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Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Adobe Developer Summit: Adobe Substance 3D Keynote (Presented by Adobe)

Sponsor Speakers: Wes McDermott  (Adobe), Jérémie Noguer  (Adobe), Valeria Gerontopoulos  (Adobe), Gio Nakpil  (Adobe)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Animation Summit: Stop Motion Southern Gothic: Animating 'South of Midnight'

Summit Speakers: Vincent Schneider  (Compulsion Games), Remi Edmond  (Compulsion Games), Sebastien Dussault  (Agora Studio), Mike Jungbluth  (Compulsion Games)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Future Realities Summit: Constructing the World of Purdan in 'Alien: Rogue Incursion'

Summit Speaker: Alexander Silkin  (Survios)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Game AI Summit: No Brakes! Machine Learning Vehicles in 'Star Wars Outlaws'

Summit Speakers: Andreas Lasses  (Massive Entertainment - a Ubisoft Studio), Colin Gaudreau  (Ubisoft Winnipeg)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:00am

Game Narrative Summit: Storytelling Through Systems: A Narrative Designer's Approach

Summit Speaker: Adam Dolin  (Independent)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Independent Games Summit: Fundraising Bootcamp: Legal and Business Considerations

Summit Speakers: Jon Loiterman  (Foundation Law Group LLP), Steven Lee  (Foundation Law Group, LLP)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Live Service Games Summit: The Year in Live Service Games

Summit Speakers: Steven Meretzky  (PeopleFun), Dave Rohrl  (Mobile Game Doctor Inc.), Scott Hartsman  (Independent)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Machine Learning Summit: SIMA: Developing General AI Agents with Video Games

Summit Speakers: Alexandre Moufarek  (Google DeepMind), Piermaria Mendolicchio  (Google DeepMind)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Tabletop Summit: Early-Access Tabletop: How Adapting Digital-Game Methods Built Arcs

Summit Speakers: Cole Wehrle  (Leder Games, Wehrlegig Games), Josh Yearsley  (Leder Games)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Designing for Digital Thriving: TIGG and the Digital Thriving Playbook (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speaker: Matthew Soeth  (Thriving in Games Group (TIGG))

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

The Future of Gaming Supported by AI: How Xbox is Empowering Players and Creators (Presented by Microsoft)

Sponsor Speakers: Fatima Kardar  (Microsoft), Sonali Yadav  (Microsoft)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Special Event

Format: Sponsored Session

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

UX Summit: UX Writing: A New(ish) Craft in Mobile Games

Summit Speaker: Patricia Gomez  (King)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Unity Developer Summit: The Unity Engine Roadmap (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speakers: Marc-André Ferguson  (Unity), Laurent Gibert  (Unity)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Visual Effects Summit: Are You Visually Literate? Crafting Clear and Satisfying VFX

Summit Speaker: Rachel Quitevis  (Beyond-FX)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 10:00am - 6:00pm

Game Design Workshop Day 1

Speakers: Marc LeBlanc  (Riot Games), Eleanor Todd  (Fablegate), Kellee Santiago  (E-Line Media), Geoffrey Marsi  (Riot Games), Samuel Villanueva  (Villains Creative), Jeb Havens  (Brainium), Stone Librande  (Riot Games), Andy Ashcraft  (Giantsdance Games / New York Film Academy), Frank Lantz  (Everybody House Games), Marcus Montgomery  (Microsoft), Lauren Scott  (Double Fine), Eben Myers  (Level Ex Games)

Location: Room 207, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Workshop

Monday, March 17 | 10:00am - 6:00pm

Storytelling Fundamentals Workshop

Speaker: Evan Skolnick  (Independent)

Location: Room 212, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Workshop

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

AI Innovation for Game Experiences: From Research to Prototyping (Presented by Microsoft)

Sponsor Speakers: Haiyan Zhang  (Microsoft), Katja Hofmann  (Microsoft)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Adobe Developer Summit: Layer by Layer: Texturing with Intent in Substance 3D (Presented by Adobe)

Sponsor Speaker: Kasita Wonowidjojo  (Digital Domain)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Animation Summit: Bones and Booleans: Microtalks

Summit Speakers: Frank Gordon  (That's No Moon), Max Gariepy  (That's No Moon)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Panel

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Community Management Summit: Social Media Microtalks: Authenticity from You and the Business "We"

Summit Speakers: Cindy Tran  (Obsidian Entertainment), Antonio Cara  (DeNA Corp.), Harper Jay MacIntyre  (Double Fine Productions Inc), Livvy Hall  (Xbox Game Studios Publishing), Megan Spurr  (Microsoft)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Panel

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Future Realities Summit: Creating a Martial Art in VR: The 'Broken Edge' Case

Summit Speaker: Guillaume Perreault Roy  (TREBUCHET)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Game AI Summit: Simulating the Perfect Organism in 'Alien: Rogue Incursion'

Summit Speaker: Eugene Elkin  (Survios)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Live Service Games Summit: Reinventing 'Candy Crush Soda' for the Next 10 years

Summit Speakers: Abigail Rindo  (King), Paul Hellier  (King)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Machine Learning Summit: 'Rainbow Six Siege': Operation Bots

Summit Speakers: Joshua Romoff  (Ubisoft), Alex Busby  (Ubisoft)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Tabletop Summit: Timeless Design Lessons from 25 Years of 'Duel Masters' TCG

Summit Speaker: Richard Zapp  (Wizards of the Coast)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Beyond Empathy: Frameworks for Embedding Prosocial Values in Games (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speaker: Adam Jerrett  (University of Portsmouth)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Noise or Insight? Five Tips to Get Real Player Feedback in Playtests! (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speakers: Joe Yu  (Tencent Games), Kristy Zheng  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Unity Developer Summit: Accelerating the Creation of your Competitive Multiplayer Game (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speakers: Esteban Enrique Maldonado Cabán  (Unity), Laurent Gibert  (Unity)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Visual Effects Summit: Redefining Physical VFX Systems

Summit Speaker: Igor Chiang  (Havok)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Game Narrative Summit: It's Not in the Writer's Manual: A Q&A Session for New Writers

Summit Speakers: Toiya Kristen Finley  (Schnoodle Media, LLC), Nessa Cannon  (Freelance), Michelle Clough  (Talespinners), Emily Short  (Independent), Ashley Ruhl  (Broadsword Online Games), Adanna Nedd  (Independent)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Panel

Monday, March 17 | 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Evolving Cloud Strategies for Developers (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speaker: Liam Deane  (Omdia)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Advanced Graphics Summit: From Myth to Reality: Full Ray Tracing Inside 'Black Myth: Wukong'

Summit Speaker: Xueqing Yang  (NVIDIA)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Animation Summit: Animating Leaders in 'Civilization VII': A Case Study

Summit Speakers: Chandrahas Tanguturi  (Firaxis Games), Keenan Nishi-Manely  (Firaxis Games)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Best Practices with 2D Workflows in Unity 6 (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speaker: Rus Scammell  (Unity)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming, Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Community Management Summit: A 'Palworld' Roller Coaster: Surviving the Drop

Summit Speaker: John Buckley  (Pocketpair)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Future Realities Summit:Solving VR Gaming's Visibility Crisis: Strategies for Reaching Mainstream Audiences

Summit Speakers: Jim Squires  (Freelance), Ryan McCaffrey  (IGN), Maeva Sponbergs  (Beyond Frames Entertainment), Stephanie Greenall  (Cake or Death)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Panel

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Game AI Summit: Techniques for Visualizing the Output Diversity of Generative Systems

Summit Speaker: Oliver Withington  (Intelligent Games and Games Intelligence CDT)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Game Narrative Summit: #Goals: Mission Writing in #BLUD

Summit Speaker: Gregory Lane  (Tin Heart Interactive)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Independent Games Summit: How to Plan for Audio as a Developer

Summit Speaker: Em Halberstadt  (A Shell in the Pit)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Independent Games Summit: Sex Sells! Or Does It? Making Top Quality Adult Games

Summit Speaker: HotPink  (HotPink Games)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Live Service Games Summit: One Billion Plays: The Next Generation Meets 'Sonic' on 'Roblox'

Summit Speaker: Joe Ferencz  (Gamefam)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Machine Learning Summit: Next-Gen Infrastructure for Scalable AI/ML

Summit Speakers: Wah Loon Keng  (Electronic Arts), Xin Gao  (Electronic Arts)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Tabletop Summit: Bringing 'Survivor' to Game Night: A Case Study in Adapting Film/TV to Mass Market Tabletop

Summit Speaker: Ian Clayman  (Exploding Kittens, Inc.)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: AI in Mobile Games: The Future of Anti-Cheat Innovation (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speaker: Wanglin Chen  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Large Scale PvP Level Design in DELTA FORCE (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speaker: Haiyang Dong  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

UX Summit: VR Is for Everyone: Designing Comfortable Virtual Reality

Summit Speaker: Tabby Rose  (Mighty Yell Studios)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Animation Summit: 2D Character Rigging in UE for Realtime Animation or MoCap

Summit Speaker: Meghdad Asadilari  (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Community Management Summit: 'Aggro' Your Community Manager

Summit Speaker: Paige Wilson  (AGGRO CRAB)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Game AI Summit: LLM as Core Gameplay: Co-Creative Storytelling in '1001 Nights'

Summit Speaker: Yuqian Sun  (Ada Eden)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Game Narrative Summit: Prepare Recording Scripts like a Pro

Summit Speaker: Ayesha Khan  (Ubisoft Reflections)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Independent Games Summit: Developing at 5mb per Year: The Making of 'Animal Well'

Summit Speaker: Billy Basso  (Shared Memory)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Independent Games Summit: Meetings Make Games! Fostering Empathy and Focus in Collaborative Discussion

Summit Speaker: Michelle Olson  (Banana Bird Studios)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Live Service Games Summit: From Anchors to Zeigarniks: A-Z of Behavioural Psychology in F2P

Summit Speaker: Tim Shepherd  (Metacore)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Tabletop Summit: 'Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread'

Summit Speakers: Ira Fay  (MIT), Cody Miller  (Far Off Games)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Delta Force: What Makes a Tactical Shooter (Presented by Developer Summit)

Sponsor Speaker: Olio  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

UX Summit: Designed to Scale: Optimizing Game UX for Cross-Platform Audiences

Summit Speaker: Jonathan Bieda  (VRChat)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Visual Effects Summit: VFX Tricks that Might Save Your Life

Summit Speaker: Bruno Afonseca  (Tuatara VFX)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 2:30pm - 6:00pm

Economic Policy and Ecosystem Workshop

Speakers: Jason Della Rocca  (Execution Labs), Kristian Roberts  (Nordicity), Per Stromback  (Dataspelsbranschen), Hugo Obi  (Maliyo Games), Chantelle Cole  (NZ On Air), Rik Leenknegt  (Flanders Game Hub), Rodrigo Carneiro  (AbraGames)

Location: Room 204, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Workshop

Monday, March 17 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Adobe Developer Summit: Helldivers 2: Diving into Biome Material Creation with a Tiny Team (Presented by Adobe)

Sponsor Speaker: Romain Lemaire  (Arrowhead Game Studios)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Future Realities Summit: Coming Home in Mixed Reality: Arguments At Our Dinner Table

Summit Speakers: Bernard Yee  (Windup Minds), Austin Grossman  (Windup Minds), Benjamin Vance  (Windup Minds), Jonathan Hamel  (Another Axiom), Laura Warner  (Nerd Ninjas)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Panel

Monday, March 17 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Unity Developer Summit: Stumbling into New Platforms: Taking 'Stumble Guys' to Console (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speaker: Jorge Martinez Vargas  (Scopely)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership, Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Animation Summit: Starting Over: Building a Game Animation Team at a New Studio

Summit Speaker: Hector Antunez  (Bit Reactor)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Community Management Summit:Graphic Design 101 for Community Managers

Summit Speaker: Catherine Litvaitis  (Independent)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Game AI Summit: Multiagent Planning for Large-Scale Narrative Content

Summit Speaker: Trevor Santarra  (Bitpart AI)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Game Narrative Summit: Black Centered Stories for Everyone

Speaker: Charles Beacham  (Afrime Studios)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Independent Games Summit: Funding a Sustainable Cooperative Indie Studio in the Apocalypse

Summit Speakers: Ty Underwood  (Lake Washington Institute of Technology), D. Squinkifer  (Soft Chaos), Jess Rowan Marcotte  (Soft Chaos Cooperative; QGCon)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Independent Games Summit: The Show Must Go On: Maximizing Your Game's Visibility with Online Festivals

Summit Speakers: Dana Trebella  (Spoke & Wheel Strategy), Derek Leiu  (Derek Lieu Creative)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Live Service Games Summit: Big BaaS Fishing

Summit Speaker: David Fox  (Double Coconut)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Tabletop Summit: Unveiling 'Blood on the Clocktower': Risky Social Game Design

Speaker: Steven Medway  (The Pandemonium Institute)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Shaping a Flourishing Gaming Community: Insights from the Trust and Safety in Gaming Whitepaper (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speakers: Matthew Soeth  (Thriving in Games Group (TIGG)), Yue Wang  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: The Creation of Delta Force Art Style: Cross-Platform Visual and Style Development (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speaker: William Liu  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

UX Summit: Mastering Player Engagement: The Dark Side of Game Psychology

Summit Speaker: Reine Abbas  (Wixel Studios/SpicaTech)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Visual Effects Summit: Math, but Make It Cute

Summit Speaker: Chih-Yu Hsieh  (Tuatara)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Community Management Summit: Rise of a Cult: Impact of Community on Unreleased Games

Summit Speaker: Karan Chhabra  (SuperGaming)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Game AI Summit: 'LEGO Horizon Adventures': Building Rawwsome Combat Gameplay with Robot Dinosaurs

Summit Speaker: David Wilson  (Studio Gobo)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Game Narrative Summit: By Any Other Name: A Linguist's Approach to Namecraft

Summit Speaker: Gerben Grave  (Multiverse Narratives)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Independent Games Summit: 'Bird': Developing a Game from Both Sides of a Prison Wall

Summit Speaker: Spencer Bambrick  (Entanglement Interactive)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Independent Games Summit: Free During Development: The Unusual Marketing and Development Strategy of 'Cosmoteer'

Summit Speaker: Walt Destler  (Walternate Realities)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Live Service Games Summit: Welcome Back, Tacticians: How 'Teamfight Tactics' Supports Returning Players

Summit Speaker: Peter Whalen  (Riot Games)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Tabletop Summit: Beyond the Rulebook: Innovations in Board Game Teachability and Learnability

Summit Speaker: Emma Larkins  (Independent)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: From Psychology to Behavior: Ensuring Player Safety and Rights in Gaming (Presented by Tencent Games Developer Summit)

Sponsor Speaker: Jie Zhou  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: The Inline RayTracing practice for Shadow and AO on Mobile (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speakers: Aron Lu  (Tencent Games), Wei Yao  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

UX Summit: From Dark Patterns to Fair Play: Ethical Game Design Solutions

Summit Speaker: Marie Potel-Saville  (Amurabi)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Visual Effects Summit: Approaching Embergen!

Summit Speaker: Dan Paynter  (Beyond-FX)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Advanced Graphics Summit: Revolutionizing Texture Pipelines: EA's Journey with Texture Sets

Summit Speaker: Martin Palko  (Electronic Arts (SEED))

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Machine Learning Summit: Enhancing Development with LLMs and Multimodal Retrieval in 'Call of Duty'

Summit Speaker: Lorant Mikolas  (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Unity Developer Summit: Performance Tips & Tricks from a Unity Consultant (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speaker: Nicolas Alejandro Borromeo  (Unity)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Community Management Summit: What to Do When Your Community Is Journalists

Summit Speaker: James Bartholomeou  (Renaissance PR)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Game AI Summit: Designing Emotions in 'Star Wars Outlaws' Gamblers NPC

Summit Speaker: Jean-Baptiste Siraudin  (Ubisoft)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Game Narrative Summit: Labor of Love: The Story of "Date Night" in 'Star Wars: The Old Republic'

Summit Speaker: Ashley Ruhl  (Broadsword Online Games)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Independent Games Summit: Content-Ready Game Development

Summit Speaker: Matt Hackett  (Valadria)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Independent Games Summit: Fostering a Culture of Clear Communication in Game Dev

Summit Speakers: Akash Thakkar  (Thakkar Audio LLC), Ryan Ike  (Independent), Charlie Harper  (Ironwood Studios/ Co-op Kitchen/ Lucky Tree Studios), Jess Erion  (Lucky Tree Studio / Independent), Ziyad Duron  (Schell Games / Co-op Kitchen)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Live Service Games Summit: How To Survive Your First Launch: A Community Manager's Guide

Summit Speaker: Lynn Richter  (Velan Studios)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:40pm

Tabletop Summit: From Cardboard to Pixels: The Challenges and Rewards

Summit Speakers: Krzysztof Zarczynski  (Monster Couch), Theresa Duringer  (Temple Gates Games), Scott Martins  (Dire Wolf), Cole Wehrle  (Leder Games / Wehrlegig Games)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Panel

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:40pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Designing for Safety: Industry Insights on Combating Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Gaming (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speakers: Kay Chau  (Tech Coalition), Anne Hobson  (Meta Platforms, Inc.), Paul Sanders  (Sony Interactive Entertainment), Chris Marino  (Roblox), Holly Lawrence  (Twitch)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: Want a Successful GaaS? Make Sure to Master UA Technology (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speakers: Feyman  (Tencent Games), Hannah  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

UX Summit: Mind Over Mechanics: Using Cognitive Science to Enhance Game Development

Summit Speaker: Vanessa Hemovich  (Digipen Institute of Technology)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Visual Effects Summit: The Marriage of GPU and CPU Particles: Creating VFX by Combining the Visual Effects Graph and the Built-in Particle System in Unity 3D

Summit Speakers: Shaoyong (Abel) Zhang  (Funplus games), Yongchao Wen  (Funplus Games), Jinghua Jiang  (Funplus Games), Chenlin Tong  (Funplus Games)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

A Bloody Mess: The Implementation of Cleaning in The WereCleaner (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speakers: Levi Pinkert  (The WereCleaner), Cameron Gomez  (The WereCleaner)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design, Independent Games

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Advanced Graphics Summit: 'Marvel Rivals': Creating a Real-Time Interactive Dr. Strange's Portal

Summit Speaker: Tieyi Zhang  (Netease Games)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Community Management Summit: Oh No! Your Post Reached the Wrong Audience

Summit Speaker: Bryce Riley  (Electronic Arts)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Game AI Summit: Growing an AI Director into a Full Adventure Director

Summit Speaker: Marie Mejerwall  (Mejerwall Consulting)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Game Narrative Summit: Creating Playable Stories: Approaches for Integrating Mechanics and Narrative

Summit Speaker: Lauren Bond  (Wizards of the Coast)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Independent Games Summit: 'The Crush House': Fresh Gameplay Inspired By The Real World

Summit Speaker: Nicole He  (Independent)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Independent Games Summit: Marketing Your Game Under the New Steam Rules

Summit Speaker: Chris Zukowski  (How To Market A Game)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Live Service Games Summit: The Untapped Future and Opportunities of Free-To-Play

Summit Speaker: Mika Tammenkoski  (Metacore)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Machine Learning Summit: Fitting Armor Assets in 'World of Warcraft' with Deep Learning

Summit Speaker: Zhen Zhai  (Blizzard Entertainment)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Tencent Games Developer Summit: The Procedural Way: Bring Ancient Chinese Capital "Xian Yang" Back to Life (Presented by Tencent Games)

Sponsor Speakers: Yuqing Chen  (Tencent Games), Guo Yu  (Tencent Games)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design, Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Monday, March 17 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

UX Summit: Making the World Playful: The Importance of Accessible Mobile Games

Summit Speaker: Emilio Jeldrez  (King)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Arm Developer Summit: Arm Opening Keynote - Introducing Arm Accuracy Super Resolution and What's New in Arm GPUs (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speakers: Lisa Sheckleford  (Arm), Philip Garcia  (Arm)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Art Direction Summit: 'LEGO Horizon Adventures': Bringing the World to Life, Brick by Brick!

Summit Speakers: James Charlick  (Studio Gobo), Rich Court  (Studio Gobo)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Audio Summit:'Star Wars Outlaws': Diegetic Music as a Tool for World Building and Authenticity

Summit Speaker: Cody Matthew Johnson  (Emperia Sound and Music)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Autodesk Developer Summit: Leveling Up Creative Workflows with AI

Sponsor Speaker: Hilmar Koch  (Autodesk)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Visual Arts, Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Community Clubhouse Developer Summit: Bots Costs $ (Presented by Community Clubhouse)

Sponsor Speakers: Andrew Hogan  (Intorqa), Alon Dayan  (Quago)

Location: Esplanade 158, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Educators Summit: Game Professor Help Desk

Summit Speakers: John Sharp  (The New School), Jose Zagal  (University of Utah), Mia Consalvo  (Concordia University), Kishonna Gray  (University of Michigan), Katherine Isbister  (UC Santa Cruz), Emma Westcott  (OCAD University)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Educators

Format: Panel

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Future Realities Summit: Entering the Omniverse: The 'Dimensional Double Shift' Postmortem

Summit Speaker: Andrew Eiche  (Owlchemy Labs Inc)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Game AI Summit: Combining GOAP and MBTs to Create NPCs' Behaviors for 'Kingdom Come: Deliverance II'

Summit Speaker: Matej Marko  (Warhorse studios)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:00am

Game Narrative Summit: Get Serious About Writing Tools

Summit Speaker: Jurie Horneman  (Half Mermaid Productions)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Independent Games Summit: Comedy Through Patterns (How to Structure a Funny Video Game)

Summit Speaker: Tanat Boozayaangool  (Tan Ant Games)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Independent Games Summit: Microtalks: Solving Production Problems

Summit Speakers: Jen Costa  (Uken Games), Shahrin Khan  (Visai Games), Kaitlin Smith  (Capybara Games)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Level Design Summit: 'Silent Hill 2': The Mystery of the Remake

Summit Speaker: Anna Oporska-Szybisz  (Bloober Team)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Live Service Games Summit: Mass Engagement Winning Strategies: The 15M Player Tournament of 'Candy Crush Saga'

Summit Speakers: Margaux Diaz  (King), Roberto Kusabbi  (King)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Meta Developer Summit: Develop your next title in VR / MR for Meta Quest and Meta Horizon OS (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speakers: Dilmer Valecillos  (Meta), Ionut Zolti  (Meta), Mike Lamprinos  (Meta)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:00am

Solana Foundation Developer Summit: Beyond the Tokens: Exploring Blockchain's Role in Game Development (Presented by Solana Foundation)

Sponsor Speaker: Jerry Li  (Solana Foundation)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design, Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Technical Artist Summit: 'LEGO Horizon Adventures': Procedural Optimizing

Summit Speaker: Simon Verstraete  (Studio Gobo)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 11:50am

Thriving Players Summit: Prosocial Design Workshop

Summit Speakers: Natasha Miller  (Blizzard Entertainment), Weszt Hart  (Riot Games)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Workshop

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Tools Summit: Unlocking Hidden Value: UX Behind the Final Product, the CDPR Way

Summit Speaker: Anna Nojek  (CD PROJEKT RED)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Unity Developer Summit: Graphics Rendering: Getting the Best Performance with Unity 6.1 (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speakers: Elad Damian Nachman  (Unity), Mathieu Muller  (Unity)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming, VR/AR

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 9:30am - 10:30am

Xsolla Developer Summit: The Industry: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going (Presented by Xsolla)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:00am - 6:00pm

Game Design Workshop Day 2

Speakers: Marc LeBlanc  (Riot Games), Kellee Santiago  (E-Line Media), Geoffrey Marsi  (Riot Games), Samuel Villanueva  (Villains Creative), Jeb Havens  (Brainium), Stone Librande  (Riot Games), Andy Ashcraft  (Giantsdance Games / New York Film Academy), Frank Lantz  (Everybody House Games), Eleanor Todd  (Fablegate), Marcus Montgomery  (Microsoft), Lauren Scott  (Double Fine), Eben Myers  (Level Ex Games)

Location: Room 207, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Workshop

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:00am - 6:00pm

Production Workshop: An In Depth Guide to Solving Tough, Real World Production Problems

Speakers: Charu Desodt  (Interior Night), Dave Ranyard  (Dream Reality Interactive), Fleur Marty  (Ubisoft)

Location: Room 212, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Workshop

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:00am - 10:30am

Solana Foundation Developer Summit: Crypto: The Good Parts (Presented by Solana Foundation)

Sponsor Speaker: Adam Gomez  (Portals)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:00am - 6:00pm

The Climate Crisis Workshop

Speakers: Grant Shonkwiler  (Shonkventures LLC), Trevin York  (Dire Lark), Paula Angela Escuadra  (Microsoft / Xbox), Jennifer Estaris  (ustwo games), Arnaud Fayolle  (Ubisoft)

Location: Room 204, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Workshop

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:20am

Arm Developer Summit: Tips, Tricks, and Tools to Build the Ultimate Mobile Gaming Experiences (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speakers: Roberto Lopez-Mendez  (Arm), Tim Johansson  (GOALS), Ellie Bramer  (Arm)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Art Direction Summit: 'Angry Birds' and AI in Practice: Finding Our Own Way

Summit Speaker: Tatu Petersen-Jessen  (Rovio Entertainment)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Audio Summit: Creating Believable Worlds with Ambience

Summit Speaker: Malin Arvidsson  (Massive Entertainment – a Ubisoft Studio)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Autodesk Developer Summit: The Magic Behind Baldur's Gate 3: Pipeline Efficiency Enabled by Production Management Tools (Presented by Autodesk)

Sponsor Speaker: Sriranjani Parthasarathy  (Larian Studios)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership, Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Breaking the Community Clubhouse Developer Summit: Productivity Trap: Reimagining Game Development in the AI Era (Presented by Community Clubhouse)

Sponsor Speaker: Vered Horesh  (BRIA)

Location: Esplanade 158, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership, Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Educators Summit: Teaching Games with Games IX: Climate Crisis

Summit Speakers: Patrick LeMieux  (University of California, Davis), Stephanie Boluk  (University of California, Davis), Ben Abraham  (AfterClimate), Katherine Buse  (University of Chicago), Alenda Chang  (University of California, Santa Barbara), Pablo Quarta  (Matajuegos), Bart Simon  (Concordia University)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Educators

Format: Panel

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Future Realities Summit: XR for All: Accessibility Insights from 'Walkabout Mini Golf' and 'Dimensional Double Shift'

Summit Speakers: Colby Morgan  (Mighty Coconut), Jazmin Cano  (Owlchemy Labs)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Game AI Summit: Delivering a Novel Abstract AI System in a AAA 4X Game

Summit Speaker: Will Smith Chambers  (Oxide Games)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Game Narrative Summit: Built in Layers: (Re)Creating History with the Narrative System in 'Civilization VII'

Summit Speakers: Cat Manning  (Firaxis), Nell Raban  (Firaxis), Andrew Johnson  (Firaxis), Finn Taylor  (Firaxis Games)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Panel

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Gaming Reimagined: Mobile's Impact on Play Today (Presented by King)

Sponsor Speakers: Todd Green  (King), Paula Ingvar  (King)

Location: Room 2000, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Sponsored Session

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Independent Games Summit: Creating a Handcrafted Game: 'Harold Halibut' Postmortem

Summit Speakers: Onat Hekimoglu  (Slow Bros. GmbH), Ole Tillmann  (Slow Bros. GmbH)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Level Design Summit: The Unusual Level Design for 'Tactical Breach Wizards'

Summit Speaker: Steve Lee  (Half Mermaid)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Live Service Games Summit: Survey Says... Don't Waste My Time!

Summit Speaker: Linda Carlson  (Arise Gaming)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Meta Developer Summit: Mastering Meta Horizon Worlds creation (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speaker: Jordan Thiel  (Meta)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:20am

Solana Foundation Developer Summit: Everything Everywhere All at Once: Stitching a Cohesive Experience Across Game Modes (Presented by Solana Foundation)

Sponsor Speaker: Michael Wagner  (Star Atlas)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Technical Artist Summit: 'Dragon's Dogma 2': The Hidden World of Rigging and Cloth Simulation

Summit Speaker: Petr Zapotocky  (Capcom)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Tools Summit: Nodes and Native Code: DECIMA's Visual Programming for Every Discipline

Summit Speaker: Bryan Keiren  (Guerrilla)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Unity Developer Summit: Getting Dredge to Look Great and Run Cool on Mobile (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speaker: Joe Cruz  (Unity)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 10:50am - 11:50am

Xsolla Developer Summit: The Scariest Threat in Mobile Gaming: Losing Control of Your Players (Presented by Xsolla)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 11:50am - 1:20pm

Audio Summit: Lunchtime Surgeries

Summit Speakers: Dillan Schmitz  (King Aurorus Music), Robin Butel  (Demute), Mathieu Lavoie  (Side Global), Anthony Hales  (Side Global), Crystal Lee  (Schell Games), Malin Arvidsson  (Massive Entertainment – a Ubisoft Studio), Fei Guo  (NetEase Games), Michelle Auyoung  (Obsidian Entertainment), Cody Matthew Johnson  (Emperia Sound and Music)

Location: Room 3000, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Special Event

Tuesday, March 18 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Arm Developer Summit: Roundtable – Artificial Intelligence Serves Natural Intelligence in Games (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speakers: Stefana Simion  (Arm), Professor Tim Bates  (https://thegodfatheroftech.com/), David Sena  (Natural Motion)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Game Narrative Summit: Game Narrative Review Competition Winners: Poster Analysis

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Special Event

Tuesday, March 18 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Next-Gen Tech Forum: Generative AI's Honeymoon Is Over: What's Working for Developers Today? (Presented by Invoke)

Sponsor Speaker: Kent Keirsey  (Invoke)

Location: Room 3009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Sponsored Session

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Arm Developer Summit: Profiling and Optimizing Godot Engine for Mobile With Arm Performance Studio (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speakers: Clay John  (Godot Foundation and W4 Games), Ian Bolton  (Arm)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Art Direction Summit: Saving Your Gameplay Feedback Through Art Direction

Summit Speaker: Sarah Robinson  (Behaviour Interactive)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Audio Summit: Audio with Intent: A Creative Framework for Communicating Gameplay Information

Summit Speaker: Robin Butel  (Demute)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Autodesk Developer Summit: Unleashing Creativity: Building Artist-Friendly Pipeline Tools and Workflows (Presented by Autodesk)

Sponsor Speaker: Chunyi LIU  (LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Community Clubhouse Developer Summit: D2C X-Ray Vision: What Top Publishers Do to Scale Web Shop Success. (Presented by Community Clubhouse)

Sponsor Speakers: David Vogelpohl  (FastSpring), Justin Sacks  (Nexus), Chip Thurston  (FastSpring), Jason Dauenhauer  (Keywords Studios)

Location: Esplanade 158, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Future Realities Summit:How 'Party Versus' is Reimagining Social Spaces for MR

Summit Speakers: Joey Ziolkowski  (Schell Games), María Laura Mirabelli Jimenez  (Gensler)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Game AI Summit: The History of Game AI: From Rule-Based to Deep Learning

Summit Speaker: Youichiro Miyake  (SQUARE ENIX)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Game Narrative Summit: Heartthrobs and Heartaches: Creating Truly Irresistible Love Interests

Summit Speakers: Andrew Shvarts  (Candlelight Games), Megan Schwarz  (Candlelight Games)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Independent Games Summit: The Intricate Web of Relationships: Indigenous-Centered Design

Summit Speakers: Mary (waabishkiimiigwan) Hermes  (Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia), Anangookwe Hermes-Roach  (Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia), Renee Nejo  (GIM), Joshua Herron  (Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia), Steve Zimmerman  (Eline Media), Jennifer Estaris  (ustwo games)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Panel

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Independent Games Summit: What Even is 1.0?: Indefinite Early Access and Live Development

Summit Speakers: Tanya X. Short  (Kitfox Games), Tarn Adams  (Bay 12 Games), Jason Grinblat  (Freehold Games), Alexandra Orlando  (Kitfox Games), Daniel Fedor  (Blue Bottle Games)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Panel

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Level Design Summit: Fostering Exploration: 15 Ways to Encourage Open World Engagement

Summit Speaker: Cameron Williams  (Absurd Ventures)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Live Service Games Summit: Anatomy of a Hit Word Game: 'Wordscapes Solitaire' Postmortem

Summit Speakers: Steven Meretzky  (PeopleFun), Theodore McCormick  (PeopleFun)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Live Service Games

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Machine Learning Summit: Twitch Chat Safety: Scalable and Personalized Moderation with Deep Learning

Summit Speaker: Linda Liu  (Twitch)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Meta Developer Summit: Merge realities, multiply wonder: Expert guidance on mixed reality development (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speaker: Kirk Barker  (Meta)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Solana Foundation Developer Summit: Making the Leap from Web2 to Web3 (Presented by Solana Foundation)

Sponsor Speakers: Jon "stuntgibbon" Lenaway  (Right Trigger Entertainment), Johnny Aurory  (Aurory), Ian Cummings  (Third Time Games)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Special Event

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Technical Artist Summit: 'LEGO Horizon Adventures': An Approach to Cinematics

Summit Speaker: Andrea Zanelli  (Studio Gobo Ltd.)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Thriving Players Summit: The Greenheart Way: Designing for Presence Without Intrusion

Summit Speaker: Lucas Johnson  (Silverstring Media Inc.)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 2:20pm

Unity Developer Summit: Immersive Experiences: Building Cross-Platform Mixed Reality (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speakers: Andy Biar  (Unity), Matt Schoen  (Unity)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming, VR/AR

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 1:20pm - 1:50pm

Xsolla Developer Summit: Xsolla Pay - Powering Payments, P(l)ay by New Rules (Presented by Xsolla)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Arm Developer Summit: Breaking Into AI: Essential Skills for the Next Generation of Game Designers and Industry Leaders (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speaker: Kai Qin  (Tencent)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design, Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Audio Summit: Beyond the Booth: Creative Voice Recording and Performance Design

Summit Speakers: Mathieu Lavoie  (Side Global), Anthony Hales  (Side Global)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Educators Summit: Sketchbooking and Visual Analysis in the Game Design Classroom

Summit Speaker: Christopher Totten  (Kent State University/Pie for Breakfast Studios)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Educators

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Future Realities Summit: VR Multiplayer Mayhem: Unique Solutions to Challenges at VRCAVE

Summit Speaker: Nathaniel Rossol  (VRCAVE)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Game AI Summit: Walking in Circles: Using the Corridor Map Method for Faster Pathfinding

Summit Speaker: Tobias Karlsson  (Respawn Entertainment)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Game Narrative Summit: Skip the Filler, Hit the Thrillers: Crafting Compelling Characters in Linear Narrative of 'Evil West'

Summit Speaker: Maria Borys-Piatkowska  (Flying Wild Hog)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Meta Developer Summit: Monetization success for Meta Horizon worlds creators (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speaker: David Harris  (Meta)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Solana Foundation Developer Summit: De-risking Live Ops with a Decentralized Backend (Presented by Solana Foundation)

Sponsor Speaker: Jon Radoff  (Beamable)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Special Event

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Thriving Players Summit: Navigating Cross-Industry Player Safety Partnerships: Insights from the Zero Harm in Comms Frontline

Speakers: Jonathan Cheng  (Riot Games), Nicolas Grenon-Godbout  (Ubisoft)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:10pm - 2:40pm

Xsolla Developer Summit: Breaking the Myths: The Truth About Measuring UX & Player Acquisition in Mobile Games (Presented by Xsolla)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Art Direction Summit: AAA Art at Scale: Getting Quality Results from External Partners

Summit Speaker: Andrew Silver  (Wild Blue Studios)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Autodesk Developer Summit: Power up your game development workflow with Bifrost for Maya (Presented by Autodesk)

Sponsor Speaker: Guillaume Laforge  (Autodesk)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership, Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Beyond the Hype: Real-World Applications of Google AI in Gaming (Presented by Google)

Sponsor Speakers: Jetha Chan  (Google DeepMind), Ju-yeong Ji  (Google DeepMind), Ishan Sharma  (Google)

Location: Room 2000, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design

Format: Sponsored Session

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Community Clubhouse Developer Summit: Less Disruption, More Engagement: Unpacking Anti-Toxicity Strategy and Technology in 'Call of Duty' (Presented by Community Clubhouse)

Sponsor Speakers: Mark Frumkin  (Modulate), Grant Cahill  (Activision)

Location: Esplanade 158, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Independent Games Summit: Gameplay System Design for Indies Microtalks: A Soapbox

Summit Speakers: Monica Fan  (Pipeworks Studios), Damien Crawford  (Cannibal Interactive), Jakub Kasztalski  (Unbound Creations), Scott Fine  (Skydance Interactive), Nat Loh  (Independent), Joe Quadara  (Recurver Consulting, Lunar Lunchbox)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Level Design Summit: From 'Skyrim' and 'Fallout' to Solo Dev: Creating 'The Axis Unseen'

Summit Speaker: Nathan Purkeypile  (Just Purkey Games)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Technical Artist Summit: Crafting Seamless Level Transitions in 'Star Wars Outlaws'

Summit Speakers: Ricardo Silva  (Massive Entertainment - A Ubisoft Studio), Martin Kulig  (Massive Entertainment - A Ubisoft Studio)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Tools Summit: A Series of Microtalks About Spreadsheets

Summit Speakers: Guillaume Pierre  (Magic Fuel Games), Nathan Harling  (EA Maxis), Russ Fan  (Independent), Lauren Scott  (Double Fine), Tyler Coleman  (Ludo Systems Inc.), Tomo Moriwaki  (Hyperkinetic Studios)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm

Unity Developer Summit: Building Fear: The Tech Behind Phasmophobia (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speaker: Benjamin Lavender  (Kinetic Games)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design, Independent Games

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Arm Developer Summit: Tips, Tricks, and Tools to Build the Ultimate Mobile Gaming Experiences (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speakers: Patrick Wang  (Arm), Shihchin Weng  (MediaTek), Jai Schrem  (Arm)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Audio Summit: Bringing the Party Home: Designing Audio for Mixed Reality

Summit Speaker: Crystal Lee  (Schell Games)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Educators Summit: Cup of Tea: Cozy Design in a Game, Course and Community

Summit Speaker: Melissa Kagen  (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Educators

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Game AI Summit: Navigating Expansive Worlds: Implementing Custom Large World Support in Unreal

Summit Speaker: Richard Kogelnig  (Havok)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Game Narrative Summit: Sex Or Death: Achieving Satisfying Midpoints in Interactive Narratives

Summit Speaker: Amy-Leigh Shaw  (Sweet Baby Inc)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Machine Learning Summit: Developing a Stats-Based Anti-Cheat Framework for 'Rainbow Six Siege'

Summit Speaker: Bettina Hein  (Ubisoft Entertainment)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Meta Developer Summit: Building a tabletop MR game fast: The Battlenauts case study (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speaker: Martin Ashford  (Popup Asylum)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Thriving Players Summit: Bringing the "Outside" In

Summit Speakers: Bria Davis  (Young Horses), Maria Beck  (Sweet Baby, Inc.), Coby West  (Independent), Colin McInerney  (Independent), Jay Justice  (Independent)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Xsolla Developer Summit: Game Funding Nightmares: What Not to Do (and How to Get It Right) (Presented by Xsolla)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Arm Developer Summit: AI Coaching in MOBA Games: A Case Study With Honor of Kings (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speaker: Wenxi Zhu  (Tencent)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design, Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Audio Summit: Understanding Game Audio Programming and How I Got There

Summit Speaker: Michelle Auyoung  (Obsidian Entertainment)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Educators Summit: Preparing Students for the Worst: Layoffs, Contract Work and More

Summit Speaker: Tyler Coleman  (Retora Games)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Educators

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Game AI Summit: The Human Cost of Generative AI

Summit Speaker: Rez Graham  (Independent)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Game Narrative Summit: My OC Writes IP: How Fanfiction Primes Us for Established Franchises

Summit Speaker: Emma Kidwell  (Firaxis)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Meta Developer Summit: The power of analytics in game development for Meta Horizon Worlds (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speakers: Ben Miller-Hepburn  (Meta), Brad McAuley  (Meta)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Solana Foundation Developer Summit: Forging Autonomous Worlds: Powering Fully Onchain Game States (Presented by Solana Foundation)

Sponsor Speaker: Andrea Fortugno  (Magicblock Labs)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Thriving Players Summit: It's Okay to Slow Down

Summit Speakers: Tim Nixon  (thatgamecompany), Atlas Chen  (thatgamecompany)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 3:50pm - 4:20pm

Xsolla Developer Summit: Gaming in 2030: The Future of Play. (Presented by Xsolla)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Art Direction Summit: Breaking Out of the Comfort Zone: A Journey from AAA to Indie Development

Summit Speaker: Sebastien Primeau  (Yellow Brick Games)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Autodesk Developer Summit: Animation Workflow Hacks for Seamless Game Engine Integration (Presented by Autodesk)

Sponsor Speaker: Alex Alex Ferreira Simoes  (Riot Games)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership, Visual Arts

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Community Clubhouse Developer Summit: Magic Potion Games: A Club Penguin for the Next Generation (Presented by Community Clubhouse)

Sponsor Speakers: Anna Wright  (Niantic Labs), Karin Johnson  (Magic Potion Games), Stephen MacDonald  (Magic Potion Games)

Location: Esplanade 158, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership, Production & Team Leadership

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Independent Games Summit: Hitting the Bullseye: Crafting a Winning Strategy for Targeting Creators and Press

Summit Speakers: Jenny Windom  (Ivy Road), Dana Trebella  (Spoke & Wheel Strategy)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Panel

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Independent Games Summit: Indie Soapbox

Summit Speakers: Lisy Kane  (CULT Games), Teddy Dief  (Independent)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Independent Games

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Level Design Summit: How Narrative Design Can Align Level Design and Art Around Themes & Tone

Summit Speaker: Lauryn Ash  (Undead Labs)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Machine Learning Summit: Machine Learning Aimbot Detection in 'Call of Duty'

Summit Speakers: Haleema Sheraz  (Activision (Microsoft)), Mathew Varghese  (Activision (Microsoft))

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:10pm - 5:10pm

Unity Developer Summit: Elevating the Ad Experience: A Playbook for Building Trust & Safety (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speaker: Scott Menzer  (Unity)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:20pm - 4:50pm

Meta Developer Summit: Meta Horizon Start Developer Story: Sugar Madness (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speaker: Andrei Gamurar  (Jolly Co. LLC)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: VR/AR

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Arm Developer Summit: Unreal Engine for Mobile Game Development (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speaker: Arvind Neelakantan  (Epic Games)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Audio Summit: Maintaining Musical Integrity (When Working with Clients)

Summit Speaker: Dillan Schmitz  (King Aurorus Music)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Educators Summit: Your School's Secret Weapon: Fostering Game Development Clubs

Summit Speakers: Innes Aitken  (Abertay University), Allyssa De La Torre  (Independent), Anastasia Naydina  (CSUN), Jonah Ryan  (University of California Santa Cruz), Tad Leckman  (University of California Santa Cruz)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Educators

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Game AI Summit: Possibilistic Logic Use in Game AI Architecture

Summit Speaker: Braeden Warnick  (Inworld AI)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Game Narrative Summit: Burning Bright: Keeping Narrative Creative Momentum in Intense Production Cycles

Summit Speaker: Olga Kellner  (Owlcat Games)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Solana Foundation Developer Summit: Not As Hard As It Seems: Building Blocks for Web3 Game Development (Presented by Solana Foundation)

Sponsor Speaker: Juan Pablo (JP) Bedoya  (Honeycomb Protocol)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Special Event

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Thriving Players Summit: Expanding Player Impact in Social Spaces

Summit Speaker: Andreia Goncalves  (EA)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Tools Summit: Mission Kontrol: Revolutionizing Combat Testing for 'Mortal Kombat 1'

Summit Speaker: Etienne Palmer-Campbell  (NetherRealm Studios)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 4:40pm - 5:10pm

Xsolla Developer Summit: Influencers in Gaming: Hype, Hustle, or Huge ROI? (Presented by Xsolla)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Arm Developer Summit: Prize Draw and Networking (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speaker: Gemma Platt  (Arm)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Special Event

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Audio Summit: The Impact of 'Marvel Rivals': Real-Time Sound Mixing in the Gaming Experience

Summit Speaker: Fei Guo  (NetEase Games)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Community Clubhouse Developer Summit: The Ripple Effects of Great Tooling: why the Developer Experience Matters to Everyone (Presented by Community Clubhouse)

Sponsor Speakers: Josh Loveridge  (Stratton Studios), Matt Ellis  (JetBrains), Justin Marc Miersch  (314 Arts), Antonio Rafael Antunes Miranda  (Sirenix)

Location: Esplanade 158, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Educators Summit: Educator Soapbox

Summit Speakers: Nina Feng  (University of Utah), Jim Huntley  (University of Southern California, Interactive Media & Games Division), Ian Schreiber  (Independent), Robert Yang  (Grapefruit Games)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Educators

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Game AI Summit: The Simplest AI Trick in the Book

Summit Speakers: Jonathan Martin  (IO Interactive), Rez Graham  (Independent)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Game Narrative Summit: Ghosts on the Airwaves: Caring About Unseen Characters in 'Pacific Drive'

Summit Speaker: Karrie Shirou Shao  (Pacific Drive / Ironwood Studios)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Level Design Summit: Level Design in a Galaxy Far Far Away: 'Star Wars: Hunters'

Summit Speaker: Leonard Mah  (NaturalMotion)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Machine Learning Summit: Behind the Platform: Deploying ML for Voice Safety

Summit Speakers: Kiran Bhat  (Roblox), Hannes Heikinheimo  (Roblox)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Meta Developer Summit: Can AI make your game better? (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speaker: Yelena Rachitsky  (Meta)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Game Career Development

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Solana Foundation Developer Summit: Getting Hands-On: Build a Web3 Game in 30 Minutes (Presented by Solana Foundation)

Sponsor Speaker: Jonas Hahn  (Solana Foundation)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Special Event

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Technical Artist Summit: Practical Applications of Object Oriented Programming in Technical Art

Speaker: Muhammad Bin Tahir Mir  (Naughty Dog)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Thriving Players Summit: Avoiding Toxic Positivity in Games for Emotional Well-Being

Summit Speaker: Hannah C. Gunderman  (Lumi Interactive)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Tools Summit: Designing Extensibility for EA’s Submission Tool CheckMate

Summit Speaker: Byron Mayne  (Electronic Arts)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Unity Developer Summit: Player-First Monetization: How Metacore Balances Engagement & Revenue (Presented by Unity)

Sponsor Speakers: Franco Spina  (Unity), Eric Bolitho  (Metacore)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Design

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Tuesday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Xsolla Developer Summit: WTF: Web3, Tokens and Fun! (Presented by Xsolla)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsor Developer Summit

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

"From Symphony to Scoundrel": Adaptive Music in 'Star Wars: Outlaws'

Speaker: Wilbert Roget  (RogetMusic)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

'Avowed' Branching Narratives: Shifting from QA Testing to Analyzing

Speaker: David Benefield  (Obsidian Entertainment)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

'Balatro': Turning Low Resolution into High Praise

Speaker: Wout van Halderen  (Playstack)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

'Helldivers 2': Capturing Lightning in a Bottle

Speaker: Johan Pilestedt  (Arrowhead Game Studios AB)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

'Honkai: Star Rail': Reimagining RPGs for Mass Audiences and Broad Appeal

Speaker: Chengnan An  (HoYoverse)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Animation Roundtables Day 1

Speakers: Euna Park  (That's No Moon), Shayna Moon  (Sanzaru Games)

Location: Room 306, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Automated Testing Roundtables Day 1: Process

Speaker: Andrew Fray  (Studio Enso)

Location: Room 312, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Cybersecurity Challenges in Modern Game Development (Presented by Denuvo by Irdeto)

Sponsor Speakers: Mark Mulready  (Irdeto), Thomas Goebl  (2K Games)

Location: Room 2000, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy, Advocacy

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Designing 10,000 Handcrafted Puzzles for 'Islands of Insight'

Speaker: Elyot Grant  (Lunarch Studios Inc.)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Entities and Bricks: The Building Blocks of 'Hitman'

Speaker: Kasper Fauerby  (IO Interactive)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Evolving Worlds from the Crumbling Chaos: The Art Led Approach of 'Darkest Dungeon 2's' Procedural Generation System

Speakers: Marielle Fox  (Red Hook Studios), Colin Towle  (2Blocks)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Freelancers and Independent Contractors Roundtable Day 1

Speakers: Toiya Kristen Finley  (Schnoodle Media, LLC), Souha Al-Samkari  (Truant Pixel, LLC)

Location: Room 308, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

How AI is Reshaping Hiring and Interviewing Roundtable (Presented by the IGDA)

Speaker: Strider Agostinelli  (LiveArena Technologies & AI SIG)

Location: Room 301, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Legal Roundtable: Navigating Kids' Online Privacy and Safety Laws in the Video Games Industry (Presented by the IGDA)

Speaker: Paul Lanois  (Fieldfisher / Legal SIG Chair)

Location: Room 304, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Leveling Up Impact: How to Improve KPIs Through Purposeful Play

Speakers: Mathias Gredal Norvig  (SYBO), Lisa Pak  (United Nations Environment Programme), Jennifer Estaris  (ustwo games)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Panel

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Leveling Up: How to Spec for Technical Leadership

Speaker: Zacariah Litton  (The Believer Company)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Live Service Games for the Modern Web: 'Dojo Islands'

Speaker: Brian Cronin  (ClassDojo)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Making Delightful Tools for Sustainable Small-Team Development

Speaker: Isadora Rodopoulos  (Coldblood Inc.)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Prismatic People: Queer Narratives Beyond Romance

Speakers: Adanna Nedd  (Independent), Dani Lalonders  (Independent), Sena Bryer  (Akupara Games), Nessa Cannon  (Independent), Geneva Heyward  (Dreamyard Project)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Panel

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

The Synthesizer Plugins of 'COCOON'

Speaker: Jakob Schmid  (Geometric Interactive)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio, Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Tool Design Roundtable Day 1: Design and UX

Speaker: Robin-Yann Storm  (Independent)

Location: Room 314, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Unlock the Full Potential of your Game with Vulkan and ADPF (Presented by Google)

Sponsor Speakers: Nate Trost  (Google), Dohyun Kim  (Google), Jungwoo Kim  (Samsung)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 9:30am - 10:00am

Advances in RTX (Presented by NVIDIA)

Sponsor Speaker: John Spitzer  (NVIDIA)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

'Alan Wake 2': Developing an Audio Vision

Speaker: Richard Lapington  (Remedy Games)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

'Diablo Immortal': Sharing Insights on AAA Quality Mobile Game Audio International Collaboration

Speaker: Hana Zhao  (NetEase Games)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

A Code of Ethics for the Game Industry

Speaker: Celia Hodent  (Independent)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:30am

AI Executive Panel: Exploring What's Next in AI for Gaming (Presented by EPAM)

Sponsor Speakers: Stef Corazza  (Roblox), Vitalii Vashchuk  (EPAM), Haiyan Zhang  (Xbox), Craig Nowell  (Databricks)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

AI-Generated 3D Assets: No Joke, They're (Getting) Production-Ready (Presented by Meshy)

Sponsor Speakers: Ethan Hu  (Meshy), Josh Loveridge  (Stratton Studios), Mike Ull  (PhantyForge)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Game Narrative

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:30am

Analytics and Data Science Roundtable (Presented by the IGDA)

Speaker: John Hopson  (IGDA Analytics and Data Science SIG)

Location: Room 304, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:30am

Art Leadership Roundtable Day 1

Speaker: Keith Self-Ballard  (PlayStation Studios)

Location: Room 312, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Avoiding the Historical Accuracy Trap: Lessons from Five Thousand Years of Fun

Speakers: Angus Mol  (Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities), Aris Politopoulos  (Leiden University)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:30am

Being an Effective Ally Roundtable (Presented by the IGDA)

Speaker: Josh Samuels  (Raindrop Games / Allies SIG)

Location: Room 301, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Building the Natural World One Hex at a Time: The Procedural Environment Art of 'Civilization 7'

Speaker: Dean Scott  (Firaxis Games)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Design Strategies to Support Nurturers

Speaker: Nina Kim  (Rare Ltd.)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Effortless Game Testing with Planning Agents (Presented by Filuta AI)

Sponsor Speaker: Filip Dvorak  (Filuta AI)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Effortless Game launches: How League of Legends Runs at Scale on AWS (Presented by Amazon Web Services)

Sponsor Speakers: Ashwin Raghuraman  (Amazon Web Services), David Press  (Riot Games), Brian Miller  (Riot Games)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Enhancing 3D Building Asset Creation: Machine Learning Meets Procedural Generation

Speaker: Qiang Dai  (LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming, Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:30am

Game Audio Programmer Roundtable Day 1: Game Integration

Speakers: Guy Somberg  (Echtra Games), Tomas Neumann  (Independent)

Location: Room 314, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio, Programming

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Game Intelligence: Bringing the Player Voice to the Developers

Speaker: Louise Jackson  (Massive Entertainment – a Ubisoft Studio)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Heat, MaxTac and Blockades: Expanding the Police System in 'Cyberpunk 2077'

Speaker: Maciej Celmer  (CD PROJEKT RED)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

How to Improve Benchmarking Using Steam Tags

Speaker: Stephane Kaufmann  (PulluP Entertainment)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Insights on Implementing Game Agents to Deliver Value in Commercial Games (Presented by Parametrix.ai)

Sponsor Speaker: Jiaxin Chen  (Parametrix.ai)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Game Narrative, Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

It's Gonna Hurt: Metagame Management in 'War Robots'

Speaker: Boris Burangulov  (MY.GAMES)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:30am

Melting Hearts and Quenching Thirst Roundtables: Romance in Games Day 1

Speakers: Michelle Clough  (Talespinners), Souha Al-Samkari  (Truant Pixel, LLC)

Location: Room 308, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Monetizing Through Game Art: Creating Engaging Decors in 'Good Pizza, Great Pizza'

Speaker: Keyan Zhang  (TapBlaze)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:30am

Path Tracing Nanite in NVIDIA Zorah (Presented by NVIDIA)

Sponsor Speakers: Adam Marrs  (NVIDIA), Evan Hart  (NVIDIA), Jiayin Cao  (NVIDIA)

Location: Room 3009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Project KARA: A Cross-Studio R&D Initiative in AI-Powered Game Remastering (Presented by Keyword Studios)

Sponsor Speakers: James Roadley-Battin  (Electric Square, Keywords Studios), Jon Gibson  (Electric Square A Keywords Studio)

Location: Room 2000, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Design, Production & Team Leadership

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Three Mindset Shifts to Lead a World-Class Team

Speaker: Kristie Fisher  (PlayStation Studios)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:00am

Thriving Remotely: Growing a Successful Video Game Studio in a Virtual World

Speaker: Trisha Stouffer  (Stoic)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 10:30am - 11:30am

Tools Roundtable Day 1: Engineering

Speaker: Geoff Evans  (NVIDIA)

Location: Room 306, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

'Prince of Persia:The Lost Crown': Making a Modern Metroidvania Both Challenging and Accessible

Speaker: Remi Boutin  (Ubisoft)

Location: Room 3004, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

'Diablo Immortal': Pioneering 8-Player Boss Raids with Commonsense Cooperative Play

Speaker: Shuai Qiao  (NetEase Games)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

A New Way to Approach Media & Content Creators: Using Discord for AAA and Indie Games

Speaker: Enrique Garcia  (ICO)

Location: Room 3011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

All In: Paving the Way for Female and Non-Binary Game Entrepreneurs

Speakers: Vania Castagnino Ugolotti  (Science Park Skovde/ Sweden Game Arena), Jenny Brusk  (Science Park Skövde / Sweden Game Arena)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Audio Adventures in a Multiplayer VR Social World: 'Dimensional Double Shift' Audio Post Mortem

Speakers: Daniel Perry  (Owlchemy Labs), Michael Kim  (Owlchemy Labs)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Beating the Competition: Competitive Intelligence in Gaming

Speaker: Aliaksandr Nenadavets  (SciPlay)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Company Building: Top 10 Learnings from Becoming a Cross Platform Studio

Speaker: Ian Fielding  (Super Evil Megacorp)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Cultural Fusion in Game Design: A Perspective from India

Speaker: Zainuddeen Fahadh  (Ogre Head Studio)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Decoding Light: Neural Compression for Global Illumination

Speaker: Luyan Cao  (LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Design and Engineering Strategies for Blockbuster VR games - 'Batman: Arkham Shadow' (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speakers: Kevin Call  (Camouflaj / Meta), Ryan Darcey  (Camouflaj / Meta)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Generating and Taking New Innovative Ideas to Life in an Era of Uncertainty (Presented by Keywords Studios)

Sponsor Speakers: Stephen Peacock  (Keywords Studios), Nicolas Liorzou  (Keywords Studios)

Location: Room 2000, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Green Light: Unleashing Squid Game on Amazon GameLift (Presented by Amazon Web Services)

Sponsor Speakers: Richard Musser  (Netflix), Paris Butterfield  (Netflix)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Harnessing the Power of Innovation to Achieve DAU Growth in 'Ace Racer'

Speaker: Yuyuan Jiang  (Netease Games)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

How Managing Dependencies for 'Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty' Led to Smooth Production and a Successful Release

Speaker: Konrad Grzegory  (CD PROJEKT RED)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Insider Secrets: How Game Studios Quietly Out-Test the Competition (Presented by PickFu)

Sponsor Speaker: Heather De Bernardi  (Scopely)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Design

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Less Coding, More Booty Shakes: A New 'Peridot' Animation System

Speaker: Ashley Rosenbaum  (Niantic, Inc.)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

PUBG MOBILE: Creating A Fully Destructible World On Mobile (Presented by LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS)

Sponsor Speaker: Chao Yuan  (LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

User Generated Compassion in 'Sky: Children of the Light'

Speaker: Kyle Holdwick  (thatgamecompany)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 11:30am - 12:00pm

Using ARGs to Communicate What Makes 'Animal Well' Special

Speaker: Dan Adelman  (Shared Memory)

Location: Room 3001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Accelerating Your Inner Loop with Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot AI (Presented by Microsoft)

Sponsor Speakers: David Li  (Microsoft), Michael Price  (Microsoft)

Location: GDC Industry Stage, Expo Floor, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Epic Games Store: A Vision for the Future of Games Distribution (Presented by Epic Games)

Sponsor Speakers: Steve Allison  (Epic Games), Kyle Billings  (Epic Games)

Location: Room 2024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Farm Merge Valley: How CoolGames Maximized Game-Platform Fit on Discord (Presented by Discord)

Sponsor Speakers: Ann-Marie Harbour  (Discord), Laurens Rutten  (CoolGames)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Flexible Proceduralism for Gamedev Artists (Presented by Houdini)

Sponsor Speaker: Cody Spahr  (SideFX)

Location: Room 3020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

GDC Main Stage: A Developer's Concert

Speaker: Austin Wintory  (Independent)

Location: GDC Main Stage, West Hall, Street Level

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Special Event

Format: Special Event

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

GDC Pitch: Day 1

Speakers: Jason Della Rocca  (Execution Labs), David Martinez  (Raw Fury), Snow Rui  (Hooded Horse), Victoria Tran  (Innersloth)

Location: GDC Partner Stage, Expo Floor, North Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Special Event

Format: Special Event

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

How to Optimize Android Mobile Games on Arm (Presented by Arm)

Sponsor Speakers: Peter Harris  (Arm), Daniel Baines  (Arm)

Location: Room 2000, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Opening a Billion Doors with Xbox (Presented by Microsoft)

Sponsor Speakers: Leo Olebe  (MIcrosoft), Chris Charla  (Microsoft)

Location: Room 3022, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

RTX Neural Shading: Practical Techniques and Applications (Presented by NVIDIA)

Sponsor Speakers: Alexey Panteleev  (NVIDIA), Alexey Bekin  (NVIDIA)

Location: Room 3009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

The Ultimate Guide to Optimize Vulkan & Ray Tracing Android Games (Presented by Samsung Electronics)

Sponsor Speakers: Jungwoo Kim  (Samsung Electronics), Darius Bozek  (Samsung Electronics), Munseong Kang  (Samsung Electronics)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Unlocking Native Performance: Porting Games to Windows on Snapdragon, feat. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Case Study! (Presented by by Qualcomm Technologies)

Sponsor Speaker: John Parsaie  (Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.)

Location: Room 2020, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

A Matter of Perspective: Mixing Sound in 'Split Fiction'

Speakers: Joakim Enigk Sjoberg  (Hazelight Studios), Philip Eriksson  (Hazelight)

Location: Room 3018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Accessibility for Everyone in Gaming: When Games Are Accessible, Everyone Can Be Part of the Story

Speakers: Se Jin Kim  (Smilegate), Kyoung Jin Lee  (Smilegate)

Location: Room 3014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Career Microtalks: External Game Development as a Career Path

Speakers: Monica Fan  (Pipeworks Studios), Jess Kappeler  (Pipeworks Studios), Joshua Good  (Lost Boys Interactive), John Bond  (Tea Witch Games), Anna Nguyen  (Blind Squirrel Games)

Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Game Career Development

Format: Panel

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Crafting Worlds, Building Teams: The Power of Culture in Game Development

Speakers: Kate Edwards  (Geogrify/SetJetters), Tina Merry  (Simply Sweet Games)

Location: Room 2018, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Creating Safer Digital Playgrounds Roundtable (Presented by the IGDA)

Speakers: Jackie Tancredi  (IGDA Child Safety SIG Co-Chair), Kenna Lindsay  (IGDA SIG Child Safety Co-Chair)

Location: Room 304, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Developing Deeper Player Engagement and Emotional Connection through Sound and Design Roundtable (Presented by the IGDA)

Speakers: Jennifer Miller Hammel  (Radio Station Classical KUSC-Arcade), Steve Horowitz  (IASIG/GAI)

Location: Room 301, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Advocacy

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Fostering Healthy Multiplayer Communities with Epic Online Services Easy Anti-Cheat and Player Moderation (Presented by Epic Games)

Sponsor Speaker: Seb Bergeron-Raposo  (Epic Games)

Location: Room 2009, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Game Narrative Roundtable Day 1: Getting and Keeping the Job

Speaker: Richard Dansky  (Romero Games)

Location: Room 308, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Grow your Audience with the Updated Xbox Experience on PC (Presented by Microsoft)

Sponsor Speakers: Tila Nguyen  (Microsoft), Rady  (Microsoft)

Location: GDC Industry Stage, Expo Floor, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Indie Dev Guide to Video Ads: When You Can't Afford an Agency (Yet)

Speaker: Dillon Becker  (Airtraffic)

Location: Room 3005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Invisible UI: How thatgamecompany Designs Interfaces for Emotional Immersion

Speaker: Dylan Faust  (thatgamecompany)

Location: Room 2002, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

LoG's Leadership Shortcut: A Decade of Hard-Won Lessons in Creative Leadership

Speaker: Trent Kusters  (League of Geeks)

Location: Room 2010, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, Production & Team Leadership

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Make your Game Available ANYWHERE with Xbox Cloud Gaming (Presented by Microsoft)

Sponsor Speakers: Harrison Hoffman  (Microsoft), Jordan Cohen  (Microsoft)

Location: Room 2000, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Production & Team Leadership

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Massive Sound: The Art of Music Supervision for AAA and Indie Games

Speakers: Mia Ginae Watkins  (Riot Games), Justin Hawkes  (Independent), Nadia Wheaton  (Independent), Jackie Palazzolo  (Riot Games)

Location: Room 3024, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass

Track: Audio

Format: Panel

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Masterworking Systems: Lessons Learned from the Engineering of Season of Loot Reborn in 'Diablo IV'

Speaker: Patrick Ferland  (Blizzard Entertainment)

Location: Room 2006, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Meta Quest MR: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond (Presented by Meta)

Sponsor Speaker: Chris Pruett  (Meta)

Location: Room 2011, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass

Track: Business & Marketing, VR/AR

Format: Sponsored Session

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Procedural Generation with Design in Mind for 'LEGO® Horizon Adventures'

Speaker: Michael Boyle  (Studio Gobo)

Location: Room 2001, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Rapid and Creative Gameplay Prototyping in 'ASTRO BOT'

Speaker: Masayuki Yamada  (Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Location: Room 2005, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Design, Programming

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

See the UNSEEN: Revealing the Art and Animation of 'KEMURI'

Speakers: Liam Wong  (UNSEEN Inc.), Raul Ibarra  (UNSEEN Inc.)

Location: Room 2016, West Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Visual Arts

Format: Lecture

Wednesday, March 19 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Stories of Studio Stability Roundtable Day 1

Speaker: Jesse Schell  (Schell Games LLC)

Location: Room 312, South Hall

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass

Track: Business & Marketing

Format: Roundtable