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Munich Gaming 2010 begins today. As part of the event, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern is holding a panel to discuss the new FFF games funding programme.
Since September 2009, on behalf of the Bavarian State Chancellery, FFF Bayern has supported the development and production of digital games. Bavarian games developers can apply for funding at various levels for projects of cultural and educational merit. The new programme was announced at Munich Gaming last year; the discussion will now cover initial experiences and the outlook for its further development.
“Bavaria plays! Games funding between culture and commerce – How can high-quality content contribute to commercial success?”
March 25, 2010, 1:00–2:15 p.m.
at the Forum am Deutschen Museum
Welcome: Prof. Dr. Klaus Schaefer (Managing Director, FFF Bayern)
Keynote: State Minister Siegfried Schneider (Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery, Bavarian Minister for Media, Chairman of the FFF Supervisory Board)
Participants:
Ministerial Councillor Dorothee Erpenstein (Bavarian State Chancellery, media-policy adviser)
Verena Weigand (BLM, youth-protection adviser)
Dr. Malte Behrmann (Managing Director, G.A.M.E., German Federal Association of Computer Game Developers; Secretary General, EGDF)
Peter Ohlmann (Coreplay, Bavarian games developer)
Achim Lebert (Headmaster, Gymnasium Ottobrunn; Chairman, digitale-schule-bayern.de)
Dr. Michaela Haberlander (FFF Bayern, games funding officer)
Moderator: Dr. Bernd Graff (sueddeutsche.de, deputy editor-in-chief, head of culture)
Immediately after the FFF panel, the FFF Audiovisual Media Cluster division will hold its panel entitled “Serious Games – More Than Just a Game”.
Information at: http://www.cam-bayern.de.
