Networking and connecting with fellow game developers doesn't just end at the conference, we have many events that are happening throughout the week that you won't want to miss!

Choice Awards
The Game Developers Choice Awards are the premier accolades for peer-recognition in the digital games industry, celebrating creativity, artistry and technological genius. Industry professionals from around the world nominate for the awards, free of charge, ensuring that the recipients reflect the community's opinions.

IGF
Just as the Sundance Film Festival benefits the independent film community, the Independent Game Festival creates a similar event for independent game developers in addition to the student population of game developers. The competition culminates at the GDC where winners are announced and over $50,000 worth in prizes awarded.

Now in its 10th year, the IGF has given away hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes and major recognition to innovative, independently created video games from all over the world, from early pioneering titles such as Tread Marks and Shattered Galaxy, through recent stand-outs such as Oasis, Alien Hominid, Gish, and Darwinia.

Career Pavilion
The largest and most prestigious career expo in the game industry provides publishers and studios the opportunity to meet, interact and recruit the industry's top developers on the show floor. This year the Career Pavilion is located in the West Hall and will include EA's Career Networking Bar and Sony Computer Entertainment's Interactive Lounge, see below for details. Top companies recruiting at GDC:07 include EA, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Activision, LucasArts, THQ, Ubisoft, Bioware and many more.

Game Career Seminar
Programmed by the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the Game Career Seminar, taking place Friday, February 22 from 10am-4pm at the Moscone Convention Center West, is a one-day program designed for students and individuals interested in learning how to build a career in the video game industry.

Attendees will network with industry professionals, meet with HR executives from leading game companies in the Career Pavilion, and most importantly, learn how to get their careers started in the videogame industry.  Top game developers and industry experts will share their perspective and insights. Learn more...

Game Connection
Game Connection is one of the biggest business conventions of the videogame industry. It is an international marketplace for game developers, service providers and publishers looking to expand their network and find the right business partners. Game Connection provides several different services, all geared toward the same goals: matchmaking between developers, network building and enhancement, and examination of projects and companies. The Game Connection's main objective is to provide a private, quiet booth, where discussions and negotiations can easily take place.

Parties/Nightlife
Career Networking Bar is a new addition to the Career Pavilion, the Career Bar will provide a social networking area that includes couches and tables so developers can have drinks and relax while discussing career opportunities. Click here for hours.

Playstation Interactive Lounge will include PS3 demo stations and computers with internet accesssurrounded by tables and couches making it the perfect spot to mix business with pleasure. Click here for hours.

Suite Night returned last year to the GDC in grand style with leading game industry companies sponsoring 6 networking parties on the Ballroom Level of the main GDC Hotel. In 2008, Suite Night will take over the W Hotel in San Francisco, two blocks from the convention center, providing a truly unique venue for developers to mingle and discuss the latest technologies, games and career opportunities.