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GDC Festival of Gaming
March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA
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Mar 13 Friday | 9:30 am
'Genshin Impact' Miliastra Wonderland: Co-Creating a Virtual World with Users
Series
Speaker: Xin Ning  (miHoYo)
Location: Room 2010, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Design, Game & Production Technology
Format: Lecture
'Pacific Drive' Under the Hood: Survival Fundamentals, Systems Design, and Speeding Past Tropes
Speaker: Seth Rosen  (Ironwood Studios)
Location: Room 2018, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Advanced
Track: Design
Format: Lecture
'Pokémon GO' Gigantamax Battles: Designing a Scalable Battle System
Speaker: Ben Li  (Scopely)
Location: Room 2016, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Lecture
Casting Authentic Voices Across Cultures: Navigating Multilingual Casting for AAA Games
Speakers: Tim Friedlander  (soundBOX:Studio Group), Carin Gilfry  (National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA)), Matthew Parham  (National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA)), Alexis Biro  (Terra Localizations/IGDA), Michael Csurics  (Brightskull)
Location: Room 2003, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Audio, Team Leadership
Format: Panel
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
Dinner Table Democracy: Designing Disagreement
Speaker: Jennifer Estaris  (Estaris Works)
Location: Room 3002, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Design
Format: Lecture
Diversity in Game Audio Roundtable Day 2
Speakers: Chase Bethea  (Chase Bethea/Independent), Nadia Wheaton  (Independent)
Location: Room 308, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Audio
Format: Roundtable
Essential Debugging Skills for Every Developer
Series
Speaker: Rez Graham  (Independent)
Location: Room 2001, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Career
Format: Lecture
GDC Encounters: Speed Networking Day 3
Networking
Location: Level 1, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Career
Format: Special Event
Game Economy Lessons with Supercell & Metacore
Speakers: Charlie Hsu  (Supercell), Heikki Joas  (Metacore)
Location: Room 2005, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Intermediate
Track: Design
Format: Lecture
Hands-On Game Design Workshop
Speakers: Marc LeBlanc  (Riot Games), Stone Librande  (Riot Games), Eleanor Todd  (Fablegate), Marcus Montgomery  (Cornerstone Interactive Studios), Jeb Havens  (Jeb Havens Games), Eben Myers  (Relevate Health Games), Geoff Marsi  (Riot Games)
Location: Room 3016, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Design
Format: Workshop
IGDA Mentor Cafe Session 2
Mentorship
Location: Room 207, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Special Event, Culture & Sustainability
Format: Special Event
Incubation Roundtable: Connecting with Stakeholders (Presented by IGDA)
Speaker: Sho Sato  (iGi)
Location: Room 304, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Independent Development
Format: Roundtable
Killer Art Portfolio or Portfolio Killer Part 1: Advice from Industry Artists
SeriesMentorship
Moderator: Greg Foertsch  (Bit Reactor)
Panelists: Jade Law  (Wardog Studios), Jeff Parrott  (Blizzard), Darren Bacon  (Bungie)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Career
Format: Panel
Student Day Waiting Area
Location: Room 211, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Format: Special Event
Student Day Workshop featuring Double Fine & Industrial Light & Magic
Community Partner
Location: Room 203, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Track: Special Event, Career
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
The Next Growth Market: Health, Learning, and Transformation
Series
Speaker: Noah Falstein  (The Inspiracy)
Location: Room 3018, West Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Business Strategy
Format: Lecture
VFX Roundtable Day 3
Visual Effects Summit
Speakers: Jason Keyser  (VFX Apprentice), Ellie Koorlander  (Creative Assembly)
Location: Room 306, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Visual Development
Format: Roundtable
Mar 13 Friday | 10:00 am
Base Camp: Day 3
NetworkingFestival Hall
Location: Booth 1765, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Career
Tabletop Free Play & Playtesting Lounge
Community PartnerTabletop Summit
Location: Tabletop Free Play & Playtesting Lounge, West Hall Level 3
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Track: Special Event
Format: Special Event
The Secret Lives of Games Live Podcast Recording
Community Partner
Location: Podcast Studio, GDC Commons
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Track: Special Event
Format: Special Event
Mar 13 Friday | 10:30 am
The Future of Facial Rigging: RigX and the Next Era of Digital Humans (Presented by 2DNAC)
Festival Hall
Sponsor Speakers: Marko Šašić  (2DNAC), Miroslav Radmanović  (2DNAC)
Location: Festival Stage, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Game & Production Technology
Format: Lecture
Top 10 Ways to Get Your Game Ready For Success
Festival Hall
Speaker: Shawn Alexander Allen  (NuChallenger)
Location: Indie & Education Stage, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Audience Level: All
Track: Independent Development
Format: Lecture
Your Next 100 Developers Don't Have to Be Expensive: Building a Tax-Optimized Game Studio in Kyrgyzstan (Presented by Kyrgyzstan Pavilion)
Sponsor Speaker: Chubak Temirov  (High Technology Park Kyrgyzstan)
Location: International Stage, South Hall
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass
Track: Business Strategy
Format: Power Talk