The company behind EVE Online, Dust 514, EVE Valkyrie and Project Legion hold their own fan conference every year in Iceland. It's mostly fan-related stuff like discussions on the nitty-gritty of the underlying stats but they also have some keynotes that show upcoming projects.
There's also a good chance of a new CG trailer for the MMO which are always pretty.
(last year's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTUazuGdTw)
http://fanfest.eveonline.com/schedule
Possible events of note:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Friday and Saturday events are probably just Q&A. Holding out for Project Legion news also may be a longshot as a month or so ago the devs said this:
but on the other hand it's been a whole year since they showed anything and what they did show threw the existing Dust 514 fanbase into uproar over being ditched.
There's also a good chance of a new CG trailer for the MMO which are always pretty.
(last year's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTUazuGdTw)
http://fanfest.eveonline.com/schedule
Possible events of note:
Thursday
12:00 Opening Keynote: Welcome to Fanfest and the Future of VR
CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson welcomes you to Fanfest and then is joined by others in discussing the future of virtual reality at CCP. Includes an updated look at and information about EVE: Valkyrie and more!
13:00 DUST 514: Collected Learnings: Join the DUST 514 team for an in-depth discussion about community collaboration in development, data-driven balancing, and an overview of the current state of DUST 514; how we got here and where we are going.
14:00 EVE IP Development: Learn about what's happening in books, comics, ship models and other media for EVE. How do you think we should be expanding the EVE Universe so far? How could we improve?
15:00 Meet the Valkyries: The team representing EVE:Valkyrie at Fanfest introduces itself and goes into further detail on where the game is, where it's headed and what we´ll cover in the roundtables. The format of the Valkyrie tournament will also be explained and questions from the audience will be answered.
Friday
11:00 The Art of Valkyrie: Meet with the artists of Valkyrie and discuss the design of the EVE universe through the eyes of a fighter pilot.
14:00 Valkyrie Design and Audio: An open forum to chat with the Valkyrie design and audio teams, on topics from ship building to world creation. If that sounds like music to your ears, come on down for a discussion about all things Valkyrie!
Saturday
13:00 Valkyrie VR: What are the challenges of making EVE: Valkyrie a virtual reality game? Come have an open discussion with the developers working on the code, graphics, audio and user experience.
Friday and Saturday events are probably just Q&A. Holding out for Project Legion news also may be a longshot as a month or so ago the devs said this:
Hey guys,
We are not planning to make any announcements about or show anything new for DUST 514 or Project Legion at Fanfest,
but on the other hand it's been a whole year since they showed anything and what they did show threw the existing Dust 514 fanbase into uproar over being ditched.