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Vehicle Audio in 'Cyberpunk 2077': All About the Players
Speakers: Michał Pukała (CD PROJEKT RED), Adam Dyrszka (CD PROJEKT RED)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Audio Pass
Track: Audio
Format: Lecture
'Cyberpunk 2077': "Hacking" the Secrets of Its Cinematic Animation
Speaker: David Cordero Iglesias (CD PROJEKT RED)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Track: Visual Arts
Format: Lecture
Heat, MaxTac and Blockades: Expanding the Police System in 'Cyberpunk 2077'
Speaker: Maciej Celmer (CD PROJEKT RED)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Track: Programming
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Moritz Lehr (CD PROJEKT RED), Pawel Ochocki (CD PROJEKT RED)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Track: Design
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Colin Walder (CD PROJEKT RED), Marta Wozniak (CD PROJEKT RED)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Track: Production & Team Leadership
Format: Lecture
How to Build a Game World with Systems and Story
Speakers: Anna Megill (CD PROJEKT RED), Emily Short (Independent), Kaitlin Tremblay (Soft Rains)
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Track: Design
Format: Lecture
Title: Senior AI Engineer
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
Maciej Celmer is a Senior AI Engineer at CD PROJEKT RED with eight years of game development experience, primarily focused on Game AI. Before joining the company, he contributed to the development of Dying Light 2, among other games. At CD PROJEKT RED, he has been engaged in developing multiple AI systems for Cyberpunk 2077 and its expansion Phantom Liberty. Currently, Maciej works on the development of Project Polaris, the next game in The Witcher series. He also works as a lecturer across various Polish universities.
Title: Cinematic Animation Acting Lead
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
David Cordero Iglesias is an experienced animator with more than 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry. Since 2007, he has worked on a wide range of projects, from commercial and feature film animation to video games. Currently, David is part of the development team at CD PROJEKT RED, contributing to major projects like Cyberpunk 2077, its expansion Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and now leading the Cinematic Animation team for the next game in the Witcher saga. Previously, he was a core member of Big Lazy Robot VFX, a Barcelona-based studio specializing in photorealism and sci-fi, where he worked on creative advertising projects, pre-production design, and short films. With a strong blend of technical and creative skills, David continues to make his mark in the industry, trying to inspire others with his passion for animation and video games.
Title: Sound Designer
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
Adam Dyrszka is a Sound Designer currently working on Project Polaris, the next mainline Witcher game, at CD Projekt RED. He joined the team in 2022 during the development of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. During Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty, he was mainly responsible for vehicle audio and narrative. Previously, he worked on Chernobylite and World War III. He graduated from the University of Silesia in Katowice with a degree in Games and Virtual Space Design with a focus on Sound in Games.
Title: Senior Quest Designer & Quest Design Coordinator
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
Moritz Lehr is a Senior Quest Designer and Quest Design Coordinator at CD PROJEKT RED. A lifelong lover of tabletop RPGs & sci-fi literature, Moritz’s work on Cyberpunk 2077 allowed him to explore the intersection of storytelling, agency, technology, and philosophy. Before entering game dev in the Berlin indie scene, he worked in television and made promo videos for nightclubs while finishing his master’s degree in philosophy. Moritz’s favorite topic is ethics in interactive storytelling, which he writes and lectures about in Berlin.
Title: Lead Writer
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
Anna Megill is an award-winning game writer and industry veteran with experience writing primarily for story-driven AAA games. In her 20 years of game development, Anna has worked for some of the top studios around the world, such as Ubisoft, Square Enix, Arkane, Remedy, Nintendo, and Playground Games. A longtime advocate for deep story in games, she provides resources and advice to aspiring writers through her website and books. Anna currently works at CD PROJEKT RED as the lead writer for Project Orion. Anna was Narrative Lead on CONTROL, which received multiple Game of the Year and Best Story awards in 2019 and was hailed by many critics as one of the best games ever written. Her work on Dishonored: Death of The Outsider earned a Writer's Guild of America Award nomination for Best Screenplay in 2017, and the core game for the long-running MMO Guild Wars 2 won several PC Game of the Year awards. Anna is a regular guest at game conferences around the world, where she speaks about narrative innovation, writing screenplays, emergent gameplay, story documentation, assembling digital portfolios, and networking for marginalized communities. A recognized expert in her field, she frequently judges game-writing competitions, such as Tencent's Games Without Borders Awards. Her expertise and advice are frequently solicited by organizations such as the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Anna wrote The Game Writing Guide, which released in May 2023, and The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers, which released in November 2023. Both books were category bestsellers.
Title: Cinematic Design Acting Lead
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
Balancing on the bleeding edge of art, technology, and narration, Paweł Ochocki is trying to push for state-of-the-art, novel solutions that work well in the interactive medium of video games. Working at CD PROJEKT RED as Cinematic Design Acting Lead, Coordinator and Content Team Product Owner, he’s responsible for both bespoke and systemic designs that drive storytelling as far as it can go — and then a bit further. In his free time he loves good cinema, hard sci-fi, and baking sweets.
Title: Senior Sound Designer
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
Michał Pukała is a Senior Sound Designer working on Project Orion, the next Cyberpunk game, at CD PROJEKT RED, having joined the team during the development of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. He worked on Cyberpunk 2077, its expansion, and Project Polaris, mainly in narrative and vehicle audio. Previously, he worked on games such as Sniper Elite 5, Chernobylite and in audio software development. He is an Abertay University graduate in Sound and Music for Games.
Title: Engineering Director, Management and Audio
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
Colin Walder has been developing audio technology for games since 2006, with a focus on AAA games. His credits include GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and Cyberpunk 2077, where he was involved in a wide range of audio topics from acoustics and ambisonics to performance and streaming. He currently works as Engineering Director, Management and Audio at CD PROJEKT RED, where in addition to audio topics, he provides direction for management across the technology department.
Title: HR Partner
Company: CD PROJEKT RED
Marta Woźniak has been working in various HR areas for almost 15 years, from recruitment and compensation to development. Previously she worked in the financial industry, but she has now been working at CD PROJEKT RED since 2021 as an HR Partner for the Technology department. Over the years she has been involved in projects related to building comprehensive compensation policies, creating development programs for executives, and supporting teams in building career paths.
