Mariina Hallikainen and Unity boss John Riccitiello open 30 hours of sessions

Cities: Skylines studio CEO to keynote Unite Europe 2015

Unity Technologies has announced that Mariina Hallikainen, CEO of Cities: Skylines dev Colossal Order, will keynote this year’s Unite Europe conference.

She will follow an opening address by Unity CEO John Riccitiello on how the popular engine is helping developers to succeed.

Their talks are part of over 30 hours of sessions spread across the conference, which runs from Wednesday, June 24th to Thursday, June 25th in Amsterdam, preceded by a Unity Training Day on Tuesday, June 23rd.

Further speakers include experts from Nordeus, Space Ape Games, Aardman Animations, Game Insight, Framebunker and more.

“With the perfect mix of sessions from developers as well as internal Unity engineers, Unite Europe 2015 will provide everyone from the hobbyist to the seasoned games development veteran, with the knowledge base and hands-on help, to get even more out of Unity in the future,” said Unity’s EMEA VP Antony Douglas.

You can find out more about Unite Europe, as well as the full conference schedule, at the firm’s website.

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