OOO MeetUp for the Gaming Industry

What are OOO Meetups?

At Frontier RTP, we are constantly growing and making connections. We developed OOO Meetups as a way of helping connect like-minded professionals, entrepreneurs, and industry insiders during our regular, weekly Out of Office “OOO” events.

With each meetup, we work with a co-host to facilitate the networking and educational session while we pour the drinks. 

Our hope is that the meetups will spark dialogue, start relationships, and make your happy hour meaningful. Did we mention there will be free craft beer from Fullsteam Brewery, wine selected by RTP Uncorked, and non-alcoholic options?

About the Meetup

Work in the gaming industry or interested to know more about it? This meetup, co-hosted by International Game Developers Association NC-Triangle Chapter, is for you! We’ll discuss the ever evolving role of games and game design principles in the tech and products we use everyday.

Game Plan

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Check In, Drinks & Networking

5:00 – 5:45 p.m. | Educational Session

5:45 – 6:30 p.m. | Drinks & Networking

What You’ll Learn

Unions in Gaming: Leveling the Playing Field

As the Video Game sector comes under increasingly constant pressures to deliver high-quality games with tighter deadlines, it seems that only those at the top are benefiting from the hard work everyone else is putting in. Wages are diminishing, hours are lengthening, and burn out is growing. But we don’t have to suffer. Video game unions are on the rise to help ensure that workers get a fair seat at the table. Join us as we discuss how unions work, the challenges of unions in the video game industry, and what can be done moving forward.

Our Session Leader

Session Leader: Will Sutherland

Will Sutherland is a 9 year veteran of the game industry, and has worked at a wide variety of places, from Epic Games to small, indie studios. He’s worked most of it in QA, and has pursued helping create a better path forward for the industry as a whole.

Interested in hosting your meetup during Out Of Office? Want to invite your department for some out-of-office team building? Are you holding an event in Frontier RTP the same day as Out Of Office and would like to invite your attendees to grab a beer before or after? If any of these scenarios sound like you, please reach out to our Programming Team for options and pricing to make sure we have enough beer to go around: programming@rtp.org.