Green Shoots: Mapping Europe's Game Talent Recovery in 2026 and Beyond

Monday, August 24, 2026 3:45 PM to 4:45 PM · 1 hr. (Europe/Berlin)
Stage 5 - Confex Level 2
Panel
~All~BusinessLeadership & HRProduction

Information

After several years of industry contraction dominating the talent conversation, 2026 is shaping up as the year Europe's recovery becomes visible in numbers, not just the headlines - this panel maps where Europe's game industry talent is headed next.

Moderated by Fiona Cherbak (founder, Rocket Game Talent; former talent lead at Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox), the panel brings together studio leaders, developers and industry voices from across Europe for a data-grounded look at talent trends and co-dev economics - framed for a European context that looks meaningfully different from the U.S.-centric narrative most trade press talks about.

Topics
~All~BusinessLeadership & HRProduction
Track
Business/Leadership
Session Type
Panel
Target Audiences
Game developers in transition across Europe, studio leaders in the EU and UK planning future hiring, co-dev studios evaluating their next growth phase, investors and publishers monitoring European market health, and anyone trying to time their next career or business move within the European ecosystem.
Experience Level
Expert
Key Take Aways
The five-signal framework, calibrated for the European market, to monitor independently going forward – A geographic European recovery map by country and segment — where to look for opportunities right now – A personal and studio action plan: what to do now to be positioned when the European window opens fully – A framework for reading UK vs. EU distinctions in recovery — important post-Brexit context
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