CONFERENCES

Conferences for everyone throughout the Festival !

Both professionals of the industry and curious game enthusiasts are invited to attend our conferences and get a better understanding of the gaming scene.

Each year, a new cycle of conferences is offered to professionals who are interested in tackling industry chellenges, as well as to Festival attendees who wish to learn more about this often-overlooked sector. 

To satisfy everyone's curiosity our conferences will be accessible to all audiences from Thursday to Sunday included.

Program of the 2026 conferences is coming soon ! 

 

conferences for the general public 2025

  • "Overproduction, a necessary evil ?" by The FIJ in partnership with FORGENEXT (rewatch online)
  • "Rethinking games : accessibility and the representation of disability" by Cap'Games
  • "Can tabletop role-playing be a psychotherapeutic tool? Results of a pilot study conducted in Switzerland" by CHUV LAUSANNE
  • "Board games as a mediating support for distressed intra-family ties: An empirical approach in child psychiatry at the Centre Hospitalier de Vichy" by CHU VICHY
  • "Cheating: between selfishness and altruism. What if the best cheaters weren't the ones you think?" by FM2J
  • "Playing to explore: from social experience to the challenges of dyslexia." by GAME IN LAB
  • "In search of the Real On the Island of Lost Time : What if we used games to talk to 7-12 year-olds about the risks associated with the misuse of screens ?" by CHUV Lausanne
  • "Game design and evolving rules: from Eleusis to Ludovortex, 70 years of re-creative board games" by The FIJ in partnership with FORGENEXT (rewatch online) 
  • "Game publishing, the evolution of a sector over the last 20 years" by The FIJ in partnership with FORGENEXT (rewatch online) 
  • "Lost In translation" by The FIJ in partnership with FORGENEXT (rewatch online)
  • "Psycho-social skills "in play" !" by Act In Games
  • "Profession : Serious Game Designer : Creating Board Games for Businesses" by the "Syndicat des Serious Game Designers"

 

Conférence for professionals 2025

  • "The added value of toy libraries for the world of board games" by "Association des Ludothèques Françaises"
  • "The Secrets of Board Game Manufacturing – From Idea to Finished Product" by Fabryka Kart