Exhibitor Sales

GDC Expo

Attendee Demographics
Sales Opportunities
Career Pavilion
Floor Plan

The GDC attracts over 18,000 industry professionals, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. The GDC is also the home of the annual Independent Games Festival (IGF), the first and largest competition for independent games, as well as the Game Developers Choice Awards presented by Gamasutra.com.

Get the attention of this valuable market and stand out from your competition. With signage, giveaways, event sponsorships and more, you can stay top of mind with developers and the press throughout the GDC 2009.

Exhibitor Marketing Support Program
Take advantage of the great bonuses available to you as a GDC exhibitor or Expo suite holder. Each program below is designed to deliver additional attention, leads, traffic and higher return on your GDC investment. To upgrade to a higher tier, contact your sales representative.

GDC 2008 Attendee Demographics*

GDC Expo The Game Developers Conference provides multiple points of branding for your company to connect with the largest concentration of game industry professionals.

GDC08 attendees spent an average of 4.3 hours on the show floor.
The average development budget for conference GDC attendees is $8.8 million.
GDC attendees have an average of 6.2 years of experience, have worked on an
average of 8.4 game titles, and published an average of 6.9 game titles.
GDC attendees manage 14 people directly or indirectly.
GDC attendees average development team size for their current project is 33.
Top four actions attendees have taken as a result of attending GDC08
- Setup a post GDC meeting
- Sent an email
- Requested more information
- Contacted an exhibitor
Geography: 82% of GDC attendee are from North America with the balance mainly coming from Western Europe (10%) and Asia (5.2%).
Top reasons for attending GDC include: session content, the GDC Expo and industry networking/meetings.
85% of 2008 attendees rated the information from GDC as relevant to their jobs.
_{*Source: 2008 On-site Attendee Survey by Audience Insights}

Contact your sales representative to learn about more opportunities to come face to face with the future of the $11 billion game industry.

Expo and Career Pavilion Hours:

Expo Hours	Career Pavilion Hours
Wednesday, March 25 10am–6pm Thursday, March 26 10am–6pm Friday, March 27 10am–3pm	Wednesday, March 25 10am–6pm Thursday, March 26 10am–6pm Friday, March 27 10am–3pm