GDC Festival of Gaming is part of the Informa Festivals Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Agenda

Career Forum: Machine Learning

Martin Singh-Blom  (Machine Learning Research Lead, Embark Studios)
Olivier Pomarez  (Director of Development, Ubisoft la Forge)
Mathieu Nayrolles  (Principal AI/ML Engineer, Supercell)
Alexis Rolland  (Director, Ubisoft, La Forge)
Julien Merceron  (Founder, CEO, Orion Productions)
Elvis Liu  (Principal Engineer, Tencent Games)
Location: Room 3002, West Hall
Date: Friday, March 13
Time: 11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now!
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Forum
Vault Recording: Video
Audience Level: Entry-Level

You have a passion in Video Games and Machine Learning? You just graduated, or are looking to change your job, or considering a new Career path? This session is for you, come and ask all your questions in this Forum! We have gathered eminent speakers that can share their experience and guide you in the right direction towards the right touch points!

Takeaway

This Forum is all for your Machine Learning related Career questions, You will learn about the different fields in Machine Learning applied to Video Games, you will learn about the career opportunities in the US and abroad, and connect with speakers that can help advance your career.

Intended Audience

This panel is designed for all technical people (ie. Programmers, Lead Programmers, Technology Directors, Data Analysts, Infrastructure and IT) interested to learn more about Machine Learning aspects. We intend to serve all questions asked, therefore this Forum should be accessible to All levels of interest in Machine Learning domain knowledge.