FIFA director of efootball and gaming Christian Volk will be the keynote interview at SVG Europe’s Esports Uncovered online event on 31 March.

Sponsored by Arena, Esports Uncovered will explore the next-generation workflows being used by top esports producers, publishers and platforms around Europe, taking delegates behind the scenes of live esports productions.

FIFA’s Volk will provide delegates with an overview of the federation’s esports strategy, detail why esports is important to real-world sports federations and leagues, highlight how other federations and leagues can get into esports, and discuss event production and viewer engagement and experience.

He will be in conversation with SVG editorial director Ken Kerschbaumer.

The other confirmed speakers include Andrew Lane, Director of Broadcast & Production at FaceIt, Nicolas Estrup, VP of Product at BLAST and Simon Eicher, Senior Global Manager Procurement & Executive Producer Special Events at ESL Gaming.

They will be taking part in a panel discussion that will cover how the pandemic is reshaping their production philosophy and outline what’s on their production and technology roadmaps for 2021.

Other sessions include an in-depth look at the esports market with IABM Head of Knowledge Lorenzo Zanni, a deep dive into a major esports project from the last 12 months and a look at the latest technology innovations in esports production.

Esports Uncovered is sponsored by Arena. Registration is sponsored by TAG Video Systems. Other sponsors include Limelight Networks (case study), The Switch (associate sponsor) and Slomo.tv (session sponsor).

Esports Uncovered takes place online on 31 March 2021. For more information and to register visit: Esports Uncovered.