Seems like a nice initiative, good things can probably come out of it.

Curious if there will be any broadcasted discussions or whatever. Surprised that so many "important" figures are participating, wonder if Gabe Newell was busy.

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On September 07 2012 23:25 Panicc wrote:
no one from korea as the country with most developted esportscene in the world?

Well for all we know they might have invited people from Gom, Kespa, Chinese organisations etc. The parties of the Korean esportscene are quite possibly mostly concerned about the Korean market and not whatever this congress is supposed to be about.

Cubu

1171 Posts

September 07 2012 15:19 GMT

#34

On September 07 2012 23:40 spaceG wrote:
looks more like SC2 congress to me.

well sc2 = esports so of course.

Makro

France16890 Posts

September 07 2012 15:25 GMT

#35

On September 07 2012 23:40 spaceG wrote:
looks more like SC2 congress to me.

sc2 congress ? do you think that eswc, esl, team dignitas, dreamhack, fnatic, MLG(the most explicit exemple) are born with sc2 ? they are the old guard of esport, it won't be focus on sc2, you can trust me

Kilby

Finland1069 Posts

September 07 2012 15:52 GMT

#36

This congress thing is actually really interesting. I would imagine it is something that many of the people in charge really look forward to. If only Nazgul and djWHEAT were there then it would have all relevant people imo (assuming that Koreans were not interested).

Akta

447 Posts

September 07 2012 19:14 GMT

#37

Current schedule according to http://www.valenciaesportscongress.com/ :

10:00
-Esports, from videogamers to entertainment professionals.
-Opening keynote by host Paul "Redeye" Chaloner.

10:30
-Esports as a global phenomenon. Will esports survive without an international body similar to FIFA?

12:00
-Esports and marketing. How brands find their targer audience in esports.

15:00
-Game developers and esports, how they have embraced the concept and changed their games accordingly.

17:00
-Esports and media. Why are esports the next big thing.

19:00
-Building bridges. How promoters can help each other by gathering the audiences.

http://www.dreamhack.se/dhw12/2012/09/07/worlds-first-esports-congress-on-september-21-in-valencia/ :

Team managers, event organizers and journalists are encouraged to apply to participate in the event. Interested parties should send an abbreviated resume and an explanation of why they should be part of the Congress using the contact form provided on our web site.

Current participants according to http://www.valenciaesportscongress.com/ :
Note: I don't know much about many of them etc so are probably several errors. Let me know if I should change/add/remove things.

Host: Paul "Redeye" Chaloner.

Teams:

Michael "Odee" O'Dell - Managing director of Team Dignitas.
Alex Garfield - CEO of Evil Geniouses.
Alexander "ZeroGravity" Kokhanovskyy - Manager of Na'Vi.
Sam Mathews - Co founder and manager of Fnatic.

Television:

Joakim Sandberg - Among other things, project manager for SVT's(Swedish national television) Dreamhack broadcasts.

Sponsors:

Göran Hellgren - Senior project manager of Telia Gamings investments for TeliaSonera(as I understand it from wikipedia - Among other things Europes largest internet backbone provider with customers such as Blizzard, Twitch and Facebook. And "the largest Nordic and Baltic fixed-voice, broadband, and mobile operator by revenue and customer base", etc).

Streaming:

Kevin Lin - COO of Twitch.
Zvetan Dragulev - Own3d.

Esport event organizers:

David Ting - Genelal manager(?) of IPL.
Tomas "Greykarn" Hermansson - Head esports manager of Dreamhack.
Russell Pfister - Co founder of North American Star League.
Sundance Digiovanni - CEO of Major League Gaming.
Matthiew Dallon - Founder of the Electronic Sports World Cup.
Ralf Reichert - ESL.
Robert Ohlén - CEO of Dreamhack.

Misc(or to me unknown role/organization):

Simon Whitcombe - VP of CBS Interactive.
Ilja Rotelli - Blizzard Marketing(?).
Alex Lim - International e-Sports Federation.
Kristin Reilly - Meteor Entertainment.
Mark Reed - Heaven Media.
Simon Bennet - Wargaming.

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

September 07 2012 19:21 GMT

#38

No one from KeSPA?

Fusilero

United Kingdom50293 Posts

September 07 2012 19:23 GMT

#39

On September 08 2012 04:21 amazingxkcd wrote:
No one from KeSPA?

I imagine the Koreans got extended an offer but declined. I guess they're fairly pre occupied with internal issues of the transition to attend this.

NonY

8751 Posts

September 07 2012 19:25 GMT

#40

I don't think anything significant will be accomplished by the discussions. I think more could be accomplished by having private discussions, which I assume these folks already have when necessary.

edit: This is my polite way of saying that this event is a big "hey look at us"