Speaker Submissions Now Open For Develop:Brighton 2023

Submission deadline Friday 24 February.

Wednesday 11 January: Tandem Events has announced that speaker submissions for Develop:Brighton 2023 are now open until Friday 24 February.

Taking place from Tuesday 11 July to Thursday 13 July, Develop:Brighton features high quality sessions with practical take-aways and vocational content so delegates can skill-up and make even better games.

Prospective speakers can find information on how to submit via the all-new Develop:Brighton website.

“As well as recruiting speakers directly, we’re also looking for more game developers skilled across a multitude of disciplines, and from all backgrounds and studio sizes to submit their ideas for talks. The conference has always covered a wide variety of subjects and that will be the case once again in 2023,” says Andy Lane, Managing Director, Tandem Events.

“Last July we welcomed around 3500 developers - a record number – and we’re very excited to be bringing together the game-making community once again for a week of creative inspiration, learning and numerous networking events in the Brighton sunshine this summer,” Lane continued.

The Call for Speakers page of the Develop:Brighton website also includes valuable resources for potential speakers, including:

- Help with planning your submission and preparing your talk
- Mentoring for first time and less experienced speakers
- Advisory Board members available for peer reviews of your session
- Speaker portal with guidance and tutorials to help when putting together a talk, plus links to examples of good talks

Speaking of her experience at Develop:Brighton 2022, keynote speaker Dana Nightingale said: “This was a very animated and enthusiastic audience which gave me a lot of confidence and it keeps your energy going through the whole thing.”

Industry legend and Develop regular Brenda Romero of Romero Games meanwhile, said: “Sharing information with a whole room full of developers – that’s unbelievably valuable, it’s just such a generous thing. I think it’s great that we have a conference that brings this calibre of talks and this calibre of developers.”

Back for its 18th year, Develop:Brighton will be taking place at the newly-renovated Hilton Brighton Metropole.

Keynotes, roundtables and presentations will offer practical advice and insight across eight conference tracks: Keynotes, Design, Coding, Art, Mobile, Business, Discoverability, Audio. Plus, there’s the free Indie BootCamp which covers the basics for start-ups and additional free Roundtables.

Networking opportunities will also continue to be a big part of Develop:Brighton this year, from the formal meetings tool Meet@Develop to Tuesday’s informal Icebreaker and the many afterhours social events, including the Develop:Star Awards, which this year will take place on the evening of Wednesday 12 July.

For the latest on speaker announcements, the Develop:Star Awards, and everything Develop:Brighton visit: www.developconference.com and follow @DevelopConf on Twitter.