Esports took the spotlight in 2020 and 2021 as the one sporting activity that persisted through the COVID-19 pandemic. Ian Smith, Commissioner of ESIC gives a review of those exceptional year and dives into 2022 for ESIC and esports.

Graham Ashton, International Relations Manager at Riot Games is joined by Tobias Scholz, Founding Chairperson at Esports Research Network and Stephen Hanna, the Head of Global Strategy and Partnerships at ESIC, for an exploratory examination of esports policy. This critical discussion will expose the fundamentals of esports governance, regulations, and standards, assessing it against the framework of traditional sports and other forms of organized competition.

As one of the largest esports tournament in the world, ESL's Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice not only created an event, but put a city on the map. Hear about the journey and how it survived the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.