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The Official IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub
About Us
What is Expa?
Peliosuuskunta Expa – Jyväskylä Game Industry Hub is a co-operative game company that’s established an open community for everyone interested in game industry, game business and game development.
Our goal is to advance the game industry in Jyväskylä and Central Finland. Providing a network for the active game developer scene, connecting individual game developers and game companies, and bringing together game industry workers, talents, students, researchers, lecturers, entrepreneurs, etc.
Expa organizes the IGDA Jyväskylä monthly events which allows all kinds of professionals to network, discuss, and promote new business.
Peliosuuskunta Expa is also the operator of Digi & Game Center – The multiple times Awarded Co-Development Ecosystem in the Heart of Finland in Tourula, Jyväskylä. Est 2020.
EXPA GAME BUSINESS CO-OPERATIVE
Our numbers so far
Active
Members
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OUR SERVICES
What we have to offer
Event organizing
Professional training and career preparation
Recruitment services
Game business consultation
Gamification, VR/XR and E-sport consultation
PR and Marketing
Expa through time
What we have done over the years
Peliosuuskunta Expa is established in 12-12-2012.
An idea for a coworking space is born where game industry people, companies and education would be in the same space.
The first attempt to make a coworking space for the game industry with the name "Game Bakery/Peli leipomo" - it used the idea of Game Brewery accelerator concept.
DID NOT HAPPEN!
Funded project between Jyväskylä Entrepreneurship Society ry and Peliosuuskunta Expa (the Regional council of Central Finland from European Regional Development Fund).
Scalable business opportunities on the game industry in Central Finland (the Regional council of Central Finland from European Regional Development Fund).
There was a need of coworking premises, where game and digital companies & also education that would accelerate each other to success together.
The concept of Digi & Game Center is born!
The Digi & Game Center is launched as part of the sustainable Digi & Game Ecosystem project.
The project was funded by the Regional council of Central Finland from European Regional Development Fund, Business Jyväskylä and Fingersoft.
On February 8th 2020 (just over a month after the official opening of Digi & Game Center), a pilot event was organized and it even gathered people from abroad to make game business in Jyväskylä, Finland.
a digitalised new brand distribution model for sports clubs report (Business Finland)
Funded bytBusiness Finland
Help us grow and improve
Perks of being an Expa/IGDA JKL volunteer?
If you are interested in participating as an active volunteer, help organising events, game jams or other activities like handling communications, social media or even do photography, feel free to send us a message, contact us by email or just jump on our Slack channel!
- Expand Your personal network!
- Meet interesting people in the game industry (possibility to find internships, careers, etc)
- Good stuff to put as referral on Your CV (being part of game industry communities around the Finland and the World)
- Invitations to Expa/IGDA JKL volunteer rewarding events (Cool things done together)
- Possible discounts or even free tickets to industry events!
- Be proud to help the Game Industry grow in our great region
To get even more benefits (such as regular discounts and exclusive access to industry events), you can join us and become an Expa member!
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