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“SKIP” RIZZO, PH.D., ALBERT

Title: Director, Medical Virtual Reality

Company: University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies

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ABEL, JEREMY

Title: Technical Lead

Company: Feral Cat Den

ABIA CARRASCO, IGNACIO

Title: Live Producer

Company: Ubisoft

ABRAHAM, MARLENA

Title: Lead Organizer

Company: Bit Bridge

ADAMCZYK, P.T.

Title: Composer

Company: CD PROJEKT RED

ADAMSON, TODD

Title: Creative Director

Company: Skydance Interactive

AKEMANN, PETER

Title: CTO

Company: Skydance Interactive

AL BAHRA, SAMY

Title: CTO and Co Founder

Company: Backtrace

ALEKSANDROWICZ, IGOR

Title: Senior Programmer

Company: Paradox Development Studio

ALLAEYS, SIMON

Title: Senior Director of Epic Online Services

Company: Epic Games

ALLEN, HENRY

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company: Electronic Arts

ALLEN, SHAWN

Title: President & Game Design Director

Company: NuChallenger

ALYILDIZ, TUGAY

Title: Co Founder & CEO

Company: Veloxia Technology

AMAYA, CRISTINA

Title: President & Co-Founder

Company: LatinX in Gaming

AMMANABROLU, PRITHVIRAJ

Title: PhD Candidate at the EI Lab

Company: Georgia Tech

ANDERSON, BRENNAN

Title: Audio Designer

Company: Crystal Dynamics

ANDREW, LYDIA

Title: Audio Director

Company: Ubisoft Quebec

ANTENORCRUZ, JESSICA

Title: Narrative Designer

Company: Fighting Chance Games

ANTUNEZ, HECTOR

Title: Lead Animator/Project Art Director

Company: Firaxis Games

ARFMANN, BEN

Title: Writer

Company: Insomniac Games

ARNBJORNSSON, ARI

Title: Evangelist

Company: Epic Games

ASGHAR, JJ

Title: Developer Advocate for IBM Cloud

Company: IBM

ASHTON, MARS

Title: Director & Assistant Professor of Game Design

Company: Lawrence Technological University

AUXIETRE, BALTHAZAR

Title: Creative Director

Company: InnerspaceVR

AVEIRO OJEDA, SANTO

Title: Game Designer

Company: Brujeria @ Werk

AYTEMIZ, BATU

Title: PhD Student

Company: University of California Santa Cruz

B

BACHYNSKI, LANA

Title: Senior Animator

Company: Riot Games

BAILEY, STEVEN

Title: Analyst

Company: Informa

BAKER, MORGAN

Title: Accessibility Lead

Company: The Odd Gentlemen

BALAZ, RUDOLPH

Title: Director of Game Engineering

Company: Intel

BALCARCEL, ALHVI

Title: Developer

Company: Selva Interactive

BALDWIN, ELISE

Title: Senior Audio Director

Company: Microsoft

BALISACAN, MARCIEB

Title: Director & Producer

Company: Embersail Studios

BALLAGAS, TICO

Title: Senior Manager, Omnicept AI

Company: HP Inc.

BAMBRICK, SPENCER

Title: Composer & Sound Designer

Company: Serial Lab Studios

BANSAL, APOORVA

Title: Engineer

Company: Sucker Punch Productions

BARNES, JAVIER

Title: Senior Product Manager

Company: Tilting Point

BARNES, MICHAEL

Title: Head of Gaming Ecosystem

Company: Samsung Electronics

BARTHUR, PRAJWAL

Title: inMobi

Company: inMobi

BASSEY, VIC

Title: Business Development Manager

Company: Raw Fury

BEACHUM, KELSEY

Title: Writer

Company: Independent

BECK, DAVE

Title: Director & Founder

Company: University of Wisconsin-Stout School of Art & Design & Paverson Games

BEE, LAIA

Title: CEO

Company: Pincer Games

BEETS, KRISTOF

Title: Senior Director of Technical Management

Company: Imagination Technologies

BELAIR, KIM

Title: CEO

Company: Sweet Baby Inc

BELL, STEPHEN

Title: Narrative Designer and Writer

Company: The Game Band

BELLARD, MIRIAM

Title: Art Director for Visual Development

Company: Rockstar Games

BEN-TCHAVTCHAVADZE, ANOUK

Title: Senior Ux Designer

Company: Riot Games

BENAINOUS, JONATHAN

Title: Environment Texture Artist

Company: Naughty Dog

BENMERGUI, DANIEL

Title: Designer

Company: Storyteller

BENTLEY, ADRIAN

Title: Lead Engine Programmer

Company: Sucker Punch Productions

BERENBAUM, JUSTIN

Title: VP Strategic Planning at Xsolla & GM Xsolla Funding Club

Company: Xsolla

BERGES, VINCENT-PIERRE

Title: Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Company: Unity Technologies

BERLINGIN, JEROME

Title: Editorial Manager of Lenovo Mobile Gaming Business Unit, Lenovo Group

Company: Lenovo

BERNSTEIN, JEREMY

Title: Principal Writer

Company: Deep Silver Volition

BERRY, NICK

Title: President

Company: DataGenetics

BEVIER, ALEXANDER

Title: Lead Analyst & Committee Member

Company: Facebook & Game Writing SIG

BEZARK, ADAM

Title: Owner & Chief Creative Officer

Company: The Bezark Company

BHARDWAJ, VATSAL

Title: GM of AWS Game Tech

Company: Amazon

BILLIAS, ATHAN

Title: Chief Operating Officer

Company: The MIDI Association

BILLYARD, ADAM

Title: CTO & Co-Founder

Company: Polystream

BITTNER, ALEX

Title: Artist/Animator

Company: NetherRealm Studios

BLACKHURST, JIM

Title: Principal Solutions Architect

Company: MongoDB

BLAINE, ALAN

Title: Staff Technical Designer

Company: Bungie

BLANCHARD, ANNE

Title: Senior Director Product Marketing

Company: Nasuni

BLANCO, RODRIGO

Title: Art Director

Company: ARVORE Immersive Experiences

BOCCAMAZZO, RAFFAEL

Title: Clinical Director

Company: Take This

BODEN, DIANA

Title: Freelance Community Lead & Associate producer & Recruiter

Company: Diana Boden & Gamma Minus & VestGames, Nukklear

BOEDA, GAUTIER

Title: AI Engineer

Company: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

BOGOVICH, BONNIE

Title: Owner, Vocal & Audio Artist

Company: BlackCatBonifide LLC

BOLIVAR, CHELSEE

Title: Producer, Valorant

Company: Riot Games

BOLSONI, KIM

Title: Lead Publisher Account Director

Company: MoPub (a Twitter company)

BOONYAWATTANAPISUT, JESSIE (NITHINAN)

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Company: HotPlay

BOURHIS, GAëL

Title: Artist

Company: None

BRADLEY, CASEY

Title: Lead Designer

Company: Traega Entertainment

BRADSHAW, TRAVIS

Title: CTO of Gaming Cloud

Company: Microsoft

BRITCH, JUSTIN

Title: Head of Development

Company: Obsidian Entertainment

BRODIGAN, AOIFE

Title: Marketing Director

Company: Huawei Mobile Services, Europe

BROUSSARD, GRETCHEN

Title: Interior Designer

Company: IKEA Marketing & Communication AB

BROWN, AUGUST

Title: Senior Producer

Company: Armor Games Studios

BROWN, BRUCE

Title: Senior Software Development Manager

Company: AWS Game Tech

BROWN, MATT

Title: Kongregate

Company: Kongregate

BROYER, JEAN-MARC

Title: CEO

Company: Reto Moto

BRUINGTON, DAN

Title: Technical FX Artist

Company: FXVille, Inc

BUCHANAN, JULIE

Title: Composer & Sound Designer

Company: Freelance

BUCHER, WILL

Title: Associate

Company: Fenwick & West

BUCKSTEIN, DAN

Title: Associate Professor

Company: Champlain College

BULIARCă, CRISTIAN-MARIUS

Title: Freelance Senior Character Artist

BURESH, ANDREW

Title: Sr. Music Editor

Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment

BURRELL-SAWARD, TIM

Title: Founder

Company: Mother Ultimate

BURRIS, JOHN

Title: Chief Strategy Officer

Company: IMVU

BURROUGHS, MARK

Title: Game Designer

Company: Naughty Dog

BUSKO, PAVEL

Title: Technical Lead

Company: MS-1 at Wargaming

BUSSING, KENDA

Title: Director of People Operations

Company: Pocket Gems

BUTTFIELD-ADDISON, MARS

Title: Research Assistant

Company: University of Tasmania

BYRNE, MEAGAN

Title: Owner

Company: Achimostawinan Games

C

CAI, CAROLINE

Title: Program Manager

Company: Microsoft

CAI, HAOYU

Title: CEO & Producer

Company: miHoYo

CAKMAK, DUYGU

Title: Project Technical Director

Company: Creative Assembly

CAMINO, MASCHA

Title: Game Designer

Company: Machinen-Mensch

CAMPBELL, ADAM

Title: Director - Games, Apps, Kids Tech

Company: POC in Play

CAMPBELL, RUSSELL

Title: University Computer Science Instructor

Company: Vancouver Island University

CANALES, ALONSO

Title: Producer & Programmer

Company: Smarto Club

CARBONNEAU, MARC-ANDRé

Title: Research Scientist

Company: Ubisoft Montreal

CARLETTO-LEON, FRANCESCA

Title: Head of Curriculum & Game Designer

Company: Code Coven & Independent

CARRILLO, RICHARD

Title: Creative Director

Company: Sledgehammer Games

CASSIN, MARY

Title: Technical Artist

Company: Deepmind

CASTRO, SANDRA

Title: CEO

Company: Tan Grande y Jugando

CEPEDA, ARTURO

Title: Senior Engine & Game Programmer

Company: Deck13 Interactive

CHAMERLAT, LUC

Title: Technical Artist, 3D & Immersive

Company: Adobe

CHANG, ANNA

Title: Attorney

Company: Sideman & Bancroft LLP

CHAPLIN, MELISSA

Title: Consultant

Company: Robot Teddy

CHEN, GUIBIN

Title: Senior Researcher

Company: Tencent AI Lab

CHEN, IAN

Title: Composer

Company: Independent

CHEN, SI

Title: Head of Strategy

Company: Tencent AI Lab

CHEN, YING-CHIEH

Title: Technical Manager

Company: Mediatek

CHENG-HENEHAN, IZZY

Title: Senior Technical Artist

Company: Riot Games

CHEUNG, MICHAEL

Title: General Partners

Company: Makers Fund

CHIASSON, AMéLIANE

Title: Accessibility Lead & Volunteer

Company: SquareEnix West & IGDA Game Accessibility SIG

CHILLDON, ANNE

Title: Senior Technical Designer

Company: Volition

CHIN, JUSTIN

Title: Assistant Producer

Company: Gamevil

CHOU, MING-LUN 'ALLEN'

Title: Game Programmer

Company: Naughty Dog

CHOUINARD, LAURENT

Title: Project Lead Programming

Company: Ubisoft

CHUNG, CONNIE

Title: Director of Policy, Trust & Safety

Company: Twitch

CHUNG, JONATHAN

Title: Esports Medicine & Performance Staff

Company: 1HP

CIFALDI, FRANK

Title: Co-Director

Company: The Video Game History Foundation

CLARK, BEN

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company: Arm

CLONINGER, ERIC

Title: Head of Developer Relations

Company: Samsung Electronics

CLOUGH, MICHELLE

Title: Game Writer & Narrative Designer & Partner

Company: Talespinners & Chair of GDA Romance and Sexuality SIG

COCHRAN, JOSEPH

Title: Sr. Software Engineer

Company: Blizzard Entertainment

COLBERT, BRIAN

Title: Head of Gaming Sales for Americas

Company: Facebook Gaming

COLE, ALAYNA

Title: Producer

Company: Sledgehammer Games

COLE, KATIE

Title: Gaming & Virtual Production Evangelist, Director of Product Marketing

Company: Helix Core

COLEMAN, TYLER

Title: Founder

Company: Retora Games

COLLINS, DYLAN

Title: CEO

Company: SuperAwesome

COLLINSWORTH, BRYAN

Title: Game Designer

Company: Naughty Dog

COLWELL, BRIEN

Title: Co-Founder and CTO

Company: HeadSpin

COMPTON, KATE

Title: Researcher

Company: UC Santa Cruz

CONNELL, JASON

Title: Creative Director & Art Director

Company: Sucker Punch Productions

CONTO, JILL

Title: Integrations Producer & WB Analytics

Company: Warner Bros. Games

COOK, NICK

Title: Sr. Principal System Solutions Architect

Company: Arm

COOKE, MARK

Title: CEO

Company: Shiny Shoe

COOPER, JASMINE

Title: Composer

Company: Perennial Sounds LLC

CORDERO, JULIáN

Title: Gamedev

Company: Solimporta

COWGILL, RICHARD

Title: RTX Unreal Engine Evangelist

Company: NVIDIA

CRABTREE, SCOTT

Title: Chief Happiness Officer

Company: Happy Brain Science

CRAVEN, COURTNEY

Title: EIC & Founder

Company: Can I Play That?

CREVOSHAY, EVE

Title: Executive Director

Company: Take This

CULLINGS, TIM

Title: President

Company: Seattle Indies

CUTTING, ADELE

Title: Founder/Audio Director

Company: Soundcuts, Ltd.

CâMARA, PEDRO

Title: Game Designer

Company: ARVORE Immersive Experiences

D

DAHMS, PATRICK

Title: Director Product Design

Company: Holoride

DANNA, CARLOS

Title: Software Developer

Company: QVIK

DANSKY, RICHARD

Title: Central Clancy Writer

Company: Red Storm Ubisoft

DARCEY, RYAN

Title: Design Director

Company: Camouflaj

DASH, MOVELL

Title: Interim Global Head of Inclusion

Company: Unity Technologies

DAVIDSON, DOUGLAS

Title: Founder

Company: Elite Gems

DAVIS, BRIA

Title: Community Director

Company: The Game Band

DAVIS, GEENA

Title: Founder & Chair

Company: Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

DAVIS, IAN

Title: Technical Animator

Company: Gearbox Software

DAVIS, JUSTIN

Title: Co-Founder & CEO

Company: Spectrum Labs, Inc.

DAY, DANNY

Title: Designer

Company: Independent

DAY, RACHEL

Title: Lead Visual Effects Artist

Company: Bonfire Studios

DE SCHUTTER, BOB

Title: Professor & Founder

Company: Northeastern University & Lifelong Games LLC

DECIRON, ROMAIN

Title: Lead Gameplay Performance Engineer

Company: ILMxLAB (Lucasfilm)

DEGUY, SéBASTIEN

Title: Vice President, 3D & Immersive

Company: Adobe

DELLA ROCCA, JASON

Title: Co-Founder

Company: Execution Labs

DENEKEN, NILS

Title: Creative Director

Company: Die Gute Fabrik

DEPASS, TANYA

Title: Creative Director

Company: Into the Mother Lands RPG

DESAI, VINDHYA

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company: Arm

DESODT, CHARU

Title: Production Director

Company: Interior Night

DEVANA, ANASTASIA

Title: Founder, Audio Director, XR Developer

Company: Hear XR

DEVILLE, STUART

Title: Founder

Company: Game Dev London

DIAZ, JOHN

Title: Senior Technical Game Designer

Company: Electronic Arts

DIEZ, MARINA

Title: Creative Director

Company: Three of Cups Games

DILL, KEVIN

Title: Senior Solutions Engineer

Company: Kythera AI

DINC, SIMAY

Title: Game Producer

Company: Recontact Games

DING, TIAN

Title: Lead Data Scientist

Company: Blizzard Entertainment

DING, YU

Title: AI Expert

Company: NetEase

DOBILL, MATT

Title: Counsel

Company: Epic Games

DODGEON, IAIN

Title: Director

Company: OKRE

DOLUI, DANIEL

Title: CEO

Company: Wolcen Studio

DOMINGO, LAUREN

Title: XR Developer Relations Developer Advocate

Company: HP Inc.

DOMINGUEZ GARZA, CESAR

Title: Developer

Company: Independent

DONG, DONG

Title: Senior Graphics Engineer

Company: Tencent

DOPTIS, DANIEL

Title: Game Director

Company: Velan Studios

DORIAS, OSAMA

Title: Lead Game Designer

Company: Warner Brothers Games Montreal

DORTHé, MIRA

Title: Co-Founder, Programmer, Designer, Writer

Company: Other Tales Interactive

DRAGERT, PH.D., CHRISTOPHER

Title: Lead AI Programmer

Company: Ubisoft Toronto

DROOGENBROECK, IGNACIO VAN

Title: Solutions Architect

Company: InfluxData

DUAN, ZHICHAO

Title: Senior Data Mining Engineer

Company: Netease

DUNLAP, KELLI

Title: Community Manager

Company: Take This

DUNN, FLETCHER

Title: Programmer

Company: Valve

DYSHLOVA, TATYANA

Title: Co-Founder & CEO

Company: FuzzyBot

E

EDELSTEN, ANDREW

Title: Technical Engineering Director

Company: NVIDIA

EDWARDS, KATE

Title: CEO / Executive Director

Company: Geogrify / Global Game Jam

EHRLICH, MELANIE

Title: Creative Director

Company: Melodity Productions

EISENHUTH, LEE

Title: Senior Director of Product

Company: PeopleFun

EKANAYAKE, CHANDANA

Title: Co-founder & Studio Director

Company: Outerloop Games

ELOFF, ANDREW

Title: VP & COO

Company: Raw Thrills

ENGEL, WOLFGANG

Title: CTO

Company: The Forge Interactive

ENIGK SJöBERG, JOAKIM

Title: Technical Sound Designer

Company: Hazelight Studios

EPPS, CALEB

Title: Audio Director

Company: Brass Lion Entertainment

ERO, DOMINON

Title: Founder

Company: Arutu

ESCUADRA, PAULA ANGELA

Title: Senior Researcher & Co-Chair

Company: Google & IGDA Climate SIG

ESKANDARI, VLADIMIR

Title: Assistant Art Director

Company: Ubisoft Montreal

ESQUIVEL, SADEKARONHES

Title: Artistic Director

Company: Achimostawinan Games

EUBANKS, DON

Title: Online Services SDK

Company: Epic Games

EVANS, GEOFF

Title: Tools Engineer

Company: Epic Games

F

FAGNOU, DAMIEN

Title: Senior Director, Software

Company: NVIDIA

FAJON, GAëTAN

Title: Ad Monetization Lead

Company: Voodoo

FAN, MONICA

Title: Game Designer & Grad student

Company: Depaul University

FARGNOLI, ZANDRO

Title: Software Engineer

Company: Arm

FERDER, JEAN-BAPTISTE

Title: Assistant Art director and Lead Character Artist

Company: Arkane Studios

FERNANDEZ-VARA, CLARA

Title: Associate Arts Professor

Company: NYU Game Center

FESTOY, ELIN

Title: CEO and Producer

Company: Teknopilot

FIGUEIREDO, CARLOS

Title: Director of Trust & Safety, Co-Founder/Executive Director

Company: Two Hat/Fair Play Alliance

FIJAK, MARTA

Title: Creative Designer

Company: Anshar Studios

FINLEY, TOIYA KRISTEN

Title: Game Designer, Narrative Designer, Game Writer, Editor, and Consultant

Company: Schnoodle Media, LLC

FISHER, CAMILA

Title: Game Designer

Company: Giant Monkey Robot

FISHMAN, THEODORE

Title: Lead Combat Designer

Company: Sucker Punch Productions

FLORENCE, RILEY

Title: Director of Development and Experience

Company: Singularity Labs

FLOREY, JOE

Title: User Research

Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

FLORIANZ, MATTHEW

Title: Principle Audio Designer

Company: Frontier Developments

FOERTSCH, GREG

Title: Art Director

Company: Romero Games

FONG-JONES, LIZ

Title: Principal Developer Advocate

Company: Honeycomb.io

FORBECK, MATT

Title: Freelance Author & Game Designer & Board Member

Company: IGDA Writers SIG

FOURNIS, STEPHANE

Title: Director of Business Development

Company: HUAWEI Ads, Europe

FOX, DAVID

Title: CEO

Company: Double Coconut

FOX, MEGAN

Title: CEO

Company: Glass Bottom Games

FRAMIL, BáRBARA

Title: Narrative Designer

Company: ARVORE Immersive Experiences

FRASER, JAY

Title: Senior Manager, VR GTM & Partnerships | HP Inc.

FRAY, ANDREW

Title: Lead Programmer

Company: Roll7

FRAZIER-BAKER, CARIS

Title: Senior Technical Artist

Company: Unity Technologies

FREUDENBERG, VANESSA

Title: Co-Founder & Chief Architect

Company: Croquet

FREY, GWEN

Title: Founder

Company: Chump Squad

FULLERTON, TRACY

Title: Director

Company: USC Game Innovation Lab

FURY, KYLA

Title: Game Designer & Writer

Company: EVC

G

GAISER, MATT

Title: HP VR Business Development Manager

Company: HP Inc.

GALDA, TJ

Title: Director of Product Management

Company: NVIDIA

GALINDO, DAVID

Title: Game Designer

Company: Vertigo Gaming Inc.

GALLAGHER, JAMES

Title: Senior Social Media Manager

Company: Keywords Studios

GANNON, TANJA

Title: Senior Art Director

Company: IKEA Marketing & Communication AB

GAO, MEIQI

Title: Senior User Experience Researcher

Company: Netease

GAO, XIANG

Title: Programmer & UX Prototype Engineer

Company: Netease

GARCíA ROMERO, GUILLERMO NWDD

Title: Software Engineeer

Company: BlitWorks

GARDINER, CHRIS

Title: Narrative Director

Company: Failbetter Games

GAUDETTE, AARON C

Title: Game Designer

Company: Independent

GEPPERT, CORNELIA

Title: CEO & Creative Director

Company: Jo-Mei GmbH

GIANG, OLIVIA

Title: Account Manager

Company: MoPub (a Twitter company)

GIERACH, JOHN

Title: Graphics Driver Performance Lead

Company: Intel

GING, CASEY

Title: Sr. Concept Designer

Company: Walt Disney Imagineering

GIRARD, SIMON

Title: AI Programmer

Company: Ubisoft

GIZZI, GENA

Title: Senior Solutions Architect for AWS Game Tech

Company: Amazon

GKANATSIOS, DIMITRIS

Title: Software Engineer

Company: Microsoft

GLEGG, JULES

Title: Principal Engineer

Company: VALORANT at Riot Games

GOCKLEY, GRAHAM

Title: Principal

Company: Transcend Fund

GOLAN, ALON

Title: VP Product

Company: Fyber

GOLDBERG, ERIC

Title: Managing Director

Company: Crossover Technologies

GOLDING, HENRY

Title: Principal Software Architect

Company: Microsoft (Mojang Studios)

GONG, LINXIA

Title: PI of Matchmaking R&D at Fuxi AI Lab

Company: Netease

GONG, YIXIONG

Title: Systems & Applications Engineer

Company: CAPCOM

GORMAN, SAMANTHA

Title: Co-Founder

Company: Tender Claws

GOULDEN, GAVIN

Title: Art Director

Company: Insomniac Games

GRACE, LINDSAY

Title: Knight Chair & Vice President

Company: University of Miami, Higher Education Video Game Alliance

GRANT, ELYOT

Title: Founder & CEO

Company: Lunarch Studios Inc.

GRANT, JEREMIAH

Title: Technical Product Manager

Company: Epic Games

GRATTAROLA, MADDALENA

Title: Narrative Designer

Company: Broken Arms Games

GRAU, KYLE

Title: Graphics Software Application Engineer

Company: Intel

GRAVE, GERBEN

Title: Narrative Designer

Company: Multiverse Narratives

GRAVOT, FABIEN

Title: PhD

Company: SQUARE-ENIX

GRAY, KATE

Title: Writer

Company: Independent

GRAY, KISHONNA

Title: Assistant Professor

Company: University of Illinois - Chicago

GREBE, JEFF

Title: Technical Art Director

Company: ILMxLAB (Lucasfilm)

GREEN, KATHERINE

Title: Assistant Professor

Company: CSUMB

GREEN, ROBIN

Title: Programmer

Company: Pacific Light & Hologram

GREENBERG, DANIEL

Title: President & Chair

Company: Media Rez & IGDA Games for Health SIG

GRIL, JUAN

Title: Founder

Company: Game Tapas

GRILLOVA, EVA

Title: Senior Game Designer

Company: SocialPoint

GRIMSBY, GREGORY

Title: Professor

Company: George Mason University

GRITTON, JEREMY

Title: Art Director, Story Lead

Company: Moon Studios

GROSS, BLAKE

Title: Co-Founder

Company: DB Creations

GSTOETTNER, JULIA

Title: Localization Specialist & Co-Chair

Company: IGDA Localization SIG

GUERIN, NICOLAS

Title: Creative Director

Company: Thunder Lotus

GUZDIAL, MATTHEW

Title: Assistant Professor

Company: University of Alberta

H

HABETS, YURY

Title: Compiler and Mobile Performance Engineer

Company: Unity Technologies

HAGGETT, RICKY

Title: Designer & Founder

Company: Hollow Ponds

HALEY, BRENT

Title: Technical Director

Company: Cryptic Studios

HALPERIN, XRAY

Title: Senior Technical Artist

Company: Insomniac Games

HAM, JAMES

Title: Advanced Senior Animator

Company: Insomniac Games

HAMILTON, IAN

Title: Accessibility Specialist

Company: IHDC

HAMILTON, PARKER

Title: Lead Systems Designer

Company: Sucker Punch

HANCOX, JAMES

Title: Lead AI Developer

Company: Kythera AI

HANNA, JEFF

Title: Principal Technical Artist

Company: Volition

HANNON, VAUGHN

Title: Creative Technologist & Producer

Company: The Bezark Company

HARLIN, JESSE

Title: Composer

Company: Dunderpate Music

HARRER, SABINE

Title: Hertha-Firnberg Scholar

Company: University of Vienna

HARRISON, PAMELA

Title: Software Technical Consulting Engineer

Company: Intel Corporation

HART, EVAN

Title: Principal Engineer

Company: NVIDIA

HART, WESZT

Title: Head of Player Dynamics

Company: Riot Games

HARTHOLT, ARNO

Title: Director of R&D Integration

Company: University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies

HASANOW, IRINA

Title: 3D Artist

Company: Independent

HAVLIK, BRIANNA

Title: Head of XR Software

Company: HP Inc.

HAYDEN, MARIANNE

Title: Senior Cinematic Animator

Company: Naughty Dog Inc.

HEARTWOOD, FINN-LILY

Title: Head of Content & Founding Committee Member

Company: Lockwood Publishing & IGDA Production SIG

HEBY, EVAN

Title: Sr. Manager, Partner and Industry Marketing

Company: Tipalti

HEIDEN, KURT

Title: Chair

Company: IASIG

HEIDT, DAVID

Title: Senior Solutions Architect

Company: AWS Game Tech

HEIKKINEN, KALLE

Title: Senior Game Analyst

Company: GameRefinery by Vungle

HEIN, BRITTANY

Title: FX Artist

Company: FXVille, Inc

HEMMI, SABINA

Title: CEO & Co-founder

Company: Elo Entertainment

HEMSTAPAT, BILL

Title: Music Arranger

Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment

HERMIDA, TRINIDAD

Title: Head of Diversity & Inclusion

Company: Niantic Inc

HESSER, JEFF

Title: Senior Artist

Company: Harmonix

HESSION, ANGELA

Title: VP Trust & Safety

Company: Twitch

HEVIA MENéNDEZ, CARMEN

Title: Associate Design Director

Company: King

HEWISH, CHRIS

Title: President

Company: Xsolla

HICKEY, JASON

Title: Art Director

Company: Insomniac Games

HICKMAN, CURTIS

Title: Hyper Reality Expert., Cofounder

Company: the VOID

HIGGINS, LAURA

Title: Director of Community Safety & Digital Civility

Company: Roblox

HINER, KRISTA

Title: Partner

Company: ESG Law

HODENT, CELIA

Title: Game UX Consultant

Company: Independent

HOECHST, GRANT

Title: Game Designer

Company: Naughty Dog

HOGAN, ANDREW

Title: CMO & Co-Founder

Company: Intorqa

HOGG, RICHARD

Title: Art Director

Company: Richard Hogg Limited

HOLMES, JOSH

Title: CEO and Co-Founder

Company: Midwinter Entertainment

HOLSTEAD, IAN

Title: Gameplay Programmer

Company: Ubisoft Montreal

HOOKER, JT

Title: Senior Graphics Lead Engineer

Company: Treyarch

HOPPE, DAVID

Title: Managing Partner

Company: Gamma Law

HORN, JAMES

Title: Creative Director

Company: Pixel Toys Ltd

HORNEMAN, JURIE

Title: Lead R&D Programmer

Company: Ubisoft

HOROWITZ, STEVE

Title: Audio Director

Company: Nickelodeon Digital, GAI, IASIG, SFSU

HORTON, BRIAN

Title: Creative Director

Company: Insomniac Games

HOWARD, JOSHUA

Title: Executive Producer

Company: Scopely

HOWIE, HANK

Title: Director of Strategic Partnerships

Company: Modulate

HU, JIASHENG

Title: Senior UX researcher

Company: NetEase

HUANG, NANCY

Title: Performance Marketing Manager

Company: East Side Games

HUBER, JOSHUA

Title: Rigging Specialist

Company: Vicarious Visions

HUDSON, SETH

Title: Associate Professor of Game Writing

Company: George Mason University

HUISKAMP, RAMON

Title: Level designer

Company: No Brakes Games

HUNICKE, ROBIN

Title: Co-Founder & CEO

Company: Funomena

HURWITZ, SEAN

Title: Founder & CEO

Company: PIXO

HUX, ALLEN

Title: Graphics Software Architect

Company: Intel

HYMES, KATHRYN

Title: Studio Co-Founder & Game Designer

Company: Thorny Games

I

IKE, RYAN

Title: Composer/Sound Designer

Company: Independent

IKEDA, WATARU

Title: Visual Effects Artist

Company: Naughty Dog

INMAN, KAITLIN

Title: Sr. Strategic Publisher Manager

Company: MoPub (a Twitter company)

ISAACMAN, AUBREY

Title: Game Designer

Company: USC IMGD

J

JACKSON, LESTER

Title: Sr. Program Manager

Company: Microsoft

JACOBS, STEPHEN

Title: Professor & Co-Founder

Company: Interactive Games and Media & IGDA Free and Open Source Software SIG

JACOVER, EVAN

Title: CTO

Company: Jackbox Games

JAGER, THOMAS

Title: Producer

Company: Freelance

JAMMAZ, REHAF

Title: Computational Media PhD Student

Company: UCSC

JENKINS, STACEY

Title: Games Accessbility Specialist

Company: Can I Play That?

JIANG, YIBING

Title: Creative & Art Director

Company: Unity Technologies

JIJIASHVILI, GEORGE

Title: Principal Analyst, Games

Company: Omdia

JOEBGEN, NICHOLAS

Title: Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Company: Pocket Gems

JOHNS, MATTHEW

Title: Principal Artist

Company: Naughty Dog, Inc.

JOHNSON, ERIC

Title: AI Programmer

Company: Kojima Productions

JOHNSON, WYETH

Title: Technical Art Director, VFX

Company: Epic Games

K

KANG, CHRIS

Title: Senior Technical Artist

Company: Unity Technologies

KANG, ZIXIAO

Title: Senior Data Analyst

Company: NetEase

KARG, MANUEL

Title: VP Customer Experience

Company: Improbable

KARHU, KAI

Title: Game Designer & Educator

Company: Independent

KARLSSON, FREDRIK

Title: 3D Artist

Company: IKEA Marketing & Communication AB

KARLSSON, TOBIAS

Title: Senior Staff Programmer

Company: Sony Bend Studio

KARR, EVVA

Title: Founder

Company: Glitch

KASAVIN, GREG

Title: Creative Director

Company: Supergiant Games

KASTBAUER, DAMIAN

Title: Software Product Manager

Company: Audiokinetic

KATKOFF, MICHAIL

Title: CEO/Founder

Company: Savage Game Studios and Deconstructor of Fun

KEANE, JASON

Title: Animation Director

Company: Skydance Interactive

KEENAN, JUSTIN

Title: Writer

Company: ZA/UM Studio

KEREN DETAR, JULIA

Title: Game Designer

Company: Untame

KEYSER, JASON

Title: Founder

Company: VFX Apprentice

KHAN, BAHIYYA

Title: IGF Winning Game Designer & Writer

Company: Independent

KHAN, WASIM

Title: Technical Director

Company: Naughty Dog LLC & Sony Interactive Entertainment

KHANDAKER, MITU

Title: CEO / Assistant Arts Professor

Company: Glow Up Games / NYU Game Center

KHANOLKAR, PREETI

Title: Senior Producer

Company: Riot Games

KIELEY, RODERICK

Title: Principal Software Engineer

Company: Red Hat

KIM, BYUMJIN

Title: Lead Graphics Programmer

Company: The Forge Interactive

KIM, JI HUN

Title: Software Engineer

Company: Google

KINGHALL WERE, GAVIN

Title: Global Head of BD Solutions, Consumer Business Group

Company: Huawei

KIPNIS, ANNA

Title: Senior Creative Technologist

Company: Google

KIRILENKO, MAXIM

Title: Chief Business Development Officer

Company: Playrix

KLEANTHOUS, TOBIAS

Title: Lead AI & Gameplay Programmer

Company: Rockstar Games

KLYNE, JESSICA

Title: Lead Producer

Company: Blackbird Interactive

KO, MAURICE

Title: VP Engineering

Company: Kabam

KOCHENSPARGER, DUSTIN

Title: Co-Founder

Company: DB Creations

KOH, PHYLICIA

Title: Investor

Company: Play Ventures

KOPCZYńSKI, ERYK

Title: Assistant Professor

Company: University of Warsaw

KORB, DARREN

Title: Audio Director

Company: Supergiant Games

KORNFELD, DAVE

Title: Writer

Company: Independent

KOSTER, RAPH

Title: CEO

Company: Playable Worlds

KOUNEVA, PENKA

Title: Composer

Company: Independent

KOVALOVS, ARTEM

Title: Graphics & Game Programmer

Company: Naughty Dog, LLC

KOWERT, RACHEL

Title: Research Director

Company: Take This

KRUEL, LUIZ

Title: Technical Artist

Company: Rockstar Games

KUPFER, ELIZABETH

Title: Animator

Company: Evil Eye Pictures

KUTA, ADAM

Title: Community Marketing Specialist

Company: Schell Games

KUUSELA, ILKKA

Title: Principal Gameplay Animator

Company: Remedy Entertainment Plc

KWON, HYEYON

Title: CEO

Company: TENTUPLAY

KøLSTER, SUNE

Title: Composer

Company: Triband

L

LAFERRIERE, JULIEN

Title: Producer

Company: Ubisoft

LANDA, ELI

Title:

Company: Vancouver Island University

LANGONI, RAFAEL

Title: Music Composer

Company: ARVORE Immersive Experiences

LARKINS, EMMA

Title: Game Designer

Company: Independent

LATKOVIC, KARL

Title: Performance Marketing Manager

Company: East Side Games

LAU, JC

Title: Producer

Company: Harebrained Schemes

LAURENT-ANDRé, AUDREY

Title: Associate UX Director

Company: Ubisoft

LAVAUD, AURELIEN

Title: Global BD Director

Company: Gameloft

LAVOIE, MARTIN

Title: Online Technology Director

Company: Ubisoft

LAWHEAD, NATHALIE

Title: Independent Game Designer

Company: Alienmelon

LE, TRUNG

Title: Software Engineer

Company: Deviation Games

LEBRETON, JP

Title: Game Designer

Company: vectorpoem

LECUS, JEREMY

Title: Technical Producer

Company: Cryptic Studios

LEE, DANIEL

Title: Games Specialist Solutions Architect

Company: AWS Game Tech

LEE, FAYE

Title: Account Management Director

Company: Pangle

LEE, MATTHEW

Title: Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation & Co Chair

Company: University of Pennsylvania & IGDA Serious Games SIG

LEFEBVRE, CHRIS

Title: Dir. Business Development

Company: Lion Studios

LEFEBVRE, GABRIEL

Title: Game Design Manager

Company: Hyper Hippo Games

LEI, XIA

Title: Senior Data Mining Engineer

Company: Netease

LEI, ZIHAN

Title: AI engineer

Company: Netease

LENGYEL, ERIC

Title: Founder, President & CTO

Company: Terathon Software

LEVY, ETHAN

Title: Executive Producer for Tetris

Company: N3TWORK

LEWINGTON, ROBERT

Title: Senior Director of Safety Operations

Company: Twitch

LI, PEI

Title: Senior AI Researcher

Company: Netease Games AILAB

LIBERTY, SAMUEL

Title: Visiting Lecturer for Game Design

Company: Northeastern University

LIEU, DEREK

Title: Creative Director

Company: Derek Lieu Creative, LLC

LIGHTBOWN, DAVID

Title: UX Director

Company: Ubisoft

LIN, ED

Title: Vice President, Marketing

Company: Xsolla

LINDEN, JOHN

Title: CEO

Company: Mythical Games

LINDSAY, MATTHEW

Title: Game Developer

Company: Independent

LINDSEY, BRYANNA

Title: Lead VFX Artist

Company: Insomniac Games

LITVAITIS, CATHERINE

Title: Community and Marketing Manager

Company: Armor Games

LOBANOV, GREG

Title: Game Designer

Company: Independent

LOCATELLI, ANDREA

Title: Lead Data Scientist

Company: W3Champions.com

LOCHMANN, GERRIT

Title: Lead Software Engineer Elastic SDK

Company: Holoride

LOONEY, SCOTT

Title: CTO

Company: Game Audio Institute

LOPES, GILLIARD

Title: Senior Game Designer, FIFA

Company: Electronic Arts

LORA, ESTEBAN

Title: Senior Executive Partners & Alliances

Company: Microsoft

LOW, SEAN

Title: Technical Art Director

Company: Riot Games

LOWE, ROBERT

Title: Managing Director – Digital Play

Company: LEGO Ventures

LU, SHUO

Title: Senior Data Mining Engineer

Company: Netease

LUCIANO, GREG

Title: Global Director of Customer Success

Company: Contentstack

LUDLOW, RICHARD

Title: Audio Director

Company: Hexany Audio

LUO, SHUHAN

Title: Senior UI & UX Designer

Company: NetEase

M

MACDERMOT, SAM

Title: Technical Project Leader

Company: IKEA Marketing & Communication AB

MACH, MICHAL

Title: Lead Animator

Company: Naughty Dog, Inc.

MACKEY, DAVINA

Title: Director

Company: PlayStation Studios QA, Sony Interactive Entertainment

MACKLIN, COLLEEN

Title: Associate Professor of Media Design

Company: The New School

MACLEAN, JEN

Title: Head of WW Business Development for AWS Game Tech

Company: Amazon

MACLEOD, HANNAH

Title: Game Writer

Company: Crystal Dynamics

MAKAJ, MARCIN

Title: Indie Game Developer & Academic Lecturer

Company: The Moonwalls & Academy of Art in Szczecin

MAKHOBA, ESTELLE

Title: Game Developer

Company: Independent

MANDEL, MARK

Title: Developer Advocate

Company: Google Cloud for Games

MANNING, JON

Title: 50% of Secret Lab

Company: Secret Lab

MANUEL, RHEA

Title: Designer, Writer, & Developer

Company: Independent

MARIN VIDAL, ALEX

Title: Director, Strategy and Business Intelligence. Co-Chair LATINX Employee Network

Company: Activision Blizzard

MARINCONZ, STEVE

Title: Game Designer

Company: Independent

MARINO, SEAN

Title: Art Lead

Company: Riot Games

MARKIEWICZ, JOSH

Title: Lead Programmer

Company: Epic Games

MARSHALL, JAMES

Title: Music Supervisor

Company: SIEE

MARSHALL, JEFF

Title: Founder & CEO

Company: VRSpeaking

MARTIN, KYLE

Title: Composer/Sound Designer

Company: Independent

MARTIN, PATRICK

Title: Developer Relations Engineer

Company: Google

MASSEE, BART

Title: Brand Experience Design & Innovation

Company: HP Inc.

MATHUR, GAURAV

Title: Creative Manager

Company: Penumbra

MAXIMOV, ANDREW

Title: CEO

Company: Promethean AI Inc.

MAZZA, MATTHEW

Title: CTO

Company: UP360

MCCATHERN, KURTIS

Title: Principal Software Engineer

Company: Blizzard Entertainment

MCCLOSKEY, SHANE

Title: Advanced Designer

Company: Insomniac Games

MCCLURE, ANDI

Title: Lead Developer

Company: Mermaid Heavy Industries

MCCULLOUGH, BEN

Title: Audio Director

Company: Blackbird Interactive

MCDERMOTT, WES

Title: Creative Producer, 3D & Immersive

Company: Adobe

MCENTEE, CHRIS

Title: Lead Designer

Company: Moon Studios

MCGEE, CAITLIN

Title: Performance & Esports Medicine Director

Company: 1HP

MCKENNA, PATRICK

Title: AI Programmer

Company: Ubisoft Toronto

MCNAMARA, JENN

Title: Breakaway Games

Company: Breakaway Games

MEARLS, MIKE

Title: Game Design Director

Company: Wizards of the Coast

MEHTA, AMAR

Title: GM of Lumberyard for AWS Game Tech

Company: Amazon

MENDEZ-CATLIN, SEAN

Title: Managing Partner

Company: MC & J Law

MENG, WANG

Title: Senior Deep Learning Researcher

Company: Netease

MERETZKY, STEVEN

Title: Game Design Consultant

Company: Independent

MERRY, TINA

Title: Lead Consultant & Trainer

Company: Cultural Intelligence Center

MERTZ, CAROL

Title: Game Designer

Company: Insatiable Cycle LLC

MESA, MAGGIE

Title: Chartboost

Company: Chartboost

MEYER, GUILLAUME

Title: Technical Artist, 3D & Immersive

Company: Adobe

MEYER, REV. DR. BRADLEY D

Title: Audio Director

Company: Sucker Punch Productions

MIEN, LAWRENCE

Title: Director of Partner Experience

Company: Xsolla

MILLER, NATASHA

Title: Senior Research Scientist

Company: Blizzard Entertainment

MILLS, DOMINIC

Title: Solutions Architect for AWS Game Tech

Company: Amazon

MINTZ, SOPHIE

Title: Community Director

Company: Donkey Crew

MISHIMA, HITOSHI

Title: Systems & Applications Engineer

Company: CAPCOM

MIU, CAROL

Title: Chief Product and Analytics Officer

Company: PeopleFun

MOLLER, TOBIAS

Title: Independent

Company: Independent

MONGEAU, ANNE-SOPHIE

Title: Senior Sound Designer

Company: Hazelight Studios

MORELL, CARLOS

Title: VP of Media, Entertainment & Platform

Company: Zenlayer

MORI, TOMOHIRO

Title: AI Engineer

Company: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

MORIARTY, BRIAN

Title: Professor of Practice

Company: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

MORLAND, MANDY

Title: VFX Artist

Company: The Coalition

MORRIS, LUCY

Title: Studio & Creative Director

Company: Starcolt

MOSHE, BARAK

Title: Senior Technical Artist

Company: Google

MOU, JENNIFER

Title: Technical Artist

Company: Electronic Arts

MOUFAREK, ALEXANDRE

Title: Product Manager

Company: DeepMind

MOřICKý, KAREL

Title: Lead Designer

Company: Bohemia Interactive

MURPHY, JOHN

Title: Co-Founder & Studio Head

Company: Young Horses

MUSTAPHA, TARA

Title: CEO and Founder

Company: Code Coven

MYERS, KEVIN

Title: Senior Lead Graphics Engineer

Company: Treyarch

N

NAHINA, NATHAN

Title: Programmer

Company: Studio Moeā

NAMIKI, KOUSUKE

Title: Senior AI Enginner

Company: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.

NARCISSE, EVAN

Title: Writer & Narrative Design Consultant

Company: Independent

NASON, BRANDON

Title: Senior Animator I

Company: Blizzard Entertainment

NATIVO, VINCENT

Title: Producer & Founding Committee Member

Company: Grease Monkey Games & IGDA Production SIG

NAWROCKI, KATI

Title: Studio Art Director

Company: Dots

NEIL, KATHARINE

Title: Narrative Designer

Company: Independent

NELSON, JR, XALAVIER

Title: Narrative Director

Company: Strange Scaffold

NEMATI, CYRUS

Title: Senior Writer

Company: Wooga GmbH

NEUMANN, TOMAS

Title: Principal Software Engineer

Company: Blizzard Entertainment

NEWMAN, HARVEY

Title: Gameplay Animation Director

Company: Build A Rocket Boy

NG, GEORGE

Title: Chief Technology Officer

Company: GGWP

NGUYEN, C. THI

Title: Associate Professor of Philosophy

Company: University of Utah

NGUYEN, STEPH

Title: Composer

Company: Independent

NIGHTINGALE, DANA

Title: Campaign Designer

Company: Arkane Studios Lyon

NIVAS, SHREYAS

Title: CEO

Company: Replica Studios

NIXON, TIM

Title: Director of Online Experience

Company: thatgamecompany

NOGUER, JéRéMIE

Title: Principal Product Manager, 3D & Immersive

Company: Adobe

NORTH, RYAN

Title: Writer

Company: Dinosaur Comics

NORTON, BRETT

Title: Director of Design Development

Company: Cryptic Studios

NOUR, NIKA

Title: Executive Director

Company: IGDA Foundation

NUMAN, WEAM

Title: Game Developer

Company: Independent

O

O'LEARY, KIERAN

Title: COO

Company: Rovio Entertainment

OH, YEA JI

Title: General Manager

Company: All Pixels by Streamline

OLIVER, ELISABETH

Title: Computational Media Graduate Student

Company: UCSC

OLSEN, ERIKA

Title: Publishing Producer

Company: Humble Bundle

OLSEN, MORTEN

Title: Lead Environment Artist

Company: IO Interactive

OLSON, DAN

Title: Principal Software Architect

Company: Treyarch

OPPENHEIMER, GAL

Title: Director of Solutions Architects

Company: Contentstack

ORTMAN, ERIK

Title: Senior UX Designer

Company: EA DICE

OSBORN-JONES, ALEXANDRA

Title: Senior Manager, Growth

Company: AppLovin

OUEIJAN, NICOLAS

Title: Game Designer

Company: thatgamecompany

OZTALAY, MATT

Title: Technical Artist

Company: Epic Games

O’CONNOR, BRENDAN

Title: Director of Account Management, Strategy

Company: MOLOCO

P

PACIELLO, KEITH

Title: Former Emotional Systemic Facial Animator

Company: Naughty Dog

PAGUET-BRUNELLA, ADRIEN

Title: Environment Artist

Company: Ubisoft Montreal

PALLISTER, KIM

Title: GM Worldwide Gaming Solutions & Developer Relations

Company: Intel

PAPPAS, MICHAEL

Title: CEO

Company: Modulate

PARENT, JEROME

Title: Advanced Technical Level Designer

Company: WB Games Montreal

PARK, SUN

Title: Captain & Creative Director

Company: Turtle Cream

PARKIN, SIMON

Title: Author & Journalist

Company: Independent

PARMAR, JASON

Title: Business Development Director

Company: Pangle

PASTOORS, JONAS

Title: Junior Narrative & Game Designer

Company: Gaming Minds Studios

PATEL, CARRIE

Title: Senior Narrative Designer & Writer

Company: Obsidian Entertainment

PEARSON, LYNDSAY

Title: Executive Producer & GM, 'The Sims'

Company: Electronic Arts

PEDERCINI, PAOLO

Title: Founder Molleindustria & Assistant Professor

Company: Carnegie Mellon University

PEER, STEVE

Title: Community Specialist

Company: Sony Playstation

PENNER, CAMERON

Title: Tools Programmer

Company: Ubisoft

PENTY, COLIN

Title: Studio Technical Art Director

Company: The Coalition

PEREIRA, EDWARD

Title: Multiplayer Programmer

Company: Naughty Dog, Inc.

PERRIN, AURéLIE

Title: Localization Specialist & Chair

Company: IGDA Localization SIG

PERRY, ALEXANDRA

Title: Producer

Company: Media Molecule

PETER, MAXIM

Title: R&D Programmer

Company: Ubisoft

PETERSEN, CARL

Title: Lead Designer

Company: Northern Plains Games

PETERSON, LATOYA

Title: Co-founder & CXO

Company: Glow Up Games

PHANG, ALLAN

Title: Regional Head of Marketing & PR

Company: Evos

PHILLIPS, WINIFRED

Title: Composer

Company: Generations Productions LLC

PHU, ALVIN

Title: CEO

Company: Hanaji Games

PIRKER, JOHANNA

Title: Researcher

Company: Graz University of Technology

PIROGOV, ALEXANDER

Title: Product Manager/Developer

Company: JetBrains

PLUMMER, TYRIQ

Title: Artist & Game Designer

Company: FourbitFriday

PODDAR, NITAI

Title: Narrative Designer

Company: Obsidian

PODGORSKI, ROBERT

Title: Founder

Company: Blackmoon Design

POHLMANN, MATTHEW

Title: Programmer

Company: Sucker Punch Productions

POLS, DR.GIJSBERT

Title: Lead Product Strategist

Company: Adjust

PONSET, JEROME

Title: Business Development Manager

Company: Ubisoft

POPPER, JOANNA

Title: Global Head of VR, Go-to-Market

Company: HP Inc.

POTTER, ALEJANDRO

Title: Animator

Company: Respawn Entertainment

PRADO, IVONNE

Title: Creative Director

Company: Pollito & Xiang Xiang

PROMPANYA, JAMES

Title: Staff Software Engineer & Technical Lead Manager

Company: Niantic

PRZYBYLOWICZ, MARCIN

Title: Principal Composer

Company: CD Projekt RED

Q

QUAIDOO, CHRIS

Title: Investor

Company: Griffin Gaming Partners

QUAN MADRID, ALEJANDRO

Title: Video Game Designer

Company: Independent

QUIRK, KENT

Title: Lead Engineer

Company: Honeycomb.io

R

RABBANI, SHAHIN

Title: R&D Scientist & Physics Programmer

Company: Ubisoft Montreal

RABOY, NIC

Title: Senior Developer Advocate

Company: MongoDB

RAGEH, IBS

Title: VP of Engineering

Company: Nifty Games

RAINE, LENA

Title: Composer

Company: Radical Dreamland

RAMANAN, CHELLA

Title: Narrative Designer

Company: Various Companies

RANTALA, DANIEL

Title: Business Development Director

Company: Fingersoft Ltd

RAO, AMIR

Title: Studio Director

Company: Supergiant Games

RAY, ANDY

Title: Sales Director

Company: Vicon Motion Systems

RAYNER, KATE

Title: Studio Technical Director

Company: The Coalition

REDFIELD, TERRY

Title: Creative Lead

Company: Wizards of the Coast

REESE, DEREK

Title: Principal Software Engineer

Company: Red Hat

REFSTRUP, ASTRID

Title: CEO & Co-founder

Company: Triple Topping

REIS, AURELIO

Title: Director of Graphics Tools

Company: NVIDIA

REMIAR, JAKUB

Title: Head of Monetization

Company: TrapLight

RENAUDIE, DAVID

Title: Lead Data Scientist

Company: Massive Entertainment

REPA-DAVIES, TIM

Title: Games Lawyer

Company: Sheridans

RHODES, LEX

Title: Creative Coordinator

Company: The Bezark Company

RIBEIRO, ANA

Title: Creative Director

Company: ARVORE Immersive Experiences

RIDDER, BRAM

Title: Senior AI Engineer

Company: Rebellion

RIDGWAY, PETER

Title: Senior Director Technical Art

Company: King Studios

RINDO, ABIGAIL

Title: Associate Director of Narrative Design

Company: King

ROBERTSON, SHAWN

Title: Art Director

Company: Ghost Story

ROBO, JOSIE

Title: Robo of All Trades

Company: jo-robo

ROCHA SILVA, CARLOS

Title: CEO

Company: Dreams Uncorporated & SYCK

ROCKENBECK, BILL

Title: Coder

Company: Sucker Punch Productions

RODA, CHRIS

Title: Technical Art Director

Company: University of Central Florida

RODET, STEPHANE

Title: Lead UX Engineer

Company: IBM

ROGERSON, DYLAN

Title: Senior Data Scientist

Company: Wizards of the Coast

ROGERSON, MELISSA

Title: Lecturer

Company: The University of Melbourne

ROGET, WILBERT

Title: Composer

Company: Roget Music

ROHRL, DAVE

Title: Founder & CEO

Company: Mobile Game Doctor, LLC

ROMERO, BRENDA

Title: Game Director, Designer & Writer

Company: Romero Games

ROMERO, JOHN

Title: Managing Director

Company: Romero Games Ltd.

ROMOFF, JOSHUA

Title: R&D Scientist

Company: Ubisoft

ROONEY, NATASHA

Title: Games ML Specialist Senior Solutions Architect

Company: AWS Game Tech

ROSARIO, CORALY

Title: Senior UX Designer

Company: Niantic

ROSE, JEFFREY

Title: Attorney

Company: Law Offices of Jeffrey W. Rose

ROSEDALE, PHILIP

Title: CEO

Company: High Fidelity

ROUSE III, RICHARD

Title: Studio Creative Director

Company: FarBridge

ROWLANDS, MAT

Title: Games ML Specialist Senior Solutions Architect

Company: AWS Game Tech

RUDKO, PAVEL

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company: Arm

RUTHERFORD, PETER

Title: Owner

Company: Beanstar Games

RUUSUTIE, VILLE

Title: Principal Animation Programmer

Company: Remedy Entertainment Plc

RøMER, KRISTIAN

Title: Sound Designer

Company: IO Interactive

S

SALA, RACHEL

Title: Lead Artist

Company: Salad Monster Studios

SALEM, ALEXANDRE

Title: Global Gaming Business Development Director

Company: Huawei

SALTSMAN, ADAM

Title: Co-Founder

Company: Finji

SALTSMAN, REBEKAH

Title: CEO

Company: Finji

SANCHEZ ROMERO, CARLOS JULIAN

Title: Head of Engineering – Cloud & Platform

Company: Etermax

SANDERS, MATTHEW

Title: Lead Online Services Engineer

Company: Psyonix

SANTIAGO, DAVID

Title: Principal Technical Artist

Company: Insomniac Games

SANYAL, SHAYAN

Title: Head of Game Tech Business Development - EMEA

Company: AWS

SAPINA, NINO

Title: Co-Founder & CEO

Company: Realcast

SARKEESIAN, ANITA

Title: Executive Director

Company: Feminist Frequency

SASSI, DELPHINE

Title: Head of the Lab

Company: King

SATO, MORIMASA

Title: Director

Company: CAPCOM

SAVAGE, RUSS

Title: Product Manager

Company: InfluxData

SAVCHENKO, SERGEI

Title: Technical Lead

Company: Bethesda Game Studios

SCATURRO, PETER

Title: Sr. Music Producer

Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment

SCHAFER, TORI

Title: Senior Narrative & Content Designer

Company: Proletariat Inc.

SCHECTERSON, AVIVA

Title: Combat Designer & Chair

Company: Stoic Studio & IGDA Jewish Game Developers SIG

SCHERWINSKI, KLAUS

Title: Storyboard Artist

Company: Freelance

SCHEURLE, JENNIFER

Title: Chair

Company: IGDA Women in Games

SCHMIDT, BRIAN

Title: Owner

Company: Brian Schmidt Studios & GameSoundCon

SCHMIDT, CARL

Title: Senior Director of External Development

Company: Zynga

SCHRAMM, MIKE

Title: Senior Research Manager

Company: Interpret

SCHWAB, PHILOMENA

Title: Co-Founder & Game Designer

Company: Stray Fawn Studio

SCHWARZWALD, RESSA

Title: Audio Lead

Company: Creative Mobile

SCHYMAN, GARRY

Title: President

Company: Garry Schyman Productions

SCIALLI, SARAH

Title: Game Director

Company: Tinted Stardust

SCOTT, ASHLEY

Title: 3D & Environment Artist

Company: Roblox

SCOTT, AUBREY

Title: Founder

Company: Flying Cat Studios

SCOTT, LAUREN

Title: Senior Systems Designer

Company: Double Fine

SCOTT, ZIBA

Title: Optimist

Company: Popcannibal

SELFON, SCOTT

Title: Audio Experiences Lead

Company: Facebook Reality Labs

SEMPSROTT, RUSTY

Title: Lead Technical Designer

Company: Arkane Austin

SENNOTT, MICHAEL

Title: Game Designer & Writer

Company: Universal Happymaker

SEWELL, MAEBE

Title: Lead Technical Design Animator

Company: Gearbox Software

SHAH, PARIN

Title: Investor

Company: LEGO Ventures

SHAH, VIDHI

Title: Designer

Company: Blackbird Interactive

SHAIK, YIFAT

Title: Assistant Professor

Company: York University

SHARMA, ROSEN

Title: CEO

Company: now.gg

SHARMA, SID

Title: Senior Director, Developer Relations and Partner Engineering

Company: Agora

SHARMA, VEER

Title: VFX Artist

Company: ProbablyMonsters

SHARP, JOHN

Title: Associate Professor of Games & Learning

Company: Parsons The New School for Design

SHEETS, MOLLY

Title: Principal Solutions Architect, Game Tech

Company: AWS Game Tech

SHEFFIELD, BRANDON

Title: Creative Director

Company: Necrosoft Games

SHELTON, COREY

Title: Managing Consultant

Company: IBM iX

SHIPP, SARAH

Title: Game designer

Company: Independent

SHONKWILER, GRANT

Title: Commander & Shonk

Company: Shonkventures

SHORT, EMILY

Title: Creative Director

Company: Failbetter Games

SHOVLIN, DAVID

Title: Sr. VFX Artist

Company: Riot Games

SHPERLING, ANAT

Title: Co-founder & CEO

Company: Toya

SHURNEY, ANDREW

Title: Lead Software Engineer

Company: Activision: Central Tech

SIEGEL, DR. ERIKA

Title: Research Scientist, Omnicept AI

Company: HP Inc.

SILVERMAN, SCOTT

Title: SVP, Revenue

Company: Vungle

SIMO, MICHAEL

Title: Platform Engineer

Company: Honeycomb.io

SINECKY, JAROSLAV

Title: Game programmer

Company: Naughty Dog, Inc.

SKOLNICK, EVAN

Title: Game Writer & Narrative Designer

Company: Independent

SKULT, NATASHA

Title: CEO & Creative Director & Board Member

Company: MiTale Games & IGDA Game Art SIG

SMITH, CHRIS

Title: Founder/Director

Company: BIG Esports

SMITH, JAMES

Title: SVP of the Bugsnag Product Group at SmartBear

Company: Bugsnag, a SmartBear company

SMITH, JOHN

Title: Composer

Company: Games Without Words

SMITH, MASON

Title: Indie Game Developer

Company: Airdorf Games

SMITHSON, ELLIOT

Title: Esports Physical Therapist

Company: 1HP

SOLARSKI, CHRIS

Title: Game Art Theorist & Chair

Company: IGDA Switzerland & IGDA Game Art SIG

SOMBERG, GUY

Title: Lead Gameplay Programmer

Company: Echtra Games, Inc.

SOPIKOVA, ANASTASIA

Title: Senior VFX Artist

Company: Creative Assembly

SOSA, JESSE

Title: Outsource Manager

Company: Gearbox Software

SOVIG, LINN

Title: Business Developer & CMO

Company: Pineleaf Studio

SPAULDING, SETH

Title: Senior Art Manager

Company: Blizzard Entertainment

SPIERS, SARAH

Title: Lead Program Manager

Company: IGDA Foundation

SPRAGUE, JARED

Title: Principal Software Engineer

Company: Red Hat

SRINIVASAMURTHY, MANGAL

Title: Software Engineer

Company: Microsoft

STEPANOV, VIKTOR

Title: Tools Engineer

Company: Infinity Ward

STEVENS, KAREN

Title: Director of Accessibility

Company: Electronic Arts

STONE, KARA

Title: Designer

Company: Independent

STRASSER, JAKE

Title: Developer

Company: House House

STROINSKI, MIKOLAI

Title: Composer

Company: Mikolai Stroinski

STRONG, BRENT

Title: Executive Creative Director

Company: Walt Disney Imagineering

STUDE, RANDY

Title: GTM Program Director of HP OMEN Gaming Hub

Company: HP Inc.

SUEHLE, RUTH

Title: Director of OSPO Community Outreach & Co-Chair

Company: Red Hat & IGDA Free and Open Source SIG

SULZBACH, CHRIS

Title: Lead Character Artist

Company: Zenimax Online Studio

SUN, SEN

Title: VP, UA/GM, Ads

Company: Scopely

SUO, YANG

Title: Chief Art Director

Company: NetEase

SWAMY, RAMNATH

Title: Senior Product Manager

Company: Arm

SWEENEY, JOHN

Title: Art Director and Concept Artist

Company: Insomniac Games

T

TAKANO, TOMONORI

Title: Art Director

Company: CAPCOM

TAMER, VALENTINA

Title: Narrative Designer

Company: Ubisoft

TAO, JIANRONG

Title: Director of Game AI

Company: NetEase Fuxi Tech

TAYLOR, TY

Title: Director

Company: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild

TERLETO, ALLEN

Title: Field CTO

Company: Redis Labs

THAKKAR, AKASH

Title: Sound Designer

Company: Independent

THAYER, ALISHA

Title: Lead Technical Designer

Company: Crystal Dynamics

THOMPSON, CHERRY

Title: Accessibility Specialist

Company: Independent

THWAITES, JOE

Title: Principal Composer

Company: SIEE

TIAN, ISAAC

Title: Technical Artist

Company: Electronic Arts

TOKAREV, KIRILL

Title: CEO and Editor-in-Chief

Company: 80.lv

TOLL, FREDRIK

Title: Art Director

Company: Paradox Development Studio

TOOLE, ANNE

Title: Board Member

Company: IGDA Women in Games

TOOR, ANDEEP

Title: Software Engineer

Company: Google

TOPRAK, CHAD

Title: Artistic Director

Company: Freeplay Independent Games Festival

TOTH, CSABA

Title: Senior AI Designer

Company: Creative Assembly

TOTTEN, CHRISTOPHER

Title: Professor; & Founder & Creative Director

Company: Kent State University at Tuscarawas & Pie For Breakfast Studios

TOULAN, RIHAM

Title: Senior Technical Animator on the MetHuamns project

Company: Epic Games

TRAMMELL, AARON

Title: Assistant Professor of Informatics & Core Faculty in Visual Studies

Company: UC Irvine

TRAN, VICTORIA

Title: Community Director

Company: Innersloth

TRAVIS, JEFFREY

Title: Founder & CEO

Company: Positron

TREBELLA, DANA

Title: Founder

Company: Spoke & Wheel Strategy

TREMBLAY, LOUIS

Title: Sr. Lead Engineer

Company: Yellow Brick Games

TREVETHAN, BRIAN

Title: Sr. Software Engineer

Company: Microsoft

TSIPOLITIS, GEORGE

Title: Director of Digital Initiatives and Devices at Amazon Luna

Company: Amazon

TUCKER, MIKE

Title: Design Director

Company: Bitmap Bureau

TUMBUSCH, ED

Title: Programmer

Company: Velan Studios

U

UDUWANA, SHERVEEN

Title: Developer

Company: Independent

UPTON, BRIAN

Title: Chief Creative Officer

Company: Croquet

URIBE PRADO, ANTONIO

Title: Developer

Company: Independent

V

VACA, JUAN

Title: Chair

Company: IGDA LatinX in Games SIG

VALADARES, JEFERSON

Title: CEO

Company: Doppio

VALBUENA, SEBASTIáN

Title: Artist + musician

Company: Independent

VAN DEN BERGEN, GINO

Title: Physics Programmer

Company: Dtecta

VAN DER WERF, EWOUD

Title: Game Developer / Technical Artist

Company: Self Employed / Independent

VAN LEEUWEN, DANIEL

Title: Art Lead

Company: Moon Studios

VAN LEPP, ALEX

Title: Marketing Director

Company: Graffiti Games

VAN OOSTEN, ADINDA

Title: Online Educator

Company: Acreates

VANCZA, ODIN

Title: Lead Outsource Artist

Company: Insomniac Games

VANDONKELAAR, SCOTT

Title: CTO

Company: Zero Latency

VARNADO, CARL

Title: Chair

Company: IGDA Black in Games SIG

VELTMAN, CéLINE

Title: Artist

Company: Independent

VENISKY, BRIAN

Title: Senior Technical Artist

Company: Rockstar Games

VENTURA, DAVID GUISEPPE

Title: Creative Director & CEO

Company: Ichigoichie

VILELA DOS SANTOS, TATIANA

Title: Game Designer & Artist

Company: MechBird

VOGEL, RICHARD

Title: VP of Production

Company: Certain Affinity

VOLK, WILLIAM

Title: Founder

Company: Deep State Games

VOLL, KIMBERLY

Title: Co-Founder

Company: Fair Play Alliance

VOLZ, VANESSA

Title: AI Researcher

Company: modl.ai

VOYER, KELLEN

Title: Video Game Lawyer

Company: Voyer Law

W

WALLICK, KELLY

Title: CEO/Founder

Company: Indie MEGABOOTH

WALSH, ANDREW

Title: Writer & Narrative Designer

Company: Independent

WALTON, NICK

Title: CEO / Cofounder

Company: Latitude

WAN, FRED

Title: Narrative Designer & RPG Writer

Company: Freelance

WANG, CHUN-KAI

Title: CEO

Company: Kooapps LLC

WANG, JINGTAO

Title: Senior User Researcher

Company: NetEase

WANG, SAMANTHA

Title: Product Manager

Company: InfluxData

WANG, XI

Title: CEO & Game Producer

Company: Booming Games

WARE, DANA

Title: Independent

WARNER, LAURA

Title: Lead Game Designer

Company: Niantic

WATERS, JAY

Title: Audio Director

Company: Sumo Digital

WEIR, PAUL

Title: Audio Director

Company: Hello Games

WEISE, MATTHEW

Title: Creative Director

Company: Fiction Control

WEISS, MARKUS

Title: Co-Founder, Project Director and Machine Learning Programmer

Company: Couch in the Woods Interactive

WENG, DIANA

Title: CBO

Company: MYTONA

WILK, MAX

Title: Owner

Company: Protopia Games

WILLIAMS, LOGAN

Title: Marketing & PR Specialist

Company: Indie Wolverine

WILLIAMS, MICHAEL

Title: Central Technology Engineering Lead

Company: Bungie

WILSON, BEN

Title: Creative Producer

Company: Die Gute Fabrik

WINTORY, AUSTIN

Title: Composer

Company: Austin Wintory

WOHLLAIB, ERIC

Title: Rendering Engineer

Company: Sucker Punch Productions

WOHLWEND, CHRISTIAN

Title: Game Designer

Company: Naughty Dog

WOLLNY, NILS

Title: Co-Founder & CEO

Company: Holoride

WONG, CHEL

Title: Composer

Company: Independent

WOODARD, BRUCE

Title: Senior Programmer

Company: Bluepoint Games

WOODWARD, JUSTIN

Title: Director & Advisor

Company: The MIX & Humble

WU, RICHARD

Title: Software Engineer

Company: Google

WUERZBURG, DANA

Title: Art Lead

Company: 5th Planet Games

X

X. SHORT, TANYA

Title: Captain

Company: Kitfox Games

XIE, DAVID

Title: Chief Product Officer

Company: Zenlayer

XIE, ZHINING

Title: Senior Researcher

Company: Tencent AI Lab

XU, SHUO

Title: Lead AI Programmer

Company: miHoYo

XU, ZECHEN

Title: Senior Project Manager

Company: NetEase

Y

YAGIL, AMIR

Title: General Manager Playtika Boost

Company: Playtika

YAN, PAUL

Title: Studio Head & Chief Creative Officer

Company: Toys For Bob

YANG, TIANGE

Title: Senior Data Product Manager

Company: NetEase

YEARSLEY, JOSHUA

Title: Usability Developer

Company: Leder Games

YEE, NICK

Title: Co-Founder & Analytics Lead

Company: Quantic Foundry

YIN, KATHLEEN

Title: Research Fellow & Co-Founder

Company: Australian Institute of Health Innovation & Serious Games Australia/New Zealand & Games For Change Asia-Pacific

YOSKO, RONI

Title: Studio Engineer

Company: OM London

YOVINA, MARY

Title: UI Art Lead

Company: Harmonix

YU, DEREK

Title: President

Company: Mossmouth

Z

ZAMMIT, JESS

Title: Director / Co-chair

Company: Represent Me / IGDA LGBTQ SIG

ZDANOWICZ, GINA

Title: Sound Designer & Composer

Company: Serial Lab Studios

ZELENIN, ANTON

Title: Head of Game Commerce

Company: Xsolla

ZHANG, WEI

Title: Chief Animation Artist

Company: Netease

ZHANG, XINHUI

Title: Senior UX Researcher

Company: NetEase

ZHAO, JOHN

Title: Business Development Programs Specialist of AWS Game Tech

Company: Amazon

ZHOU, YIHENG

Title: Senior Data Analyst

Company: NetEase

ZHU, IRENE

Title: UX Designer

Company: 343 Industries

ZHU, SIMON

Title: Senior General Manager

Company: NetEase Games

ZHURAVLOV, MAKSYM

Title: Principal Animator

Company: Naughty Dog

ZIMMERMAN, CHRIS

Title: Studio Head Emeritus

Company: Sucker Punch

ZOU, WUHE

Title: AI Engineer

Company: Netease Game

ZUHN, KEVIN

Title: Co-Founder & Creative Director

Company: Young Horses

ZUKOWSKI, CHRIS

Title: Marketing Consultant & Strategist

Company: Return To Adventure Mountain LLC