A new live esports industry event will be taking place in Wales from May 4th to 5th 2022.
The Esports Venue Summit will take place at the Swansea Arena. It’s being organised by PanStadia & Arena Management, the publication for sports venue professionals which is owned by Hemming Group Ltd.
This is the first physical Esports Venue Summit following the launch of its virtual event in October 2020.
There will be conference panels, time set aside for networking, plus an exhibition of industry suppliers as well as a behind-the-scenes arena tour. There will also be an opening night network reception on May 3rd.
The event boasts a mix of experienced industry members from esports in the UK and beyond, including Epic.LAN MD Jon Winkle, ESL director of UK strategy and commercial James Dean, Blast TV director of operations and production Andrew Haworth and more, who will be talking on a panel about how the pandemic has reshaped live esports tournaments.
Other speakers include Sinead Hosey, co-founder of Epic Global, Craig Ryan, director of Pixel Bar, Chris Kissack, business development manager of Affinity Group and more.
Other panel topics include ideas and inspiration for upcoming esports events, the evolution of esports venues, broadcast technologies, event trends, fan engagement and technology trends to name a few.
The Esports Venue Summit is the latest industry event to take place in the UK this year, as the country attempts to move on from the pandemic.
Other recent events have included the ESIC Global Esports Summit in London, the Host Esports Festival in Salford and ESI London in late 2021.
Tickets to the Esports Venue Summit are usually priced at £395 plus VAT. However, the organisers have sent us a last-minute discounted ticket rate of £275 plus VAT, using the code EVSED22.
You can see the full list of speakers and panels and book tickets on the Esports Venue Summit website
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
