The event will be composed of two tables with specialized guests experts of the eSports sector, to talk about the perspectives and challenges to be overcome for the growth of this market.
Currently, electronic sports experiences a fast growing period: according to SuperData information, the market raised US$ 1.5 billion in 2017, with projections indicating nearly double that figure to 2022. College athletes appear all over Brazil, assembling teams for compete professionally the most diverse game titles.
Maureen Flores, a journalist from O Globo, explains in her blog the movement that is being born in the country, achieving an unprecedented integration and presenting itself as a good option for companies to invest in advertising:
"eSports is achieving in Brazil what not even 100 years of face-to-face sport has achieved: creating university teams that organize to compete in championships."
"I spoke with Facha's athletic coordinator and was invited to an event at UFF. In Rio, we still have PUC and Unirio, I'm sure there are several others in Brazil who need to find their spaces to build a robust network that will of eSports in Brazil what the face-to-face sport has done in the United States: the consolidation of university sports, "explains Flores.
According to the journalist, "the development of the university network is fundamental for the integration of eSports in this traditional economy, still short-sighted, that grotes to get a ’snapshot’ of the market. The university network consolidates eSport, offers opportunities for international exchange, gives visibility to our players, opens new channels of communication and mobilizes young people.The UFF event is the tip of the iceberg, who wants to enter this market should pay attention to it.”
In the program, after the opening to be held at 1:00 p.m., it will take place at 1:30 p.m. Table 1: "eSport in Brazil: Perspectives and challenges”, with the presence of Francisco Batista (President of the Laboratory of Innovation and Technology of UFF), Filipe Alves Lawyer specializing in Sports Law), Gruntar (electronic sports caster), Rafifa (FIFA athlete who signed a contract with Paris Saint-German).
Table 2 will be held at 4:00 pm, with the theme "Women in eSport", with Luciana Lopes (lawyer specializing in Sports Law), Nicolle "Cherrygumms" (athlete, captain and CEO of the Black Dragons eSports team) and Laura Graziela Gomes (Professor, Coordinator of the Nucleus of Studies of Modernity and Researcher of the Institute of Comparative Studies in Conflict Management).
Source: GMB
