Checkpoint – Festival of Interactive Experiences
Rome, November 28-30 2024
The conference program will take place on November 28 and 29 at the Casa del Cinema in Villa Borghese, featuring thematic talks and workshops conducted by experts from the Games Industry and creative industries. These sessions will explore the synergies between the video game medium and related fields, and promote the cultural and artistic contributions of games, establishing Rome as a national and international reference point.
On November 30, cultural dissemination activities and interactive medium discovery sessions will be open to the audience at the Video Game Museum in Rome.
The activities will align with the event’s focus, highlighting and promoting the cultural value of games through their narrative, gameplay, design, and interactivity components.
The 2024 edition of Checkpoint will be open to the public for free.
Festival Schedule
Schedule Giovedì 28 novembre
10:00-10:15
Badge Pick-up
10:15-11:30
Press Conference
Speakers: Paolo Giuntarelli (Direttore regionale Affari della Presidenza, Turismo, Cinema, Audiovisivo e Sport), Michele lo Foco
)Membro Consiglio Superiore del Cinema e dell’Audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura), Arnaldo Colasanti (Presidente Fondazione Toti Scialoja), Maurizio Pizzuto (Presidente Associazione Giornalisti 2.0)
Marco Accordi Rickards (Direttore GAMM), Luisa Bixio (Cofondatrice GAMM), Raoul Carbone (Cofondatore GAMM), Don Daglow (Veterano dell’industria delle opere interattive), Luke Hebblethwaite (Head of Games BAFTA).
Moderator: Fjona Cakalli
11:30-12:00
Broken Arms Games
Speaker: Elisa Farinetti (Business Development Manager & Co-Founder)
12:00-12:30
Memorable Games with On Your Tail
Speaker: Mauro Fanelli (CEO & Creative Director)
12:30-13:00
Milestone with Monster Energy Supercross 25 – The Official Video Game
Speaker: Sebastiano Stefanetto (Game Director)
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
14:00-14:30
konditorei with Edelweiss Knights
Speaker: Guglielmo De Gregori, Anastasia Rizzo
14:30-15:00
Studio Pizza with Monster Chef
Speaker: Gregorio Zanacchi Nuti (Game Director & Designer)
15:00-16:00
Keynote Speech by Don Daglow (Industry Pioneer, Game Designer)
16:00-16:15
Coffee break
16:15-16:45
Untold Games with City 20
Speaker: Elisa Di Lorenzo (Co-Founder Untold Games)
16:45-17:15
Milestone with Monster Jam Showdown
Speaker: Federico Spada, Game Director
17:15-18:15
Panel
Challenges, Opportunities & Frontiers of the Italian Games Industry
Speaker: Luisa Bixio (Milestone), Marco Saletta (Sony Interactive Entertainment), Davide Mancini (IIDEA), Michele Minelli (Plaion)
Moderatrice: Fjona Cakalli
19:00
Networking Dinner – Casa del Cinema
Schedule Friday November 29
9:30-10:00
Shard Tower with CL!CKB4iT
Speaker: Alfredo Campagna, Francesco Stazi
10:00-10:30
Troglobytes with RailGods of Hysterra
Speaker: Saverio Caporusso (CEO)
10:30-11:00
Komplex (Iter-Research) with The Amazing Universe of the Psychotrons
Speaker: Mariano Equizzi, Paolo Bigazzi Alderigi
11:00-11:15
Coffee break
11:15-11:45
AgeOfGames with Homini et Armi
Speaker: Fabio Belsanti (CEO)
11:45-12:15
Aucritas with Fech The Ferret
Speaker: Raoul William Braghieri
12:15-13:00
Panel by Women in Games (WIG)
Empowering Women in Games Across Europe
Speaker: Marie-Claire Isaaman (CEO WIG), Mafalda Duarte (Coordinator Individual Ambassador Programme WIG), Cristina Nava (Executive Producer Day 4 Night), Nandita Wegehaupt (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur gGmbH)
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
14:00-14:30
Be2Bit with GymGamEnt
Speaker: Riccardo Cangini (CEO)
14:30-15:30
Panel by Women in Games (WIG)
The HerStory, Culture & Art of Gaming
Speaker: Marie-Claire Isaaman (CEO WIG), Mafalda Duarte (Coordinator Individual Ambassador Programme WIG) Elisa Di Lorenzo (Co-Founder Untold Games), Elisa Farinetti (Co-Founder Broken Arms Games)
15:30-16:00
Plaion – The Sonic Brand & Synergies Between Games and Movies
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-17:00
IV Productions with KRING
Speaker: Ivan Venturi (Founder)
17:00-17:30
Panel by EFGAMP
Videogame: cultural heritage & preservation
Speakers: Andreas Lange (COO), Hans Ippisch (CEO & Founder of HAIP UG, Country Manager Kabuto Deutschland)