Building Professional Connections and Networking as an Introvert

Are you an introvert? Do you get anxious attending a networking event where you don't know anyone? Feeling little rusty being social inside conference spaces? We've got an amazing line-up of introverted panelists who will be sharing their experiences, tips, and advice to help you create meaningful connections with other developers.

Panelists:

• Kim Sicotte
  VFX Team Lead at Ubisoft Montreal on For Honor
  Linkedin, Twitter, BlueSky
  
  Kim Sicotte is a VFX Team Lead at Ubisoft, overseeing the visual effects for For Honor. With a decade of experience in the gaming industry, she guides her team in delivering high-quality content while navigating the complexities of live production. Kim began her career as a technical artist generalist, working across various disciplines, including texturing, lighting, UI design, VFX, and shaders. After graduating in Montreal, and living in Singapore for a few years, she returned to the city in late 2020, expanding her expertise to include people management and leadership. Outside of work, she enjoys playing games, reading, watching C-dramas, exploring new cuisines, and traveling the world.
  
  
• Corina Diaz
  Marketing Director at Mighty Yell Studios & indie strategy consultant in games
  BlueSky, Linkedin
  
  Corina Diaz is a strategic marketing and community manager with over 15 years in entertainment & games. She has developed social content and community strategy for games like A Fold Apart & The Big Con, and teaches marketing for developers at the Indie Game Academy. Her experience also includes co-organizing the Steam Women’s Day Sale, GDC Gender Diversity Café & Elevate Accelerator, and freelancing with outlets like BlogTO, GamesRadar and IGN.
  
  
• Kyra Wills-Umdenstock
  Administrator & Advisor for the City College of New York program in Digital Game Design
  Founder & CEO of the EGD Collective
  Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin
  
  By day, Kyra Wills-Umdenstock (any pronouns) is the administrator for the Digital Game Design program at the City College of New York – and by night, they run the EGD Collective as board chair and CEO. They are a games industry nomad, having been involved in games education, events, QA, sound design, esports, and marketing for 10 years. They've worked with Games for Change, NYU Game Center, the Paley Center for Media, Super League Gaming, and many more – but their favorite gig was being a professional Jackbox Party Pack player for NYXL, and their most notable achievement was getting to pet SonicFox’s dog while working East Coast Throwdown.

This online workshop is open to everyone, worldwide, and is covered by the Pixelles safer space policy. This panel will not be recorded. Please only take a ticket if you plan on attending.

Made Possibly By

This event is part of our Pixelles Ensemble program and is made possibly by Game Developers Conference, popagenda, Gardens Interactive, Clever Endeavour Games, Behaviour Interactive.