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Gamescom: opening of the SwissGames stand
19 August 2019 - 20 August 2019
Alain Berset travels to Gamescom in Cologne, Europe’s major video game fair, with eighteen Swiss developers presented by Pro Helvetia. On 20 August, he opens the SwissGames stand.
“Der Bundesrat ist überzeugt: Games gehören zu den prägenden Kulturformen des 21. Jahrhunderts.” He points out that the games industry turns over more than three times as much as cinema, and that Pro Helvetia has supported video games for nine years. The day before, he visits the Kolumba museum, built by Peter Zumthor.
Monday 19 August 2019 — Cologne
- Visit to the Kolumba museum (Peter Zumthor)
- Informal meeting with game developers
Tuesday 20 August 2019 — Cologne
- Trial of the Birdly flight simulator (ZHdK)
- Opening of the SwissGames stand, speech
- Exchanges with Swiss studios
Speeches on this site
- Gamescom 2019 : ouverture du stand suisse (in German, French-language page)
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