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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Michael JonesSr Sound DesignerIndependent

Michael Jones is an award winning senior sound designer with 23 years experience producing music and sound design for videogames. Ranging from early 2000s mobile, handhelds, and Plug 'n Play TV games, to AAA blockbusters like Call of Duty: Vanguard, Marathon, and Doublefine's Keeper. Michael has left his mark on over 80 shipped video game titles. He also runs a local non-profit (Bitforest) that serves the local game dev community in Eugene, OR. When he's not making audio for games for money, he can be found making audio for games for free or mentoring aspiring game audio producers and game devs.

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