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• Cancellations, Substitutions, Downgrades & Upgrade
• Payment by Check
• Program Changes
• Registration Hours
• Expo Hours
• Advance Badge Mailing
• Request for Taxpayer ID Number
• Hotel Reservations
• Mailing Lists
• Children At The Show
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Combining Discounts
• Questions & Changes

If you need to cancel your conference registration, you may do so for a full refund, less a $150.00 service charge until Monday, January 14, 2008. Attendees who register prior to or after the deadline date, who do not cancel in writing by the deadline date are liable for the pass cost and will be charged for the full registration fee. Sorry, no refunds are available for no-shows. If you are unable to attend the event, we recommend that you send a substitution in your place. Changes to registrations must be presented in written form. Please download the Registration Change Form and fax your cancellation, changes or substitution request to (415) 947-6011, or mail your request to:

CMP Events Registration Department
GDC 2007
600 Harrison Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107

Written requests for a downgraded pass must be received no later than Monday, January 14, 2008 for a full refund on the difference of registration fees between the value of the original and downgraded pass. Sorry, requests received after Monday, January 14, 2008 cannot be accommodated. Upgrade pass requests must be submitted in writing and faxed to (415) 947-6011 along with payment information for the difference in value.
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If you selected payment by check, please be aware that all check payments must be received by the Registration Department no later than Friday, February 8, 2008 in order to apply the payment to your registration. If you are unable to meet this deadline, please pay by credit card by accessing your registration as a returning user and follow the prompts to pay with a credit card. Thank you.
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The CMP Game Group, producers of the GDC 2008 reserve the right to make changes in the programs and speakers, or to cancel sessions if enrollment criteria are not met, or when conditions beyond its control prevail. All sessions, excluding Tutorials, and Summits are filled on a first-come, first-seated basis. Arrive early to ensure a seat! Recording devices and cameras, still or video, are prohibited.
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Date	Time
Sunday, February 17	3:00PM – 7:00PM/Early Registration for all pass holders
Monday, February 18	8:00AM – 4:30PM/Early Registration for Upgrades, All Access, GDC Mobile Pass & Classic Pass Holders Only Please
Monday, February 18	12:00PM – 4:30PM/All Conference Pass Holders Welcome
Tuesday, February 19	8:00am – 7:00pm
Wednesday, February 20	8:00AM – 6:00PM
Thursday, February 21	8:30AM – 6:00PM
Friday, February 22	8:30AM – 3:00PM

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Date	Time
Wednesday, February 20	11:30AM – 6:30PM
Thursday, February 21	11:30AM – 6:30PM
Friday, February 22	11:30AM – 3:30PM

In late January, badges will be mailed to all attendees who are confirmed as registered by January 21, 2008. Badges for those who pre-register after this date must be collected on-site.

Please care for your badge. A non refundable replacement fee will apply to all lost, misplaced, stolen, forgotten and duplicate badge requests.
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Please fax your W-9 requests to Registration Customer Service at (415) 947-6011. The Federal Tax ID number for the Game Developers Conference 2007 is 11-2240940.
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If you have not yet made hotel arrangements, we urge you to do so immediately. For hotel reservations, please refer to the Travel page.

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Please notify us if either of the following occur:

• Catalog change of address: If you’re moving, or if your conference brochure is addressed incorrectly, please fax your corrections to 415-947-6090, Attn: GDC List Correction or call 415-947-6219, or make corrections on your mailing address and mail it to us at:

  GDC Marketing Dept – List Correction, Attn Tara Gibb, Ben Veechai
  600 Harrison Street, 5th Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94107

• Duplicate Catalogs & Removal from Mailing List: If you’re receiving duplicate copies of our conference brochure, please enclose the address area from each duplicate conference catalog you’d like to be removed from and mail or fax to the above address. To be removed from the mailing list, please fax or mail your address area from your catalog with instructions to be removed from the mailing list.

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Due to safety concerns, no one under the age of 18 (including infants in strollers) will be permitted on the show floor at any time during the Game Developers Conference.
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If you require special assistance, auxiliary aids, interpreters or other reasonable accommodations while at the conference, please contact Laurie Fellezs at (415) 947-6681 or lfellezs@cmp.com at least two weeks prior to the event date.

Question: Can I combine other additional discounts along with my Alumni Discount?
Answer: No, Alumni discounts cannot be a combined with other discounts including group discounts or IGDA discounts.
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If you have any questions please access the "Contact Us" area at with questions related to the event and the conference program.

For registration related inquiries only, please contact our Registration Department at (415) 947-6135 Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm PT. We will make every attempt to answer your questions or forward your request to the appropriate group. All requests for changes to a registration must be faxed in to (415) 947-6011, or you may mail your request to the above address.
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