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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 | 1:30 pm
Game UX Mindset Masterclass: Principles and Methods
Signature SessionUX SummitCommunity
Speaker: Celia Hodent  (Independent)
Location: Room 3002, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Design, Team Leadership
Format: Workshop
Mar 09 Monday | 1:50 pm
Narrative Portfolio Review
Signature SessionCommunityGame Narrative SummitMentorship
Speakers: Anna C. Webster  (Independent), Alexa Ray Corriea  (Gearbox), Ashley Poprik  (Independent), Emma Kidwell  (Independent), John Ryan  (Independent), Laura Michet  (Heart Machine), Sam Maggs  (Critical Role), Alice Camp  (Microfun), Aysha Farah  (Independent), Karrie Shao  (Pacific Drive), Kelsie Mhoon  (Obsidian Entertainment), Nessa Cannon  (Independent), Lis Moberly  (20th Century Games, The Walt Disney Company), Books Schwartz, Sam Winkler  (Gearbox Software)
Location: Room 215, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Career, Narrative & Performance
Format: Special Event
Mar 09 Monday | 2:50 pm
Bones & Booleans
Animation SummitSignature SessionCommunity
Speakers: Frank Gordon  (Compulsion Games), Nathaniel Winckler  (That's No Moon), Matt Lake  (Independent), Thomas Van Cise  (That's No Moon)
Location: Room 2016, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Visual Development, Game & Production Technology
Format: Special Event
Mar 11 Wednesday | 3:10 pm
The Ripple Is Real: Influence in 'World of Tanks' Campaigns and Social Value
Product Manager SummitSignature Session
Speakers: Dmitri Williams  (USC & Griffin Scientific), Michal Reszka  (Wargaming, Inc.)
Location: Room 204, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Product Management
Format: Workshop
Mar 12 Thursday | 2:00 pm
WICKED PROBLEMS: Balancing Complex Systems
Signature SessionTabletop Summit
Speaker: Eric Zimmerman  (NYU Game Center)
Location: Room 3016, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Design
Format: Workshop
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 | 11:40 am
Killer Art Portfolio or Portfolio Killer Part 2: Portfolio Reviews
Signature SessionSeriesMentorship
Speakers: Jordan DeVries  (Respawn Entertainment), Darren Bacon  (Bungie), Eli Tuttle  (Bit Reactor), Jeff Skalski  (Yellow Brick Games Inc.), Jeff A. Johnson  (inXile Entertainment), Ashley Sparling  (K9 Digital), Greg Knight  (Lucasfilm Games), Cutlar Nordyke III  (Keywords Studios), Gary Riley  (Raven Software), Greg Foertsch  (Bit Reactor), Rembert Montald  (Lightspeed LA), Sarah LeBlanc  (Bit Reactor), Jade Law  (Wardog Studios), Jeff Parrott  (Blizzard), Inmar Salvatier  (Maxis), Gaurav Mathur  (gamedevmap), Piero Macgowan  (Bit Reactor)
Location: Room 215, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Career
Format: Special Event
Mar 13 Friday | 3:00 pm
Level Design Portfolio Review
Level Design SummitMentorshipSignature Session
Speaker: Baqir Shah  (Pipeworks Studios)
Location: Room 3011, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Design, Career
Format: Special Event