GDCy Fest Registration
GDCy Fest Opening Ceremony (main stage)
Tim Fadeev (GDCy), Andrey Ivashentsev (GDCy), Nicos Nicolaides (Mayor of Limassol)
Gaming on TikTok Keynote (main stage)
Noam Zada (TikTok)
Fireside Chat – Promoting your game in TikTok (main stage)
Leonid Blinov (TikTok)
Natalya Chirkova (Axlebolt)
Eugene Wazhinsky (Axlebolt)
Business in Games
Technology in Games
Marketing in Games
Cyprus GameDev
Gaming in 2024 and 2025. What trends will be driving the changes in the industry in the next years?
Mariusz Gasiewski (Google)
TBA
Level up your Game App Marketing – 2024: Trends, Insights, and Benchmarks
(AppsFlyer)
Unlocking Cyprus Citizenship: A Guide for Game Developers (panel)
Panelists:
Angelos Paphitis (AGP-LAW)
Roksoliana Melnyk (Emerald Group)
Georgia Papa (Pyrgou Vakis Law Firm)
Moderator:
Natalia Kardash (Successful Business Leaders’ Club)
The Future of Gaming: Cross-Pay, Cross-Play
Nick Bondarenko (Xsolla)
Yesterday’s Debt and Tomorrow’s Dream
Ali Farha (Star Stable Entertainment)
Retain and Thrive: How Your Community Manager Fuels Revenue Growth
Liza Makhina (Belka Games)
360IP – The Future of Entertainment
Patrik Wilkens (TheSoul Publishing)
Sound in Games – Fireside Chat
Matt Piersall (Certain Affinity, WolfEye Studios)
Ressa Schwarzwald (Gameowdio)
Pathways to Success: Mastering the Mechanics of Winning on the Open Internet
William Melzer (Moloco)
Tricky Questions about Cyprus for your new Passport
Natalia Kardash (Successful Business)
Lunch Break
Business Fundamentals for Gaming Startups
Mike Fischer(University of Southern California)
Fair 2 Play. Under the hood of UFL – AAA football simulator
(Strikerz)
UA with predictive technologies: practical implications and insights
Andrew Bluemental (Lemon AI)
Gregory Potemkin (Lemon AI)
Banking in business: The key to a successful global launch
Sergejs Dupleca (Unlimit)
Starting your own game studio… Why would you do that to yourself? – Fireside Chat
Raphael Colantonio (Arkane, WolfEye Studios)
Peter Salnikov (Book Burner Games, Disgusting Men)
Game Shop Design Strategies – From Layouts to LiveOps
Pavel Ignatov (Balancy.co)
Does your app *really* bring you money? Proven tips, trends, and more.
Natalia Grishkina (Yandex Ads)
Elmira Kenya (Yandex Ads)
Registering and Maintaining your Game IP in Cyprus
Vasilisa Dashkouskaya (REVERA)
Investing in Games – VC perspective (panel)
Panelists:
Ilya Karpinskiy (The Games Fund)
Diana Moldavsky (Tencent)
Eugene Koren (Kolas VC)
Evgeny Konovalov (MY.GAMES)
Moderator:
Roman Gursky (GEM Capital)
Launching in China – The Endless Journey
Jane Artemova (Playkot)
Master App Video Ads for Success: How important are creatives to drive results?
Marios Anastasiou (Google)
LVLUP Accelerator Demo Day
Pitch session featuring gaming studios and startups that are finalists in the acceleration program
Moderators:
Vladislav Zdorenko (LVLUP)
Evgeniya Savicheva (LVLUP)
Atomic Heart Localization Challenges
Valeriy Timchenko(AllCorrect)
Reddit for Game Developers
Millie Fairbank (Reddit)
Break
GDCy T-Rex Rush (beach)
T-Rex Costume Race
Hybrid-Casual – Current State, New Trends, New Games, Iteration
Jakub Remiar (2.5 Gamers Podcast)
Do you really know your game?
Production stories and results.
Serg Kharchenko (CM Games)
Games for Telegram – First steps in Web3
Daria Novikova (TON Play)
Upskilling and Sustaining High-Performance Teams in 2024 (panel)
Panelists:
Elena Arkhipova (Nexters)
Ekaterina Dolgova (Redhill Games)
Ekaterina Miroshnichenko (SOTA)
Elena Artyukh (Playkot)
Mojca Ipavec (Outfit7)
Moderator:
Marina Sevastidou (Wargaming)
Decisiveness and Optionality: A Leadership Paradox in Games Industry
Matias Myllyrinne (Redhill Games)
Saving 50% of game developer’s time with AI automation
Alexander Goldybin (Code Maestro)
Killer Tips to improve your UA
Matej Lancaric (2.5 Gamers Podcast)
Game Investments in 2024 – Fireside Chat
Victor Lee (Krafton)
Mike Fischer (University of Southern California)
TBA
The Game Beyond the Screen: How Community Engagement Fuels Growth
Anastasia Zaiceva (ZiMAD)
 IBU TechHub – Banking for Game Developers
Vasilis Kettis (Bank of Cyprus)
GDCy Fest Closing Ceremony (main stage)
Tim Fadeev (GDCy), Andrey Ivashentsev (GDCy)
Show Program (main stage)
Live Bands & DJ Set