The UK Video Games Sector 2020

Official Website: https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/conference/future-of-the-UK-video-games-sector-20

This conference will consider next steps for the UK video games sector.

Stakeholders and policymakers will discuss:

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• What is needed to secure future growth and competitiveness for the UK video games sector;
  
• Prioritiesfor policy and regulation; and
  
• Key issues for consumer protection.
  

With the creative industries emerging as a renewed focus for the new government, key policy developments affecting the video games sector to be examined include:

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• The future of the Creative IndustriesCluster Programme following industry calls for the Government to develop targeted growth strategies for video games clusters;
  
• Prospects for policy on the R&D tax credit rate, start-up loans, copyright and licensing rules and creative enterprise zones;
  
• The Government confirming that it is not planning to  implement the EU Copyright Directive;
  
• Discussion on changes to the UK immigration system, and expansion of the shortage of occupation list to include a number of video games industry-specific roles;
  
• The recently-announced ban on gambling with credit cards, and Children’s Commissioner and CMS Committee recommendations for loot box regulation under the Gambling Act; and
  
• Industry responsibility and the Online Harms White Paper, and publication of the final versionof the ICO Age Appropriate Design Code of Practice.
  

Tickets: https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/book/future-of-the-UK-video-games-sector-20.