What is IGDA Finland?
IGDA Finland is the local Finnish chapter of IGDA, the International Game Developers Association. IGDA is a non-profit professional society that is committed to advancing the careers and enhancing the lives of game developers by connecting members with their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating on issues that affect the developer community. Go to www.igda.org to learn more.
In 2011 the Finnish Game Cluster (IGDA Finland, Neogames Finland and Suomen Pelinkehittäjät ry) received the Internationalization Award of the President of Finland. IGDA Finland has also been recognized as one of the most vibrant and fastest growing chapters by the IGDA when they awarded us with the IGDA MVP Award in 2007.
IGDA Finland promotes individual developers and does not represent Finnish game development companies. Many Finnish game companies are represented by Suomen Pelinkehittäjät Ry. IGDA Finland is not a labor union.
Our Mission 2021
The mission of IGDA Finland is to promote the development of careers and professional skills of individual game developers (and individuals of related industries) based in Finland, and to further develop the international recognition of the Finnish game developer community. The most important way for accomplishing the above is enabling the operation of local hubs.
IGDA Finland ry
tIGDA Finland ry was founded in 2012 to support the local game development clubs on a national level. Our main tasks are to maintain a national network of volunteers (hubs), national communication channels (web, email, some) and handle the money/legal sides of things. By joining IGDA Finland ry you also become a member of IGDA international but a part of your membership money stays here to help us fund local activities.
Board of Directors 2021-2022
- Joonas Häll, Chairperson & Public Relations Lead
- Joni Finne, Vice-Chairperson, Ops Lead & Hubs Aide
- Anton Rautanen, Treasurer Lead
- Jami Andersson, Treasurer Aide & Ops Aide
- Niko Pyrhönen, Hubs Lead, Communications Aide
- Emma Vantaa, Communications Lead & Ops Aide
- Neea Salmivaara, Treasurer Aide & Code of Conduct Contact
- Natasha Skult, Lead of IGDA Future
- Vesa Raudasoja, Advisor
- Christopher Hamilton, Advisor
- Teemu Haila, Advisor
All emails are firstname.lastname@igda.fi
Data Privacy
We do our best to protect all personal information of our members and event visitors. Incidentally that also means we love the General Data Protection Policy of EU. Please refer to our data privacy page for full details and please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or comments.
IGDA Finland is entirely run by hundreds of volunteers on their free time with the kind and generous support of our many sponsors and affiliates. One day we will figure out a proper way to thank you all!
