-Turku Game Hub, University of Turku, IGDA Turku and GameDev Summer Programme
10 Years of the Game Hub — What Changed?
16:00 - 16:45
KEYNOTE
Ivan Lugovoy
Art Directing Wizard, Kuuasema
Games. Art. Neuroscience.
16:45 - 17:00
CLOSING WORDS
Summary of the day, closing words
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