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Cross-sector IP building in Europe

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• Held at Game Connection Europe 2017, Nov 1-3 2017, Paris

• A European initiative supported by Creative Europe

• Will promote and encourage connections betweens European IPs in

various sectors (gaming and non gaming) via 2 activities: 10

conferences focusing on IPs best practices on the one hand, and a

temporary European IPs incubator on the other hand

• Target: European IPs owners/right holders from the video games

industry and from the animation / comics / TV / cinema / series

industries, leading video game publishers and media buyers

• Your role: join our advisory board, speak at Game Connection and/or

join our IPs incubator and benefit from direct contact with hundreds

of leading professionals from the gaming and non gaming sectors

What is this project about?

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• Identify and promote European IPs from the video games and

outside the video games (video games, animation, movies,

comics, TC etc…) industry with high growth potential

• Connect those IPs with key stakeholders in the videogames

industry at Game Connection Europe 2017 with a view to

generating profitable collaborations

An advisory board composed of 8 European professionals

representing the main entertainment sectors (video games,

animation, movies, comics, TC etc…) in Europe will lead the

project

What is the goal of this project?

game owners/

developers/

designers

IP Project @

Game

Connection

character/

brand/

strong universe

in comics/

animation/film/TV/

series etc ...

game producers/

buyers

buyers/

distributors from

comics/

animation/film/TV/

series etc...

VIDEO GAME

INDUSTRY

NON VIDEO GAME

INDUSTRIES

LICENSORS:

IP holders

brand owners

rights owners

LICENSORS:

IP holder

brand owners

rights owners

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• 10 conferences of 25 or 55 minutes held by leading

professionals sharing their experience in cross-sector

IP building and financing (Nov 1-3, 2017 at Game

Connection Europe, Paris)

• Speakers : key industry members who played or are

still playing a major role in the success of European

IPs, ideally in several sectors (animation, series,

movies, comics etc…), or experts who have a strong

knowledge of European IPs from content industries

Share global entertainment IPs

best practices

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• Identify and select 20 European IPs from various

sectors based on “high cross- sector potential” -

namely how successfully their universe, characters

and content can be ported to the video games

industry

• Promote these IPs and help them create connections

with the video game industry via on-site visibility at

Game Connection Europe, qualified meetings with

potential partners, networking support between

different, social network promotion, emailing and

more

Develop a temporary incubator for

European IPs

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• Advisory board: share your thoughts and give your opinion on

conference topics and European IPs in animation, comics, film,

series or other

• Speak at Game Connection: hold a presentation or moderate a

panel in one of the 10 conferences about European cross sector

IP building at Game Connection Europe (advisory Board

members are encouraged to speak at Game Connection as well)

• Own an IP/rights to an IP? : join our incubator with one or

several of your non video game IPs that you wish to explore

being ported to the video games industry or share your

expertise in European IPs

How can you get involved in this

project?

Contact us

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If you are part of the European IPs family and

want to know more or get involved in this

project, get in touch with us:

Ophélie Laffuge - Connection Events

● olaffuge@connection-events.com

● +33 6 95 92 76 26

https://www.game-connection.com/