FÍS Games Summit 2026 – Mid Bird Ticket Round Open

Mid bird tickets are now available for Ardán’s FÍS Games Summit 2026 which will take place on 24 April in the Radisson RED in Galway.

FÍS Games Summit 2026 brings creatives from all sectors of the Games industry together to learn and connect with each other alongside a carefully curated slate of international guests and experts.

Key stakeholders for Ardán’s 2026 FÍS Games Summit include Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland, Gréasán na Meán Skillnet, TG4, Creative Europe Desk Ireland - MEDIA Galway, IMIRT, WRAP, ATU Galway, and University of Galway.

Register for free tickets on Evenbrite.

FÍS Games Summit Speakers

Ardán announced two more industry experts; Anna Brandberg (‘Dune: Awakening’, ‘Metal: Hellsinger’), along with Spooky Doorway CEO and Art Director Paul Conway, will join Nic Tringali on this year’s programme.

Confirmed Speakers

• Nic Tringali and Bithell Games: Nic Tringali is a Chicago-based game designer and director at the Lunar Division label of Bithell Games. Their most notable work is The Banished Vault, a strategy game of space exploration, and the forthcoming Amberspire, a science fantasy city builder. They also make card games and tabletop roleplaying games and spend their free time cooking and reading.
• Anna Brandberg is an experienced designer who’s spent the past 14 years helping games understand people — and people understand games. Her career spans board games and video games across free-to-play, premium, mobile, PC, and console - on both AAA titles and indie darlings alike. Her work can be seen in titles like Dune: Awakening, The Sims, Need for Speed, Candy Crush Saga, Conan Exiles, and the award-winning Metal: Hellsinger. She was selected as an IGDA Next Gen Leader, MCV Pacific's Top 50 Women in Games, and was the keynote speaker at Devcom 2023. She is passionate about UX best practices, accessibility and diversity, and continues to be a vocal advocate within the games industry and beyond.
• Paul Conway has worked in the games industry for over 20 years, contributing to over 100 games. He is best known as the CEO and Art Director of Spooky Doorway Games, the studio behind the critically acclaimed Darkside Detective series and The Séance of Blake Manor.

The full programme for FÍS Games Summit will be announced in the coming weeks.