More Than Just a Game – Cyprus

More Than Just a Game – Cyprus is a one-day legal conference co-organized by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London, Games Industry Law Summit and the American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo, with the support of Chrysostomides Advocates and Legal ConsultantsC Business Advisors and Eurobank.

The conference is open to lawyers who are based in Cyprus and are engaged with the international games industry (subject to limit on the number of attendees per one firm), as well as to the students of the AUB – Mediterraneo campus (without restriction; every AUB student is very welcome!).

To attend the conference, you must be registered in advance. The registration is free of charge. The exact date of the event will be confirmed at a later date, once the flights to/from Cyprus resume on schedule.


Event venue: American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo
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Currently registered attendees (115) come from:
Animaccord, Appmaking, CD PROJEKT RED, Charlie Oscar, Epic Games, Gaijin Entertainment, Gameram, GDEV Inc., Huuuge Games, Huqiao Games 琥桥游戏 / YLX, IDDQD Capital, Mika Games, MY.GAMES, Playrix, Room 8 Group, SayGames, Scorewarrior, Small Fish Big Dreams, StellarTech, Strikerz Inc., Tapclap, Tiny Boom, Vizor Apps, Wargaming, X-Flow, Xsolla, Zeptolab; American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo, CIM – Cyprus Business School, CYENS Centre of Excellence, CYGMA, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection, FUNecole Education Limited, Research and Innovation Foundation, TechIsland, Queen Mary University of London; Aream & Co., C Business Advisors, Eurobank, Mellow; Chrysostomides Advocates & Legal Consultants, A.G. Erotocritou, Karamanolis & Karamanolis, REVERA.

AGENDA

(the exact date to be announced later)


09:00-10:00

Breakfast


10:00-10:15

Opening

 George Mountis (Chrysostomides)
Theodoros Loukaidis (Research and Innovation Foundation)
Prof. Gaetano Dimita (Queen Mary University of London)
Prof. Michaela MacDonald (Queen Mary University of London)
 Sergei Klimov (Charlie Oscar)


10:15-11:00

The State of the Global Games Industry 2026

 Micha Katz (Aream & Co.)
 Sergei Klimov (Charlie Oscar)


11:00-11:15

Coffee Break


11:15-12:00

Games Industry Footprint in Cyprus (Report 2025)

 Aris Damianou (C Business Advisors)
Sergei Klimov (Charlie Oscar)


12:00-13:00

Lunch Break


13:00-13:45

Migration & Employment Law in Cyprus:Impact on Education and Creative Industries

 Eri Kozakou (Chrysostomides)
Stella Kyriakidou (Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection)
 Valentinos Polykarpou (Tech Island)
 Pavel Shynkarenko (Mellow)


13:45-14:00

Coffee Break


14:00-14:45

Preliminary Injunctions in Cyprus: Risks and Opportunities

 Victoria Papagiannis (Chrysostomides)
 Roman Zanin (Wargaming)
 George Mountis (Chrysostomides)
   Andrew Mackenzie (DLA Piper)

Special thanks to Dr. Prof. Christian Rauda (ARTANA)


14:45-15:00

Coffee Break


15:00-15:30

Banking for Games Industry: Challenges & Special Needs

 Roman Zanin (Wargaming)
 Elpiniki Frantzi (Eurobank)
 Maria Kukleva (Mellow)
 Aris Damianou (C Business Advisors)


15:30-15:45

Coffee Break


15:45-17:00

The Legal Needs of Studios and the Availability of Legal Talent: Hiring, Training, Retaining for In-house Teams

Prof. Gaetano Dimita (Queen Mary University of London)
 Prof. Yiorgos Chrysanthou (CYENS)
 Kinga Palińska (CD PROJEKT RED)
 Lydia Starostina (Playrix)
 Egor Efanov (Vizor Apps)


17:00-17:15

Closing

 George Mountis (Chrysostomides)
 Wassim El Hajj (AUB Mediterraneo)
 Roman Zanin (Wargaming)