The Next Level

The Next Level is London Games Festival’s face-to-face conference and networking event.

Built as part of our 2022 theme ESCAPE THE METAVERSE, the event will feature a series of talks, panels and demos looking at the future of games. We’ll look at changes to the way games are made, created and played – and how virtual worlds are reshaping the physical world around us.

The Next Level will be accessible to in-person delegates on Monday 4 April, with VOD content made available to all other delegates online in the following days.

The in-person conference takes place at The Royal Institution (nearest tube: Green Park).

10:30am

Building and expanding the Hitman Trilogy with Azure

Christian Corsano, Senior Online Programmer, IO Interactive

11:00am

PANEL: Musings on the Metaverse

Laura Higgins, Roblox
HaZ Dulull, Hazimation

11:30am

Building the Future of 3D Collaboration

Alex Karim, Metaverse Lead, Microsoft

1:00pm

PANEL: The esports talent pipeline

Giulia Zecchini, FACEIT
Danny Lopez, Tundra – talent
Shahneila Saeed, Digital Schoolhouse
Chaired by Dom Sacco, Esports News UK

1:30pm

How can we raise awareness on gender equality, diversity and inclusion via video games

Simay Dinc, Recontact

2:00pm

PANEL: Returning to the office vs Working from home

Mo Basma, Making Moves
Sara Veal, Uplift Games
Russ Clarke, Payload Studios

3:00pm

PANEL: Made in London

Louise Conolly Smith, London & Partners
Anatolijs Ropotovs, Ultra Horse
Kyra Chan, Netspeak Games

KEYNOTE: State of the Nation

John Clark, Curve Games

3:30pm