As part of White Nights, a round table on esports will be held in St. Petersburg. Wargaming, Epic Games, ESforce, VKontakte and BuzzGuru will take part in it. We suggest that they come up with questions related to esports and the development of esports games. Two authors of the best questions will receive a premium ticket to the conference.
Who are the participants of the round table?
Georgy DobrodeevGeorgy Dobrodeev will be a representative of Epic Games.
He is responsible for the company’s marketing in Eastern Europe. Prior to working with the authors of Fortnite, George worked at Bandai Namco and Ubisoft.
Nikita Bokarev
Nikita Bokarev, Head of ESforce Media Direction, gave his consent to participate in the event.
Previously, he was the creative director of the 4Game club, and also held the position of creative producer for several years Mail.Ru Group in the direction of games. Bokarev believes that “the only traditional sport to which esports is inferior in terms of classroom performance is football.”
Alexander ShchepilovFrom the social network VKontakte, Alexander Shchepilov, the head of the gaming marketing platform, will be at the round table.
Alexander is also engaged in the marketing of the “Video and Broadcast” product in the company.
Alexey KuznetsovAlexey Kuznetsov will also perform.
Alexey is an advisor at dreamteam.gg and is a member of the Board of the Belarusian Esports Federation. In the past, the head of the esports direction of Wargaming, now he is busy in the company publishing projects from third-party teams.
Maxim KoltonyukThe moderator of the table about video bloggers will be Maxim Koltonyuk, a member of the Board of the Belarusian Esports Federation.
Previously, Maxim was responsible for PR in Wargaming in the CIS.
What will they discuss?
The list of topics is the widest. The participants of the round table will start with a basic topic about what the esports market is today. They will outline the general principles of its work, mention the main players and how they interact with each other, and also be sure to focus on its main problems.
In addition, much attention will be paid to the interaction of the already established esports market with publishers and developers, with the integration of new projects with the market. The conversation will also focus on what game developers need to take into account if they expect to create a successful esports product.
Terms of participation
To participate in the competition, you need to come up with a question on the topic of esports or the development of an esports product. He or they can be addressed to all speakers or to someone individual. Questions should be written in the comments to this text. We will announce the names of the two winners at 19.00 on Friday, June 1, right there in the comments.
We remind you that the summer session of the conference for developers, publishers and marketers of White Nights games will be held in St. Petersburg on June 28-29. Details can be found on the event’s website.