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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Sam GlassenbergCEO and Founder, Level ExLevel Ex

Sam has spent his career leading teams and companies across the video game industry. He has successfully built and sold three game studios, including two in the medical games space. Before his foray into games for doctors, Sam was CEO of Funtactix, the studio behind mobile and social F2P titles for top-tier Hollywood franchises such as The Hunger Games, Mission: Impossible, and Narcos. He previously led the DirectX graphics team at Microsoft, where he drove the development and standardization of GPU capabilities across Xbox and the global hardware ecosystem. Sam began his career as an animator at LucasArts and has served on graphics and gaming advisory boards for Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Khronos, and others.

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