Game Developers Conference 2025
                                                                      
                    
                                                Career Microtalks: External Game Development as a Career Path
                
                                    
                        by Anna Nguyen
                                                    (Blind Squirrel Games)
                                            
                                
                Career Development
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2025
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Career Seminar: Becoming a Juggler: A Framework for Sustainably Han...
                
                                    
                        by Alonso Canales-Echeverria
                                                    (Smarto Club)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2025
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Career Seminar: Introduction to Performance Optimization
                
                                    
                        by Rez Graham
                                                    (Independent)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2025
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Career Seminar: Multiclass Your Career in Games
                
                                    
                        by Fawzi Mesmar
                                                    (Ubisoft)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2024
                                                                      
                    
                                                Creating African Talent for the Global Games Industry
                
                                    
                        by Hugo Obi
                                                    (Maliyo Games)
                                            
                                
                Career Development
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2024
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: How to Teach "Representation" Responsibly: A Seven-Poi...
                
                                    
                        by Ash Rezvani
                                                    (University of Montana)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2024
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: Online Game Design Education: The Good, the Bad, and t...
                
                                    
                        by Philip Tan
                                                    (MIT Game Lab)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2024
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: Rethinking Assessment: Better Pedagogy Through Game De...
                
                                    
                        by Gillian Smith
                                                    (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2023
                                                                      
                    
                                                Add Senior to That Title: Real Career Talk
                
                                    
                        by Ben Schneider
                                                    (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
                                            
                                
                Career Development
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2023
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: Games That Cell: Teaching Spreadsheets in Art School
                
                                    
                        by Alexander King
                                                    (NYU Game Center)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2023
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: Incorporating Black Game Studies in the Classroom: Ben...
                
                                    
                        by Latoya Peterson
                                                    (Glow Up Games)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2023
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: Next Level Arcade: Course Case Study
                
                                    
                        by Jessie Contour
                                                    (University of Texas at Austin)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2022
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit Session: Abolish Points: Using Specifications Grading i...
                
                                    
                        by Sanjay Madhav
                                                    (University of Southern California)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2022
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Career Seminar: Chasing the Information Horizon: Designing Informat...
                
                                    
                        by Jongwoo Kim
                                                    (Studio Imugi)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2022
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Career Seminar: Full Circle: From Game Jams to Industry and Back
                
                                    
                        by JC Lau
                                                    (Harebrained Schemes)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2022
                                                                      
                    
                                                Live Long and Render!
                
                                    
                        by Dan Buckstein
                                                    (Infinity Ward)
                                            
                                
                Career & Studio Development
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2021
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: Approaching a Pedagogy of Game Writing
                
                                    
                        by Seth Hudson
                                                    (George Mason University)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2021
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: Teaching Games with Games: 6 Lessons from Life Online
                
                                    
                        by Tracy Fullerton
                                                    (USC Game Innovation Lab)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2021
                                                                      
                    
                                                Educators Summit: Why My Students Design Escape Rooms
                
                                    
                        by Samuel Liberty
                                                    (Northeastern University)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              Game Developers Conference 2021
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Career Seminar: "You Want to Do What?" Non-Traditional Pathways to ...
                
                                    
                        by Marina Diez
                                                    (Three of Cups Games)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              2019
                                                                      
                    
                                                Are Games Art School? How to Teach Game Development When There Are No Jobs
                
                                    
                        by Brendan Keogh
                                                    (Queensland University of Technology)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              2019
                                                                      
                    
                                                Being Pro at Being a Noob
                
                                    
                        by Chris Morris
                                                    (Blizzard Entertainment)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              2019
                                                                      
                    
                                                Being Pro at Being a Noob
                
                                    
                        by Chris Morris
                                                    (Blizzard Entertainment)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              2019
                                                                      
                    
                                                Extreme Makeover Game School Edition: Do It with or without a Grant
                
                                    
                        by Toni Pizza
                                                    (NYU Game Center)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2018
                                                                      
                    
                                                Acing the Whiteboard Interview
                
                                    
                        by Ellen Beeman
                                                    (DigiPen Institute of Technology)
                                            
                                
                Career Development
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2018
                                                                      
                    
                                                Cuba, Nairobi, Borneo, Oh My! Creating Games Education (Very) Abroad
                
                                    
                        by Lindsay Grace
                                                    (American University Game Lab)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2018
                                                                      
                    
                                                Disabilities: Helping Students Survive and Thrive
                
                                    
                        by Henry Bawden
                                                    (Columbus State Community College)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2018
                                                                      
                    
                                                Education and Esports: Getting Competitive with New Classes
                
                                    
                        by Roger Altizer
                                                    (Utah University)
                                            
                                
                Educators Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2017
                                                                      
                    
                                                Academic Residencies for Game Designers
                
                                    
                        by Lisa Brown
                                                    (Independent)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2017
                                                                      
                    
                                                Been There, Done That: Industry Vets Share Experiences and Advice
                
                                    
                        by Sela Davis
                                                    (VREAL)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2017
                                                                      
                    
                                                Confronting Games and Ethics: Challenging Students to Be Critical Designers
                
                                    
                        by Karen Schrier
                                                    (Marist College)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2017
                                                                      
                    
                                                Don't You Dare Say "Showstopper": Bootstrapping Your Own QA Team
                
                                    
                        by Jesse Vigil
                                                    (USC Games)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2016
                                                                      
                    
                                                A Course About Game Balance
                
                                    
                        by Ian Schreiber
                                                    (Rochester Institute of Technology)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2016
                                                                      
                    
                                                Applied Game Theory: The Case of 'Posthuman'
                
                                    
                        by Gordon Calleja
                                                    (Institute of Digital Games)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2016
                                                                      
                    
                                                Been There, Done That: Industry Women Share Experiences and Advice
                
                                    
                        by Kim McAuliffe
                                                    (gamesto.love)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2016
                                                                      
                    
                                                Beginning with the Word: Building a Game Writing Program
                
                                    
                        by Lee Sheldon
                                                    (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2015
                                                                      
                    
                                                A New R&D Process for Game Design
                
                                    
                        by James Taylor
                                                    (Game Changer Chicago Design Lab - University of Chicago)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2015
                                                                      
                    
                                                AI Based Game Design
                
                                    
                        by Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari
                                                    (Otter Play)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2015
                                                                      
                    
                                                Creative Chaos: Teaching Project Teams to Be Innovative
                
                                    
                        by Drew Davidson
                                                    (Carnegie Mellon)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2015
                                                                      
                    
                                                Dev Studio 2.0: Paid to Learn
                
                                    
                        by Amy Adkins
                                                    (University of Utah- Entertainment Arts and Engineering)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC China 2014
                                                                      
                    
                                                Level Design Fundamentals & Techniques
                
                                    
                        by Joel Burgess
                                                    (Bethesda Game Studios)
                                            
                                
                Tutorial
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC China 2014
                                                                      
                    
                                                Level Design Fundamentals & Techniques
                
                                    
                        by Joel Burgess
                                                    (Bethesda Game Studios)
                                            
                                
                Tutorial
                                     - Chinese
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC China 2014
                                                                      
                    
                                                Level Design Fundamentals & Techniques
                
                                    
                        by Joel Burgess
                                                    (Bethesda Game Studios)
                                            
                                
                Tutorial
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC China 2014
                                                                      
                    
                                                Level Design Fundamentals & Techniques
                
                                    
                        by Joel Burgess
                                                    (Bethesda Game Studios)
                                            
                                
                Tutorial
                                     - Chinese
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2014
                                                                      
                    
                                                Extracurricular Video Game Development Clubs: How They Complement the Cl...
                
                                    
                        by Chris DeLeon
                                                    (HobbyGameDev)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2014
                                                                      
                    
                                                Federal Opportunities for Game Faculty and Students
                
                                    
                        by Noah Wardrip-Fruin
                                                    (UC Santa Cruz)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2014
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Design Education 10+ Years In: Where to Take the Field from Here
                
                                    
                        by Katherine Isbister
                                                    (NYU)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2014
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Educators Rant
                
                                    
                        by Sarah Schoemann
                                                    (Different Games/Georgia Tech)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2013
                                                                      
                    
                                                Game Educators Rant
                
                                    
                        by Michael Mateas
                                                    (UC Santa Cruz)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2013
                                                                      
                    
                                                The Unfinished Swan: From Student Prototype to Commercial Game
                
                                    
                        by Ian Dallas
                                                    (Giant Sparrow)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2013
                                                                      
                    
                                                You Don't Need a Degree to Make Video Games
                
                                    
                        by Conan Bourke
                                                    (AIE)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2012
                                                                      
                    
                                                A 'Mod'est Approach to Teaching Game Development
                
                                    
                        by Jesper Juul
                                                    (New York University)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2012
                                                                      
                    
                                                An Innovative Math Course for Undergraduate Game Programming Majors
                
                                    
                        by Scott Stevens
                                                    (Champlain College)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2012
                                                                      
                    
                                                An Innovative Math Course for Undergraduate Game Programming Majors
                
                                    
                        by Scott Stevens
                                                    (Champlain College)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2012
                                                                      
                    
                                                Ask the Experts: Professional Programmer's Panel
                
                                    
                        by Jeff Ward
                                                    (Fire Hose Games)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2011
                                                                      
                    
                                                Collaboration Across Disciplines and Programs
                
                                    
                        by Eric Zimmerman
                                                    (Independent)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2011
                                                                      
                    
                                                Distance Education Vs. Brick and Mortar: What Game Courses Work Online a...
                
                                    
                        by Christopher Erhardt
                                                    (Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE))
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2011
                                                                      
                    
                                                Edu to Indy: Teaching Students Self-Reliance
                
                                    
                        by Paul Bellezza
                                                    (Riot Games)
                                            
                                
                GDC Education Summit
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2011
                                                                      
                    
                                                From College to Industry: 20 Lessons for Getting the Most out of Your Ea...
                
                                    
                        by Jeff Ward
                                                    (Fire Hose Games)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC Canada 2010
                                                                      
                    
                                                Preparation (Don't Give Us a Reason to Reject You!)
                
                                    
                        by Jim Rivers
                                                    (Obsidian Entertainment)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC Canada 2010
                                                                      
                    
                                                SCRAP METAL: Pushing the Envelope with a Team of Two
                
                                    
                        by Nick Waanders
                                                    (Slick Entertainment)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC Canada 2010
                                                                      
                    
                                                SCRAP METAL: Pushing the Envelope with a Team of Two
                
                                    
                        by Nick Waanders
                                                    (Slick Entertainment)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2010
                                                                      
                    
                                                Getting Noticed: Why You Need an Online Portfolio and How to Make One
                
                                    
                        by Jacob Minkoff
                                                    (Naughty Dog Inc)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2010
                                                                      
                    
                                                Getting Noticed: Why You Need an Online Portfolio and How to Make One
                
                                    
                        by Jacob Minkoff
                                                    (Naughty Dog Inc)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2010
                                                                      
                    
                                                Getting Noticed: Why You Need an Online Portfolio and How to Make One
                
                                    
                        by Jacob Minkoff
                                                    (Naughty Dog Inc)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar
                                             
                            
                                    
                                                                              GDC 2010
                                                                      
                    
                                                Getting Noticed: Why You Need an Online Portfolio and How to Make One
                
                                    
                        by Jacob Minkoff
                                                    (Naughty Dog Inc)
                                            
                                
                Game Career Seminar