Multi-Genre

"The 4th Annual Game Developers Conference™ China (GDC China) returns to Shanghai November 12-14, 2011. Presented by the UBM TechWeb Game Network, producers of the Game Developers Conferences®, Game Developer Magazine, and Gamasutra.com, GDC China brings a unique forum and reach into the region. The conference features content programmed by an advisory board consisting of local Chinese develops who share a commitment to promoting and supporting their country's growing games industry. With support from major local and national government entities, GDC China aims to advance the state of digital entertainment in China by incorporating GDC's top-quality content and worldwide community reach. GDC China will present tracks and summits on online game development & business, global game development, mobile games, independent games, and social games."

“Games for Health [Canada] will be of interest to health care practitioners, planners, stakeholders, researchers, educators & service providers. This inaugural Summit will profile exciting innovations and best practices that use eGame technologies in training, diagnosis, and treatment of health care issues. Be inspired by how you might use new technologies to enhance your own practice!”

"UBM TechWeb (producer of Game Developer magazine, Gamasutra.com, and the Game Developers Conference) established the Independent Games Festival in 1998 to encourage innovation in game development and to recognize the best independent game developers."

“The Game Developers Conference® (GDC) is the world’s largest professionals-only game industry event. Presented every spring in San Francisco, it is the essential forum for learning, inspiration, and networking for the creators of computer, console, handheld, mobile, and online games. The GDC attracts over 17,000 attendees, 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 produced by the Think Services Game Group, a division of United Business Media, LLC.”

“During the Festival of Games, the yearly NLGD Game Conference will focus on business trends: Online Development, Online Distribution, Online Marketing, Online Business Models and Online Play. The NLGD Game Conference is the forum in Europe where front-runners share their boardroom knowledge with dealmakers and professionals from the game industry, media and entertainment, big brands, mobile, ICT and their service providers.”

“The FaVE conference seeks to address [relevant research topics] and provide a venue to research related to the many facets of persistent virtual environments. We therefore welcome diverse contributions covering the entire range of subjects around the vision of present and future persistent virtual environments. This includes both the underlying technology and the resulting, emergent aspects. As such, FaVE is an interdisciplinary academic conference connecting lawyers, engineers, and social scientists. We welcome previously unpublished work relating to virtual environments, from all fields.”

"The Canadian Games Conference (formerly GDC-Canada) is a two-day conference/exhibition held in Vancouver, BC, Canada. This newly branded event will offer cutting-edge keynotes, lecture and roundtable content from local, national, and international game creators, focusing on core topics like game design and programming alongside emerging smartphone and social game areas. It will also include a bustling expo floor."

"Nottingham's very own videogame festival works hard to bring world-class developers and the public together. Interactivity and fun are the two keywords for this year's sixth outing."

GamesBeat invites some of the most well-known names in the gaming industry to discuss the ways in which gaming will shape the way we experience the world.

“The Games Convention Online combines business and community for browser, client and mobile games… The Games Convention Online will be the event of the year for the online gaming community. We invite all clan, guild, team, corporation, fan and website forum members to join us for three days of meetings, interchange and partying.” In 2010 it was announced that this conference will no longer be held.