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GDC Festival of Gaming
March 1-4, 2027
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA
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View, browse and sort the ever-growing list of sessions by pass type, track, and format. With this Session Viewer, you can build your schedule in advance and access it during the show via export or with the Mobile App, once live. Please note that dates and times are not yet listed, but will be available mid-December. Sessions do fill up and seating is first come, first served, so arrive early to sessions that you would like to attend.

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'Resident Evil Requiem': The Truth of Co-Production
Speaker: Yoshihiko Wada  (Capcom Co., Ltd.)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Audio, Production & Team Leadership
Audience Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture
A Framework for Building Cultural Authenticity: 'Hope in the City' Case Study
Speakers: Masha Loftus  (Lofty Sky Games), Judith Cheung  (Lofty Sky Games)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Design, Production & Team Leadership
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
Beyond Toxicity: Designing Safer Game Communities
Speakers: Sian Hutchinson  (United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT)), Lily Vicente  (United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT))
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Marketing
Audience Level: All
Format: Microtalks
Beyond Translation: Why the Future Localizer Looks Like a Dramaturge
Speaker: Kathleen Yin  (NVIDIA)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Narrative & Performance, Production & Team Leadership
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
Beyond the Visa Microtalks: Building a Career in Games as an Immigrant
Speakers: Sabrina Ooi  (Insomniac Games), Dickens Chong  (Respawn Entertainment), Devashree Shirude  (PlayStation), Lindsay Thompson  (Insomniac Games), Siyu Chen  (Insomniac Games)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Career, Culture & Sustainability
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Format: Microtalks
Bring Authentic Game Localization to Everyone, Everywhere
Speaker: Linlin Zhang  (Blizzard Entertainment)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Production & Team Leadership
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
Game Jams for Good: Microtalks from Around the Globe
Speakers: Maria Burns Ortiz  (Global Game Jam), Richard Hebblewhite  (Global Game Jam), Senka Filipovic  (World Food Program USA)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Culture & Sustainability
Audience Level: All
Format: Microtalks
Indigenous Gaming in Education
Speaker: Wiremu Grace  (Atuatanga)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Educators
Audience Level: All
Format: Fireside Chat
Informal Authority: Leading Without the Title
Speakers: Ray Sima  (Firaxis Games), Alex Weick  (Sunblink)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Production & Team Leadership, Career
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
Inside the Volume: Collaboration in Performance Capture
Speakers: Adam Dolin  (GameDevDolin), Taylor (Tot) Rohrig  (Half Mermaid), Kal-El Bogdanove  (The Kal-El Bogdanove Company), Hari Leigh  (Harror Films Inc.), Lindsay Thompson  (Insomniac Games), Maggie Robertson  (N/A)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Narrative & Performance
Audience Level: All
Format: Microtalks
International Voices in 'Marvel's Wolverine'
Speakers: Kareem Shuman  (Insomniac Games), Justin Fennessy  (Insomniac Games)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Narrative & Performance, Audio
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
Latam Video Games Federation Roundtable
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Speaker: Laia Bee  (Pincer Games)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Culture & Sustainability
Audience Level: All
Format: Roundtable
The Hidden Cost of Toxicity: What 10 Million Safety Incidents on PlayStation Reveal About Player Spend, Conversation, and Social Play
Speaker: Rachel Kowert  (University of Cambridge)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Business Strategy, Culture & Sustainability
Audience Level: Entry-Level
Format: Lecture
The History of the Use of Sales Promotion Tools
Speakers: Youichiro Miyake  (SQUARE ENIX), Toshiyuki Inoue  (SQUARE ENIX)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Culture & Sustainability, Marketing
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
The Japanese Game Industry: Getting Your Foot in the Door Part 3 – Stories from International Game Developers in Japan
Speakers: Taichiro Miyazaki  (CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.), Steven Chen  (CyberConnect2)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Career
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
The Orchestration Economy: Rebuilding Game Production After the Great Layoffs
Speaker: Yea-Ji Oh  (Streamline Media Group)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Production & Team Leadership, Business Strategy
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
The Road to 1 Million Wishlists
Speaker: Karah Sutton  (PikPok)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Marketing
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
West-to-East: A Technical and Operational Blueprint for Launching and Running Games in China
Speaker: Eric He  (Keywords)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Business Strategy, Independent Development
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
Why Is PlatinumGames Still Going Strong? Harnessing Originality Across 20 Years
Speaker: Atsushi Inaba  (PlatinumGames Inc.)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Luminaries Speaker Series
Audience Level: All
Format: Lecture
Your Game Is Never Niche in China
Speakers: Tsz Wai Lam  (Full Metal Bagel Games), Bing Zhe Li  (GameDash)
Pass Type: Academic Pass, Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass, Indie Pass, Start-Up Pass
Hot Topics: International
Track: Independent Development, Marketing
Audience Level: Intermediate
Format: Lecture