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Esports- What is it and why should we care?CPD: 1 hour

Speaker:
Charley Smith
Date/Time:
Wednesday 8th July 2026 @ 7:00 PM Local time (BST/CET/ UTC +1 hours)
Venue:
Ipswich
Hosted by:
IET Anglian Coastal
About this event:
This presentation covers an interesting and the growing esports. Charlie will cover what esports are and why should the average person care. He will outline the esports market and the esports consumer as well as the Media Production and Broadcast Workflows in esports. He will finally cover the role of the University of Suffolk in esports as well as offering a visit to the university Lab for those attending in person. Charlie Smith is a lecturer in esports and course leader for the BA (Hons) Esports degree at the University of Suffolk. With an academic background in Computer Games Design and Creative Technologies, he has been involved in creating esports curriculum since 2019 around topics including broadcasting, event management, psychology, and sport science.
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