Fichtelmann, Carsten (Daedalic Entertainment GmbH), DE

Panel Discussion: "Serious Games - USA meets Europe"

Carsten Fichtelmann is the co-founder and Managing Director of independent games developer and publisher Daedalic Entertainment and looks back on many years of experience as Marketing & Product Director in the games industry. He was employed at German publisher dtp entertainment as Director of Marketing and Product Management. Before joining dtp, Fichtelmann was Marketing Director at UFA Kinowerbung in Düsseldorf, Managing Director of Consultancy CF Media as well as Chief Editor of several trade publications.

Daedalic Entertainment, founded in 2007, has made a name for itself as a producer of unusual stories, unique visuals and strong gameplay with adventure games like "The Whispered World" and "Edna Bricht Aus", as well as with work on serious games on topics like illiteracy and culture clashes for a diverse array of partners. His studio Daedalic was named "Studio of the year" at the 2009 German Game Developer Awards.

summary of discussion

In this panel discussion different representatives from science, practice and industry from Europe and the US will talk about Serious Games. On this occasion, not only questions to the status quo in Europe and the US will be brought up; the different ways of financing and funding of Serious Games projects on both sides of the Atlantic is one further issue that will be considered. In addition, exciting developments and trends towards the subject of Serious Games will be discussed in depths.