Game Programming

This one-day summit provides profession insights into the state-of-the-art graphical techniques used by some of the most visually advanced games on the planet. Summit speakers will dive deep into the technical details and optimizations that drive the graphical fidelity of their games, sharing both lessons learned as well as ideas for future directions and advancements. Attendees of the summit should be familiar with modern rendering APIs such as DirectX or Vulkan, real-time shading languages, the basics of GPU programmable pipelines, as well as common real-time graphics algorithms. Some knowledge of game engine rendering architecture is helpful but not strictly required. The summit strives to focus on vendor-neutral techniques so that each session will have the potential to benefit all engines and shaders.

The Machine Learning Summit will feature in-depth technical presentations to answer your most salient questions on how ML techniques can help you make better games. Discover where Machine Learning can assist developers in creating better games, while improving production and creation processes. Assess the new Machine Learning processes that can be offered to players, ranging from being able to create new, original experiences to better adapting games to players’ needs as they play.

The Online Game Technology Summit will cover all aspects of the technical challenges that go into developing, deploying, scaling and maintaining systems that supports online, connected and multiplayer games across all game platforms. This summit will focus on production use cases and real world examples from industry professionals currently working as engineers, operations teams and related roles supporting these systems. Presentation topics include multiplayer game topologies and architectures, matchmaking, game data storage, analytics, network physics and communication, client and server side networking, infrastructure management, system scaling, operations and monitoring, security and related subjects.

The Tools Summit is a deep dive into the state-of-the-art techniques and processes for building tools that enable game development teams to ship awesome games. Topics will range from usability and workflow to studio services and automated testing, and all the technology in between.