It has to start somewhere,
it has to start sometime.
What better place than here,
what better time than now?”
-Rage Against The Machine

15/17 February 2017
Cannes, France

ESPORTS: ARE YOU GAME?

FACT:
ESPORTS ARE A FAST GROWING MARKET

IN AUDIENCE
esports audience & awareness growth 2014-2019
© 2016 Newzoo

IN REVENUE
global esports revenue growth 2014-2019
© 2016 Newzoo

TIME FOR GLOBAL REACH
TIME FOR EXPANDED NETWORKING
TIME FOR NEW PARTNERSHIPS
TIME FOR EFFECTIVE MEETINGS
TIME FOR BEST PRACTICE INSIGHTS

TIME FOR BUSINESS: ESPORTS BAR

Esports BAR offers the unique opportunity for the very best of
esports organisations, brands, agencies & media
to get face to face to negotiate
sponsorship, broadcasting, content or licensing deals.
A must attend event for all companies
serious about esports.

 The first and only international B2B matchmaking and networking event,
uniquely designed to accelerate the potential of the growing esports
market
 The most direct, cost effective & easy way for non-endemic & endemic
brands, media, advertising agencies and esports organisations to
forge successful business partnerships
 Through 2 ½ days of 1-to-1 pre-arranged meetings, practical business
insights and unparalleled networking
 Brought to you by Reed MIDEM, the organisers of the leading
international entertainment markets MIPTV and MIPCOM
A UNIQUE NEW EVENT

teams
leagues
tournaments
game publishers
tv channels
& production
video platforms
brands
agencies
M
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T
WHO?
expand your business network

 Esports BAR qualifies all participating companies
 Once registered, create your company profile on the online matchmaking
tool
 Esports organisations: view profile of up to 40 brands, agencies &
media and select the 16 you want to meet
 Brands, agencies & media: view profile of up to 40 esports
organisations and select the 16 you want to meet
 Online matchmaking tool generates meeting schedule based on
preference priority
 Hold 16 X 25 minutes meetings at Esports BAR
You’ll also be able to organise 8 additional meetings with participants of your choice!
HOW?
generate your personalised agenda

THE MENU
9:30 - 10:30
Breakfast
10:30 - 12:30
Pre-scheduled Meetings - X4
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
Pre-scheduled Meetings - X4
16:00 - 16:30
Break
16:30 - 18:30
Open Meetings - X4
19:00 - 23:00
Halftime Dinner & Surprise
11:00 - 14:00
Welcome &
Survival Kit Pick-up
14:30 - 15:30
Keynote Interviews
16:00 - 18:00
Business Insights Sessions
18:30 - 20:30
Warmup Cocktail at the BAR
Thur, Feb. 16
9:30 - 10:30
Breakfast
10:30 - 12:30
Pre-scheduled Meetings - X4
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
Pre-scheduled Meetings - X4
16:00 - 16:30
Break
16:30 - 18:30
Open Meetings - X4
18:30
Overtime Drinks at the BAR
Fri, Feb. 17Wed, Feb. 15

MEET THEM AT THE BAR

 All access for 1 executive*
 Access to the online 1-to-1 matchmaking platform and pre-scheduled
meeting generator
 Agenda with up to 16 mutually agreed meetings
 Access to all informal networking events
 Access to keynotes and business insights conference sessions
3,000€
Excl. 10% VAT
COMPANY PACKAGE
additional company executive*
1,500€
Excl. 10% VAT
*All registered delegates will receive an invitation for 2 nights hotel (single occupancy, internet included)

we look forward to serving you at the BAR

THE ADVISORY TEAM
a team of elite esports sector professionals helping build the most
productive esports matchmaking event
MATTHIEU DALLON
CEO, ESWC
President, France Esports
RALF REICHERT
CEO, ESL
ARND BENNINGHOFF
EVP, MTG & CEO MTGx Ventures
MIKE SEPSO
SVP, Activision Blizzard
STUART SAW
Director of Esports Strategy,
Twitch
WOUTER SLEIJFFERS
CEO, Fnatic
SUSAN TULLY
CEO, H2K Gaming

THE CITY: CANNES
the world’s business capital of entertainment & advertising
Attracting each year 300,000 business participants and home of the leading events:
Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Lions, MIPTV & MIPCOM…

THE VENUE: RADISSON BLU
super high-speed Internet in each room ; on-site swimming pool, thalasso and spa ; 360° rooftop view

 Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading exhibition and conference
organiser, and its subsidiary Reed MIDEM, have a 50 years history of
helping notably entertainment businesses grow through international
professional markets. More than 60,000 leading executives from over 130
countries have already experienced Reed MIDEM B2B events all over the
world (MIPCOM, MIPTV and MIDEM).
 ReedPOP, the pop culture division of Reed Exhibitions, also organises the
PAX shows, the largest gaming events around the world, attracting the
top influencers in the global gaming community.
 To honour esports’ huge, passionate fan community, and explosive
market interest, “the sports of the digital generation” merits a major B2B
event. Ready to level up together?
REED MIDEM
BARtender at your service

26-29 January 2013 - Palais des Festivals, Cannes
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See you at the BAR,
Cannes - French Riviera - 15/17 February 2017