Driving The Industry
The European Games Developer Federation is committed to the stimulation and development of a stable, vibrant and creative European games development sector that is competitive globally and recognized culturally.
The EGDF will act to advance the political and economic interests of the European computer and video games industry by providing a platform for collaboration and discussion between European institutions and game developers.
The federation represents some 600 studios based in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom, which together employ about 17,000 people. The European computer and video games industry, including distributors and students in game educations, encompasses almost 100,000 individuals.
17.2.2012 KEEP Final Conference 2012
KEEP has provided a successful solution and proven that emulation can be a true alternative strategy for digital preservation. The final KEEP conference will present hands on the results of the project. The presentations will show the technical possibilities of the outcomes and, in expert discussion panels, the relevance for the community will be highlighted and as well as the long-term outputs from KEEP. Read more…
EGDF has published second edition of Game Development and Digital Growth policy based on the input from two meetings between European policy makers and European game developers organised in Brussels in May 2011.
- EGDF Policy papers 2nd edition Game Development and Digital Growth.pdf 2nd edition of the policy paper
- Further information about the discussions in the events
Events and projects
EGDF helps European game developers to find EU research projects they might be interested in. In addition, EGDF focuses on disseminating the results of EU projects to European game developer community. Currently EGDF is a dissemination partner in three FP7 projects. Read more…
EGDF organizes regularly different kinds of events in Brussels and major game developer events. Read more…
Publications
Click to open (right-click to download) the following EGDF documents.
Policy Papers
Game Development and Digital Growth.pdf 2nd edition of EGDF policy paper on the future of Framwork programme 2011
tech09.pdf Games Technology Research Priorities 2009
Bylaws
EGDF_Bylaws.pdf Bylaws of European Games Developer Federation, updated November 20, 2009.
Contact
Your primary point of contact with the EGDF is our General Secretary Malte Behrmann. For each national member organisation there is an appointed EGDF representative:
(AT) GAME: Harald Riegler
(BE) BGIn: Tommy Goffin
(DE) GAME: Malte Behrmann – EGDF General Secretary
(DK) Producentforeningen: Klaus Hansen – EGDF Board Member
(ES) DEV: Gilberto Sánchez
(FI) Neogames: KooPee Hiltunen – EGDF Treasurer
(FR) SNJV: Guillaume de Fondaumière – EGDF Chairman
(IT) Assoknowledge IVD: Raoul Carbone
(LU) BGIn: Tommy Goffin
(NL) BGIn: Alexander Fernandez
(NO) Produsentforeningen: Leif Holst Jensen
(UK) TIGA: Richard Wilson – EGDF Board Member
Chairman of the Online Games Special Interest Group: Fred Hasson
Contact for the Mobile Games Special Interest Group: Maarten Noyons
The postal address and registered head office of the EGDF is: European Games Developer Federation Katariinankatu 3, 00170 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 (0)9 4289 1606 Fax: +358 (0)9 666 334
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