Portside Game Assembly is the B2B conference for leading indie game studios, organized by Gamecity Hamburg.

The main event invites selected decision-makers from the international indie games industry on board of a ship, which will cruise through the expansive port of Hamburg. The board program: Selected keynote speeches, impulse talks and productive roundtables by and for indie experts to encourage a targeted exchange in this sub-sector of the games industry. 

The next Portside Game Assembly with guests from all over the world will take place in Hamburg June 25 and 26, 2026.

But Portside Game Assembly is more: The conference is accompanied by networking events in selected Hamburg locations that bring conference participants, publishers, games industry experts and the lively indie scene together to meet and to exchange. Whether it's a networking brunch or an evening party with Hamburg’s games scene. To get regular updates on the conference program, new participants and speakers just visit Portside Game Assembly on Bluesky, Instagram and LinkedIn.