International Conference Digital Business Trends Bilbao 15-16 JuneWe had such a good time on nonick. Thanks to all who participated (attendees, workshops, host, speakers and staff) and made nonick 2012 such a great success!
The conference photos have been uploaded on Flickr.
Thanks and see you next year!!
The UK based game Wallabee, presented and defended by Ben Dodson, gave it his best shot and convinced the audience of Nonick to choose him as The best European Gaming Startup of 2012! As the tradition has it, Ben was proudly awarded his “txapela” of the “txapeldun” (champion).
Wallabee – the ultimate collectibles game for your iPhone- was claimed the best starting up game in Europe, Hazel Dazzle won the second position and Sheep Up! classified third. Nakrum and Mangatar also made it tougher to win this exciting competition.
Nonick, the international conference on Digital Business Trends, will open its door next Friday. Seven presentations, one panel discussion and 12 workshops form the programme of the 4th edition of nonick, this year, focused on gaming and business possibilities. During nonick, 5 selected startups will present their projects for 5 minutes (each) and people will vote to select the winner of the Start Up 2.0 Competition.
The opening of the conference will be carried out by Joshua Williams, representing Microsoft, who will explain the new paradigm of serious games: how to improve the productivity by playing. After that, Mark Barlet, founder and CEO of AbleGamers, will explain how this foundation brings greater accessibility in the digital entertainment space so that people with disabilities can gain a greater quality of life.
The next section will be devoted to the startup companies. Courtney Guertin, CTO and founder of Kiip.me, will present his company as an example of successful startup. In one year, this innovative project about making money by rewards during playing, got 4 million dollars of funding. This section will be rounded off the final of the Start Up 2.0 Competition.
In the afternoon, nonick will be focused on gamer topics. Felix Kjellberg also known online by his nickname Pewdiepie, will perform a real time demonstration on funny dubbing of videogames. He just started the dubbing as a hobby and it became a full-time job, with more than 700.000 followers in Youtube. Chris Lonnholm, CEO of MuchDifferent, will close the day, and he will present the “1000 Player FPS” project, which has been officially recognised as a Guinness Record.
On Monday we will start the TV campaing. Meanwhile, you may be the first to see it online! Let’s nonick!
