First speakers for DICE Europe’s World Builders event include CCP’s Hilmar Veigar Petursson

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has posted its first speakers for its fourth-annual DICE Europe event. Among the speakers at conference include CCP chief executive Hilmar Veigar Pétursson.

The AIAS is a professional game industry group that puts on the annual DICE Summit in Las Vegas. The event in Barcelona, Spain, will focus on the theme of “world builders” and runs September 11 to September 13. It will focus on gamemakers, communities, and players and how they create explore new worlds. Pétursson’s CCP has come up with one of the most fascinating worlds in gaming with Eve Online, giving players the freedom to craft their own stories and massive battles and factions while providing a connected world for them to do so.

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