Game Connection - Connection Events

Connection Events

Connection Events is the organizer of Game Connection. Created in July 2006, the company is a spin-off of Lyon Game, a non-profit organization which initially launched Game Connection Europe, however closed its doors in 2009. Through the years, Connection Events has developed a true expertise in the video games industry that led to being given the charge of organizing the Lyon Game Developers Conference, the first French edition of the original GDC held yearly in California as well as the Paris GDC Game Developers Conference, the first of which took place in Paris on June, 23-24, 2008. Since then, Connection Events has focused on the organization of Game Connection Europe and Game Connection America, as well as of other events such as the Serious Game Expo, property of the cluser Imaginove.

Since 2007, Connection Events has also developed an expertise in Master Classes which have taken place in Lyon and Paris. With a 20 person limit per training session, these master classes are designed for video game professionals who want to develop their skills in different domains in a concrete way: production, arts, game design, programming and business. Among other professionals, Mike Acton from Insomniac Games Christophe Balestra from Naughty Dog, Thomas Bideaux, Noah Falstein, Clinton Keith, Doug Mealy have shared their skills during these master classes.