Konferencja Digital Dragons 2016

Digital Dragons is one of the biggest B2B event dedicated to digital entertainment sector in East-Central Europe. In 2016, we would like to invite you to Stara Zajezdnia and Museum of Municipal Engineering in Kraków, where the conference will be held on 16th-17th May.

Digital Dragons promotes the games sector, one of the fastest growing sectors in the digital entertainment industry. Digital Dragons is where you can meet the most important players of Polish and global game development. Thanks to the presence of a vast number of games producers, publishers, venture capital funds, and representatives of the games industry media, Digital Dragons provides a perfect opportunity for business contacts, staff recruitment, and product promotion launches.

Digital Dragons is an unique business opportunity not only for experienced developers but to young ones seeking exposure to new markets and wanting to present you game to broader audience, press and publishers. During Indie Showcase games are being presented in the dedicated area of the conference expo allowing all the participants to approach the developers, play the game and talk to the creators. Digital Dragons is also a chance to expand the pool of investors during VC speed networking. This efficient, face-to-face professional networking model enables participants to make new contacts through one-on-one focused conversations lasting just a couple of minutes.

When Digital Dragons was held for the first time, the event gathered plaudits from the media and game developers as the best Polish games industry. Last year Digital Dragons confirmed its position among international industry events gathering more than 1100 participants, about 500 game developers, and 92 speakers from 27 countries.

Its main organizer is the Kraków Technology Park (KTP). It supports technological development of Małopolska Region and development of entrepreneurship, and promotes innovation and new technologies. It is a joint venture of State Treasury, Krakow municipality, Malopolska region, Jagiellonian University, Technical University of Kraków, AGH University of Science and Technology, and Mittal Steel Poland S.A. The company manages a special economic zone covering 707 ha. Moreover, it enjoys the status of a technology park.

One of the most significant forms of operation of Kraków Technology Park is provision of support to businesses at all stages of their development. The KTP incubator provides a perfect place for young creative people considering starting their own business, operating in the ICT or engineering sector, and seeking an appropriate environment for their ideas and themselves.

Krakow Technology Park focuses on information technology and creative industries therefore game industry is one of the main initiatives. KTP is a leader of Digital Entertainment Cluster, an initiative currently associating over 20 entities from around Poland focusing on bringing together the game developers and their collaborators, promoting the gaming industry in Poland and abroad, enhancing cooperation between the industry and scientific institutions and creating favorable conditions for new video games related investments in Poland. Krakow Technology Park organizes regular industry meetings and workshop dedicated to game professionals with national and international experts. It cooperates with best Polish universities - Jagiellonian University, University of Science and Technology to promote and enhance game industry among students and professionals on local level.