The program for the Arabic session of the WN Conference has been announced. Among the speakers are Ubisoft and Mundfish

On February 11-12, the WN Conference will be held in Abu Dhabi. The preliminary program for the event is already available. Among other things, it will include a round table discussion on working in the Gulf countries and a presentation dedicated to growth opportunities in the Middle Eastern gaming market.

The conference will run in two streams each day from 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM (GMT+4, which is one hour ahead of Moscow time). The majority of the presentations are scheduled to last 25-30 minutes, with the exception of the round tables, which will each take one hour.

Among the key presentations on the first day, the following stand out:

A talk by Saifi Ismail, director and president of Yalla Group, who will share his experiences in developing a social network (Yalla) and a gaming ecosystem aimed at the local audience in the region;
A public interview with Robert Bagratuni, head of Mundfish, conducted by Julia Lebedeva, partner and executive director of WN Media Group. She will ask Robert about how to maintain a balance between business and creativity during game development;
A round table featuring Pieter van der Pijl from Triple Dragon, Alexandra Kurdyumova from FUTURA.digital, and Lucy Chow from Women in Games, focusing on building business connections in the Middle Eastern gaming industry;
A presentation by Nick Phipps, senior game designer at Ubisoft Belgrade. He will discuss design elements in video games that need to be considered when setting up monetization elements.

Regarding the presentations on the second day, we highlight:

A round table about gaming market trends featuring Sultan Al Riyami from AD Gaming, Robert Bagratuni from Mundfish, Paul Dawalibi from Holodeck Ventures, David Fernandez Remesal from Sandsoft, Sali Elagab from Shorooq Partners, and Kirill Gursky from GEM Capital;
A talk by Sarah Golshahi, business development manager at Cafe Bazaar, on the opportunities to be found in niche areas of the Middle Eastern gaming industry today;
A presentation by Chris Bain, founder of Player One Consulting (who previously led Xbox promotion in Europe for nearly 10 years), about working on product strategy;
A talk by Nikita Matsokine, executive director of MGVC, on the new opportunities and approaches that have emerged for mobile game developers in the rapidly changing market.

All information about the lecture program and other aspects of the upcoming event can be found on the WN Conference Abu Dhabi’25 website.

As a reminder, this is the second major event in Abu Dhabi for WN Media Group. Exactly one year ago, the debut WN Conference Abu Dhabi’24 took place, which attracted approximately 500 guests.