Production & Team Leadership Track

Building Stronger Teams, Delivering Better Games

GDC Core Concepts is where game development expertise meets real-world impact, running from Wednesday to Friday. Curated by GDC’s Advisory Board — an esteemed group of industry veterans and innovators — these sessions and roundtables are designed to offer expert, relevant, and timely insights that will empower you to stay ahead in an ever-evolving industry.

You’ll explore six key pillars of game development: Audio, Business & Marketing, Design, Production & Team Leadership, Programming and Visual Arts, plus critical conversations on Advocacy. Whether you're after tried-and-true techniques, cutting-edge innovations or insights into new creative approaches, Core Concepts delivers invaluable takeaways that you can immediately apply to your projects.

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Core Concepts Production & Team Leadership Track

In the GDC Core Concepts Production & Team Leadership Track, we bring together the best minds in game production to explore strategies for building successful teams, optimizing workflows and delivering high-quality games on time. From managing resources to leading creative teams, this track empowers producers and team leads to master the complex, fast-paced world of game development.

Join us as we dive into practical methods for fostering creativity, maintaining team morale and overcoming production challenges to consistently deliver outstanding games.

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Who Attends

Whether you're a seasoned producer, project manager or team leader, this track is designed for those responsible for ensuring that game development runs smoothly from start to finish. If you’re overseeing live ops, leading creative teams or managing remote production, this content is built to help you improve workflows and deliver top-quality games.

Production & Team Leadership Sessions

Explore real-world techniques for managing resources, streamlining communication and balancing creativity with efficiency. These sessions will dive into crisis management, scheduling and keeping your team motivated, all while maintaining project quality and hitting deadlines. You’ll leave with actionable insights to optimize your production pipeline and enhance team collaboration.

Production & Team Leadership Roundtables

Join fellow team leads and producers for in-depth discussions on managing people, navigating team dynamics and leading through change. These interactive sessions are an open forum for sharing challenges and solutions, from building resilient teams to maintaining a healthy work culture in a demanding industry.

2025 Session Highlights

How Managing Dependencies for 'Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty' Led to Smooth Production and a Successful Release

Konrad Grzegory
Transformation Director, CD PROJEKT RED

Quality of Life in 'Call of Duty: Warzone': New Framework to Champion Players

Francesco Galletti
Senior Software Engineer, Raven Software
Karl Beauregard
Assistant Creative Director, Beenox

Building Big Impact, One Brick at a Time: Marginal Gains in 'LEGO Horizon Adventures'

Adam Russell
Lead Designer, Studio Gobo

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