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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

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Title: Founder
Company: ImagineMore.Art
Andrew is the founder of ImagineMore.Art, the living archive of timeless human inspiration, and the founder of Promethean AI, a premier creative technology company serving Fortune 50 clients. With extensive experience in the gaming industry, he previously served as Technical Art Director at Sony Interactive, where he advanced cutting-edge art technology for some of the world's most renowned entertainment franchises like The Last of Us and Uncharted. An accomplished artist, programmer, consultant, and entrepreneur, Andrew has been recognized in the 30 Under 30 lists by both Develop and Forbes magazines. Dedicated to education, he has taught art, technology, and production at universities and computer graphics events worldwide, including in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montreal, Tokyo, Seoul, Barcelona, Malta, Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal and Uganda. Distinguished in both art and technology, Andrew has been co-organizing the Art Direction Summit at the Game Developers Conference for over a decade and served on the jury of SIGGRAPH Realtime Live. Throughout his career, his unrelenting focus has been on democratizing the creative process, supporting artists, and empowering creativity within every individual.
Title: Senior Manager of Creative
Company: PlayStation Studios
Keith is a veteran art leader with over 25 years of experience in art production, world building, cinematic development, and team leadership. He started in the games industry as an artist in 1998 working on a series of popular outdoor sporting titles. In the years since, he has contributed to a variety of studios and franchises including Presto Studios (MystIII, Whacked!), Volition (Saints Row, Red Faction, Agents of Mayhem), Blizzard Entertainment (TITAN, Hearthstone), and Bungie (Destiny 2, Marathon). Keith is also a long-running veteran speaker at the annual Game Developer's Conference. He is co-creator/co-organizer of the Art Direction Summit along with Andrew Maximov. Keith has also moderated the Art Leadership Roundtable since 2012.