Invitation to Tender: Organisation and Delivery of Creative England Games Day as part of the BBC Birmingham Digital Week (March 16th 2015) Deadline for applications: Friday 30th January Name of buying organisation: Creative England Background: Creative England operates with the core purpose of supporting the sustainable growth of the independent creative businesses, and the talent that feeds them, in every part of England outside of London. Creative England GamesLab is a programme of investment and support, designed to aid and sustain the growth of the burgeoning games industry through the development of innovative games and IP. Working with emerging and established companies the GamesLab programme aims to create the conditions necessary for the most innovative and commercially astute games companies to flourish For more information please visit http://gameslab.creativeengland.co.uk The brief As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting games studios in the West Midlands and to ultimately encourage growth in the sector, Creative England is seeking quotations for an experienced and well connected industry professional to organise and deliver a one-‐day Games Day for approx 35-‐50 indie games studios The role of the successful candidate will include, but not be restricted to: •
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Securing relevant industry speakers for the days seminars (Draft Agenda below) Hosting the day and chairing any panel sessions Marketing and promoting the event in order to secure sufficient number of attendees Liaising with attendees pre-‐event On-‐site event management The Agenda Please note, timings and session lengths can be altered to best serve the day. All Speakers mentioned below are suggestions and not confirmed. TIME SESSION SPEAKERS 10:00 – 10:45 Level Up: Unlocking Finance TBC 11:15 – 12:00 VR Wars: Panel on VR Oculus Rift Representative Sony Representative Microsoft Representative 13:00 – 13:45 Interview & QA with High Profile Industry Speaker 13:45 – 14:45 LUNCH 14:45 – 15:30 Panel High Profile WM Devs Trevor Williams (Playground Games) Andrew Oliver (Radiant Worlds) Gary Newman (Facepunch Studios) Paul Dunning (Engine Room Games) Jamie Jackosn (Freestyle Games) 15:30 – 17:00 WM Indie Dev Showcase TBC 17:00 – 19:30 Networking Drinks & Food How to apply Please submit a brief proposal (of no more than 4 pages) to [email protected]. This should include: •
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A brief overview of your experience in the games industry Your experience of delivering similar work An overview of your industry network and contacts Overall quote to deliver the work (including VAT) Time Frame Proposals must be submitted no later than 9am on Friday 30th January 2015 The event will take place on Monday 16th March 2015 as part of the BBC Birmingham Digital Week.