GDC 2026

When: 9 – 13 March, 2025

IGDA Booth: South Hall, 1061
Where: Moscone Convention Center
747 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

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IGDA Booth, sponsored by Dell

Visit us in South Hall of Moscone, booth 1061, alongside our friends at Dell and Nvidia!

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IGDA Schedule of Events @ GDC 2026

All times are in PST. Event lists includes all “Presented by the IGDA” Roundtables as well as IGDA Leaders who are speaking!

If you are an IGDA Leader and do not see your event listed here, please email social@igda.org and provide your full name, job title, company name, a link to your GDC conference schedule, the title of your talk/presentation, date/time, and GDC room.

This will be updated as often as we can, but please refer to the GDC schedule for most up to date details.

DETAILED SCHEDULED

Monday, 9 March

10:30am – 11:30am | Uplifting Latine Game Devs Here, There, and Everywhere Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Latinx in Games SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

1:50pm – 2:50pm | Art Production Pipeline in 2026 and Beyond Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Game Art SIG, Room 301 South Hall)

1:50pm – 2:50pm | How to Advocate for Yourself as a Neurodivergent Game Dev Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Neurodivergent in Games SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

3:10pm – 4:10pm | Antisemitism in the Games Industry Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Jewish Game Developers SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

4:30pm – 5:30pm | Action-Minded Strategies for Climate Stress Roundtable: Community, Action, and Empowerment (Presented by IGDA Climate SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

4:30pm – 5:30pm | System Design Best Practices and Roles in Game Production Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Production SIG, Room 301 South Hall)

Tuesday, 10 March

10:30am – 11:30am | Innovate Tools for the Innovative Indies Roundtable: Gamedev in a Distributed World (Presented by IGDA Indies SIG, Room 301 South Hall)

1:50pm – 2:50pm | Beyond the Console Roundtable: Building Authenticity and Inclusive Spaces for AAPI Voices Everywhere (Presented by IGDA AAPI in Gaming SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

1:50pm – 2:50pm | Understanding AI in the Game Audio Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Interactive Audio SIG, Room 301 South Hall)

3:10 – 4:10pm | AI Psychosis Roundtable: Reclaiming the Female Voice in an Algorithmic World (Presented by IGDA WIG+ SIG, Room 301 South Hall)

3:10 – 4:10pm | Being an Effective Ally Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Allies SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

4:30pm – 5:30pm | Children and Safety Roundtable: An Ever-Changing Landscape (Presented by IGDA Child Safety SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

Wednesday, 11 March

10:30am – 11:30am | Bridging East and West Roundtable: Opportunities for Global Game Collaboration (Presented by IGDA Chinese in Games SIG, Room 301 South Hall)

10:30am – 11:30am | Developing Supports for Queer Game Developers (Presented by IGDA LGBTQ+ SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

1:50pm – 2:50pm | Serious Games Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Serious Games SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

3:10pm – 4:10pm | Involving Kids in Game Development Roundtable: Possibilities, Boundaries, and Responsibility (Presented by IGDA Devs with Kids SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

3:10pm – 4:10pm | Let’s Play Economics: A Live Trading Game on Asymmetry and Incentives (Presented by IGDA Game Economics SIG, Room 301 South Hall)

4:30pm – 5:30pm | Games User Research Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Games User Research SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

Thursday, 12 March

10:30am – 11:30am | Acquire & Retain Diversity Roundtable: Challenges, Successes and Future Strategies (Presented by IGDA Black in Gaming SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

1:50pm – 2:50pm | Developing Together: Engagement and Emotionally Connected Design Through Sound and Music (Presented by IGDA Interactive Audio SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

3:10pm – 4:10pm | Localization Round Table (Presented by IGDA Localization SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

4:30pm – 5:30pm | Professional Game Writing Roundtable: Best Practices and Issues (Presented by IGDA Game Writing SIG, Room 301 South Hall)

Friday, 13 March

10:50am – 11:50am | Accessibility at Scale Roundtable: Doing More with Less (Presented by IGDA Game Accessibility SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

1:30pm – 2:30pm | Analytics and Data Science Roundtable (Presented by IGDA Analytics and Data Science SIG, Room 304 South Hall)

2:50pm – 3:50pm | Leveling Up Kids’ Privacy: Navigating Global Requirements (Presented by IGDA Legal SIG, Room 304 South Hall)