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March 1-5, 2027
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

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

Scott Crabtree, Chief Happiness Officer, Happy Brain Science

Scott Crabtree is the founder and Chief Happiness Officer of Happy Brain Science. His mission is to help the world apply science to thrive more at work. Before founding Happy Brain Science, Scott was a professional video game developer, then worked at Intel. He's presented over 600 sessions to repeat clients including DreamWorks, Google, Nike, Intel, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, NBC/Universal, EA, and Epic Games. He's led the development of many videogames through the years. The most recent game he designed and led production on was Choose Happiness @ Work Online — a video game designed to boost the science of happiness on teams. He's also served as programmer on titles such as Yourself!Fitness by ResponDesign, NRL Rugby League, and many children's educational games such as Arthur's Thinking Games. He loves playing strategy games the most. When not gaming or presenting, he's usually outside in beautiful Central Oregon where he lives, or playing music in multiple bands.

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