BGD 26’ will (not) be the first gathering where we combine data, leaders’ day-to-day experience, with thought-provoking talks and organized time for private conversations.
- But it’s the first time the games industry is living a seismic change -
BGD 2026
LIVING A seismic change
DAY 1
Welcome & State of Industry - Sofie Filt Læntver CEO 1010 / BGD chair
Global Market Trends & exclusive pre-view from Games Industry Leaders Pulse - Ronan Patrick, Games consultant, Newzoo
Session: Mapping the tectonic plates, understanding the shifts in the industry through recent game launches, with Oliver Merlöv, Tarsier Studios, Maria Sayans, ustwo games, and Martin Buhl Svanum, IO Interactive
Keynote: Veronica Orvalho, founder and CEO Didimo
Executive Confessions: Share your no.1 challenge & get peer support to handle it
Play Time, Drinks, and Music
Dinner, Night bathing, and more
Day 2
Shaping the Game: Policy and Lobbying in the Games Industry - Søren Lundgaard Ghost Ship Games
ROUNDTABLES
The Future We Choose: Navigating Industry Change and Reimagining What’s Possible - Stefanía Halldórsdóttir, Avalanche Studios Group
The crash & future of investments in games - Jay Chi Makers Fund
From IP to Ecosystem: Why Entertainment Convergence Is Reshaping the Industry - Adolf Kristjansson STARBREEZE
Workshop: The AI Manifesto continued - Martin Walfisz
Participating Studios leaders
IO Interactive, Supercell, Tarsier, Funcom, Avalanche Studio Group, Massive Entertainment, Landfall Games, Ustwo Games, Starbreeze, Star Stable, Snowprint Studios, Didimo, Rovio Entertainment, Nitro Games, Triband, The Game Bakers, Arrowhead Game Studios, Northplay, BetaDwarf, Mainstay Games, Hazelight Studio, ROCKFISH Games, Keepsake Games, Supermassive Games, NapNok Games, Fenris Creations, 1010, Founders Insights, Funday Games, Housemarque, Ghostship Games, Raw Power Games, Dirtybit, Radiant Swans, Coherence and Encircle Games.
Photo: Hotell Mossbylund
SPEAKERS & Roundtable Hosts
Veronica Orvalho, Founder & CEO Didimo
Jay Chi, Founding Partner Makers Fund
Stefanía Halldórsdóttir, CEO Avalanche Studios Group
Ronan Patrick, Games consultant, Newzoo
Søren Lundgaard, Ghostship Games
Adolf Kristjansson, CEO STARBREEZE
Martin Walfisz
Oliver Merlöv, CEO Tarsier Studios
Maria Sayans, CEO ustwo Games
Martin Buhl Svanum, COO IO Interactive
Practical Information
Date: June 16–17, 2026
Start
June 16 at 09:30 - transfer bus departure from Copenhagen Airport to the venue.
For those making their own way, we suggest arriving at the venue at 10:30.
Program start at 11:00.End
June 17at14:30 - transfer bus departure from Hotel Mossbylund to Copenhagen Airport.
Venue & accommodation: Hotel Mossbylund, Mossby 157, 274 53 Skivarp, Sweden