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Game Developers Conference 2012 | Moscone Convention Center | San Francisco, California | 03.5.12 - 03.9.12
    February 22, 2012
 
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Summit Sessions Announced

All Summit sessions have been announced! Attend these highlights and all Summit sessions with an All Access or Summits & Tutorials pass.

AI AI Summit:
Managing the Masses: Crafting AI for Online Games
Robert Zubek (Zynga) and Mike Lewis (ArenaNet)
   
Jane McGonigal Game IT Summit:
Health IT! Enterprising Approaches to Combining Health and Games
Jane McGonigal (Social Chocolate), Rajiv Kumar (ShapeUp), and Brian Krejcarek (GreenGoose)
   
Ian Livingstone Games for Change @ GDC:
From Dungeons to Downing Street - How Games are Growing Up for Good!
Summit Keynote - Ian Livingstone (Eidos)
   
Collide GDC Education Summit:
Pick and Roll: When Game Design and Learning Collide
Katie Salen (DePaul University)
   
Fail Independent Games Summit:
The Failure Workshop
Jamie Cheng (Klei Entertainment), Steve Swink (Enemy Airship), Scott Anderson (Enemy Airship), Amir Rao (Supergiant Games), Colin Northway (Fantastic Contraption) and Ron Carmel (2D BOY)
   
Ted Woosley Localization Summit:
Game Localization: Using the Past to Understand the Present and Predict the Future
Summit Keynote - Matt Whiting and Ted Woolsey (Microsoft Studios)
   
Fruit Ninja Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit:
Iterating Design and Fighting Fires: Updating Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride
Luke Muscat (Halfbrick Studios)
   
Indiana Jones Adventure World Social & Online Games Summit:
Indiana Jones Adventure World: Making Core Gameplay for Everyone [SOGS Postmortem]
Seth Sivak (Zynga Boston)


GDC Attendees Experience the Many Facets of GDC

Don't miss everything that GDC has to offer! Take a break from sessions and check out the networking and community events GDC offers throughout the conference week.

  • GDC Flash Forward
  • 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards
  • 14th Annual IGF Awards
  • GDC Play
  • History Of 3D Games
  • GDC Expo Floor
  • Career Pavilion
  • Game Career Seminar
  • GDC Business Lounge
  • GDC T-Shirt Giveaway
  • Super Magnetic Game-O-Matic
  • Indie Game: The Movie
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    GDC Social EventGDC12 Parties & Social Events Lineup

    Unwind after a day of learning at one of GDC's business networking or social events. GDC hosts an exciting lineup of opportunities to connect and mingle with fellow industry professionals while you play!

  • Microsoft Lobby Bar
  • Networking Lounge at GDC Play
     - Sponsored by Digital Capital
  • Blizzard Entertainment's Slaughtered Calf's Inn
  • ISM Charity Poker Tournament
  • Sony Interactive Lounge
  • Expo Floor Competition
     - Sponsored by TheLoop
  • Career Pavilion Happy Hour
     - Sponsored by Microsoft
  • GDC Happy Hour
  • Havok Party
  • EA's Game Changers Symposium
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    Electronic Arts is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment and title sponsor for this year's Games for Change @ GDC. Electronic Arts will host the Game Changers Symposium (by invitation only), where special guests will discuss how the people of today are making changes to better the world of tomorrow: attendees will learn how they have the Power to Change a World Together. Learn more about the Game Changers Symposium
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