SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Talks, panels, and jury committees.

Talks & Panels

Panel: Gaming Like a Girl – Uitfeest, Utrecht, 2019
tl;dr: quick & practical tips to reach journalists – Game Dev Days, Graz, 2019
The Dutch games industry & Dutch Game Garden – Utrecht University, 2018
Fireside chat – Big Indie Fest, Vienna, 2018
Expert – Prepare the Fair Expert Day, Brussels, 2018
College Tour: Game Industry Q&A with Angie Smets & Eline Muijres, University of Amsterdam, 2018
Host: Control Conference, Utrecht, 2017
Panel: Meeting of Communities: IGDA meets Dutch Game Garden meets Gamedev Meetup – Reversed, Vienna, 2017
Panel: How 2 Bizdev – Reversed, Vienna, 2017
Panel: Building and Supporting Developer Communities – Quo Vadis, Berlin, 2017
The Dutch games industry & Dutch Game Garden – Utrecht University, 2017
Panel: Dutch Games Industry – Incubate Festival, Tilburg, 2016
Indie Innovation Panel – Respawn Gathering, Cologne, 2016
Game Industry Events and How to Prepare For Them – Gaming Lab FLEGA Cafe, Brussels, 2016
8 years of Dutch Game Garden: How Incubation Helps Developers – Central European Games Conference, Vienna, 2016
Panel: How to Fail Successfully in the Games Industry – Central European Games Conference, Vienna, 2016
From Indie Game Development to Incubation – ZHdK, Utrecht, 2016
8 years of Dutch Game Garden: How Incubation Helps Developers – Ludicious Festival, Zürich, 2016
7 years of Dutch Game Garden: How Incubation Helps Developers – Game Session, Prague, 2015
7 years of Dutch Game Garden: How Incubation Helps Developers – Games Austria, Vienna, 2015
Why Dutch Game Garden? – Spillkonvent, Hønefoss, 2015
The Making of Bounden – ThisHappened, Utrecht, 2015
Innovation in the Industry guest lecture – NHTV, Breda, 2015
Global Game Jam keynote – Hamar, 2015
How we made Bounden – GameCity, Nottingham, 2014
Producing Bounden – Select/Start/Play Conference, Viborg, 2014
Panel: Indie Games – what’s the status? – Incubate Festival, Tilburg, 2014
Bounden – Grafisch Lyceum, Utrecht, 2014

I SPEAK ABOUT

Game industry
Indie game development
Diversity in games & the industry
PR for indie games
Organizing events & supporting developer communities
Dutch game industry
Game postmortems

Udemy Courses

I wrote & presented 2 courses on Udemy while working at Dutch Game Garden. Give them a try if you want to learn more about PR!

PR for Video Games: How to get press to cover your gamePublic Relations and marketing for video games! Learn how to write a press release and pitch your game to journalists. 4.3

Game Industry Events: Showcase Your Game & Attract PlayersLearn about presenting your game at events, pitching and networking to attract publishers, press & players to your games 4.6

Jury & Selection Committees

Juror Independent Games Festival Finalist Committee – Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, 2020
Juror Independent Games Festival Finalist Committee – Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, 2019
Jury Member of the Belgian Game Awards, 2019
Jury Devcom Indie Awards, 2018
Juror Independent Games Festival Finalist Committee – Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, 2018
Judge Crossmedia student portfolios – Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht, 2017
Selection Committee Student Game Design Competition – CHI Play, 2017
Jury Best of Quo Vadis Show – Quo Vadis, Berlin, 2017
European Game Showcase Selection Committee – Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, 2017
Independent Games Festival Nominating Committee – Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, 2017
Jury Global Game Jam – HKU, Utrecht, 2017
A MAZE Selection Committee – Berlin, 2016
Independent Games Festival Nominating Committee – Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, 2016
Jury Student Competition – Ludicious Festival, Zürich, 2016
Judge IndieCade selection – New York, 2015
Jury Minor Game Design & Development – Hogeschool Rotterdam, 2013, 2014, 2016