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Black Game Pros Sessions with Titus Walker, founder and CEO of UEL — Friday November 13.

NEXT LIVE SESSION · LinkedIn Live

Titus Walker

Founder & CEO, Ultimate Endgamers League (UEL)


Paris time · 17:30–18:30 UTC

Next up on Black Game Pros Sessions: Titus Walker, Founder & CEO of Ultimate Endgamers League (UEL)!

Friday, November 13, 2026 · 6:30 PM Paris time (CET) / 12:30 PM ET

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What does it take to build an esports league and create opportunities for more people to compete?

Join us for a conversation with Titus about his journey, building UEL, and the role of community in competitive gaming. He’ll also share more about UEL’s mission to make competitive gaming more accessible, inclusive, and community-driven, and how the league supports players across different games and skill levels.

Bring your questions and join the conversation!

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Gordon Bellamy

Gaming, education & community

A career is a multiplayer experience

Gordon connects relationships and continuous learning with representation, AI literacy, and access to authorship and economic participation.

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Building something of your own

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Lisette Titre-Montgomery

Art director & studio co-founder

Creative leadership. Real ownership.

From character artist to studio co-founder, Lisette examines ownership, funding, talent development, and AI—and what creators need to make meaningful work.

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Victoria Brown / Contra_Viction

Gaming creator

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Fighting games, retro consoles, and collecting become a distinctive creator identity. Victoria explores community, relationships, documentary ambitions, and local game stores.

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Danielle Udogaranya / Ebonix

Digital artist & creative technologist

Building the representation you want to see

From the Black hairstyles missing from The Sims to tools for developers: Danielle discusses self-taught skills, community, recognition, and representing Black people more accurately.

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Danny Peña & Riana Manuel-Peña

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Two careers. A shared future.

Danny and Riana explore supporting ambitious careers while building a marriage and family, choosing partnerships that reflect their values, and contributing to gaming in the Dominican Republic.

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Kahlief Adams

Founder, Spawn On Me & the Spawnies

Making cultural work sustainable

Kahlief reflects on personal investment, recognition, funding, and sustaining creative ambition while turning respected cultural work into a business.

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Lisette Titre-Montgomery

Art director & studio co-founder

Creative leadership. Real ownership.

From character artist to studio co-founder, Lisette examines ownership, funding, talent development, and AI—and what creators need to make meaningful work.

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Kendale King

Accounting, gaming & entrepreneurship

Build for your audience, not a follower count

Kendale connects accounting, entertainment, and DreamCon with business systems, financial decisions, and how fatherhood has changed his ambitions.

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CANNES LIONS · SIX PERSPECTIVES

What do we get wrong about success?

Six leaders challenge the idea that success is a finish line, with honest, personal perspectives from Cannes Lions.

Lynnwood A. Bibbens, Erika Bennett, Bernard Parker, Adrianne C. Smith, Jasper Hagan, and Karna Crawford.

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JASPER HAGAN · FULL COURT MARKETING

The small moments behind the big wins.

Jasper reflects on the decisions, sacrifices, and self-belief behind visible success—and giving yourself grace along the way.

A Black Game Pros Conversation with the founder and CEO of Full Court Marketing.

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Our ambition is to turn visibility into connection, shared knowledge, and opportunity.

Black Game Pros Sessions brings Black professionals across gaming, tech, media, and culture into candid conversation. Hosted by Leon Winkler, the series explores the work behind their achievements, the choices that shaped their journeys, and what they are building for others.

From a room at E3 to conversations across borders.

The Black Game Pros initiative began with the Black Game Pros Mixer at E3 in 2019, founded by Leon to connect Black talent in games. Today’s Sessions continue that purpose as an independent conversation platform.

We center Black professionals and emerging talent, welcoming curious viewers, community builders, and allies. The sessions are here now; a wider network of connection and opportunity is the ambition we’re building toward.

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