INDIGO 2025 Full Program announced

INDIGO 2025 Full Program announced: Camille Marjoux, Brendan Greene, and Fawzi Mesmar will be among the speakers

Rotterdam (NL) – April 22, 2025 – May 6th, 2025 – INDIGO Talks, the two-day conference at INDIGO 2025, is packed with inspiring stories and leading voices from the world of game development. Attendees can expect compelling sessions from renowned figures such as Philomena Schwab, co-founder of the successful indie studio Stray Fawn Studio, Dragon Age: The Veilguard Senior Creature Animator Camille Marjoux, PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions founder Brendan Greene, and Zeke Virant, lead game designer at MachineGames, the studio behind Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. They will be joined by Benelux-based speakers including Adriaan de Jongh, creator of the hit game Hidden Folks, indie mentor Rami Ismail, Virginie Maréchal, co-founder of indie studio Clever Trickster, and influencer marketing expert Timo Verschueren.

“We are delighted to have such expertise and passion returning to INDIGO’s line-up this year. It is a privilege that these industry legends take the time to visit Rotterdam and inspire our crowd at INDIGO.” – Martine Spaans, Board Member of the Benelux Games Promotional Initiative (BGPI)

During its two-day conference, INDIGO Talks will host 30+ sessions with speakers from all over the world in a program that is balanced to spark the interest of all disciplines within the game industry. The event will offer two parallel tracks for the audience to choose from throughout the day.

INDIGO Talks will include the following speakers (in alphabetical order):
Adriaan de Jongh, Alisa Jefimova (Game Drive), Andreia Gaita (Spoiled Cat), Artem Pozhilenkov (tinyBuild), Bertine van Hövell (Lost Again | DGA), Bibbi Wikman (PlayCap), Brendan Greene (PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions), Camille Marjoux (EA Motive), Carmen van Sleeuwen (Roost Games), Céline Veltman, Christel van Grinsven (Dutch Game Garden), Fawzi Mesmar (Ubisoft), Franz LaZerte, Jeroen Derwort (Dutch Games Association), Jim Hendriks (Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft Studio), Joost van Dongen (Galaxy Grove), JP van Seventer, Laura de Looff (SOEDESCO Publishing), Matthew Deboysere (Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)), Maurice van der Boor, Michael Bas (&ranj), Philomena Schwab (Stray Fawn Studio), Rami Ismail, Robin-Yann Storm (RYStorm), Romy Halfweeg (Poki), Ruben Runhardt (Vertigo Games), Sasha Lewis (Twirlbound), Shaun McDermott (Behaviour Interactive), Susannah Montgomery (EIT Culture and Creativity), Thomas Waterzooi, Timo Verschueren (Black Soup | Mostly Games), Virginie Maréchal (Clever Trickster Studio), Zeke Virant (MachineGames)

A complete overview of the program is now available at: https://indigoshowcase.nl/talks/. Attendees will also be able to find the program directly in the MeetToMatch App!

INDIGO 2025 will take place on May 27 and 28, 2025, at the World Trade Center in Rotterdam. The event has been the game business event of the year for over 15 years, bringing together new and established game studios from the Benelux to present their projects to international publishers, investors, and media.

With its aim to continue its legacy as an essential event for the game development sector, INDIGO 2025 promises more time for networking and engagement across its extended two-day format. This year’s DISCOVER Showcase will feature 26 studios presenting their latest games, exclusively playable at INDIGO. The familiar concept of showcasing games, along with tracks featuring cool talks from special guests and opportunities for international business contacts through MeetToMatch, remains at the heart of the event.

Tickets and sponsorship opportunities for INDIGO 2025 are available at: https://indigoshowcase.nl