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GDCy Fest On-Site Registration and Badge Pick-up
(doors open from 9 AM)
GDCy Fest Opening Ceremony (main stage)
Tim Fadeev (GDCy), Andrey Ivashentsev (GDCy)
Introductory speech (main stage)
Theodoros Loukaidis (Director General, Research and Innovation Foundation)
Rules Have Changed: Web Shop Strategies That Actually Work! (main stage)
Artem Liubutov (Xsolla)
Business in Games
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Technology in Games
Marketing in Games
Cyprus GameDev
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Mobile gaming in 2025 and 2026 – user’s business and investor’s perspectives
Mariusz Gasiewski (Google)
Unique Free-to-Play monetization strategies
David Vykopal (NOXGAMES)
Level Up Loyalty: Crafting a Decade of Player Passion and Engagement
Tatiana Bolshakova (Belka Games)
Blue Card for travel within EU and other benefits of high-skilled employment in Cyprus
Polina Kapitonova (HEADSHOT)
Yana Krasnoschekova (HEADSHOT)
Beyond the App Store: Unlocking Game Monetization with Offerwall
Travis Anderson (Xsolla)
Transforming your game from “Meh” to “Wow!” with emotional and behavioral engagement insights
Bogdan Baranovskiy (Sensemitter)
Non-Gaming Demand, Real Gaming Revenue
Andrew Nenogliadov (DSail)
Becoming Cypriot: Legal Pathways, Exams, and Strategic Networking for Game Developers (session & discussion)
Dr. Natalia Kardash (Successful Business Leaders’ Club)
Marilia Paraschou (M.Paraschou & Co LLC)
Andreas Menelaou (Andreas Menelaou LLC)
Partnership Deals for Your Future Game (Fireside Chat)
Chris Early (Ubisoft)
Mike Fischer (Krafton)
Power Play: Toyota’s System Helps Game Max Out Their Art Outsourcer
Evgeny Putilin (AllCorrect)
AI meets emotion: The future of creative strategy is now
Oleksandra Pashkovska (AppsFlyer)
Lunch Break
Live on Main Stage 
M&A vs. Capital Raising: Navigating the Gaming Capital Markets in 2025 (panel discussion)
Panelists:
Micha Katz ( Aream)
Victor Lee (Krafton)
Andrei Yarantsau (Steam Power Investments)
Yury Mazanik (AppLovin)
Dmitri Bourkovski (Xsolla)
Moderator:
Diana Moldavsky (Tencent)
30-year journey at Nintendo
Takaya Imamura (ex-Nintendo)
Mike Fischer (Krafton)
Playhop: Current State and Opportunities for Developers
Nikita Bokarev (Playhop)
Where to Build Your Magic Game Kingdom in 2025
Opening and Structuring Mobile, PC, Console & Web3 Gaming Businesses
Alexandra Kurdyumova (FUTURA Digital)
When Creative Directors Attack
Paul Barnett (Wargaming & DPS Games)
Success in China: Essential Strategies for Gaming Studios in 2025
Wojciech Jaworski 严立行 (Huqiao Games)
Banking from Europe to Asia: The Keys to Seamless Global Onboarding and Effective Use of Local Payment Rails
Sergejs Dupleca (Unlimit)
Building on top of the strong IP – Monopoly World story
Zbigniew John Woznowski (Reality Games)
Co-Op Design of Split Fiction
Pussel Widegren (Hazelight)
The State of Ad Creatives, Modern trends, modern threats, modern solutions (panel discussion)
Max Fomichev (OwlCat)
Alexey Efimenko (HOOKS Creative Studio)
Tsomaev George (Borscht)
Vitaly Gladkov (Ex-Head of Creative at AppQuantum)
Cyprus as a Talent Hub: How to Attract, Grow, and Retain GameDev Talent in a Shifting Global Market (panel discussion)
Panelists:
Marat Karpenko (Wargaming)
Sergey Orlovskiy (Helio Games)
Pavel Shynkarenko (Mellow)
Moderator:
Evgeniya Shlykova (HEADSHOT)
The Do’s and Don’ts of Managing Your Remote Teams
Alexander Norovyatkin (Mellow)
Musical Branding as a Key to Player’s Subconscious
David Wise (Music Composer, Donkey Kong series)
Break
GDCy T-Rex Rush (beach)
T-Rex Costume Race
State of Investments and M&A – GameDev Forecast 2025 (panel discussion)
Panelists:
Kirill Gursky (GEM Capital)
Anton Gorodetskiy (My.Games)
Mike Fischer (Krafton)
Nika Nour (Savvy)
Moderator:
Andrey Kuznetsov (ex GDEV)
How Speaking the Player’s Language with a Unified CX System Helps Us Win Hearts (and Profits)
Lera Fedorova (Playkot)
How Point2Web Scales Mobile Game Growth Efficiently on NewsBreak
Junyi (Nancy) Ding (NewsBreak)
Ihor Nisenbaum-Levycky (Point2Web)
Chasing Dreams or Chasing Dollars?
iGaming vs GameDev Face-Off (panel discussion)
Panelists:
Alexey Gerasimovich ( Eschatology Entertainment)
Katya Dolgova (Redhill Games)
Elena Artyukh (BrainRocket)
Moderator:
Polina Kapitonova (HEADSHOT)
Building the Rendering Engine for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Denis Sladkov (Saber Interactive)
The LinkedIn Playbook for Game Studios & Service Providers: Attract Top Talent & Dream Clients
Harry Phokou (Phokou Digital)
Telegram as a new gaming platform
Ilya Abugov (Helika Ventures)
Want to Launch Without Panic? UFL’s Game Day Playbook
Oleg Strokachuk (UFL)
Game Finance Today: Tapping into Asia’s Growth and Catalogue Revenues
John Kavvouras (Huqiao Games)
Why Saudi Arabia Is Gaming’s Next Big Frontier
Nika Nour (Savvy)
Mike Fischer (Krafton)
GDCy Fest Closing Ceremony (main stage)
Tim Fadeev (GDCy), Andrey Ivashentsev (GDCy)
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