Game Law Day

On November 17, 2011, games law specialists Alex Chapman (Sheridans, UK), Henri Leben (Colbert Paris Law Firm, France), Olivier Oosterbaan (Create Law, NL) and Andreas Lober (Schulte Rechtsanwälte, Germany) will discuss the latest legal developments for the games industry. The event will be held at the law offices of Schulte Riesenkampff in downtown Frankfurt am Main (An der Hauptwache 7, 60313 Frankfurt am Main), the participation is free.

Please see below for the provisional schedule on November 17, 2011:

14:00 to 14:20: Data security and data safety (Olivier)
14:20 to 14:40: How to deal with cheaters, bots and pirate servers (Olivier + Andreas)
14:40 to 15:00: Antitrust (Henri)
15:00 to 15:20: tba (Alex)
15:20 to 15:40: Coffee break
15:20 to 15:40: Clones (Andreas)
15:40 to 16:00: Social media marketing (Andrea Patzak, SR)
16:00 to 16:20: Youth protection (Wojtek Ropel, SR)
16:20 to 16:40: Virtual currencies (Clemens Just, SR)
16:40 to 17:00: M&A in the games sector (Clemens Just, SR)
17:00 to 17:20: Freelancers and other labour law issues (Astrid Krüger, SR)

 

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Over a Billion Euros worth of investors at the bgf

The bgf will feature networking opportunities with a large number of investement companies bringing a net worth of over a billion Euros in investment power to the table.
We have two great networking events prepared for our attendees:
1) The CFP presentation and lounge
Following their session on Friday, Corporate Finance Partners CFP Group, are excited to invite the bgf participants to the CFP-Business-Lounge at the Browsergames Forum 2011. Be their guest and meet outstanding entrepreneurial personalities from the online games sector. Take the opportunity to inspire and be inspired! Feel invited to exchange visions and establish fruitful relationships and also to indulge in a free crépes served at our lounge.

2) The Cat Cap ‘Games seek Finance’ event and lounge

The goal of this event is to bring together young and innovative gaming companies with publishers and venture capital investors which are enthusiastic about games. In the scope of the event six to eight game companies will be granted the unique opportunity to present their game companies and/or projects in front of the selected audience. After the 8 minutes of talk a short Q&A will round off the presentation. Following the presentations the BGF will further give a chance for one-to-one-conversations of entrepreneurs with investors and publishers.

A few slots still open! Contact Serle Espig Serle.Espig{at]CatCap.de to participate!

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