PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT: The 3rd edition of Games of War will take place on 24 February 2026. Stay tuned for updates and the upcoming call for contributions. More info will appear here shortly.
PROGRAMME 2025:
(Central European Time)
9.00 – 10.00 Opens registration
10.00 – 10.15 Welcome Speech by Arkadiusz Janicki, Dean of the Faculty of History, University of Gdańsk and Yaraslau Kot (on site)
10.15 – 10.45 Games of War – lessons learned for comprehensive European preparedness by Jari-Pekka Kaleva, European Games Developer Federation CEO (online)
10.45 – 11.30 Games, Wars and Wisdom by Oleksii Sytianov (on site)
11.30 – 12.00 coffee break
12.00 – 12.20 Bucha 2022 – Post Mortem by Anastasia Kot (online)
12.20 – 12.40 Malign foreign interference and information influence on video game platforms by Elsa Isaksson (online)
12.40 – 13.00 Preserving Video Games as Testimonies of the War in Ukraine by Michał Palmąka (on site)
13.00 – 13.15 Worlds for personalized inclusive post-war adaptation by Oleksiy Yevsyeyev and Oleksandr Pushkar (online)
13.15 – 13.30 Games of War: voices silented by Yaraslau Kot (on site)
13.30 – 14.30 lunch break
14.30 – 14.50 The Features of the use of religious symbols in Ukrainian games of war by Aliaksandr Razhkou (online)
14.50 – 15.10 When War Is Children’s Play: Some Hard Questions with No Easy Answers by Michał Mochocki (on site)
15.10 – 15.30 Commercial video games as a means of emotional support and psychological assistance of Ukrainian children and youth during the Russian war by Oleksii Sukhorukov (online)
15.30 – 16.30 The story behind the Ukrainian Fight Drone Simulator soundtrack by Lana Kruchek (on site)
16.30 – 17.00 coffee break
17.00 – 17.20 The influence of the Warhammer 40,000 universe and Russian imperialism by Oleksandr Ruzevych (on site)
17.20 – 18.20 Geogrify by Kate Edwards (online)
18.20 – 18.30 Closing Ceremony