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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Agenda

Incubation Roundtable: Connecting with Stakeholders (Presented by IGDA)

Sho Sato  (Secretary General, iGi)
Location: Room 304, South Hall
Date: Friday, March 13
Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now!
Audience Level: All
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Independent Development
Format: Roundtable
Vault Recording: Not Recorded
Audience Level: All

In 2025, we saw the foundation of new game incubators and accelerators in the U.S., Asia and Europe. In the meantime, various existing game incubators are struggling to manage themselves, and several game incubators have been forced to close for some reasons. In this session, we brought together incubators and accelerators around the world and provide the opportunity to engage in dialogue with stakeholders like game dev community leaders, game developers, publishers, educational institutes and public institutes. The purpose is to find how to collaborate in a better way for the success of every stakeholder related to the game incubation and game dev ecosystem.

Takeaway

Throughout the dialogue with game incubators and related stakeholders, we will find the better way of collaboration for all parties in order to build a more stable and valuable game dev ecosystem.

Intended Audience

In addition to program managers and leaders of game incubators and accelerators, we welcome all kind of stakeholders related to game incubation - game developers, game dev community leaders, game publishers, investors, educational institutes and public institutes.