MEET & BUILD 2023 got off to a great start on Thursday, October 26 with the international meetings! Some thirty associations, schools, public organizations and studios gave presentations on this first day dedicated to the Belgian video game industry. We were also honored to welcome France as our guest of honor, in the presence of the French Ambassador to Belgium, M. François Sénémaud, and our Secretary of State for Digitization, Mathieu Michel.
On the program, in room 3, we found associations, schools, public organizations with the following presentations:
- SpielFabrique : European Coproduction / Accelerator program
- GXC How to develop a local video game ecosystem
- GAME IN Haut de France regional cluster & Game Camp
- BOUFTANG Collective : La Réunion regional cluster & Call collaboration
- Capital Games : Ile-de-France regional cluster & Game Connection / Paris Game Week
- SNJV : France national video game trade association activities & market insights
- Wallimage Walloon public fund results 2022 - 2023 & Wallonia investments
- VAF : Flanders public fund: strategy & insights & Gametrack
- Ukrainian gamedev industry Ukrain's market situation and insights & Collaboration opportunities
- Abragames (Brazil) Brazil's market situation and insights & Collaboration opportunities & BIG Festival
- Bitsummit (Japan) Japan's Indie Game market situation and insights & Collaboration opportunities & Bitsummit
- Piktura (3D Center) : Higher Education School based in the Hauts de France offering game development and game design courses
- ARTFX In the top 10 of creative schools in the world - based in the Hauts de France region - offering courses in game art, game programming and game design
- CNAM-ENJMIN French Graduate School of Video Games and Interactive Media
- HEAJ Haute École Albert Jacquard
- HEPL Haute École de la Province de Liège
- Round table with representatives of organizations from France and Belgium : CNC, Business France Belgium, Business France ParisWallimage & WALGA-Belgian Games
In Room 4, there was a pitch session for Belgian and international studios, as well as a presentation of the Tax Shelter by SPF Financeof the Creative Europe Media and the WALGA General Meeting. Studios presenting their projects and/or services:
- Poolpio
- N-Zone
- Frosty Froggs
- Little Big Monkey
- Cortex Machina
- Vigo Creative
- Jade Autism
- Indie Plaza
- Mighty Koi / Mroya
- MI 12 fun center
- Sleep Time
- Compagnie des Martingales / Artheria
From Thursday to Friday, participants gathered at the Brasserie du Quai10 to meet for meetings via the app Brella. We counted a total of 232 meetings!
The day ended with enthusiasm and appetite at the opening reception at the Brasserie, hosted by theFrench Embassy in Belgium.
Check out all the photos from the day of international meetings on the MEET & BUILD Facebook page!
