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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Gillian SmithAssociate Professor and Program Director for IMGDWorcester Polytechnic Institute

Gillian Smith (she/they) is the Director of Interactive Media and Game Development at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and GDC Summit Advisor for the Educators' Summit. She teaches artificial intelligence, novel interface design, and design-based research, and has a research practice focused on critical AI literacy and the ethics of generative AI in creative industries. Gillian has previously spoken at the GDC Education Summit, has given keynotes at academic conferences including AIIDE and IEEE Conference on Games, and is a regular speaker at academic and para-academic conferences related to games and interactive media.

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