2024 Video Game Bar Association EuroSummit on Games Business & Law
Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM CEST
Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1
Description
Registration for the 2024 VGBA EuroSummit is open.
Presented by:
Registration Fee: €208 + VAT
VGBA EUROSUMMIT AGENDA
10:00 AM Registration & Coffee
11:00 AM Welcome
Henner Hentsch, Anselm Rodenhausen, Konni Ewald & Joseph Olin
11:10 AM OPENING KEYNOTE
Fireside Chat with Brent Irvin & James Batchelor
Tencent General Counsel and
Vice Chairman of Tencent Games
Editor-in-Chief // GameIndustry.biz
11:45 PM What's On the Regulatory Horizon for Games
Jari-Pekka Kaleva // European Games Developer Federation
12:30 PM LUNCH
1:15 PM Keynote: "It's a Deal" Update on the EU's AI Act
Kai Zenner // Head of Office and
Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss
Panel: "Key Aspects of the AI Legal Framework
for the Games Industry"
Moderator: Adrian Schneider // Osborne Clarke
Panelists:
Kai Zenner
Julian Klagge //Nordemann // "Eu design law reform"
Tobias Haar // General Counsel // Aleph Alpha
2:15 PM DSA, DMA & OSA Updates
Impulse Talk 1: What does the DSA & DMA mean
for the Games Industry
Anselm Rodenhausen // Video Games Europe
Jari-Pekka Kaleva COO // European Games Developer Federation
Impulse Talk 2: Regulatory Enforcement:
Tasks, Roles & Enforcement Instruments of BNetzA
Tim Harlinghausen // Digital Services Coordinator DE
Impulse Talk 3: What does the OSA mean
for the Games Industry
Kostya Lobov // Harbottle & Lewis
3:00 PM Loot Boxes in Games
Impulse Talk 1: Impact of Consumer Laws on
Loot Boxes & In-Game Content
Ann Becker // Video Games Europe
Impulse Talk 2:
. Regulation of Loot Boxes by Gambling Laws
Jan Feuerhake // Taylor Wessing
Impulse Talk 3:
Loot Boxes under Youth Protection Laws
Elisabeth Secker // USK
Panel Discussion: "Loot Boxes - never ending story?!"
Moderator: Henner Hentsch // game
4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:15 PM Navigating the Cyber Battleground
in the Games Industry
Speakers: Christoph Ritze // Norton Rose Fulbright
4:45 PM Harassment in the Video Games industry and
what lawyers can do about it
Don McGowan // Former General Counsel Bungie & The Pokemon Co.
Michael Williams // COO // INTORQA
5:15 PM Current Trends in M & A
Moderator: Philipp Meyer // DLA Piper
Tatiana Marzoli & Philipp Meyer // DLA Piper
Caglar Egar // CEO // exmox GmbH
Michael Metzger // Drake Star Partners
6:00PM End of Day Reception
Sponsored by Tencent Games
Conference Location
Kristallsaal Section 3 Entrance Area West, 2nd floor
Supported by:
For inquiries, please email Joseph Olin at jolin@vgba.org.
If you are unable to pay the full ticket amount and believe you may qualify for a reduced cost or free admission, please email tristen@vgba.org.
Location
Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1