August 17, 2011
GDC Europe - Cologne, Germany

The second edition of the Community Manager Conference at the 2011 GDC Europe was a great success!

We would like to express our gratitude to our speakers, participants and partners for a thrilling conference at the GDC Europe 2011.

This year’s CMC offered 9 sessions with interesting talks from international Community Managers and industry professionals. In 2011, the CMC was for the first time held as an integral part of the GDC Europe, which allowed us to reach an even broader audience of Community Managers and interested professionals and to provide them with an international forum to connect and discuss.

We are looking forward to bring the CMC one step further in 2012.

Check back soon for pictures and videos from the CMC 2011!

This was our program:

Allmighty Ban-Hammer: What Are Your Rights - and Obligations - as a Community Manager
Kai Bodensiek (Brehm & v.Moers)

Community Management's Time is NOW!
Gordon Walton (Playdom)

Devs vs. Trolls: A Survival Guide to Player Communications
Linda Carlson (Sony Online Entertainment)

Community Management - It Is More than Forum Moderation. Skills, Recruitment and Training of Community Manager
Nadja Bastawi (Two Pi Team), Valerie Massey (CCP Games), Seetha Nagtegaal (Ubisoft/Blue Byte Germany), Troy Hewitt (Carbine Studios)

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Online Communities I Learned from Jurassic Park
Valerie Massey (CCP Games)

Taking the power of a community into other areas of Game development
Iain Compton (Acony Games)

What Can You Do When Your Social or MMO Game Community Revolt Against You?
Alexis Bonte (eRepublik Labs)

Community Management in "The Settlers Online"
Teut Weidemann (Ubisoft/Bluebyte Germany)

Community Relations and Outsourcing - A Marriage of Convenience
Richard Weil (Metaverse Mod Squad)