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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
Technical Artists Roundtable (20th Year)!!! Day 1
Technical Artist SummitCommunity
Speaker: Jeff Hanna  (NVIDIA Corporation)
Location: Room 314, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Visual Development
Format: Roundtable
Mar 10 Tuesday | 11:50 am
Shader Like a Painter: Building Character Shaders with an Artistic Approach at Naughty Dog
Technical Artist SummitCommunity
Speaker: Rosy (Rong) Fu  (Naughty Dog)
Location: Room 2001, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Visual Development
Format: Lecture
Mar 10 Tuesday | 1:50 pm
Shaders 501: Compute for Tech Artists
CommunityTechnical Artist Summit
Speaker: Matt Oztalay  (Epic Games)
Location: Room 3002, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Visual Development
Format: Forum
Mar 10 Tuesday | 3:10 pm
How We Draw a 3D Sprite World: The Stylized Art of 'Never's End'
Technical Artist SummitCommunity
Speaker: Ryan Juckett  (Hypersect)
Location: Room 2001, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Visual Development
Format: Lecture
Mar 10 Tuesday | 4:30 pm
Mastering Massive Worldbuilding: Production and Optimization of Ultra Large-Scale Maps
Technical Artist SummitCommunity
Speaker: Wenya He  (Amazing Seasun Games)
Location: Room 2001, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Visual Development
Format: Lecture
Mar 11 Wednesday | 1:50 pm
Technical Artists Roundtable (20th Year)!!! Day 2
Technical Artist Summit
Speaker: Jeff Hanna  (NVIDIA Corporation)
Location: Room 314, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Visual Development
Format: Roundtable
Mar 13 Friday | 9:30 am
Tech Art Panel Discussion
Technical Artist Summit
Speakers: Ben Cloward  (Independent), Nicholas Burkhard  (Meta), Matt Lake  (Independent), Sen Lei Deng  (EA Criterion), Camille Kay  (Epic Games)
Location: Room 2014, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Panel
Mar 13 Friday | 10:50 am
The Dynamic Weather Systems of ‘Borderlands 4': How They Can Apply to Games Without Dynamic Weather
SeriesTechnical Artist Summit
Speaker: Brian McNett  (Gearbox Software)
Location: Room 2005, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Visual Development, Design
Format: Lecture
Mar 13 Friday | 11:40 am
Demystifying the Clouds of 'Borderlands 4': Adapting Volumetric Cloud Technologies to a UE5 Open-World Game
Technical Artist Summit
Speaker: Spencer Luebbert  (Disbelief)
Location: Room 2005, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Visual Development, Design
Format: Lecture
Mar 13 Friday | 1:30 pm
Technical Artists Roundtable (20th Year)!!! Day 3
Technical Artist Summit
Speaker: Jeff Hanna  (NVIDIA Corporation)
Location: Room 301, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Visual Development
Format: Roundtable