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Sponsor Speaker: Yingpeng ZHANG (Tencent Games)
Location: Room 3022, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Sponsor Developer Summit
Sponsor Speaker: Rui "Ryan" Su (Tencent Games)
Location: Room 3022, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Production & Team Leadership, Programming
Format: Sponsor Developer Summit
Sponsor Speaker: Yiming SUN (Tencent Games)
Location: Room 3022, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Design
Format: Sponsor Developer Summit
Sponsor Speaker: Hongfei ZHAO (Tencent Games)
Location: Room 3022, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Audio
Format: Sponsor Developer Summit
Machine Learning Summit: Advanced Heightmap Compression Using Deep Learning in 'Dune: Awakening'
Speakers: Clemens Rögner (Tencent Games), Calle Lejdfors (Tencent Games)
Location: Room 2010, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Lecture
Speakers: Jian Xiao (Tencent), Cangjian Hou (Tencent)
Location: Room 2002, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Lecture
Mobile Ray Tracing in Practice (Presented by Arm and tencent games)
Sponsor Speakers: Jose-Emilio Munoz-Lopez (Arm), Shun Cao (Tencent Games), Peter Hodges (Arm Ltd)
Location: Room 2024, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Core Pass, Summits Pass, Expo Pass, Audio Pass, Independent Games Summit Pass
Topic: Programming
Format: Sponsored Session
Title: Expert Engineer
Company: Tencent Games
Shun Cao received a bachelor's degree in software engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He is an expert engineer and tech lead at the R&D center of Tencent Games. Shun has a broad range of research interests with a particular focus on global illumination and animation simulation systems. In the past few years, he has been leading the development of various GI solutions, such as the distributed offline light baking tool Dawn and real-time mobile GI solution SmartGI, which are widely used by commercial projects at Tencent Games.
Title: Principal Engine Programmer of Return to Empire, TiMi Studio Group
Company: Tencent
Cangjian Hou joined Tencent Games in 2014 and has participated in the research and development of various mobile games. Since joining TiMi Studio Group in 2019, he has participated in the development of "Return to Empire", and is responsible for the game engine and artist's toolchain. About TiMi Studio Group: TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, is a video game development studio headquartered in Shenzhen, China with offices located at Singapore, Montréal, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chengdu, and Shanghai. TiMi Studio Group is the developer of Pokémon UNITE, Call of Duty: Mobile, Arena of Valor, Honor of Kings, Speed Drifters, and more.
Title: Senior R&D Programmer
Company: Tencent Games
After graduating from Vienna's University of Technology, Clemens worked as a Graphics Programmer for Yager, Splash Damage and Ubisoft before joining the research team of Tencent Games Europe in January 2022.
Title: Senior SRE Manager
Company: Tencent Games
Ryan Rui Su has spent almost a decade working in AAA gaming, including at Blizzard Entertainment, Bethesda.net, and now Tencent Games. He is currently leading the Tencent Global Games Platform Technology Team, focusing on sustainability and reliability.
Title: Principal Client Programmer of Return to Empire, TiMi Studio Group
Company: Tencent
Jian Xiao is the Principal Client Programmer of "Return to Empire '', a strategy mobile game developed by TiMi Studio Group, Tencent. Jian joined TiMi Studio Group in 2014 and has developed a series of mobile games. He mainly focuses on the development of gameplay, such as combat, skill, pathfinding, etc. In addition, he is also quite experienced in game frameworks. Before joining Tencent, Jian Xiao worked for ShanDa Games for several years, and participated in the development of several games. About TiMi Studio Group: TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, is a video game development studio headquartered in Shenzhen, China with offices located at Singapore, Montréal, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chengdu, and Shanghai. TiMi Studio Group is the developer of Pokémon UNITE, Call of Duty: Mobile, Arena of Valor, Honor of Kings, Speed Drifters, and more.