Get Ready for The BIG Festival 2018!

<h3>Introducing The 2018 BIG Festival<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>This year&&num;8217&semi;s Brazil Independent Games Festival marks its sixth appearance&period; BIG is Latin America&&num;8217&semi;s largest independent games festival&period; The event runs from June 23rd to July 1st in Centro Cultural São Paulo&comma; Brazil&period; This festival&&num;8217&semi;s 2018 iteration emphasizes virtual reality&&num;8217&semi;s evolution&period; By providing insight&comma; it hopes to legitimize the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 2018 BIG Festival features over 120 keynotes&period; Topics include indie games&&num;8217&semi; integration of cultural references&period; It also discusses virtual reality&&num;8217&semi;s increasing rate of adoption&period; Furthermore&comma; BIG will take a look at the impact of social games&period; They will talk about how it portrays bullying&comma; sexuality&comma; education and coming of age&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;137949" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-137949" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-137949 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;07162224&sol;36070191685&lowbar;8c60d93b27&lowbar;k-1024x697&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"681" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-137949" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">BIG Festival<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3>What to Expect<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The event anticipates over 20&comma;000 visitors&period; It also has competitions with over &dollar;24&comma;000 worth of prizes&period; The current list of confirmed panelists includes&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>David Martinez &lpar;Raw Fury&comma; Co-Founder&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Steve Escalante &lpar;Versus Evil&comma; general manager&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Sandro Manfredini &lpar;Aquiris&comma; Partner &&num;8211&semi; Business Director&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Nando Guimaraes &lpar;Cat Nigiri&comma; CEO&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Bill Le Voir-Barry &lpar;CTO for IBM Esports&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Chris Remo &lpar;Firewatch Game Designer&comma; Composer&comma; Writer&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Samir El Agili &lpar;Tilting Point&comma; COO&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Reginaldo Valadares &lpar;Rovio&comma; Head of Studio&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Falko Bocker &lpar;Flaregames&comma; Senior Developer Relations Manager&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Sebastian Badylak &lpar;Coffee Stain Publishing&comma; VR Fanatic&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Paul Hanraets &lpar;Good Shepherd Entertainment&comma; co-founder&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Jason Della Rocca &lpar;Execution Labs&comma; Co-Founder&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; more attendees will be announced nearer to the event&&num;8217&semi;s date&period; Click <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;principal&period;bigfestival&period;com&period;br&sol;2018&sol;convidados&sol;&quest;lang&equals;en&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;MASTER&plus;LIST&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;412eb17214-EMAIL&lowbar;CAMPAIGN&lowbar;2018&lowbar;05&lowbar;03&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;email&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;term&equals;0&lowbar;1b25bcb113-412eb17214-83358349">here<&sol;a> for a full list of updated speakers and visitors&period; Additionally&comma; you can visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;principal&period;bigfestival&period;com&period;br&sol;2018&sol;programacao&sol;&quest;lang&equals;en&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;MASTER&plus;LIST&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;412eb17214-EMAIL&lowbar;CAMPAIGN&lowbar;2018&lowbar;05&lowbar;03&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;email&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;term&equals;0&lowbar;1b25bcb113-412eb17214-83358349">this<&sol;a> link to view the BIG Festival&&num;8217&semi;s calendar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;137951" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-137951" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-137951" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;07162507&sol;ALV&lowbar;0214-1024x680&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"664" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-137951" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">BIG Festival<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<h3>More About The BIG Festival<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>BIG Festival &lpar;Brazil&&num;8217&semi;s Independent Games Festival&rpar; has been held since 2012&period; It is considered one the most influential gaming festival in Latin America&period; With the mission to strengthen the Brazilian video game ecosystem&comma; the event produces a yearly international independent video game award competition&period; It also has a major exhibition showcasing hundreds of games including the awards nominees&period; In addition&comma; there is a spectacular awards ceremony event&period; Furthermore&comma; there are industry-related lectures and business rounds&period; Also&comma; in 2017&comma; BIG hosted more than 20&comma;000 visitors&period; Also&comma; 3&comma;500 of them participated in lectures&period; And more than 1600 attended business meetings&period; This year BIG will expand its schedule of lectures and workshops by incorporating new topics and areas that are part of games development cycles&comma; such as music&comma; animation&comma; virtual and augmented reality&comma; a career center&comma; among others segments already present at the event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;