EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR
Managing, Maintaining and Maximising Your Esports Facility
Every hour your IT team spends pushing game updates, juggling licence keys, and resetting student logins is an hour lost to teaching. For institutions running esports facilities, or just planning one, these costs accumulate quietly and erode the value of significant capital investment.
Hosted by Nik Turner, Head of Education & Esports Strategy at Yoyotech, this panel brings together four education esports leads who’ve built and now run facilities at scale. Nik, Chair of the Esports Trade Association Education Committee and a core curriculum writer for the Pearson BTEC, will guide an honest conversation on what worked, what didn’t, and what each panellist wishes they’d known before opening their doors.
TAKEAWAYS
- Stop losing time to game updates and installs
- Safeguard your facility properly
- Make the space pay year-round income
- Learn how to get the most out of your facility
THURSDAY 2 JULY 2026 · 4:00PM
MEET THE PANEL
John Bayes
Hull College
Hull’s ICT Director, John was oversaw the installation of one of the UK’s first arenas.
Mark Sanders
University of Salford
As the Technical Lead, Mark is responsible for overseeing the running of their facility.
Jake Simpson
Newcastle Utd Foundation
Heads up esports within the community and educational partnerships for NUFC.
Adrian Dalzell
New College Durham
Adrian plays a fundemental role in teaching and running a large scale esports operation.