GDC Festival of Gaming is part of the Informa Festivals Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

March 1-4, 2027
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Find a full list of this year's GDC Festival of Gaming speakers here.

Brian Bartram, Founder, Game Director, Divergent Neuron Academy, Something Dreadful Interactive

Brian Bartram is a game designer, developer, and educator with 25 years experience across AAA, AA, and Indie (BioWare, Maxis, Visceral, Massive, Flashbulb). He founded the nonprofit Divergent Neurons Academy to empower neurodivergent creators through free education and advocacy. He has been a speaker at Nordic Game Conference, Sweden Game Conference, and Nordic Game Jam. His volunteer work includes contributing to the south Sweden nonprofits Game Startup Dojo and Game Habitat and he currently works as an instructor at FutureGames Malmö, independently as a consultant, and with his own indie studio, Something Dreadful Interactive.

Presenting: