First Playable 2024: Online coaching program for emerging teams announced

IIDEA, the association representing the video game industry in Italy, announced the launch of the program “First Playable Coaching 2024“, an initiative for support and accompany new Italian studies to emerge in the development landscape.

The initiative was launched in view of the First Playable event, scheduled from 3 to 5 July in Florence, organized by IIDEA and Toscana Film Commission – Fondazione Sistema Toscana, in collaboration with the ICE Agency and the support of the Ministry of Affairs Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Emerging development teams participating in the sixth edition of the event will have the opportunity to participate in the 1:1 coaching sessions organize the occasion, from 22 April to 7 June, held by 15 Italian mentors with long-term experience in the sector.

The professionals involved

It will be about online meetings lasting 30 minutes each, during which the professionals involved in the training activity will make their knowledge and experience available to support emerging developers in effectively preparing and presenting their pitch in view of First Playable 2024.

THE professionals which will be part of the coaching program are the following:

  • Valerio Di Donato, CEO & Strategist of 34BigThings
  • Elisa Farinetti, Business Developer & Co-Founder of Broken Arms Games
  • Yves Hohler, CEO & Co-Founder of Broken Arms Games
  • Andrea Simone Basilio, Head of Game Design & Associate Creative Director at Milestone
  • Claudio Giacopazzi, Advisor, Business Development Director of Nacon Studio Milan
  • Samuele Perseo, Product Manager & Game Writer of Reply Game Studios
  • Marco A. Minoli, Publishing Director of Slitherine
  • Daniele Azara, Chief Creative Officer of Stormind Games
  • Domiziana Suprani, Producer of Studio Evil
  • Alessandro Mazzega, Communication Manager of Ubisoft Milan, and Icilio Bellanima, Communication Specialist of Ubisoft Milan
  • Eleonora Lucheroni, Associate Producer of Ubisoft Milan
  • Fabrizio Marocchino, Senior Game Designer of Ubisoft Milan, and Michele D'Antimi, Game Designer of Ubisoft Milan
  • Elisa Di Lorenzo, Co-Founder of Untold Games


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