The 2010 Game Developers Conference Europe Opens Call for Submissions

    
    Europe's Premier Development Conference Soliciting Submissions to Present
    Lectures and Panel Sessions Now Through April 23





    
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<p><span class="xn-location">BERLIN</span>, <span class="xn-chron">March 24</span> /CNW/ -- UBM TechWeb Game Network, organizers of the industry-leading Game Developers Conference® (GDC), have announced that submissions are now open for the 2010 Game Developers Conference <span class="xn-location">Europe</span>.  The event, taking place Monday through Wednesday August 16-18, 2010 at the <span class="xn-location">Cologne</span> Congress Center East in <span class="xn-location">Cologne</span>, <span class="xn-location">Germany</span>, will once again run alongside gamescom to present the leading game industry event for developers, consumers, publishers and trade professionals.  The event is soliciting session proposals now through <span class="xn-chron">Friday, April 23</span> via the official GDC <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> website: <a href="http://www.GDCEurope.com">www.GDCEurope.com</a>.</p>
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<p>Lectures and panel proposals are being solicited from the international game developer community for all five of this year's conference tracks, which include Business & Management, Game Design, Production, Technology, and Visual Arts.  To read more about the conference topics and the submission guidelines please visit: <a href="http://gdceurope.com/conference/c4p/index.html">http://gdceurope.com/conference/c4p/index.html</a>.</p>
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<p>By once again pairing GDC <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> with gamescom, Europe's leading consumer and industry show, the conference can offer content to address the development community at a central location in the heart of <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> and command the critical mass of the European games sector.  The event marks a return for the successful conference, which in 2009, its first year, saw more than 1,500 participants, including 130 international speakers, 40 exhibitors and 240 media representatives.  With the growing expansion of German and European developers focused on online and browser-based games, GDC <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> will focus one day of the event, <span class="xn-chron">August 17</span>, to cover social networks and online games, as well as key emerging markets in the region.  In conjunction with this new focus, GDC <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> will also provide a major platform for online game companies to host press conferences on the second day of the event.</p>
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<p>"Last year's show proved to be a raging success, with content and sessions presented by some of Europe's most important industry figures," said Frank Sliwka, Vice President of European Business Development and Event Director of GDC <span class="xn-location">Europe</span>. "Once again we look to the expertise and talent of the international game developer community to provide the amazing content that makes GDC <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> the leading industry event in <span class="xn-location">Europe</span>."</p>
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    For more information on GDC Europe visit: www.gdceurope.com.

    About the UBM TechWeb Game Network
    
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    About UBM TechWeb, a division of United Business Media
    
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<p>UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its core businesses - media solutions, marketing services and professional information - UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands, applications and services in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs, IT and IT Support managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software and Game developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively participate in UBM TechWeb's communities. UBM TechWeb brands includes: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Game Developers Conference (GDC), Web 2.0, Black Hat and VoiceCon; large-scale online networks such as InformationWeek, Light Reading and Gamasutra; research, training, and certification services, including HDI, Pyramid Research, and InformationWeek Analytics; and market-leading magazines such as InformationWeek and Wall Street & Technology. UBM TechWeb is part of UBM, a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.</p>
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    MEDIA CONTACT:
                        Brian Rubin
                        fortyseven communications
                        [phone]
                        [email protected]
    
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                        Susanne Tenzler-Heusler, Europe
                        [phone]
                        [email protected]
    
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    GDC EUROPE CONTACT:
                        Frank Sliwka, VP European Business
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                        [email protected]
    
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                        Ben Veechai, North America
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                        [email protected]




    

For further information: Media, Brian Rubin of fortyseven communications, [phone], [email protected]; or Susanne Tenzler-Heusler, Europe, [phone], [email protected]; or GDC Europe, Frank Sliwka, VP European Business, [phone], [email protected]; or Ben Veechai, North America, [phone], [email protected], all for UBM TechWeb Game Network Web Site: http://www.GDCEurope.com