2025 Speakers
JC Lau, Senior Advanced Producer, ProbablyMonsters
In addition to being a senior advanced producer on the Hidden Grove team at ProbablyMonsters with experience developing multiple award-winning video games, Dr. JC Lau (she/they) is a speaker and advocate for diversity, inclusion, equity, and representation in the games industry. She is the 2022 recipient of the Individual Diversity Advocate award at the Women in Games Global Awards, and a member of both the 2022 IGDA Foundation's Next Gen Leaders and The Game Awards Future Class. JC was also featured as one of 2021's Game Changers by GamesIndustry.biz, and is a member of the #ShePlaysGames list and inaugural #QueerInGames list. JC is the creator of #WhatAGameDevLooksLike, an online movement to celebrate and amplify diversity in game development and challenge stereotypes about game developers, and aspires to build a sustainable games industry where everyone regardless of their background or experience can have a fulfilling and healthy career. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Global Game Jam.