Stakeholders

Stakeholders

This section presents possible stakeholders who can help start a gamification project in one of these reference countries

JORDAN

Private companies / game developers

Type of stakeholder

  • Game Developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Interactive Solutions

  • Mobile Development

  • Game Development

  • Web Development

  • Data Science and Machine Learning

  • Business Process Management

  • Animations

About the stakeholder

AtomKit is a team of professional innovators who are Designers, Developers, IT Geeks, and Marketers. We come from diverse backgrounds, but we have a shared passion for building digital experiences that connects brands with their distinct audience. We appreciate that technology emerges from-and must drive- a real-world business.

Stakeholder contact information

Hello@atomkit.com

+962 6 5930991
+962 79 0727302

Stakeholder website

https://atomkit.com/

Type of stakeholder

  • Game developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Games Design and Development

  • Cartoon Animation

  • Educational tools  

  • Branding

About the stakeholder

BeeLabs is a self-investment company founded in 2013, aspiring to bridge the digital gap between foreign and local technology. BeeLabs serves as a hub for producing heartwarming cartoon animation, innovative multilingual mobile games, and interactive edutainment applications for brands and businesses aiming at enhancing their market presence on a global scale. 

Stakeholder contact information

Info@beelabs.me

Stakeholder website

www.beelabs.me

Type of stakeholder

  • Private company 

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Develop games

  • YouTube educational videos  

  • Software 

About the stakeholder

Games company in Jordan. Campotar has created many game applications and educational videos. The company specializes in displaying technology, computers, and their components in a professional and simple manner.

Stakeholder contact information

Info@cambotar.com

Stakeholder website

http://www.cambotar.com/

Type of stakeholder

  • Game developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Mobile Game Development

  • Creative marketing

  • Video Production

About the stakeholder

Chickmania, a leader in its domain prides itself on the high level of service it provides to its clients. Its services include Creative Marketing, Impressive Video Production, and Interactive Mobile Game Development. Chickmania prides itself on having a dedicated team that is passionate, creative, and flexible to serve clients’ every need.When it comes to game development, Chickmania Entertainment is the leading games developer in the MENA region. They have developed and published 4 titles on iOS and Android while focusing on fun mid-core games. The company is committed to adding its unique twist of fun to every game it creates.

Stakeholder contact information

info@chickmania.com
+962 77 699 6666

Stakeholder website

https://www.chickmania.com/

Type of stakeholder

  • Private company

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Games

  • Assets

  • 3d 

  • Animations

About the stakeholder

Ebal Studios started out as a 3D animation and visualization service. They have worked with multiple world-class studios, agencies, and brands in a variety of fields. Recently though, Ebal worked on developing art assets and game templates and sharing their knowledge and know-how with the computer graphics and game development communities.

Stakeholder contact information

info@ebalstudios.com

Stakeholder website

https://www.ebalstudios.com/jordan

Type of stakeholder

  • Private company 

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Augmented reality applications

  • 360o interactive tour that will allow the user to experience a virtual visit to a specific location

  • Produce professional video production 

  • 3D Modeling

  • Games design and development 

  • Branding

  • Website and Mobile application design & development

  • Geographic information system (GIS maps)

  • 360o videos, as illustrations of the exceptional venues of any selected city 

About the stakeholder

Golden Glove for Marketing and Information Technology is a local company owned by a group of youth expertise, with a well-established record in virtual reality services since 2011. Golden Glove for information technology and marketing is specialized in designing, developing, and presenting information technology tools for various types of industries including tourism, education, and business around the world. Such tools can be specifically tailored to suit the needs of the different markets as they can provide the user with the most important sites and exquisite attractions in Jordan and will help the party of interest in planning their future and exciting trip to the Kingdom.

Stakeholder contact information

Name: Fairs Masoud

Email: farisfaisal.masoud@gmail.com

Phone: +962 799 6700 17 

Stakeholder website

http://www.vrjordan.com/

Type of stakeholder

  • Private company

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Software Solutions

  • Digital Strategy

About the stakeholder

iSpectra provides end-to-end IT services to companies that want to modernize their core technology and build engaging digital experiences. iSpectra was born from a team of talented software engineers and UX specialists who focus on using the right technologies and frameworks to serve customers by thinking outside of the box. iSpectra realized that companies around the globe and particularly in the MENA region struggled to create new products at a fast pace, scale quickly, and keep up with their innovation efforts. There was and still is a big gap in finding specialized talent with strategic technical skills.

Stakeholder contact information

BlackStone Building 3rd Floor, Mecca Al Mokarrama Street 125. Amman Office. +962 79 912 9404

Stakeholder website

https://www.ispectra-mena.com/

Type of stakeholder

  • Private company

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Mobile & Web Apps Development

  • Game Design and Development

  • Animations

About the stakeholder

Madbox Games is an independent game development studio based in Amman, Jordan. The company was founded in 2018, they create unique cross-platform games for all kinds of audience.

Stakeholder contact information

Support@madboxgames.com

Stakeholder website

https://www.madboxgames.com/ 

Type of stakeholder

  • Private company

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Website Development Movile & Web

  • Applications Development

  • Branded Game Development

  • Motion Graphics & Animation

About the stakeholder

Media Plus, an award-winning multimedia company, provides top-notch interactive, media solutions. Our professional services excel in the fields of interactive multimedia, website design and development, and animation. Our award-winning team leaders fire up each project, with active market research to put forward a steadfast course of action. With the same enthusiasm our experienced team members, implement the task, paying special attention to the fine details, that make or break a deal in the corporate world: consumer lifestyles, business models, and corporate image. With Media Plus you'll never have to worry about tacky graphics, pixilated animation, or run-of-the-mill websites. Our team works round the clock to present a flawless media product, which matches your company's vision, long-term goals, and market needs.

Stakeholder contact information

Al Husseini Complex, Office no. 16

P.O 6484 Amman 11118 Jordan

Tel: + 962 6 5522826

Fax: + 962 6 5522 836

Email: info@mediaplus.com.jo

Stakeholder website

https://www.mediaplus.com.jo/

Type of stakeholder

  • Game developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Analog media

  • Flipbook

  • Motion picture film

  • Videotape

  • Digital media

  • Games and animation

About the stakeholder

Progressive Generation Studios is a full-service animation, broadcasting visual studio, and audio recording studio, owned and operated by Progressive Generation-Holding. PG Studios has three fully-equipped studios, with spacious tracking rooms, games and applications development powers, and a world-class blend of state-of-the-art and vintage gear. Our dedicated
staff of engineers offers copywriting, storyboarding, directing, 2D & 3D Animation, chroma shooting, news studio, live broadcasting, cartooning Audio dubbing and record, mixing, mastering, post-production, ISDN, transfers, mobile recording, live sound, video production.
Our studios are equipped to handle your project from beginning to end. We have top-notch trained animators and directors, musicians at our fingertips, so if your film or music is lacking that extra edge, we can maximize level to the fullest.

Stakeholder contact information

Tel: + (962) 78-580-7816

Email: cafe@pg-studios.com

Stakeholder website

https://pg-studios.com/

Governmental institutions

Type of stakeholder

NGO

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Empower and support entrepreneurship and MSMEs in communities with tailored tourism activities. Preserve local cultural heritage, and protect natural resources through sustainable tourism.

  • Cooperate with public and private on national, regional, and international levels; enhance the integrated roles of complementary sectors; develop individuals, institutions, and communities’ capacities to achieve / and in line with our Company goals. 

  • Organize virtual events among counterparts from tourism hospitality, travel agencies, and other groups to promote tourism and related products.

About the stakeholder

Tamkeen believes that tourism is a force for a better life; when managed responsibly it can transform people’s livelihoods and build resilient communities while preserving and safeguarding the environment. TASUD - while locally oriented, operates within the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs: 2030) and commits to the principles of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Code of Ethics to guide its agenda.

Tamkeen focus on Empowering sustainability by advancing an innovative and evidence- based tourism, digital transformation and entrepreneurship while investing in human capital, local culture, and natural resources 

Stakeholder contact information

tasud-jordan@googlegroups.com

Type of stakeholder

Governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Encouraging Jordanians and people from the Middle East to tell their stories, thus contributing to cross-cultural understanding and enhancing freedom of expression.

  • Creating educational programs for Jordanians working or aspiring to work in the film industry.

  • Promoting film culture throughout Jordan, thus contributing to educating and fostering a critical mind.

  • Positioning Jordan as a location for international audio-visual productions, offering great locations, creative resources, as well as technical assistance and financial incentives.

  • Offering management and support services to local and foreign productions.

  • Providing work opportunities at world-class standards in all areas of cinematic art.

About the stakeholder

The RFC is a member of the Association for Film Commissioners International (AFCI). The (AFCI) is the official professional and educational organization for film commissions. AFCI members assist in feature, television, commercial, industrial, and stills production throughout the world.

Stakeholder contact information

1st Circle, Jabal Amman 7 Omar Bin Al Khattab Street (off Rainbow Street)
Tel: +962 6 4642266
Fax: + 962 6 4642299
Royal Film Commission – Jordan
P.O. Box 811 991 Amman 11181 Jordan

http://www.film.jo/

SPAIN

Private companies / game developers

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Academic specialization

  • Recruit professors who regularly work in and for the Video Game industry.

  • Maintain permanent contact within the sector.

About the stakeholder

The Municipal Art School of Vilanova i la Geltrú (EMAiD) was founded in 1969. It currently offers different Intermediate and Higher Degree Training Cycles with an official degree and is approved by the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya and recognized by the Ministry of Education.

Stakeholder contact information

office telephone number:

+34 93 893 28 46

Email address:

emaid@vilanova.cat

Stakeholder website

https://www.emaid.cat

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Academic specialisation

  • Recruit professors who regularly work in and for the Video Game industry.

  • Maintain permanent contact within the sector

About the stakeholder

The School of New Interactive Technologies affiliated with the University of Barcelona (ENTI-UB) was created to contribute to the growth and consolidation of the cluster of video games and Serious games that is spreading around Barcelona and other cities in Catalonia. For this reason, this center has been the first to create Degrees, Master’s Degrees, and Advanced Vocational Training devoted to the training of professionals throughout the entire creation chain, from the programming, artistic design, production, and music related to video games and Serious Games, which are also known as Applied Games.

Stakeholder contact information

office telephone number:

93 323 36 64

Email address:

info@enti.cat 

Stakeholder website

www.enti.cat 

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Academic specialization

  • Recruit professors who regularly work in and for the Video Game industry.

  • Maintain permanent contact within the sector.

About the stakeholder

Deià promotes the experimentation and realization of design in all its extension. The school deals with graphic design, temporary, interior, commercial spaces, virtual environments, and video game design. As a school of the Generalitat de Catalunya, it works from the vocation of public service to integrate design as an instrument for the improvement and transformation of social life.

Stakeholder contact information

office telephone number:

+34 933 546 073

Email address:

ea-deiadisseny@xtec.cat

Stakeholder website

http://www.deiadisseny.cat

Type of stakeholder

  • Games Developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Create community

About the stakeholder

“Gaming.cat” is the Catalan community of video game fans. It brings together Catalan-speaking fans who want to live this hobby in this language and promotes the presence of Catalan in the world of video games. 

The community has a few Telegram groups where the users can find roommates quickly, share videos and news, discuss technical issues, etc. 

The platform also has a Discord server, ideal for planning games and playing together. Finally has their channel in Twitch.

Stakeholder contact information

info@gaming.cat

Stakeholder website

https://www.gaming.cat/

 

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Analyzing the inertias and changes in the sector.

  • Encouraging networking between academia and industry.

About the stakeholder

Symposium on Gamification and Games for Learning

Gameful and playful experiences have been positively shown as a technique to motivate students and enhance their learning process. This topic has gained great interest in both academia and industry, as reflected by the number of academic publications in recent years, especially those showing case studies, hands-on experiences, or startups specialized in gamification and games for educational purposes.

The International Symposium on Gamification and Games for Learning aims to cover all aspects of gameful and playful approaches for learning, including user studies, design frameworks, techniques and strategies, methodologies, tools and applications, ecosystems, analysis and assessment, personalization approaches, systems integrations, data management, architectures, innovations to market, as well as any work in progress. Their main goal is to bring together stakeholders for exchanging ideas and experiences and encouraging networking between academia and industry.

Stakeholder contact information

info@teemconference.eu

info.ice@(upc.edu) 

Stakeholder website

https://gamilearn.webs.ull.es/

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Brings together the most influential personalities in the world of video games.

  • Inspire the next generation of digital creators

  • Share innovative ideas

About the stakeholder

Founded in 2005, Gamelab is a non-profit organization devoted to creating quality events where international professionals, researchers, academics, entrepreneurs, and investors from the digital entertainment space get inspired and share innovative ideas and projects. Gamelab events connect, empower and inspire the next generation of digital creators to play an active role in shaping the future of interactive playgrounds and experiences. The list of guests and speakers that have participated in Gamelab events includes some of the world’s most legendary creators, leading executives, game-changing pioneers, and influential opinion leaders. Gamelab’s flagship event takes place every June in Barcelona (Spain) and welcomes over 1.000 attendees and 500 companies and organizations. Gamelab also celebrates seasonal events in cities around the world, like Tokyo, Shanghai, Montevideo, or Madrid.

Stakeholder contact information

info@gamelab.es

Stakeholder website

https://www.gamelab.es/en/

Type of stakeholder

  • Private company / games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Connecting knowledge and disciplines in art, science and technology.

  • The interconnection of academic fields and different actors involved in interdisciplinarity.

  • Promote digital transformation

About the stakeholder

The main aim of this institution is to explore and develop intersections between art, science, and technology to boost the digital transformation of society. This is the aim of Hac Te (Art, Science and Technology Hub), promoted by nine institutions to make Barcelona a global center for research, training, dissemination, transfer, and production in this field. This is a cross-sector initiative under a joint-governance model, which has the support of institutions such as Barcelona City Council, the Government of Catalonia, and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.

Stakeholder contact information

Hacte@uoc.edu

Stakeholder website

https://www.uoc.edu/portal/es/coneixement-obert/hacte/index.html

Type of stakeholder

  • Magazine focused in gamification and game development

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Support and promotion of cultural and creative sector

About the stakeholder

Ludica is a reference media specialized in videogames. Its scope of coverage of events and news in Catalonia and, above all, Barcelona. It aims to treat the video game as a form of artistic expression and approach it from all possible aspects, not only as a consumer or technological product. In addition, the project has created a communicative space that goes beyond the paper and allows the exchange of knowledge. It has an active community in various channels of the network where they are present.

Stakeholder contact information

Email address:

redaccio@ludica.cat.

Stakeholder website

https://ludica.cat/

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Analyze the inertias and changes in the sector.

  • Support cultural and creative sector.

  • Lobby

About the stakeholder

PROA is a Spanish federation of audiovisual producers founded in 2008. The Federation includes over 200 production companies and is still expanding and growing. The Federation acts as a mediator and representative, as a strategic agent in defense of the audiovisual sector’s interests both at national and international levels. PROA functions as a lobby before public institutions and other agents of the industry to favor the global positioning of film and video production as well as to increase its visibility through events, conferences, and attending festivals and markets. The Federation’s main objective is to create an ecosystem to improve its members´ conditions. In addition to this, it generates a variety of information and training spaces accessible to all of them. To this end, PROA has been working during the last years on a thorough investigation of new forms of audiovisual financing. PROA is made up of seven associations, being five of them sectorial and the two generalists. Sectorial associations in the Federation are, among others: ProDocs (documentary), ProAnimats (animation), ProFicció (fiction), ProTV (television) and Device (videogames).

Stakeholder contact information

Mar Sáez

msaez@proafed.com

Stakeholder website

www.proafed.com 

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer / Market

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Bring together the most influential personalities in the sector

  • Share innovative ideas

About the stakeholder

360VFEST is the meeting point for leading national and international professionals in this emerging sector. The event is a space where interested and curious individuals can discover the latest in VR. The event is structured in 3 areas:
- Professional days with conferences on the application of VR, RA, and XR in various fields.
- VR Cinema, an opportunity to see the most outstanding Virtual Reality films.
- One-to-one meetings with conference speakers.

Stakeholder contact information

info@360vrfest.pro

Stakeholder website

https://360vrfest.pro/

Cultural and governmental institutions

Type of stakeholder

  • Governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Support and promote the cultural and creative sector.

About the stakeholder

Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) is an agency that orchestrates public support for the promotion of culture, both in Spain and overseas. Its aims include promoting Spain’s rich and plural artistic legacy and fostering the internationalization of its most contemporary creative and culture sector.


From historical heritage to emerging creation, AC/E strives to give prominence to culture as an essential component of a country’s reality and image, projecting it both within and outside Spain.
Highlighting the main creative and cultural fields – from science to history, and from visual, performing, and audio-visual arts to literature, music, architecture, and design, among many others – AC/E’s projects underline Spain’s diverse role in global culture, as well as the recent contributions of its newest creators.

Stakeholder contact information

artesvisuales@accioncultural.es

Stakeholder website

https://www.accioncultural.es/en

Type of stakeholder

  • Governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Tourist promotion of Catalonia

  • Link private and public tourist sector

  • Increase loyalty of tourst visitors

About the stakeholder

The Catalan Tourist Board (CTB) was set up by the Government of Catalonia and is responsible for implementing the government’s tourism promotion policies. It replaced the Turisme de Catalunya consortium, formerly responsible for this work, in early 2010.
The Catalan Tourist Board was created as a body of the Government of Catalonia under Law 15/2007, of 5 December 2007 (in Catalan), in accordance with the powers related to tourism conferred by article 171 of the Catalan Statute of Self-Government. The purpose of the CTB is to promote Catalonia as a leading tourist destination based on quality and the social and economic profitability of the tourism industry.
When the CTB took over from the consortium as the body leading initiatives to raise international awareness of the attractions that Catalonia can offer, it marked a turning point in Catalan's promotional strategy. The main innovation, which is now growing stronger, was the involvement of the private sector, which now shares in the tasks and responsibility for promoting and selling tourism in Catalonia around the world.
Obtaining measurable results is one of the priority directives of the new body, which focuses its efforts on tourism resources and companies in the industry. To this end, the CTB supports the commercialization of products and also encourages the generation of self-financing resources.

Stakeholder contact information

Sofia Pla ( spla.oset@gencat.cat )

Stakeholder website

Catalonia Tourist Board

Type of stakeholder

  • Governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Build links between culture and technology.

  • Support cultural and creative sector in their international journey.

  • Work with digital companies.

About the stakeholder

Catalan Arts is the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies’ brand for the internationalization of the Catalan cultural and creative companies in areas such as music, performing arts, books, visual arts, and digital culture. Via our network of offices in Europe (Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London, and Paris) they work on a variety of lines of action to connect, mentor, and support creative companies in their international journey.
To this end, Catalan Arts works to strengthen Catalan companies’ and their creative works’ presence at international fairs and key professional events. They also offer a range of useful materials and resources to professionals based in Catalonia who want to develop their projects internationally, as well as to professionals from other countries looking for artistic productions and willing to establish contact with their creators and promoters.

Stakeholder contact information

internacional.icec@gencat.cat

Stakeholder website

https://www.catalanarts.cat/en/

Type of stakeholder

  • Governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Support the creative sector

  • Support companies in the sector

About the stakeholder

The Spanish Association of Video Game and Entertainment Software Producers and Developers (DEV) represents the interests of companies and entities committed to developing this sector. It aims to advocate for its institutional recognition as a strategic, highly technological sector, a driving force for new business models, and an international exponent of our culture.

DEV represents both Spanish and international video game development companies based in Spain. The Association is also open to those companies that develop their activity along the value chain of the video game development sector, such as training, sale of hardware and software, provision of services, etc.

Stakeholder contact information

info@dev.org.es

Stakeholder website

https://dev.org.es/index.php

Type of stakeholder

  • Governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Promote and disseminate digital culture.

  • Create a space for debate, exchange of ideas, training, art, and technology.

About the stakeholder

This program promotes and disseminate culture and art, with digital, innovative, and creative formats. Exhibitions, workshops, debates... our cultural offer is wide and diverse.
Also, education is a fundamental pillar at Fundación Telefónica. That is why we develop a series of educational programs around art, technology, and innovation aimed at all audiences.

Stakeholder contact information

contacto@fundaciontelefonica.com

Stakeholder website

https://www.fundaciontelefonica.com/cultura-digital/en

Type of stakeholder

  • Governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Build links between culture and technology

  • Help cultural sector

  • Work with digital companies

About the stakeholder

The Catalan Government’s Department of Culture understands digital culture as the result of the constantly changing relationship between humans and the new technologies of the digital age, including all the possible intersections between traditional artistic languages and digital tools that create innovative mutations of the traditional forms of expression.
In the field of Digital Culture, the ICEC (The Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises) accompanies and supports business projects and translates innovative and digital reality into the cultural sphere, with special emphasis on video games, audiovisuals, music, and multimedia sectors.
The ICEC, through the Digital Culture Area, works towards two main objectives. Firstly, the professionalization of the video game sector to boost its competitiveness and the promotion of dialogue with other agents in the cultural environment. Secondly, to support the different cultural sectors in their digital transformation.

Stakeholder contact information

Marisol López

digital.icec@gencat.cat

Stakeholder website

https://culturadigital.blog.gencat.cat/ 

Type of stakeholder

  • Creative Lab

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Supporting creators who work with digital formats

About the stakeholder

IDEAL aims to research, experiment, and create immersive content using XR technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, holography, 360º, among other new narrative media.
IDEAL Lab collaborates with several universities in Barcelona (UPC, UPF, BAU, ENTI, ESDI, ELISAVA), startups, and artists for research, learning, and producing new immersive audiovisual projects.
IDEAL has a permanent program of artistic residencies housed in the same center. The purpose is to support creators who work with digital formats, with the intention of creating a space for the development of these artistic languages. IDEAL wants to emphasize the importance of positioning itself, in addition to being an exhibition space, as a space for the development of these artistic disciplines.

Stakeholder contact information

info@idealbarcelona.com

Stakeholder website

https://idealbarcelona.com/en

Type of stakeholder

Cutlural institution

Interests of the stakeholder

The Library provided the MED GAIMS project with a huge amount of information related to the past of the city. This information was used to know exactly what was the project dealing with, and the project received help from professional technicians in documentation. The Library has become the documentation source for the whole project, from the input phase to the final stages where difficult-to-find documents were provided and scanned to use with the gamified experiences.

About the stakeholder

The Library Víctor Balaguer is a unique public library in the country. It was conceived in a general way to become the National Library of Catalonia built with enormous donations from personalities from the XIXth century. It’s a library with documents from the Xth century to the XXIst century. On the shelves, we can find partitures, letters, maps, incunabula, scrolls, and so on… The library includes historical research with personal documents from entire Spain from all kinds of fields like literature, arts, anthropology, history of science, politics, society. It also contains very important documents related to the commerce with Cuba and Philipines at the ending of the XIXth century when it still was a Spanish colony. Moreover, it contains local information from Vilanova i la Geltrú, as well as a historical file of high interest. In addition, the library offers consultation services of documents in the room and reprography.

Stakeholder contact information

Laia Manuel i Viejobueno
lmanuel@victorbalaguer.cat

Stakeholder website

https://www.victorbalaguer.cat/en/prueba-inicio-en/

Type of stakeholder

  • Cultural event

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Bring together the most influential personalities in the world of videogames

  • Inspire the next generation of digital creators

  • Share innovative ideas

About the stakeholder

The Video Art Game Experience in the city of Amposta (VAG) is a meeting about video games in Catalonia. However, it is not fair for showing novelties or giving conferences oriented to professionals and students. This forum wants to be a meeting point for the general public with concerts, exhibitions, lectures, and workshops. 

What the event's intent is to visualize the video game or digital art among the population.

Stakeholder contact information

hello@vag.cat

Stakeholder website

https://vag.cat/

Type of stakeholder

  • Governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

Vilanova Turisme promotes the town of Vilanova i la Geltrú and offers the visitors the best possible experience to fulfill their expectations.

About the stakeholder

Vilanova Turisme has the need of building, working with the view in the future, an economic system based in the tourism sector. Understanding tourism as a richness and prosperity, understanding richness as the incomes derived from the tourist activity and the prosperity the sustainability in time).
The lines of work are with a sustainable way with the town resources, the natural environment, and the respect for the visitors, always keeping the essence of the city of Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Vilanova Turisme works with a tourist marketing plan and draws strategies and actions for the development of the tourism sector with private-public cooperation.

Stakeholder contact information

Xavier Arrojo

Stakeholder website

https://www.vilanovaturisme.cat

ITALY

Private companies / game developers

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Training on game design and development

  • Share innovative ideas

About the stakeholder

Game Maker Academy is a digital arts school where you can learn the art and technique of video game creation: from conception to design and programming.
A factory lab to develop new digital storytelling techniques, from videogames to cartoons and cinema.
And more generally to explore all the arts related to interactive entertainment: graphics, music, audiovisual, and narrative.
It offers in-depth post-diploma and post-degree courses dedicated to developers, authors, and artists who want to specialize in the technique of creating and developing video games.
Younger people can take courses aimed at learning logic and computational thinking and developing creativity.

Stakeholder contact information

info@net-press.it

Stakeholder website

http://www.gamemakeracademy.it/

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Promoting, supporting and spreading the research in the field of Game Science.

About the stakeholder

The Game Science Research Center (GAME.SCI RE.CENTER) is an interuniversity research center with headquarters at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. It aims to promote, support, and spread research in the field of Game Science.

Game Science investigates various phenomena related to the notion of "game", intended both as a model of strategic behavior (i.e., interactive decision-making) and as a system of rules and mechanics for ludic activities (i.e., gaming and play). Game Science encompasses the field of Game Studies as well as Game Theory and related quantitative areas of research. As a model of strategic behavior, a "game" offers a general and flexible way of describing and explaining phenomena of interactive decision-making, fostering our understanding of their dynamics and helping to predict their outcomes. On the other hand, a “game”, as a playing activity organized around well-defined rules, embodies an important part of socially organized activities and can represent a valid tool for increasing motivation, prevention and healthcare support, scientific data gathering, scientific divulgation, cultural and social change, and even artistic exploration.

Stakeholder contact information

gamescience@imtlucca.it

Stakeholder website

https://gamescience.imtlucca.it/

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Create favorable conditions for the development of the industry in Italy 

  • Foster the role of videogame in the economic, social and cultural system of our country

About the stakeholder

Italian reference Association representing the national videogame industry fostering the development and evolution of the sector in Italy. The Association was founded in the early 2000s. Original members were mainly multinationals operating on Italian soil. Since 2011, with the establishment of several game development studios in Italy, Association broadened its membership base to Italian videogames-producing companies, which nowadays represent most of the members. In 2019, they opened the Association’s gates to esports business operators, such as teams and tournament organizers.
Currently, the Association is composed of over 60 members, including videogames hardware manufacturers, videogames publishers, Italian game developers, and esports business operators.
Internationally, in 2002 IIDEA joined ISFE (Interactive Software Federations of Europe), which is the European videogames Association located in Brussels. Since 2005 IIDEA is a member of the ISFE Board of Directors. Moreover, the Association is also a member of the PEGI Management Board, videogames age ratings system helping parents in making informed choices during the purchase of a videogame.

Stakeholder contact information

info@aesvi.it

Stakeholder website

https://en.iideassociation.com/

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Training on game design and development

  • Sharing innovative ideas

About the stakeholder

Polygon Moon aim to make online multiplayer games accessible to everyone. The games developed are open to everyone, simply to play, but hard to master. Their strong values are centered around equity, sociability, and transparency.

Polygon Moon believes in small studio capability to achieve great results. They focus on staying agile, innovative, flexible, and ready for action at any time, using a strong lean development and growth hacking strategy.

Stakeholder contact information

info@polygonmoon.it

Stakeholder website

www.polygonmoon.it

Type of stakeholder

  • Games developer

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Explore human relationships through new forms of hyper-technological creativity in which the international public becomes an active part and co-protagonist of the experience

  • Create new cultural an tourist imaginaries

About the stakeholder

TuoMuseo is an international collective of artists, game designers, developers, sound designers and 3D animators working at the intersection of art and video games.

Their goal is to explore human relationships through new forms of hyper-technological creativity in which the international public becomes an active part and co-protagonist of the experience. By reworking existing heritage or creating new art, they aim to create new cultural and tourist imaginaries.

Winner of the Cariplo Foundation Cultural Innovation call, it is currently the European leader in the design and implementation of interactive experiences with dozens of active projects for large institutions in the last two years.

From the award-winning Father and Son for the Mann of Naples with over 4 million downloads in Firenze Game to let children discover the hidden treasures of Florence through Past for Future (Marta Taranto) elected best digital project 2018 by ArTribune magazine. Also by TuoMuseo the pioneering A Life in Music, the first transmedia project for the Teatro Regio di Parma.

Stakeholder contact information

info@net-press.it

Stakeholder website

http://www.gamemakeracademy.it/

Cultural and governmental institutions

Type of stakeholder

  • University of Sassary

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Training on design and animation tecniques

  • Sharing innovative ideas

About the stakeholder

Animazionedesign is a research laboratory of the Department of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of Alghero (University of Sassari) dedicated to research, training and production of communication projects through animated images.

Stakeholder contact information

Nicolo Ceccarelli

nceccare@uniss.it

Stakeholder website

www.animazionedesign.it

Type of stakeholder

  • governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Training on game design and development

  • Sharing innovative ideas

About the stakeholder

CRS4 is an interdisciplinary research center, founded by the Sardinia Autonomous Region in 1990, whose sole shareholder is the regional agency Sardegna Ricerche.

The center promotes the study, development, and application of innovative solutions to problems stemming from natural, social, and industrial environments. Information Society and Technology and High-Performance Computing are the supporting foundations.
Since 2003, the center has been located within Science and Technology Park (Polaris), a point of attraction for high-tech research in the Comune of Pula, about 40 km from Cagliari.

CRS4’s mission is to help Sardinia build and support a layer of modern high-tech industries considered essential to its economic and cultural development.

CRS4’s efforts in technological development and scientific research focus on state-of-the-art computational technologies and on their application to several areas: biosciences, information society, energy, and the environment.

The center is running a specific program on game-based interaction and technologies. The aim of this program is to investigate gaming in order to explore and evaluate how games technology, methodology, and algorithms may be effectively applied to other sectors. Areas of research investigation include AI, robotics, and HCI.
The activities focus on innovative approaches and solutions in the following areas:

  • Rapid prototyping on game and wearable interfaces;

  • Designing innovative digital media based on videogames tech

  • Gaming and its derivations (gamification) to conduct research in other areas (i.e. tourism, training, edutainment, marketing)

Stakeholder contact information

Massimo Deriu – Head of the program mderiu@crs4.it

Stakeholder website

www.crs4.it/it

Type of stakeholder

  • Cultural institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Promoting artistic and environmental heritage of Sardinia

  • Creating optimal conditions for attracting international film and audiovisual projects

About the stakeholder

The Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission was set up with the aim of enhancing Sardinia's artistic and environmental heritage, developing the audiovisual sector with highly specialized professional and technical resources, creating optimal conditions for attracting international film and audiovisual projects, and promoting the island worldwide. The Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission offers free assistance, advice, and services to audiovisual, film, television, and multimedia productions interested in filming on the island, through technical, logistical, and bureaucratic support and by ensuring the connection between production and local professionals through the creation of databases. In cooperation with the island's Provinces and Municipalities, the Foundation is committed to reducing the burden on productions and encouraging the development of film and audiovisual activities in Sardinia.

Recently it is committed to the development of an island video game industry.

Stakeholder contact information

filmcommission@regione.sardegna.it

Stakeholder website

www.sardegnafilmcommission.it

Type of stakeholder

  • governmental institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • preservation of cultural heritage and the development of museums

About the stakeholder

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is the international organization of museums and museum professionals is committed to preserving, ensuring continuity, and communicating the value of the world's cultural and natural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible. ICOM is associated with UNESCO and has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Stakeholder website

www.icom-italia.org

Type of stakeholder

  • Cultural institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Enhancement of the games culture 

  • Organization of events based on games

About the stakeholder

Lucca Crea Srl, founded in 2015 from the merger of Lucca Comics & Games fair and Lucca Polo Fiere e Congressi, intends to enhance the monumental context and encourage the development of the economic fabric of the city of Lucca. It focuses on promoting the city through organizing cultural events and fairs of national and international scope.

Lucca Crea Srl was born from the values and organizational culture of Lucca Comics & Games. The company matured over fifty years of history and was strengthened by the resources and assets of the Polo Fiere di Lucca. The company collaborates with dozens of institutions, associations, cultural events and fairs around the world, under the banner of its unique approach and its distinctive operational foundations that make up the DNA of Crea-Attività: ideas and productions of a unique network of versatile professionals and experienced consultants.

Stakeholder contact information

info@luccacrea.it

Stakeholder website

www.luccacrea.it

Type of stakeholder

  • cultural institution

Interests of the stakeholder

  • Connecting cities which use games/gamification techniques to rethink public spaces

About the stakeholder

Playable City is a network created by Watershed in Bristol that puts people and plays at the heart of the future city. It aims to re-use city infrastructure and re-appropriate smart city technologies to create connections – person to person, person to city.  

Through interaction and creative installations, it unlocks a social dialogue, bringing the citizens into a city development conversation – one which will vary in each location.

Playable City is active across five continents in cities as diverse as Recife, Bristol, Lagos, and Tokyo – in each location, it has created a connected innovative community of interest exploring their own city’s issues and opportunities.

Across the globe, Playable City is building a networked knowledge bank of local insight, experience, and impact, generating a world view of smarter city development conversations and a series of innovative creative / technology-driven projects.

Stakeholder contact information

playablecity@watershed.co.uk

Stakeholder website

www.playablecity.com