Look who's speaking at the GI HR Summit

Featuring Ubisoft, GapSquare, Hutch, ustwo, nDreams and Creative Assembly [View this email in your browser]( You have been sent a sponsored message by GamesIndustry.biz Check out the speakers for the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit The line-up for the 2023 GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit is getting bigger, with speakers from both inside and outside the games industry. The event will take place at BAFTA's HQ in London on Wednesday, September 27th. [Book your tickets today]( The event is headlined by Ubisoft's Chief People Officer Anika Grant. In a talk titled ‘The Building Blocks of Change’, Grant will explore Ubisoft’s efforts to roll out a program change around employee engagement, career development and company culture following Ubisoft’s very public issues. Joining Grant in the keynote spot is Dr Zara Nanu, the CEO of GapSquare. Dr Nanu is a champion of equality and more inclusive workplaces for all, and will share insights and advice around improving diversity and the gender pay gap. Elsewhere, EA's former vice president of global corporate communications, Catherine Channon, will deliver a talk entitled: 'Why leading communications through change management is the most meaningful work you will ever do'. During the session, Channon will look at the positive and negative impact communications can have when a companygoes through significant organisational change. Sticking with former EA employees, Steve Cuss, the former head of EA's Criterion studio, has joined the bill to conduct a talk titled: 'Creating hyper-engaged and healthy teams: the leaders' role.' Cuss has three decades running games teams, including 20 years at EA. Alongside Cuss, ustwo games' head of People and Culture Julie Piedrabuena will host a talk titled 'Balancing pixels and peace of mind'. Piedrabuena is a distinguished HR professional with a academic background in psychology. She's behind somesignificant mental health initiatives as ustwo games, which is a certified B-Corp. Organisational psychologist Graham McAllister will also be speaking at the event. McAllister specialises in making sure employees are aligned on the vision for a game, which he says is crucial to a successful developer, and ensuring the team avoids stress, burnout and team conflict. Hutch Games' head of people Charmaine Clavier-St John will be hosting a special roundtable on the company's recent experience with four-day working weeks, answering questions on how the popular mobile developer made the concept work, and the impact it has had on the studio. And finally, GamesIndustry.biz will host a panel on how games companies are working with education and developingthe next generation of talent. Creative Assembly's head of talent Emma Smith, Sumo Group’s Dr Jacob Habgood and nDreams' chief people officer Tamsin O’Luanaigh are among the speakers forthat sessions. More speakers will be revealed in the coming weeks. [Tickets are on sale now.]( The HR Summit is sponsored by Amiqus,Lighthouse Games and Rocksteady. It takes place ahead of the UK 2023 Best Places To Work Awards.  For sponsorship enquries, contact [george.corner@gamesindustry.biz](mailto:george.corner@reedpop.com). [Facebook icon]( [Twitter icon]( [LinkedIn icon]( Copyright (C) 2023 ReedPop. All rights reserved. You got this email because you signed up to an account on GamesIndustry.biz and agreed to receive promotional emails from our partners. Our mailing address is: ReedPop 1-6 Grand ParadeBrighton, East Sussex BN2 9QB United Kingdom [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookie Policy](