Project Connect presents

The Playful Future: Engaging and Innovating

with Jason Della Rocca – Game industry entrepreneur, funding advisor, and cluster expert

What exciting innovations does the future hold to engage our audiences and win customers?

Gaming is a quarter-trillion dollar industry - and growing. What does the gaming industry know about the future of engaging with and winning our communities? What innovations are already happening in the Web 3.0 space - the "next big thing"?

With over 25 years working in the ever evolving video game industry, this interactive discussion and Q&A will poke at Jason's brain on such wide ranging topics as the impact of decentralised thinking and web3, community validation as business strategy, and opportunities related to the metaverse and immersive technologies. We'll also explore his past efforts and insights as an investor and accelerator director, and thoughts on best supporting a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Join our Project Connect community for some great food and drink, fantastic networking opportunities – (a.k.a chats with some other excellent humans), and an interactive conversation with Jason Della Rocca.

Jason Della Rocca

Games Business Consultant
Co-Founder, Execution Labs
Chairman, GamePlay Space

Jason Della Rocca is a game industry entrepreneur, funding advisor, and cluster expert. He specialises in business/partnership development, pitching/funding, and ecosystem/cluster development. As the co-founder of Executions Labs, he was a hands-on early stage investor to over 20 independent game studios from North America and Europe. Between 2000 and 2009 he served as the executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), and was honoured for his industry building efforts with the inaugural Ambassador Award at the Game Developers Conference. In 2009, Jason was named to Game Developer Magazine's Power 50, a list which profiles 50 of the most important contributors to the state of the game industry. As a sought after expert on the game industry, Jason has lectured at conferences and universities worldwide.