- 14 industry leaders will speak during the workshop
- Focus on creating safe spaces for all gamers in the gaming
industry
- Session will be the launchpad to the Gamer Safe Place -
Fall Guys Tournament Series
TORONTO, Sept. 23, 2020 /CNW/ -- Engine Media (TSX-V:
GAME) (OTCQB: MLLLF) will host a two-hour workshop – Gamer Safe
Place – giving voice to 14 female gaming industry leaders
and aiming to raise awareness about issues surrounding the online
gaming community.
Run by Engine's esports tournament and content platforms UMG
Gaming and streamed on UMG.TV, the workshop will be staged on
October 1. It will be moderated by
Reinessa Gaming, a well-known personality in the gaming community
and host on UMG.TV.
The event will discuss strategies to create safe places for all
who participate in competitive gaming. The esports community is
dominated by male players. However, the esports landscape is
changing and evolving to embrace a more inclusive and diverse
player community who have often been subjected to harassment,
bullying and other mistreatment.
Heather Blair, Director of Brand
Partnerships at UMG has played a key role in bringing the event to
life.
"I love bringing all these thought leaders together to discuss
important topics, but more importantly to find solutions," said
Blair.
"Gamer Safe Place is a program developed to create community,
positivity and connection in the gaming place, with particular
focus on making gaming safe for all, no matter their gender, race,
identity or religion.
"With the ability to offer a safe place to game for all, we are
excited to use our UMG platform to bring this powerful program to
light."
Hour one of the webinar, titled "Closing the Gap" will focus on
discussion about how to include more women in the gaming space.
Hour two, "How do Women Survive and Grow in this Space?" will
include discussion about mental health, education and
employment.
Registration is open and free via this
website: https://umggaming.com/events/game-safe-place
The webinar will be the launchpad for the upcoming Gamer Safe
Place Fall Guys tournament to be held on the UMG Gaming platform.
The tournament will consist of four weekly rounds beginning
October 2, followed by the
championship on November 6, 2020.
Engine Media's UMG features two divisions: UMG Gaming and
UMG.TV. UMG Gaming is a leading esports tournament platform running
competitions across major titles including Gears of War, Fortnite,
Valorant, Call of Duty, Rocket League, NBA2K, Madden 21 and
more.
UMG.TV streams live and on-demand esports events featuring some
of the world's leading gamers; supporting your favorite college
teams in head-to-head competition and delivering fans the latest
content in the world of esports via headline shows including UMG
Rewind.
Recently renamed from Torque Esports, Engine Media is a
multi-platform media group leading the charge in esports, news
streaming and gaming. The completion of the merger between Torque,
Frankly Media and WinView Games (originally announced in March of
this year) brings together a unique combination of esports content,
streaming technology, gaming platforms, data analytics and
intellectual property.
Engine Media is focused on new, live, and immersive esports and
interactive gaming experiences through partnerships with
traditional and emerging media companies.
MODERATOR
Reinessa Gaming (@ReinessaGaming)
SPEAKER LIST
- Christie St. Martin, GamersVote
(@cstmartin)
- LemonKiwi, gaming personality (@LemonKiwi_)
- Irene Scholl-Tatevosyan, Nixon
Peabody
- Heather Adams, XSET
(@vegatext)
- Kendryx, gaming personality (@Kendryx_)
- Victoria Horsley,
UCEA
- Tatiana Tacca, Momentum Worldwide (@TatianaMUFC)
- Stefy Bau, Init Esports
(@StefyBau)
- Maria Tamelini, Gamer Safer
(@mariatamellini)
- Anna Baumann, Rogue Esports
(@AnnaBaumann)
- Missharvey, gaming personality (@missharvey)
- Lisa Thee, www.lisathee.com
- Dr. Caitin McGee, MS, PT,
DPT, (@CaitMcGeePT)
This webinar is made possible by the generous support of
Sponsors:
- HyperX, provider of HyperX Cloud Revolver gaming headsets for
the webinar panelists and prizes for the Fall Guys tournament 1st,
2nd and 3rd place finishers
- APP GUARD- Cyber Security
Software for gamers
- And Partners:
- Champion
- RekTGlobal
- GamerSafer
- Poker Powher
About Engine Media Holdings, Inc.
Engine Media is
focused on accelerating new, live, immersive esports and
interactive gaming experiences for consumers through its
partnerships with traditional and emerging media companies. The
company was formed through the combination of Torque Esports Corp.,
Frankly Inc., and WinView, Inc. and trades publicly under the
ticker symbol (TSX-V: GAME) (OTCQB: MLLLF). Engine Media will
generate revenue through a combination of: direct-to-consumer and
subscription fees; streaming technology and data SaaS-based
offerings; programmatic advertising and sponsorships; as well as
intellectual property licensing fees. To date, the combined
companies have clients comprised of more than 1,200 television,
print and radio brands including CNN, ESPN, Discovery / Eurosport,
Fox, Vice, Newsweek and Cumulus; dozens of gaming and technology
companies including EA, Activision, Blizzard, Take2Interactive,
Microsoft, Google, Twitch and Ubisoft; and have connectivity into
hundreds of millions of homes around the world through their
content, distribution and technology.
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