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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

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Lead Game Designer, Steel Wool Studios/Bit Bridge
Talent Development Lead at Savvy Games Group and Founder of "Dev, Play, Go!", Dev, Play, Go!
Technical Director, Meaning Machine
VP, Corporate Affairs, Coda
Co-Founder and CEO of Starvania Studio, Starvania Studio
CEO, Mindstorm Studios
Head of Games Growth & Monetization, Meta
Founder & CEO, GameLyft AI/Creative Distrix, GameLyft AI
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Steam Team/Communications, Valve
Writer/Voice Director, Truant Pixel
Professor of Software Engineering and Director of the HCI Lab, Alfaisal University
Founder and CEO of Nomadroid, Nomadroid Studio
Principal Software Engineer, Arm
Senior Corporate Counsel, Gaming, Microsoft Corp.
Site Director, Hidden Genius
Director of Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Design Director, NuChallenger
VP and GM of the Epic Games Store, Epic Games
Vice President of VC Portfolio Management at Merak Capital, Merak Capital
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Rovio
CEO/Founder, Warped Worlds
Senior Sound Designer, Teravision Games
General Manager, CounterPunch - A Virtuos Studio
Senior Character Artist, Embark Studios