Gamescom Congress EN 2020: Full Schedule

11:00 CEST

Video Games, EU Policy Priorities and the Impact of Covid-19

Join our session to learn how Germany plans to drive Europe forward during its EU Presidency and which EU policy priorities are going to have an impact on how Europe’s video games sector grows and creates jobs during the Covid-19 recovery phase. This session includes a presentation by Ipsos MORI on “Video games in Europe: The New State of Play after Covid-19”.

Moderators

Ann Becker

Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE)

Swedish national, Ann holds an MA from King’s College, University of London, in UK, EU & US Copyright Law and an MA from the University of Paris in Regional Economic Development and international Cooperation.Prior to joining ISFE, Ann held several senior positions in the media and... Read More →

Speakers

Dr. Olaf Coenen

Chairman of the Board, Vice President International Publishing, Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE), Electronic Arts (EA)

Dr. Olaf Coenen (*22.06.1971) is Vice President International Publishing at Electronic Arts (EA). He has been working for EA since 2005. Olaf Coenen holds an MBA and received his PhD in Business Administration. He started his career in 1997 as Managing Associate at the chair of information... Read More →

Nick Cook

Senior Research Executive, Ipsos MORI

Nick has been working in videogaming, broadcast and tech research for the past 3 years. During this time he has worked across a range of projects to help better understand current media habits and behaviours, specifically looking at videogamers and TV audiences, as well as helping... Read More →

Hendrik Lesser

President, CEO, European Game Developers Federation (EGDF), Remote Control Productions

The entrepreneur and founder Hendrik Lesser is the CEO of the international production company Remote Control Productions. After starting in the industry more than 20 years ago, mainly as a producer and product manager, he has built a family of independent development studios across... Read More →

Eduardo Mena

Research Director, Ipsos MORI

Eduardo has 15 years of experience at Ipsos MORI. Eduardo has worked in a wide variety of research within the technology, content and media industry, combining personal interests with professional experience to provide strategic insight for clients. Eduardo is the media specialist... Read More →

Dr. Tobias Miethaner

Head of the "Digital Society" Department, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

Dr. Tobias Miethaner has been Head of the Digital Society Directorate-General at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure since August 2014. Before that, he worked first as a legal advisor and head of the policy and party work unit of the Executive Committee of... Read More →

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