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Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2023
Sep 12th - 13th 2023

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2023

Helsinki, Finland

Date & Times: Tuesday, September 12th - 13th 2023
9am to 5:30pm
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Region: Nordic
Expected Size: 1,000 - 3,000
Ticket Cost: 927 GBP
Target Audience: Developers, Indie Developers, Creatives, Recruitment, C-Level, Marketing, Students, Investors, Publishers, Tool Providers, Technical teams, Ad Companies, Media, ASO Practitioners, T
Event Type: Conference
Featured Platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows, Console, Handheld Console, Virtual Reality, Virtual Real

The Global Mobile Games Industry Conference

The leading mobile gaming industry conference, Pocket Gamer Connects, venue -  Wanha Satama, Helsinki in 2023 - bigger and better than ever.

More than 1,700 delegates will gather for two days to hear from 200 of the world’s leading authorities from the mobile gaming industry. Filling 15 wall-to-wall conference tracks across both days, they will share their expert insight on everything from monetisation and the latest development trends to blockchain and exploring the metaverse.

New Features

Conference tracks for 2023 keep our audience at the cutting edge of the industry. And there are new themes this year. Mapping The Metaverse explores developments in the immersive space, while ASO Insights, Marketing Mavens and UA Update cover the best ways to promote your game and bring in users. There's also a CFO Insider track for those working at the sharp end of studio finance. Building on Blockchain provides an introduction to the blockchain gaming scene, and we also see the return of favourites like Live Ops Landscape, Esports Innovation, Monetiser, The Growth Track and more.

Networking For All

As ever, the conference schedule will be packed with our trademark short, sharp seminars. With no time to waffle, our speakers get straight down to business - which is what you’ll be able to do too, networking with more than 1,700 industry professionals.

Wanha Satama

Venue

Wanha Satama
Pikku Satamakatu 3-5
Helsinki
Finland

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Gold Sponsors

Xsolla

Xsolla

https://xsolla.com

Xsolla, a global video game commerce firm, offers a powerful suite of tools and services tailored for the gaming industry.

Founded in 2005, Xsolla has aided thousands of developers and publishers, from small to large, to fund, market, launch, and monetize games globally across multiple platforms. Committed to simplifying global distribution, marketing, and monetization, Xsolla helps partners expand their reach, boost revenue, and connect with gamers worldwide.

Based in Los Angeles, with offices globally, Xsolla collaborates with major gaming titles like Valve, Twitch, Roblox, and Ubisoft.

Smadex

Smadex

https://smadex.com/

Smadex is a Mobile Growth Platform that powers performance, direct response, and brand advertising campaigns across in-app, CTV, mobile web, and audio. With transparency and contextual targeting at its core, customers can rely on Smadex as a trusted partner to run privacy-centric advertising campaigns.

Learn more about our offerings at www.smadex.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.

adjoe GmbH

adjoe GmbH

https://adjoe.io

adjoe is a leading mobile ad platform that is committed to challenging the industry status quo. By creating market-changing technologies and engaging ad formats – from unique in-app monetization solutions to our own ad mediation WAVE – we ensure app developers and publishers unlock new ways to exceed their UA and revenue goals.

Backed by both applike group and Bertelsmann, the company has secured €100 million in funding to continue pushing the mobile adtech industry forward and help apps achieve their next revenue milestone.

Nine66

Nine66

http://www.nine66.gg/

Nine66, part of the Savvy Games Group, is an integrated support system for game developers. It provides infrastructure, skills development, the network, publishing, and the advisory services to promising games studios and developers, both in Saudi Arabia and internationally.

Through its work, Nine66 provides entrepreneurs and innovators in the games industry with the tools they need to accelerate their work, drive their business forward and deliver real impact that benefits the entire games community.

data.ai

data.ai

https://www.data.ai/en/

data.ai (fka App Annie) is a mobile market estimate service provider. Our AI powered analytics platform helps publishers develop, grow, and optimize their gaming business. We are trusted by the world’s leading brands to help shape the future of mobile.

Key clients include Tencent, Jam City, EA, Activision, Rovio, King, Playrix, Peak, Dream Games and many more. With our platform you can benchmark your mobile app with your competitors, identify target accounts based on their Mobile Performance, improve your App Store Optimization, find keywords to improve your visibility, balance your paid and organic traffic, find new monetization strategies, analyze features driving downloads and engagement, size market for a genre or subgenre, identify app stores genres and subgenres driving growth, prepare your soft launch...

Leanplum, a CleverTap company

Leanplum, a CleverTap company

https://clevertap.com/

CleverTap Gaming, powered by Leanplum, brings holistic and sophisticated multi-channel player engagement both inside and outside the in-game experience. With elegant ease of use and easy import/export of data, we reduce dependence on technical resources, increase operational efficiency, and drive autonomy for Game/Product and Marketing teams.

By leveraging CleverTap’s next-gen data infrastructure, TesseractDB™, we offer rich granularity with unlimited data points and no restrictions on lookback period. CleverTap Gaming unlocks sophisticated LiveOps and CRM use cases, ultimately enabling gaming publishers and studios to build deeper and more meaningful relationships with their players, driving retention and higher LTV.

CleverTap is trusted by leading Game Makers and Publishers including Electronic Arts, GameDuell, Murka, TiltingPoint, Gamebasics, Big Fish Games, MobilityWare, TogetherLabs, Hyper Hippo, Crunchy Roll and more.

Moloco

Moloco

https://www.moloco.com

Moloco’s machine learning platform delivers growth and performance to app publishers and online retailers by unlocking their unique, first-party data. Moloco Cloud DSP enables performance marketers to accelerate user acquisition and lifetime value.

Moloco Retail Media Platform enables ecommerce and marketplaces to establish scalable performance ads businesses.

Digital Turbine

Digital Turbine

https://www.digitalturbine.com

Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) powers superior mobile consumer experiences and results for the world’s leading telcos, advertisers and publishers. Its end-to-end platform uniquely simplifies the ability to supercharge awareness, acquisition and monetization — connecting Digital Turbine’s partners to more consumers, in more ways, across more devices.

Digital Turbine is headquartered in North America, with offices around the world.

Silver Sponsors

ZEBEDEE

ZEBEDEE

http://zebedee.io/

ZEBEDEE is a trailblazing fintech for the games industry. Games studios of all sizes, from indies to giants like Square Enix, use ZEBEDEE to improve retention and monetization by introducing real-money player rewards. Your users simply play games and receive tiny amounts of money naturally through gameplay, in a non-intrusive way that enhances the player experience, but does not require any significant changes to game mechanics.

To learn more about how instant global micropayments can help your business, visit zebedee.io

Usercentrics

Usercentrics

https://usercentrics.com/

Usercentrics is the #1 Consent Management Platform for websites and apps. Your focus is on your app’s success. We help you collect, manage and document user consent to enable and expand your analytics, reporting and monetization strategy. We are a certified Google CMP Program Partner.

Unsure about how to protect ad revenue while meeting TCF v2.2 regulations? Meet us at our booth to secure monetization opportunities.

Keywords Studios

Keywords Studios

https://www.keywordsstudios.com

At Keywords Studios, we deliver our clients the benefits of the strengthened Engage service line, combining our Player Support and Marketing offerings.

Within Keywords Player Support, we have the tools and the expertise to help keep your players happy, whether that’s handling support tickets efficiently or growing your communities on social media. Our Player Support services include:

  • One on One Player Support
  • Community & Social Media Management
  • Trust and Safety – Moderation
  • Consulting Services
  • Your players want the best. They want innovative experiences with innovative and immersive gameplay.
Helpshift

Helpshift

https://www.helpshift.com/

Helpshift is a consumer-first digital support platform, made for companies that want to meet the evolving needs of their customers wherever they are.

Helpshift combines smart segmentation with conversational AI to quickly understand customer intent and facilitate a guided modern support journey -- from mobile apps to social messaging channels and from gaming consoles to the metaverse.

Brands are able to solve customer problems quickly, improve the effectiveness of their agents, and transform support from painful experiences to continuous conversations. Enjoy quick time to value as our easy-to-implement SDK and automations help you drive transformation and demonstrate ROI in a few weeks only.

Pley

Pley

http://pley.com/

The web is poised to become the leading gaming platform and the ultimate distribution channel for mobile games. However, many mobile game developers find it daunting to navigate the complexities of the web.

This is where Pley steps in with a clear mission: to empower mobile game publishers and studios to effortlessly expand their presence to the web and unlock the benefits of extended playtime and increased revenue per user. With our comprehensive toolchain and cloud distribution platform, encompassing hosting, monetization, browser compatibility, and cross-platform play, we offer developers a seamless pathway to port their games to the web and efficiently manage release cycles.

GuardSquare

GuardSquare

https://www.guardsquare.com/mobile-game-security

Guardsquare offers the most complete approach to mobile application security on the market.

From app security testing to code hardening to real-time visibility into the threat landscape, Guardsquare solutions provide enhanced mobile application security from early in the development process through publication.

Futureplay

Futureplay

https://futureplaygames.com/

Futureplay was founded in 2015 by a team of five Finnish game industry veterans who shared a vision to transform the way mobile games are played around the world. In the short years since we have released seven titles that have been played by over 150 million people worldwide. Our focus has been on creating beautifully designed, easy-to-pick-up-and-play mobile games, and our portfolio includes successful games like Idle Farming Empire, Battlelands Royale & Merge Gardens.

At Futureplay, we’re now a bunch of over 70 passionate individuals who get their kicks out of creating great mobile games loved by players the world over.

Bronze Sponsors

Sentient Gaming

Sentient Gaming

https://www.sentientgaming.com/

We understand the nature of Game development and testing is such that the load always remains uneven, and poses a challenge for resource management. We are focused to meet this specific ‘Pain Point’ of Industry leaders by providing QA and LQA services across Console, Mobile, and PC.

With our core values of Quality, Reliability, and Flexibility our dedicated team is fully committed to serve your QA and LQA requirement in such a way that “You Create , We Support”.

Nativex

Nativex

https://www.nativex.com

Nativex is a leading digital marketing agency helping brands and apps boost cross-regional growth through high-quality media buying, influencer marketing services, and creative customization capabilities.

Sandsoft Games

Sandsoft Games

https://sandsoft.com/

Founded in 2020, Sandsoft is a global game company, focused on publishing, developing and investing in high quality mobile-first gaming experiences and studios internationally. Through our passion for games, Sandsoft aims to bring continents, cultures and people closer together.

Geeklab

Geeklab

https://geeklab.app/

Geeklab is your trusted partner in app growth and expertise with the mission to turn impressions into installs. You can gain valuable data and unmatched insights through our product page A/B testing platform, competitor benchmarking, and survey tool.

Our team of ASO experts provides expertise so that you can run successful tests and get better results.

ByteBrew

ByteBrew

https://bytebrew.io

Bytebrew Trusted by over 10,000 Game Developers! ByteBrew is the world's most powerful all-in-one game analytics platform that houses all your mobile game's analytics, retention, monetization tracking, player progression, remote configs, a/b testing, custom event tracking, push notification suite and attribution measurement in one lightweight SDK - all 100% free.

AltTester

AltTester

https://alttester.com

AltTester is a solution that enables test automation for Unity games. By adding the AltTester plugin to your game, you can start writing and running automated scripts in parallel on platforms like iOS, Android, WebGL, PCs and Nintendo Switch.

To make test automation more accessible, AltTester Pro allows you to record and replay actions without having to know how to code.

AltTester benefits include:

  • Getting faster feedback after every commit
  • Reaching better testing coverage across multiple devices and platforms simultaneously
  • Empowering your game testers to automate repetitive tasks and focus on meaningful game play testing
  • Inspecting game objects and their properties outside the game engine editor
  • Saving money on editor licenses for testers.

With plans to soon support other engines like Unreal Engine, AltTester is building a future where game development teams can efficiently integrate test automation in their process and take full advantage of it.

Mistplay

Mistplay

https://www.mistplay.com

Mistplay is the #1 loyalty app for mobile gamers! We provide game developers with a high quality source of user acquisition. Hundreds of the top developers partner with us to advertise their games to our highly engaged mobile gaming community. With the help of our AI-based recommendation engine, our users are matched with the most relevant games, based on their interests. Our users are then rewarded for the time and money spent within those games, driving lifetime value (LTV), increased retention and ROI for the game developers!

Wooga GmbH

Wooga GmbH

https://www.wooga.com

Based in Berlin, Wooga is the market leader for hidden object games, with it's story-driven hit game June's Journey.

Over 300 employees make games with thoughtful, compelling stories at their core. All of our Woogas play an important role in driving our success as a company and in shaping our culture of inspiring joy in work and play.

We are proud of our razor-sharp focus on story-driven casual games, the excellent craftsmanship we put into them, and our truly collaborative way of working.

PopScreen Games

PopScreen Games

https://www.popscreen.ai/

AI Generated RPG!!! PopScreen Games, a Mobile-First RPG studio, is shaking up the gaming industry with its use of generative AI. This innovative approach allows the studio to rapidly and extensively create, test, and cherry-pick top-quality RPGs.

This dynamic studio is also constructing an intuitive distribution platform designed to give players the power to create and distribute their own games and media content!

AdChampagne

AdChampagne

https://adchampagne.com

AdChampagne — 360ᵒ Mobile Marketing Agency. We increase your brand awareness by combining media and performance tools. Our team produces scroll-stopping creatives and defines a powerful approach to achieve your marketing & business goals.

InMobi

InMobi

https://www.inmobi.com

InMobi creates breakthrough experiences. We build transformative technologies to positively impact people, businesses, and societies around the world. With deep expertise and unique reach in mobile, we are a trusted partner for marketers, content creators, and businesses of all kinds.

InMobi’s Advertising Platform powers our customers’ growth by helping them engage their audiences and drive real connections. Our affiliated consumer businesses, Glance and Roposo, are redefining the way people interact with mobile and CTV surfaces by providing unique and often live entertainment and shopping opportunities.

Incrmntal

Incrmntal

http://www.incrmntal.com/

INCRMNTAL’s mission is to evolve marketing measurement.

INCRMNTAL is an AI incrementality measurement platform allowing advertisers to measure the true incremental value of any activity impacting their marketing KPIs. Utilizing causality and AI, the platform does not rely on user-level data for measurement. The platform is built for marketers across any industry who run campaigns both online and offline. The aim is to measure the true effectiveness of their advertising budgets.The platform is privacy-centric, meaning that it uses no user-level data to run measurements. While at the same time it runs continuously, meaning no need to pause campaigns or run any experiments.

Founded in 2020 by industry veterans Maor Sadra and Moti Tal, INCRMNTAL serves customers such as: Hopper, eToro, Binance, Autoscout24, Huuuge Games, SEGA, and others

Dimoso

Dimoso

https://www.dimoso.com/

Founded by Jacki Vause in 2011, Dimoso is an independent PR agency specialising in mobile entertainment.

Jacki started her first tech PR firm in 1995, needless to say, Dimoso is a well-known name and holds the contacts to all key players in the media and in the industry. Dimoso works with big names as well as startups producing innovative games and tools. We have worked with games developers the world over including Gismart (400+ million downloads and 20 million monthly active users) and Rovio (4.5 billion downloads).

We have worked with entertainment companies like Disney and Warner Brothers, launched social entertainment platforms such as YAHAHA, and most recently developed NFT communities and cryptocurrency platforms.

Mobile Action

Mobile Action

https://www.mobileaction.co/

MobileAction is an intuitive App Store Optimization and Mobile App Intelligence platform that helps app publishers rank higher in App Store search, get more organic downloads and understand vital metrics that will help them make the right business decisions.

Our all-in-one platform gives everyone from indie developers to large enterprises precise data to gain the competitive advantage. Our products are powered by proprietary algorithms that give you insights that are simply not available on other platforms.

Multiscription

Multiscription

https://www.multiscription.com

We are a startup based in Copenhagen, Denmark founded by game developers whose mission is to open up the era of mobile game subscriptions to the world!

We work with mobile game publishers to integrate a compelling subscription service - called Unleashd - into existing mobile games to create additional revenue and provide players access to a portfolio of games that feature exclusive subscriber benefits.

Our integration process is tailored to each game and is designed to minimize production disruption. Please talk to us about how we can help you increase the monetization potential of your player base!

Track Sponsors

Unity

Unity

https://unity.com

Unity is the world’s leading platform for creating and growing interactive, real-time 3D ("RT3D") content and experiences. Our comprehensive set of software and AI solutions supports content creators of all sizes through the entire development lifecycle as they build, run, and grow immersive, real-time 2D and 3D content and experiences for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices.

For more information, visit Unity.com.

Adverty

Adverty

https://adverty.com/

Adverty, the leading in-game ad platform, delivers spectacular In-Play™ ads to connect brands and people through its revolutionary and multi-patented technology built for VR/AR and mobile games.

The platform offers programmatic video and display ad inventory at scale and allows content creators to monetise the complete experience with unobtrusive, easy-to-integrate, immersive ads.

Founded in 2016, Adverty has offices in Stockholm, London, Istanbul and Lviv and enables new gaming revenue streams for developers and empowers advertisers to reach uniquely engaged audiences. More information at www.adverty.com.

Fingersoft

Fingersoft

https://fingersoft.com/

Fingersoft is a Finnish game studio best known for the mobile smash hits Hill Climb Racing and Hill Climb Racing 2, which have accumulated over 2 Billion downloads across platforms and over €180 million in NET revenue. Founded in 2012, Fingersoft employs over 100 people. The company is headquartered in Oulu, and has another office in Helsinki.

AppsFlyer for games

AppsFlyer for games

https://www.appsflyer.com/hubs/gaming/

AppsFlyer for games. Supercharging the gaming arena. Increase players' LTV by unlocking a world of gaming measurement solutions, unique industry insights, and proven best practices.

Associate Sponsors

Huuuge Games

Huuuge Games

https://huuugegames.com/

Huuuge is a publicly listed, global game developer & publisher on a mission to empower billions of people to play together.

Our vision is simple - we want to change how gamers play mobile social games by offering superior real-time social experiences on a global scale. We make games that are easy to play, great for small breaks, and are a lot of fun to bond over with new friends. We’re not about inventing new complicated games with ten-minute tutorials and tough learning curves, instead, we aim to put the fun one tap away and let our players get straight to winning together. This is the power of social gaming

ScroogeFrog

ScroogeFrog

https://agency.scroogefrog.com/

ScroogeFrog is a full cycle media buying agency since 2007, specializing in advertising traffic.

We are a service provider of agency accounts in many famous Native & Social & In-app networks for media buyers

Metaplay

Metaplay

http://www.metaplay.io

Metaplay’s mission is to bring the power to deliver top-grossing games to every ambitious mobile game maker. The Metplay SDK is a complete backend solution with everything top-tier game developers need to make and manage great games more simply, more reliably and more professionally than they could anywhere else - from their first line of code through to liveops and player support.

Metacore

Metacore

https://metacoregames.com/

Metacore is a Helsinki-based games company building a portfolio of global hit mobile games. Launched in 2020, the studio’s first global hit game Merge Mansion already has over 45 million players.

Metacore is one of the fastest growing game companies in Europe, with EUR 129 million in revenue in 2022 and a team of 170 professionals.

The company has raised EUR 180 million funding from Supercell and is one of Supercell portfolio companies.

Assetario Inc.

Assetario Inc.

https://www.assetario.com/

Assetario delivers app personalization through a cutting-edge AI-powered Platform. By leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms and an expert data analytics team, businesses can deliver personalized offers and recommendations that captivate users.

With Assetario's platform, businesses can optimize their monetization strategies, boost customer satisfaction, and drive significant revenue growth. Experience the power of sophisticated AI technology and witness your business thrive with Assetario.

Dynamo

Dynamo

https://dynamo.fyi/

Dynamo created the world's first AI powered social community OS, and is the only company in the world offering Targeted Social Segmentation. Dynamo's pre-vetted Creative Templates offer off-the-shelf content creation, while their intelligent automations save social teams time, provide valuable data and insights, and much more. All without adding any additional headcount or processes.

As one of Israel's hottest new startups, Dynamo has already partnered with multi-billion dollar gaming brands to help manage their communities and boost their social engagement

HyprMX

HyprMX

http://hyprmx.com/

Headquartered in NYC, HyprMX is an ad network exclusively focused on delivering premium campaigns from Fortune 500 brands into mobile apps and games. Offering rewarded video, interstitial, and banner ad formats, HyprMX is available on leading mediation solutions to ensure seamless integration.

Explore the value of brand ads in your games at www.hyprmx.com, or send us an email at [email protected].

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