Events
Expa has organized over 130 game industry, development and business events during its +10 year journey. Main activities are the monthly Meetups, which are free of charge and open for all.
OUR EVENTS/MEETUPS
What we have organized and what's to come
Peliosuuskunta Expa – IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub events are currently Hybrid.
Below you can find a list of the events we have done before and the ones to come!
See the Meetups on ExpaJKL’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl
Feel free to join our Slack Channel to find out more discussions and events: Join Slack
#XmasJKL 2024 – The Finnish Game Industry Business Seminar
Jyväskylä, 40600 Finland
Upcoming events
Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup #4 / 2025 ============================ Guest: TBA Topic: TBA Time: 18:00 Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa) Date: Tue […]
Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup #5 / 2025 ============================ Guest: TBA Topic: TBA Time: 18:00 Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa) Date: Tue […]
Past activities
Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup #3 / 2025 ============================ Guest: Markus Levander, Producer, Yigsoft for CD Projekt Red Topic: My Journey as a Producer: From Jyväskylä […]
Expa Board Games Meetup 2025 (03.03.2025) - The Lonely dice needs some new friends! Expa Board Games is ON! Every Months first Monday 16-21 at Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu […]
Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup #2 / 2025 ============================ Guest: Alexander Razuvalov, Redhill Games Topic: Crafting content that matters: A Strategic Approach Time: 18:00 Interviewer: Wanda […]
DGC Internship & Employment Day - Jamk Game Degree Edition | 2025 By Expa This event is brought to you by Expa Game Business Cooperative. Are you looking for internship […]
FREE - Ultimate Unreal Engine for Beginners: A Hands-On Teaser Course Unlock the Gateway to Game Development with Unreal Engine 5.5! Are you curious about how games are made? Have […]
Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup #1 / 2025 ============================ Guest: Miika Anundi, Veikkaus Oy Topic: How games are built in Veikkaus Time: 18:00 Interviewer: Wanda O […]
FGJ Jyväskylä Hybrid Friday, January 24- 26. 2025 at Digi & Game Center Part of the #FGJ25 collection Finnish Game Jam (#FGJ25) is arranged from 24th to 26th of January […]
Expa - Unreal - Value Network Meetup at Digi & Game Center Come join us for an exciting in person event at the Digi & Game Center! REGISTER via Eventbrite: […]
Expa Board Games Meetup 2024 (02.12.2024) The Lonely dice needs some new friends! Expa Board Games is finally happening. Every Months first Monday 16-21 at Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu […]
Join us for an exciting in-person event, #XmasJKL 2024 - The Finnish Game Industry Business Seminar, on Fri Nov 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM. This seminar will take place at […]
We shall have a day before the main event a “Day Zero” networking event at multiple times awarded Coworking space and Ecosystem Digi Game Center (DGC). Digi & Game Center […]
Expa Board Games Meetup 2024 (04.11.2024) - Peliviikko The Lonely dice needs some new friends! Expa Board Games is finally happening. Every Months first Monday 16-21 at Digi & Game […]
Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Meetup with Quicksave Interactive 29.10.2024 In this month's meetup we are joined by Ren Soharab from Quicksave Interactive, with the talk discussing about […]
FORTHEM Startup Day on Game Technologies on 24.10. 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EET at the Digi & Game Center Interested in Unreal Engine? Then join us at the FORTHEM […]
Summer is over, and it's time to return to the grind!
Kicking off our first autumn meetup is a guest who needs no introduction if you're familiar with the indie scene.
Guest: Niko Autio, Founder at Hanki Games
Topic: From a hobby project to an indie hit
Time: 18:00
Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairman of Expa)
Our main Events and Activities:
- Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Monthly Meetups
- Expansio trips to various game industry events and conferences
- XmasJKL – The Game Industry Business Seminar -events 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 (www.xmasjkl.com)
- Game Business Booster 2020
- Global Game Jam – Finnish Game Jam Jyväskylä Site 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Maailmojen törmäys – The Worlds Collide events 2015, 2016
- Funded industry and ecosystem projects
- Various other events and activities such as seminars, game jams, hackathons, educational events…
Expa Events in Facebook: www.facebook.com/expajkl/events
Expa Google Calendar: Peliosuuskunta Expa Public Calendar
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