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GDC Festival of Gaming
March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA
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Mar 09 Monday | 10:30 am
Machine Learning Forum: Ask the Experts
CommunityMachine Learning SummitSignature Session
Speakers: Martin Singh-Blom  (Embark Studios), Alessandro Sestini  (Electronic Arts, SEED), Alexis Rolland  (Ubisoft, La Forge), Alexandre Moufarek  (Google DeepMind), Zhen Zhai  (Blizzard Entertainment), Julien Merceron  (Orion Productions)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Forum
Mar 09 Monday | 11:50 am
Generative Recommender Post-Trained by Reinforcement Learning in Video Games
CommunityMachine Learning Summit
Speaker: Dong Fang  (LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Advanced
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Lecture
Mar 09 Monday | 1:50 pm
Reinforcement Learning in 'FC26': Shipping Human-Like Goalkeepers with a Designer-First Approach
Machine Learning SummitCommunity
Speakers: Alessandro Sestini  (Electronic Arts, SEED), Mike Jones  (Electronic Arts (EA) Canada)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Lecture
Mar 09 Monday | 3:10 pm
AI Models for 2D Generation
CommunityMachine Learning Summit
Speaker: Alexis Rolland  (Ubisoft, La Forge)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Visual Development
Format: Lecture
Mar 10 Tuesday | 11:50 am
Build Faster, Iterate More: AI-Powered Prototyping with the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Machine Learning Summit
Speaker: Brent Vincent (MoonRocketApollo)  (Roblox)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Lecture
Mar 10 Tuesday | 4:30 pm
Machine Learning Roundtable Day 1: Runtime Techniques
Machine Learning Summit
Speaker: Mathieu Nayrolles  (Supercell)
Location: Room 308, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Roundtable
Mar 11 Wednesday | 1:50 pm
Learning to Move: Physics-Based Enemy Locomotion in 'ARC Raiders'
Machine Learning SummitAnimation Summit
Speaker: Martin Singh-Blom  (Embark Studios)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology, Visual Development
Format: Lecture
Mar 11 Wednesday | 3:10 pm
SoftMax: Neural Simulation of Skeletal Physics
Machine Learning Summit
Speakers: Xin Qiao  (LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS), Xiaolin Zhang  (LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS)
Location: Room 2014, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Advanced
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Lecture
Mar 12 Thursday | 1:50 pm
Machine Learning Roundtable Day 2: Game Development and Operations
Machine Learning Summit
Speaker: Mathieu Nayrolles  (Supercell)
Location: Room 308, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Roundtable
The Scalable Game Asset-Assisted Production Pipeline of 'Honor of Kings'
Machine Learning Summit
Speakers: Zhipeng Tan  (Tencent Games), Leon Zhang  (Tencent Games)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Visual Development
Format: Lecture
Mar 12 Thursday | 3:10 pm
'LifeAfter': AIGC Paradigm Change in Mobile Game Art Production
Machine Learning Summit
Speakers: Xiudong Zhang  (NetEase Games), Zhaoxing Yang  (NetEase Games)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology, Visual Development
Format: Lecture
Mar 13 Friday | 11:40 am
Career Forum: Machine Learning
Machine Learning SummitMentorship
Moderator: Olivier Pomarez  (Ubisoft la Forge)
Speakers: Martin Singh-Blom  (Embark Studios), Mathieu Nayrolles  (Supercell), Alexis Rolland  (Ubisoft, La Forge), Julien Merceron  (Orion Productions), Elvis Liu  (Tencent Games)
Location: Room 3002, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Forum
Zenith: Diffusion Model-Driven Map Generation
Machine Learning Summit
Speaker: Zhen Zhai  (Blizzard Entertainment)
Location: Room 2014, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Advanced
Track: Visual Development, Game & Production Technology
Format: Lecture