Kickstarter’s head of games, Asher McClennahan, to speak at Game Republic New Horizons

Kickstarter head of games, Asher McClennahan, will join Maverick Games, Hat Trick, Rainy Frog, Transcend Fund, and Double Eleven at Game Republic New Horizons, the upcoming “flagship games business conference” in the North of England this October.

McClennahan will reportedly share opportunities and “best practice for games companies on the platform as well as joining a panel on funding and investment.”

Other guests include: Harinder Sangha, COO at Maverick Games, Kimberley Turner, CFO and commercial director at Double Eleven, Elaine Dowman, board member of the Irish Game Makers Association, the head of games at Barclays, Rainy Frog’s Tony Byus, VC investors Transcend Fund, and Harvey Hayman, games lead at Hat Trick Lab.

Former Gamesindustry.biz head of games B2B, Chris Dring, will also be attending with an as-yet unannounced “very special guest,” and MachineGames’ Axel Torvenius will be taking part in a BAFTA fireside chat.

“We are excited that Game Republic New Horizons will take place in the UK’s fastest growing tech hub outside London – and great to welcome international guests including Kickstarter,” said Jamie Sefton, MD of Game Republic. “This new flagship conference is set to become an annual must-attend event in The North bringing investors, platform-holders, publishers and games studios as well as film, TV, creative and tech businesses from across The North, the UK and overseas to the region.”

Game Republic New Horizons will be held at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, UK, on October 16. It will include an expo, roundtables, bookable meetings through MeetToMatch and “guests from across the UK and around the globe.”