View, browse and sort the ever-growing list of sessions by day, time, pass type, topic, and format. With this Session Viewer, you can view session and speaker details for Game Developers Conference 2024.
You will be able to build your schedule with the GDC Mobile App. The GDC 2024 app will be available for download in Apple Apps and Google Play late February 2024.Sessions do fill up and seating is first come, first serve, so arrive early to sessions that you would like to attend. Adding a session to your schedule does not guarantee you a seat.
Sponsor Speakers: Andrew Bowell (Unity Technologies), Mathieu Muller (Unity Technologies), Diana Kalenova (Unity Technologies), Tara A. Lexis (Unity Technologies), Laurent Gibert (Unity Technologies), Simon Elliston Ball (Unity Technologies)
Location: Room 3022, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Indie Games Summit Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Sponsor Developer Summit
Azure for Gaming 101: All Things Azure & OpenAI for Game Development (Presented by Microsoft)
Speakers: Jon Kefaloukos (Microsoft), Uthappa Kattera Chengappa (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
Topic: Business & Marketing
Format: Sponsored Session
How PlayFab Helped Texas Chainsaw Massacre Succeed (Presented by Microsoft)
Speakers: CJ Williams (Microsoft), Rob Fox (Gun Interactive)
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
Topic: Programming
Format: Sponsored Session
Title: Lead Cloud Solution Architect Gaming at Azure
Company: Microsoft
Uthappa is a TOGAF certified enterprise solutions architect with 22 years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure design, and digital transformation projects. He has consulted with over 30 Fortune-500 customers in various domains and helped them with their private/public cloud strategy and integration. He has expertise in multiple public and private cloud design and implementations - Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and other cloud platforms and services. Right now, Uthappa leads group of cloud architects focused on gaming solutions with our biggest and most strategic partners to design and deploy on Azure using rt foundational and industry best practices.
Title: Strategic Account Director Gaming at Azure
Company: Microsoft
Jon Kefaloukos is a former professional gamer and Twitch streamer, and current Cloud Gaming Director at Microsoft. He started his career as a game developer working in QA, multiplayer design, and community management for the Gears of War franchise and went on to launch the gaming/esports program for Microsoft Stores worldwide. Currently, Jon helped launch the Azure Gaming vertical at Microsoft, leading strategic relationships with Microsoft's largest Gaming partners.
Title: Director of Product Management Microsoft Game Creator Services
Company: Microsoft
CJ Williams is the Director of Product Management for Microsoft’s Game Creator Services. He has worked at Microsoft for 23 years working in a number of divisions like Windows, Bing, Azure, Microsoft Research. The last 7 years, he has been building game services for both Microsoft Game Studios and 3rd party game studios who use PlayFab.
