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GDC Festival of Gaming
March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA
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Mar 10 Tuesday | 10:30 am
Game Education Roundtable Day 1
CommunityEducators Summit
Speakers: Katherine Isbister  (University of California Santa Cruz), Gillian Smith  (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Location: Room 312, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Educators, Career
Format: Roundtable
Mar 10 Tuesday | 1:50 pm
K12 and Youth Roundtable Day 1: Education Community
CommunityEducators Summit
Speaker: Brian Bautista  (Roseville Joint Union High School District)
Location: Room 312, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Educators, Culture & Sustainability
Format: Roundtable
Mar 10 Tuesday | 4:40 pm
Educators Soapbox
Educators Summit
Speakers: Kelli Dunlap  (Take This, Inc.), Sarah Hays  (Take This), Laureline Chiapello  (NAD-UQAC), Ashley Guajardo  (NYU Game Center), Kyra Wills-Umdenstock  (City College of New York/EGD Collective), Ross A. Hersemann  (Loading Law)
Location: Room 2014, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Educators, Culture & Sustainability
Format: Microtalks
Mar 11 Wednesday | 1:50 pm
Teaching While Gamedev
CommunityEducators Summit
Speakers: Tyler Coleman  (Ludo Systems Inc.), MJ Johns  (University of California Santa Cruz), Colleen Macklin  (Parsons School of Design), Jo Cronk  (DigiPen Institute of Technology), Graeme Devine  (GRL Games), Ian Schreiber  (Independent)
Location: Room 3002, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Educators
Format: Microtalks
Mar 11 Wednesday | 3:10 pm
Educator Game Research Download
CommunityEducators Summit
Speakers: Julian Frommel  (Utrecht University), Erik Harpstead  (Carnegie Mellon University), Regan Mandryk  (University of Victoria)
Location: Room 3002, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Track: Educators
Format: Panel
Mar 11 Wednesday | 4:30 pm
Game Education Roundtable Day 2
CommunityEducators Summit
Speakers: Katherine Isbister  (University of California Santa Cruz), Gillian Smith  (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Location: Room 312, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Educators, Career
Format: Roundtable
Mar 12 Thursday | 2:40 pm
Expanding the 13%: Directing Game Access in Game Education
CommunityEducators Summit
Speaker: Lane D. Koughan  (University of Washington)
Location: Room 2016, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Educators
Format: Lecture
Mar 12 Thursday | 3:30 pm
Exercises that Play in Public: How to Design Collaborative Class Projects that Work Outside the Classroom
Educators Summit
Speaker: Jason Eppink  (Elmhurst University)
Location: Room 2016, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Educators, Design
Format: Lecture
Mar 12 Thursday | 4:30 pm
K12 and Youth Roundtable Day 2: Game Education Pedagogy
Educators Summit
Speaker: Brian Bautista  (Roseville Joint Union High School District)
Location: Room 312, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Educators, Culture & Sustainability
Format: Roundtable
Mar 13 Friday | 9:30 am
Digital Folklore: Crafting Playable Memory Through Photogrammetry and Animation in Games Education
Signature SessionCommunityEducators Summit
Speaker: Verda Munir  (Robert Gordon University)
Location: Room 216, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Educators, Design
Format: Workshop
Mar 13 Friday | 1:40 pm
Game Education Case Study Microtalks
Educators Summit
Speakers: Jingtian Li  (University of the Incarnate Word), Seth Hudson  (George Mason University), Tom Tesch  (DAE - Howest), MJ Johns  (University of California Santa Cruz)
Location: Room 3018, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Educators, Game & Production Technology
Format: Microtalks