gamescom 2020 opens with Political Guests of Honour

Now that gamescom 2020 has officially begun, a large number of political guests took part in the political opening, which, like the rest of gamescom, was held exclusively online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In line with the gamescom trend ‘Games at school’, Minister of State for Digitalisation Dorothee Bär was given a demonstration in the chancellor’s office of two innovative serious games from HTW Berlin that help teach chemistry and electrical engineering.

In her message, Bär made it clear that she wants to be a stronger advocate for the use of games in schools. North Rhine-Westphalian Minister-President Armin Laschet invited Jörg Adami, Managing Director of the esports player foundation (epf), and esports player Armin ‘Kaymin’ Kaymer to his state chancellor’s office. The League of Legends player is one of the first players to receive an epf scholarship. The foundation is supporting his journey into professional esports, which he is pursuing alongside his university studies. North Rhine-Westphalia has been supporting the epf since it was founded at the beginning of 2020. The Mayor of Cologne, Henriette Reker, who is also Chairwoman of the Koelnmesse Supervisory Board, and Koelnmesse CEO Gerald Böse spoke from the Koelnmesse exhibition grounds in Cologne. They emphasised the importance of gamescom for Cologne as an exhibition location.

The full video of the gamescom 2020 political opening can be watched on demand through the content hub ‘gamescom now’: now.gamescom.global.