Sugar Gamers is a community and media company that connects brands to gaming, tech and geek cultures. They serve as authentic cultural connectors between companies and underrepresented communities. Their team has over 10 years of experience creating meaningful relationships between brands and audiences. Sugar Gamers publishes original content, creates custom branded content, runs immersive events, and partners with influencers to help brands authentically engage gaming communities.
AbZorba Games Casino Affiliate & White Label ProgramAndrew Hughes
The colliding worlds of play-for-fun casino and real gambling is happening fast.
AbZorba's AGON gaming platform extends its 'Hub of Fun' mobile casino games to Casino, Betting & Lottery organizations for white label and affiliate programs.
Mandala is a french company which develops and publishes videogames for social networks and mobile platforms.
What drives us?
Our goal is providing to people the best gaming experience based on social interactions with their friends.
How?
By creating the games our players want, supported by elaborate gameplay and high quality visual art.
Our credo?
Games are powered by you!
Follow us on twitter @mandalagames
www.mandalagames.com
AbZorba Games Casino Affiliate & White Label ProgramAndrew Hughes
The colliding worlds of play-for-fun casino and real gambling is happening fast.
AbZorba's AGON gaming platform extends its 'Hub of Fun' mobile casino games to Casino, Betting & Lottery organizations for white label and affiliate programs.
Mandala is a french company which develops and publishes videogames for social networks and mobile platforms.
What drives us?
Our goal is providing to people the best gaming experience based on social interactions with their friends.
How?
By creating the games our players want, supported by elaborate gameplay and high quality visual art.
Our credo?
Games are powered by you!
Follow us on twitter @mandalagames
www.mandalagames.com
7 Years of Independent Publishing | Dieter SchoellerJessica Tams
Delivered at Casual Connect Europe 2016
This talk will briefly summarize the lessons learned over the last seven years when it comes to publishing independent games, collaborating with young studios and successfully bringing their games to market. Having built up all pillars of distribution, from dinosaur retail business to Steam to mobile to digital console, we will share an insight into best practices and the biggest failures encountered along this path through concrete case studies and subjective insights.
Presents the initial problem and solution strategy or cieCap, a social gaming platform. Also introduces our projected business model and competitive advantages.
Yodo1 has been dedicated to one goal: building a platform that opens the world of gaming success to anyone with the talent to develop great games. Starting with our own titles—including Rodeo Stampede, Transformers: Earth Wars, and Crossy Roads—we learned to publish successfully worldwide and in China. Our signature East-meets-West approach helped us amass over 1.5 billion players and has driven the creation of unique, world-class game management, marketing, and monetization tools.
Yodo1 has been dedicated to one goal: building a platform that opens the world of gaming success to anyone with the talent to develop great games. Starting with our own titles—including Rodeo Stampede, Transformers: Earth Wars, and Crossy Roads—we learned to publish successfully worldwide and in China. Our signature East-meets-West approach helped us amass over 1.5 billion players and has driven the creation of unique, world-class game management, marketing, and monetization tools.
Doing Things That Don't Scale - Counter intuitive marketing for startups...Almog Koren
Counter intuitive marketing for startups...
After closing down Scoreoid now having some free time, I enrolled startup class. Part of the reading was Paul’s Graham’s do things that don’t scale.
I realized what I did for Scoreoid in the being was exactly this, and it really works….
Content marketing is high on brands' marketing agendas. But making content that can connect isn’t easy. The best content seamlessly integrates brands into the lives of their consumers.
Marketing expertise needs to shift from channels and disciplines to specific sub-cultures, hobbies & interests. In this type of environment leveraging gaming culture can be hugely influential.
Welcome Video Game and Theme Park enthusiast!
Game Nation is an idea whose time has come. Game Nation’s mission is to create a realistic experience that immerses you into a story. By combining video game mechanics with interactive physical themed attractions, we are creating the world’s first Experiential Video Game Theme Park and Resort. Visitors will become players as they step into a re-creation of worlds based on popular video games filled with myths, legends and arenas.
“Game Nation is YOUR park and we want YOU to be a part of the journey!” - RUKE
Noida Area, India
Creatiosoft is the world leading game consulting and development firm. The agency is growing currently at 200% year-on-year in revenue.
Creatiosoft is one of the few top game development globally recognized by clients i.e. Bodyshop.in, BBC Media etc.
We specialize in -
- Outsourced Software Product Development (Node.js & PHP)
- Game Development (iOS, Mac, Android, Windows, AR, VR, Console Games, 2D/3D Game Art, Casino Based, Skill Based, Fantasy Sports)
- UX / UI Design Studio
- DevOps Deployment
We also help companies with e-learning, gamification, UI/UX Design
The clientele includes top companies and cutting-edge startups from US, Europe, Israel & Africa.
Visit: www.creatiosoft.com
Good Firm: https://www.goodfirms.co/companies/view/1067/creatiosoft
Make Your Live Service Game Thrive | Andy Needham, Matt DixonJessica Tams
Delivered at Casual Connect Europe 2016
Chillingo’s head of studio, Andy Needham and business development director, Matt Dixon will explain how to overcome common challenges in developing and maintaining live service games for players around the world. They will reference case study examples from their multiplayer battle tank game, Iron Force and share what’s made it one of the company’s most successful games.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
7 Years of Independent Publishing | Dieter SchoellerJessica Tams
Delivered at Casual Connect Europe 2016
This talk will briefly summarize the lessons learned over the last seven years when it comes to publishing independent games, collaborating with young studios and successfully bringing their games to market. Having built up all pillars of distribution, from dinosaur retail business to Steam to mobile to digital console, we will share an insight into best practices and the biggest failures encountered along this path through concrete case studies and subjective insights.
Presents the initial problem and solution strategy or cieCap, a social gaming platform. Also introduces our projected business model and competitive advantages.
Yodo1 has been dedicated to one goal: building a platform that opens the world of gaming success to anyone with the talent to develop great games. Starting with our own titles—including Rodeo Stampede, Transformers: Earth Wars, and Crossy Roads—we learned to publish successfully worldwide and in China. Our signature East-meets-West approach helped us amass over 1.5 billion players and has driven the creation of unique, world-class game management, marketing, and monetization tools.
Yodo1 has been dedicated to one goal: building a platform that opens the world of gaming success to anyone with the talent to develop great games. Starting with our own titles—including Rodeo Stampede, Transformers: Earth Wars, and Crossy Roads—we learned to publish successfully worldwide and in China. Our signature East-meets-West approach helped us amass over 1.5 billion players and has driven the creation of unique, world-class game management, marketing, and monetization tools.
Doing Things That Don't Scale - Counter intuitive marketing for startups...Almog Koren
Counter intuitive marketing for startups...
After closing down Scoreoid now having some free time, I enrolled startup class. Part of the reading was Paul’s Graham’s do things that don’t scale.
I realized what I did for Scoreoid in the being was exactly this, and it really works….
Content marketing is high on brands' marketing agendas. But making content that can connect isn’t easy. The best content seamlessly integrates brands into the lives of their consumers.
Marketing expertise needs to shift from channels and disciplines to specific sub-cultures, hobbies & interests. In this type of environment leveraging gaming culture can be hugely influential.
Welcome Video Game and Theme Park enthusiast!
Game Nation is an idea whose time has come. Game Nation’s mission is to create a realistic experience that immerses you into a story. By combining video game mechanics with interactive physical themed attractions, we are creating the world’s first Experiential Video Game Theme Park and Resort. Visitors will become players as they step into a re-creation of worlds based on popular video games filled with myths, legends and arenas.
“Game Nation is YOUR park and we want YOU to be a part of the journey!” - RUKE
Noida Area, India
Creatiosoft is the world leading game consulting and development firm. The agency is growing currently at 200% year-on-year in revenue.
Creatiosoft is one of the few top game development globally recognized by clients i.e. Bodyshop.in, BBC Media etc.
We specialize in -
- Outsourced Software Product Development (Node.js & PHP)
- Game Development (iOS, Mac, Android, Windows, AR, VR, Console Games, 2D/3D Game Art, Casino Based, Skill Based, Fantasy Sports)
- UX / UI Design Studio
- DevOps Deployment
We also help companies with e-learning, gamification, UI/UX Design
The clientele includes top companies and cutting-edge startups from US, Europe, Israel & Africa.
Visit: www.creatiosoft.com
Good Firm: https://www.goodfirms.co/companies/view/1067/creatiosoft
Make Your Live Service Game Thrive | Andy Needham, Matt DixonJessica Tams
Delivered at Casual Connect Europe 2016
Chillingo’s head of studio, Andy Needham and business development director, Matt Dixon will explain how to overcome common challenges in developing and maintaining live service games for players around the world. They will reference case study examples from their multiplayer battle tank game, Iron Force and share what’s made it one of the company’s most successful games.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...
Intro To Sugar Gamers
1. The NEW face of geek culture.
Influencers Content Creators Thought Leaders
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2. The video game industry continues to boom,
yet countless brands are struggling to reach
the rapidly expanding gaming community in a
meaningful way. The gaming community is
often hyper-sensitive to authenticity and shies
away from accepting newcomers as a part of
their deeply rooted culture. Sugar Gamers
proudly serves as authentic cultural connectors
between companies and the vast collection of
underrepresented communities that fill the
gaming, tech, and geek culture spaces.
The Big Problem &
The Sugar Gamers Solution
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3. Sugar Gamers was founded in 2009 as a community for female gamers, but it wasn’t
long before our thriving community evolved into a diverse collective for a wide range
of underrepresented people in the gaming and tech spaces. We take pride in being a
champion for voices that often struggle to find a representation.
A Unique Background &
A Competitive Advantage
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● Brand Authenticity Sugar Gamers gives you direct
access to real gamers and tech influencers with deep roots in
their respective communities
● A Trusted Name We have a powerful reputation that is
backed by industry goliaths like Microsoft, HTC Vive, and Netflix
● A Decade of Experience The Sugar Gamers team isn’t
just diverse - it’s well seasoned. Our team has more than 10
years of experience utilizing their social impact to help brands
create meaningful relationships with their target demographic
Here’s what money can’t buy :
Anyone can buy followers.
4. 4
Meet the Sugar Gamers OUR LEADERSHIP
Founder Co-Founder
Creative Director Editor-in-chief
Keisha Howard
● International public speaker
● 2 time Tedx Talk presenter
● Geek of all trades
Jennifer Tonge
● Business operations pro
● Ecommerce specialist
● Certified fashion geek
Nikki Lynette
● AMP Award Winner
● 70K+ social media followers
● Resident art geek
Rebecca Rotchschild
● Published comic book author
● Indie game expert
● Premiere comics geek
5. 5
How We Play
We don’t just keep our thumb of the pulse of geek culture -
We create it. Sugar Gamers publishes original digital content
that specifically caters to our core demographic.
Need to Reach the Niche? Our content creators will transform your brand
messaging into bold, highly relatable custom content in the signature editorial
voice that our readers expect
Create
Our team of creatives and curated nano-influencers work
together to penetrate a noisy market & connect you to the
heart of key consumer groups.
We run your content in our unique contextual environment, creating ongoing
opportunities for partners to build off of our editorial affinity
Connect
By collaborating with some of the biggest players in the tech
space, we’re able to curate interactive experiences that leave
consumers immersed in the wonders of what your brand can
do for them.
Our love of AR/VR, Stadia, and the like put us in the unique position to be able to
create culturally relevant events that optimize the return on experience for brands.
Curate
6. Each member of Sugar Gamers has experienced or witnessed the ugliness that
comes from the lack of diversity and inclusion in the tech industry.
Instead of complaining about the lack of representation in these spaces, Sugar
Gamers seeks to shift the culture through community engagement and responsible
brand integrations. We advocate for the inclusion of women, people of color, the
LGBTQ community, and the many other communities that feel misrepresented or
absent within the worlds of gaming, technology, and geek culture.
Why We Play
Our Mission: Tech Advocacy
#CreateNotComplain
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7. 1. Social Media and Live Event Product promotions
2. Online media coverage on behalf of the client
3. Brand / messaging specific content creation
4. Stress-melting game stations
5. Sponsored lounges
6. Virtual reality installations
7. Sponsored Social Media livestreams
8. Short Wellness sessions
9. UNique Giveaways
Services &
Experiences
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8. Our Network
● I play games
● Chi VR
● Redline VR
● Live CGI
● Pastel Pixels
● Nerds in Luxury
● Power Glow Wellness
● I Need Diverse Games
● Glow UP Games
● Chicago Video Gamers club
● LostFormat
● Torchlink
Partners
Clients
9. 9
Experience Packages EVENTS
Tier 1: UNCOMMON Tier 2: SUPERIOR
Tier 3: EPIC Tier 4: LEGENDARY
● Blog post
● Social Media post + Story mention
● Inclusion in our Newsletter
● Uncommon +
● Sponsored Livestream (IG or
YouTube)
● Superior +
● Virtual reality installation
● Service Included
● Epic +
● Service Included
● Sponsored VR/AR lounge
10. 10
Cheat Codes ENHANCE YOUR PLAY
Bring your experience offline
.
● Insane in the Game - focus on indie games/creators
● Introverts’ Night Out - focus on mental health and socializing
● Video Game Soul Train - focus on dancing and cosplay
● Sugar Gamers Game Jam - focus on learning and gaming
developing
● Open House - A gathering of minds with panels discussions about
the industry
Let us customize one of our themed, immersive, events to
take your branded activation to the next level.
11. Want to go above and beyond to drive brand exposure and
reach a niche audience? We believe in partnering with like
minded brands and talent to engage audiences authentically
through innovative, strategic campaigns and expert
consultation.
Let’s join forces to create an experience that is both authentic
and engaging.
Email us to start the conversation.
Partnership
VISIT OUR SITE
Email: info@sugargamers.com