LU-CIX, the Luxembourg Commercial Internet exchange, organizes its 1st Online Gaming Forum in Luxembourg on December 13th. LU-CIX was founded in 2009 based on a cross-industries initiative set up by major national and international Internet players, with the aim of developing the Internet in Luxembourg.

The LU-CIX model of openness and neutrality is based on the philosophy of already existing international centers. Thanks to LU-CIX, companies generating IP traffic and attracted to Luxembourg by the favorable economic environment, are now in a position to find all the means and tools to carry their traffic to all Internet users around the world. This Internet exchange point will permit the various Internet service providers to exchange Internet traffic between their networks, and thus directly connect the content providers and international Internet operators located in Luxembourg.

The event, the 1st dedicated convention for the Online Games Industry in Luxembourg, will be on stage at RTL studio on Kirchberg.

 

Agenda
16:00 Admission

B2B fair and Business speed-dating opportunity (dating opportunities on-site only between 16:00 and 18:00; outside that timeslot, location is not provided)

18:15 Welcome address
18:20 Keynote speeches
19:15 Panel discussion “Online Gaming”
19:45 Walking Dinner & Networking

Venue: BCE/RTL 45, boulevard Pierre Frieden L-1543 Luxembourg (Kirchberg)

Speakers: Philip Reisberger, Bigpoint Chief Games Officer
As Chief Games Officer at Bigpoint, Philip Reisberger is (together with his brother Tobias) responsible for strategic expansion of the company’s game portfolio, overall game design, and community management.

David Merzel, Microsoft, Country Manager Retail Sales & Marketing
David is currently Country Manager for the Entertainment & Devices Division (E&D) at Microsoft, for almost 3 years.

Boris Pfeiffer, Kabam Europe : Managing Director
Kabam is leading the next wave of gaming – Hardcore Social Games.

Ian McClelland, RTL Group : SVP New Media
Ian is Senior Vice President of New Media for RTL Group, Europe’s largest entertainment network whose assets include the RTL channels and Fremantle Media.

Florian Hibler, EuroTransit : Chief Technical Officer
EuroTransit is providing low-latency IP and transport services to carriers and game companies. Florian joined EuroTransit in 2009 and is from this time on responsible for the whole network infrastructure.

Alastair Kane, Level 3 : Vice President of Segment Marketing
Alastair Kane is the Vice President of Segment Marketing at Level 3 Communications, one of the Worlds leading internet companies.

Laurent Probst, PWC : Global Network Leader Regional Innovation Cluster
Laurent Probst is a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and leads the Research & Development activities Unit of PwC Consulting Luxembourg.