PG Connects Toronto 2023

Wed Jul 19 2023 at 09:00 am to Thu Jul 20 2023 at 06:00 pm

Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre | Toronto

Steel Media (Publishers of Pocket Gamer, PC Games Insider, Blockchain Gamer)
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PG Connects Toronto 2023
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Network and learn from the best in the global games industry this summer. Join us for expert talks, fringe events and more!
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PG Connects – a place to meet, learn and do business

The leading b2b games industry conference, PG Connects, returns, live, to Toronto in July 2023. This is our second conference in the city, and we're excited to be back.

After events in London UK and Seattle US in 2023, our next stop will be Ontario Province where we will connect, inform and entertain the local and international games industry community. Some 750 attendees from the games industry will gather in Toronto in July to network, discover, pitch and learn from 120 of the world’s leading authorities.

You will join a true cross-section of the games industry, from fresh-faced indie designers to experienced CEOs and investors. The conference will take in everything: Android and iOS, hot AI trends, PC and console, web3, VR/AR and more will be covered, across multiple track rooms. Our speakers and panelists will share their expert insight into design and development, monetization and growth, new technologies, company culture and loads more.

For sponsorships or other business development opportunities, please contact Lisa at [email protected] or book a meeting to discuss your needs. We're also looking for speakers and panelists to take part on stage. Please nominate yourself and your submit talk ideas!


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Networking for all

As with all our international conferences, the schedule will be packed with our trademark short, sharp talks and panels. Our speakers get straight down to business - which is what you’ll be able to do too after seeing them, networking with some 750 industry professionals.

The event is called Connects because that’s what we help you do; connect with the whole gaming industry, from students and indie studios to the media, international investors and publishers. We offer our MeetToMatch meeting platform free and unlimited to all delegates, so you can find that perfect contact and arrange to meet them in person.

No other event puts you in touch with the entire gaming ecosystem like our Connects conferences.

Fringe activities to help meet your perfect business partner

Our Publisher SpeedMatch and Investor Connector sessions pair developers in rapid succession with a series of publishers and investors in a series of speed-dating style meetings. These rapid-fire encounters enable first contact for you to follow up with a longer meeting if you find a potential partner. It’s a shop window for devs to display their wares and a pipeline of prospects for anyone looking to sign up-and-coming talent.

If you're a small team with a project ready to share, you can also join our Very Big Indie Pitch sessions as well. You'll get instant feedback on your game from experts, and compete for prizes and editorial coverage. Indie devs are the lifeblood of the games industry. PG Connects champions their work to our international audience. The show floor will have a dedicated Big Indie Zone for known names and newcomers alike to display their talent to an industry audience. This is a vibrant and varied expo area for publishers looking to sign promising titles.

Keep the networking going after hours

Don't worry that it will all be too serious. Day one closes with our free Global Connects party! That’s where the networking goes on into the night and you might just make lifelong friends and memories…

Find out more and see details of the fringe events at: www.pgconnects.com/toronto


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Reduce your ecological footprint

Support the Games Forest Club for a less heavy ecological footprint! At checkout, please consider clicking on the donation option where you can indicate how much you would like to give in support of GamesForest.Club. This donation will go to help preserve a section of forest in Peru and also contribute to offsetting the event's carbon footprint.

Any amount is welcome and it all helps. So you get a picture of what is possible, we can reveal that about $115 will protect around 50sqm forest in Peru, which contains up to 3000kg of carbon. What would this mean for your carbon footprint? Here are some estimates to help you picture it.

These are some common flights you might take (round trip, per person, per flight):

  • New York to Toronto: 454 kg CO2
  • Vancouver to Toronto: 1,810 kg CO2
  • London to Toronto: 3,222 kg CO2

All estimates are based on scheduled flights of an average airline, premium economy class.

  • New York to Toronto by train: 60.8 kg CO2 per person each way (taking the train is the environmentally friendly choice if you’re able!)

In comparison:

  • You emit 2000kg in driving an average car for a year
  • Ethiopia’s per capita yearly emissions are 560kg

GamesForest.Club is a non-profit organisation guiding the games industry to a climate-positive future by 2030. With data-driven and transparent reforestation and forest conservation, the GamesForest team reduces the companies' and their players' ecological footprint, regenerating climate and biodiversity. Innovative solutions make regeneration profitable while taking a brand on a regenerative journey.

You can read more about our commitment at the PG Connects website. It is also possible to donate directly on that page using the Stripe payment method.


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An established international audience

Over 35,000 industry professionals have attended the PG Connects international conference series since 2014. The roadshow has landed in the UK, America, Canada, Finland, Jordan, India and Hong Kong with a genuinely international client base: on average, delegates from more than 45 countries attend each event. (When we hosted the event online during the pandemic, delegates from over 75 countries joined us!)

In 2016, we became the biggest dedicated mobile games industry conference series in Europe and have stayed on top ever since, expanding into other areas of games over the years. Not only have our previous delegates voted Connects the 'best value conference', also 97% would recommend it to a colleague and 96% tell us they’ll come back for more.

Previous speakers and delegates from all the key industry players include Supercell, King, Space Ape Games, Niantic, SYBO, Tencent, Telltale, Apple, Rovio, Disney, Wargaming, Kabam, NetEase, NTT Docomo, Ubisoft, Facebook, Google, Square Enix, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Gameloft, Sega, Capcom, Unity, Twitter, Snapchat, Twitch and many, many, many more.

You're in safe hands

We've run many live PG Connects events now. But just because you're familiar with the format, don't think you've seen it all before! PG Connects Toronto 2023 will take place live at a downtown hotel venue. It features new track themes and new business content designed to look to the future.

The most exciting thing for us is the chance to meet the industry once more. We're using MeetToMatch as our meeting platform, which will enable attendees to find each other and arrange meetings in our dedicated area.

A PG Connects conference is a place to get business done. It's famous for being a place where new connections are made (hence the name) and productive meetings take place. You'll be able to network with hundreds of industry professionals and we will do our best to make that easy.

We'll bring together the whole gaming industry, from students and indie studios to the media, international investors and AAA publishers. Unlike some other events, we offer our MeetToMatch meeting scheduler free to all delegates, with unlimited requests, so you can find that perfect contact and arrange to meet them in person.


Your conference ticket includes...
  • Entry to all parts of the conference, including access to all content tracks, the expo and the dedicated meeting area on both days
  • Invite to fringe events such as The Very Big Indie Pitch and Publisher SpeedMatch (if eligible - additional application required)
  • Entry to the Global Connects Party on the evening of day one
  • Free coffee and tea on both days (and some food for VIPs)
  • Free wifi in the venue
  • A personal and company profile on the MeetToMatch meeting platform and unlimited meeting invites
  • Access to video recordings of all talks after the event in our Video Vault

Join us!

To buy a ticket at our discounted prices: hit the ticket button above, select your ticket type, and then follow the simple online booking system. Payment is required at the time of booking, so please have your credit or debit card ready. If you don't have a credit or debit card, please see the alternative payment methods listed.

Volunteers: We always need extra pairs of hands to help, and it's a way to gain access to the event for free. Drop a line to [email protected] if you are interested.

Block bookings: To arrange a discount on block bookings, please contact us if you wish to purchase more than 5 tickets, via [email protected]

Students: Heavily discounted student tickets are available, but numbers are limited. Access to the MeetToMatch platform may be restricted, and full access to the venue may be kept to a limited number of days at our discretion. We run a programme for free student tickets, too, organised in conjunction with recognised places of study: if you represent a university and would like to inquire about complimentary tickets for your students, please contact [email protected]

Journalists: Please apply for accreditation here or email [email protected]

Terms and conditions apply: Please read the notices on the order form. For full details, please visit www.pgconnects.com/terms-conditions.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre, 525 Bay St, Toronto, Canada

Tickets

CAD 0.00 to CAD 1390.00

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