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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

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

Evgeny Makarov, Principal Developer Technology Engineer, NVIDIA

Evgeny Makarov has been a Developer Technology Engineer at NVIDIA since 2006, with a long history of helping studios improve visuals and performance in PC games. Recently, he has expanded his technical focus to include Generative AI, specifically working on the first integrations of Large Language Models (LLMs) for real-time, local inference in gaming environments.

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