Urgent: Video Games I International Business Development

Interested in going to Game Connection Europe and/or Paris Games Week? CEIM got your back, and you only have a few days to apply for the chance. You can check all the details here, including how to apply, but a summary is found below.  The deadline is October 11th.

Be one of 10 Canadian independent developers to qualify for this program that will help you participate in GCE and Paris Game Week 2017
and increase your chances of success!

 Game Connection Europe (GCE) I Paris Game Week (PGW) Program

• Registration to the event and meeting rooms

• Qualified « B2B » meetings

• Individual coaching, prior to the event, with an expert from CEIM

• Business support and coaching on location, by two experts from CEIM

• Up to $2,040 total reimbursement of your registration fees and documented living expenses(hotel, meals, transportation) 

 Admissibility Criteria

• Video game developer established in Canada, majority Canadian ownership

• Strong export potential to the U.S.A

• At early commercialization stage

• With annual revenues of less than 5 million dollars

CEIM: International Business Development - Travel To Gamescom 2017

Our friends over at the CEIM are looking to send some Canadian developers to Gamescom 2017 in Germany. Hurry though, because the deadline submission is June 9th! Check out the website for the full details.  There is a registration form to fill out on the website - but details are also below.

GAMESCOM | COLOGNE, GERMANY | August 22 – 26, 2017

Be one of 15 Canadian independent video game developers to qualify for this program that will help you to participate in Gamescom 2017 and increase your chances of success! Canada is the partner country this year.

Program:

• Registration to the Canadian Trade Commissioner B2B program and access to meeting areas
• Qualified “B2B” meetings
• Individual coaching, prior to the event, with an expert from CEIM
• Business support and coaching on location, by two experts from CEIM
• Up to $1,800 reimbursement of your documented living expenses (hotel, meals, transportation)

Admissibility Criteria:

• Video game developer established in Canada, with a Canadian ownership majority
• Strong export potential
• At early commercialization stage
• With annual revenues of less than 5M$

Registration Fees: $650
(limited to one person per company)

For more information on the TCS B2B program:
Remi-Jacques.Nadeau@international.gc.ca

CEIM Bringing 15 Canadian Indie Developers to PAX South

I've written before about the CEIM helping out Indie Developers, and Martin Brouard reached out to me about another opportunity, this time to showcase at PAX South.

Canadian #indiedev #gamedev interested in joining the #paxsouth commercial mission. Deadline to register is Dec 9th. https://t.co/a12fj4gmzu

— Martin Brouard (@BrouardMartin) December 1, 2016

You can check out all the details on the official site, but hurry now as the deadline is December 9th!

PAX SOUTH | SAN ANTONIO, TX | January 26-29, 2017

Be one of 15 Canadian independent video game developers to qualify for this new program that will help you participate in PAX SOUTH SAN ANTONIO and increase your chances of success!

Program

• Reservation and set up of individual stands (10 ft. x 10 ft.)
  (savings of 50%, financial support up to $800)

• Qualified « B2B » meetings, pre-planned

• PR agency support for the group

• Individual coaching, prior to the event, with an expert from CEIM

• Business support and coaching on location, by two experts from CEIM

• Up to $1,125 reimbursement of your documented living expenses
  (hotel, meals, transportation)

CEIM - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - SEATTLE

Martin Brouard, formerly of Frima Studios reached out to me over email today and let me know that the CEIM, and Martin are organizing some events for Canadian Indie developers, starting with a trip to Seattle. I've copied the full details below:

It's a week in Seattle (October 9th to 15th), because Steam Dev Days is on October 12th and 13th.

I've also booked a full afternoon at the Nintendo Headquarters on October 10th, and the ID@Xbox Team at the Microsoft Headquarters on October 11th.

October 12 and 13 is Steam Dev Days

Friday October 14th ID@Xbox is holding out a mini dev summit for those who are part of their program and I've booked the whole morning with the Amazon Dev relations team for those who are interested.

Each dev will be able to spend some time showing their new stuff or talk business and network with all these first party people plus we'll be a big bunch of cool devs so we can make new friends :-).

The way it works is that there is a registration cost of 450$ (Only if you are selected of course).

You pay your transportation to and from Seattle and CEIM will reimburse 50% of the cost (up to 325$).

You pay your hotel and food and CEIM will reimburse 200$ per day (so 1200$).

You pay your Steam Dev Days pass and CEIM will reimburse 50% (so +-60$).

This is limited to one person per company.

I've attached the forms that Martin sent to me, but if you're interested make sure to contact Pierre Moisan at pmoisan@ceim.org.

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