Peliosuuskunta Expa / IGDA Finland Jyväskylä Hub Hybrid Meetup #1 / 2026 with Weldon Green
Guest: Weldon Green, e-sports expert, coach & PhD Researcher, University of Jyväskylä
Topic: “What is “e-sport”? How game designers can differentiate between sports vs games”
Time: 18:00
Interviewer: Wanda O Rly (Valtteri Lahti, chairperson of Expa)
Weldon Green has a Master’s of Sport Science in sport and exercise psychology and has worked as an esport psychology trainer and coach primarily in Counter-strike and League of Legends. On the business side of esport, Weldon led an esport coaching software startup through its angel round and sale before joining several other esport software projects as a product manager. Currently Weldon is pursuing his PhD researching child physical activity and health behavior change at the University of Jyväskylä.
Date: Tue 27.01.2026
Where: LIVE @ Digi & Game Center, Matarankatu 2
– STREAM on Expa’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expajkl
SCHEDULE
17:30 Doors open
18:00 Streaming starts, Weldon Green presentation
18:30 Q&A with Weldon Green
19:00 Free mingling on-site
#DemoCornerJKL is open for all to showcase their things at event
The event is FREE and open for all, language of the Meetup event is English! – Invite your friends, questions welcome throughout the event.
Be there – Socialize – Get Expa!