IGDA Las Vegas Game Dev Meet Up
2021-07-06 18:00 (America/New_York)
Meet ups are the first Tuesday of the month.
Join the IGDA Las Vegas Discord community: https://discord.gg/igdalasvegas
For more information, visit: https://www.meetup.com/IGDA-Las-Vegas-Game-Development-Meetup/events/

GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards
2021-07-08
The GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards is the only event to celebrate employer excellence specifically for the video games industry.
The awards event has taken place in London for the UK market for the past four years, and on July 8th, 2021 will be coming to the US with an all-digital event featuring talks and sessions on major HR issues, such as challenges around COVID-19, inclusion and diversity.
Participation in the awards is strictly confidential ( they will only reveal the winners), and those that don’t make the final cut (and even those that do) can receive their employee scores in order to identify any areas of improvements. The awards are free to take part.

Hobbyist to Professional Game Dev Panel
2021-07-08 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eventbrite
For any game devs who are currently hobbyists or amateur this panel will be an opportunity to hear from people like you who have successfully transitioned into the professional space. Whether they’ve started a successful independent studio, a career at one of the big gaming companies, a successful freelance career—or a little of all the above—our panelists will be giving some insight into the steps they took to become professionals in gaming.
Register for free here.

Ally Skills Workshop 2 presented by the IGDA Allies SIG x IGDA Los Angeles
2021-07-10 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eventbrite
Looking for practical, actionable diversity and inclusion training that people love? The Ally Skills Workshop teaches simple everyday techniques people can use to make their workplaces more inclusive. This highly interactive workshop helps people recognize when they have power and influence—when they can best act as an ally—and learn how to take effective action to make their workplace better.
Register here.

Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
2021-07-12 - 2021-07-16
The Global Games Industry Conference ONLINE
Monday, July 12th – Friday, July 16th 2021
Following six fantastic digital events over the course of 2020 and the first half of 2021, Pocket Gamer Connects will return in July with another world-welcoming online conference.
A Pocket Gamer Connects online conference is the perfect way to meet, learn from, and do business with over 1,500 games industry professionals, and over 250 speakers. We’ve run 28 Connects events now since 2014, and we’re excited to continue connecting the global games industry.
As one of the expected 1,500 attendees, you will have access to an innovative online platform for five days in July 2021. You’ll be able to select from a programme of great live video content full of insight and practical advice across 20+ themed conference tracks. You can watch the tracks live or catch up on the recorded videos within your own time, and if you’re online while the speakers are performing you’ll be able to interact with them and the other viewers with questions and comments.
Business goes on, and people need to make new connections! So in addition to the talks, you’ll also be able to search and connect with other attendees. You can find people, connect, discuss, do deals and make plans using the MeetToMatch online meeting platform. It enables you to search by a range of professional criteria and automatically schedules one-to-one video meetings.
Additionally, we’re running online versions of these fringe events so you can connect through multiple avenues:

Investor Connector [https://www.pgconnects.com/digital/investor-connector/]
Publisher SpeedMatch [https://www.pgconnects.com/digital/publisher-speedmatch/]
The Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) [https://www.pgconnects.com/digital/the-big-indie-pitch-mobile-edition/]
The Big Indie Pitch (PC + Console Edition) [https://www.pgconnects.com/digital/the-big-indie-pitch-pc-console-edition/]
Journalist Bar [https://www.pgconnects.com/digital/journalist-bar/]
Discord server [https://www.pgconnects.com/digital/discord-server/]
Games Jobs Live [https://www.pgconnects.com/digital/games-jobs-live/]

So book your tickets now and join us in July for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7.
We’re also allocating a limited amount of free passes solely for small indie developers, enabling them to meet with investors and publishers, and learn from the industry’s biggest names. If you think you qualify, sign up here.

Game Developer Conference
2021-07-19 - 2021-07-23
IGDA Members save 10% on tickets (get the code from the Discounts page) – register today!
