Earlier this month on June 4th, The Inven Global Esports Conference brought over 100 different panelist, speakers, and esports experts together in the same place.
The forty-five minute panel was streamed live during the conference, but for those who may have missed it, a full transcript of the spiciest panel of the 2019 Inven Global Esports Conference is now available for your reading pleasure.
Thooorin sat down with Nick Geracie before his IGEC 2019 panels to lay out his talking points and give an exclusive look into his journey through esports journalism.
Fighting games are a staple of gaming history for over 30 years. There have been many fighting games that shaped the lives of many players including Street Fighter, Tekken, and Super Smash Bros. FGC leaders talk about the evolution of the fighting games and community.
A huge component in esports such as League of Legends, Overwatch, and CS:GO is teamwork. Management and support staff of well-known esports organizations and teams talk about what it takes to players to mesh well in their teams.
Smeltz sat down with Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss his past positions in LoL esports, his responsibilites as director of HU Storm, and the future of collegiate esports.
Mandie Roman's well-rounded experience in the esports industry and affinity for gaming lifestyle made her appearance at the 2019 Inven Global Esports Conference a perfect match. The gaming fashion expert and host moderated three panels, spoke on another, and co-hosted the IGEC2019 networking afterparty.
Premiere North American esports leagues like the League of Legends Championship Series, the Overwatch League, and the Fortnite World Cup are thriving due to infrastructure, investment, and visibility at the top level of the industry. However, for esports to grow in North America, that same level of visibility and infrastructure must make its way down to the lower tiers of competitive gaming.
"The Female Faces of Esports" panel focuses on women who are figure heads in our community; as players, streamers, and hosts they are often faces of an industry in which they are the minority.
In this panel, we will consider healthy and productive practices, vital skill sets players need to learn at a young age, and systems we can put in place at esports entry points (like the collegiate and amateur level) to help bright stars stay on the path to success.
Our resident artist Lasso has created the ultimate poster celebrating our 2019 esports conference, IGEC! In all of its glory (with no spoilers, don't worry!), our panelists look great as Earths mightiest heroes.
It is our favorite time of the year at Inven Global -- only two months until our esports conference! This will be the event's second year and we are thrilled to share our current list of panelists and speakers.
Chris Hopper has been at the forefront of developing sustainable esports leagues while also championing the fair treatment and compensation of professional players. In this pivotal year of esports growth, we are thrilled to host such an authentic (and extremely relevant) industry leader.
Noah Whinston was the first to mention that with esports, your fanbase is decentralized. Unlike traditional sports where your fans are likely to be in the city they play for, esports has a global reach. Fans of Los Angeles Valiant exist beyond L.A. So to bring your fans together, your team should have one philosophy to identify with.
Earlier this month, Kim Phan, the Director of Esports at Blizzard Entertainment, delivered the keynote address at the Inven Global Esports Conference, and while the former Warcraft 3 commentator waxed nostalgic about the history of the esports industry early in her speech, her attention quickly shifted to the industry’s future.
At IGEC 2018, Mark “Garvey” Candella from Twitch hosted a panel on “The Global Reach of College / University Esports”. While the Western world may be familiar with organization
“I had a player that got a really nice sponsorship and all he had to do was fly up to Seattle to take a couple pictures. He was going to make more than his entire yearly salary in one photo shoot, which does not happen often in esports. He could not go because he did not know that you needed an ID to fly. That’s what we’re dealing with. These players have no life skills.
On Tuesday, May 1, Inven Global held the first IGEC-ESPORTS DEEP DIVE for enthusiastic esports fans and related parties at UC Irvine in California. Those who could not attend the event in-person misse
With pride, Phan mentions that Overwatch League is home to an openly gay man on the Houston Outlaws and a woman on the Shanghai Dragons. Players like these are extremely popular to OWL fans and represent how inclusive and diverse esports can be without sacrificing competitive integrity and professionalism: "This is only the beginning" Phan says, "there is so much more work to be done."
The "Inven Global Esports Conference (IGEC) - ESPORTS DEEP DIVE," took place in the UC Irvine Conference Center on the 1st of May. The conference featured 47 speakers and diverse side-events that atte
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