United States

“…the best place in the world to experience the explosive evolution of computer graphics and interactive techniques. See, meet, and interact with the "People Behind the Pixels" who are creating the next wave of international excellence in research, animation, art, software, visualization, hardware, games, visual effects, and education. Gain amazing insights, enrich your skill set, and expand your worldwide contacts.”

This conference, held annually on the east coast of the United States, brings together talented experts in digital media to focus on such issues as mobile entertainment, social media, online advertising and video, the future of news media, and other topics concerning the digital media industry.

“America's VideoGame Expo is three days of videogame revelry. Our convention is an annual gaming festival - where gamers and industry insiders can come together to celebrate videogames. Attendees come to VGXPO to experience the newest games, encounter game industry legends, compete in tournaments, buy games and meet with friends.”

"The Game Developers Conference Online® focuses on connected games including casual, MMOs, virtual worlds, and social networking games. More than 120 sessions will address the most pressing development challenges for connected games with tracks related to: Business and Marketing, Design, Customer Experience, Production and Programming. In addition to the return of a robust expo floor and four full days of content, GDC Online will also feature a series of two-day summits including Game Narrative Summit, the Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit and the GDC Virtual Items Summit."

“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.”

This conference, held on the west coast of the United States, offers “in-depth discussions and networking focused on the top business issues impacting digital media companies, including online video, social media, investments, online advertising, mobile entertainment, mobile apps, the future of news media and the relationship between Hollywood and Silicon Valley.”

"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."

"AdvaMed...is the only place in North America where you can network with more than 1,500 key MedTech executives from companies in every sector of the industry.  This event brings together policy-makers, experts, and insiders for critical dialogues on subjects ranging from regulatory affairs and reimbursement to IP and business development."

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 conference aims to be a platform for innovative research in game design and technologies and to focus on the multi-disciplinary aspects of the subject and make it more accessible to researchers and practitioners from different disciplines in academia and industry. High quality papers, abstracts, competitions, tutorials and demos from researchers and developers in academia and industry are invited. We especially invite the games industry to participate through exciting keynotes and help to disseminate use of advance tools by practical sessions and demos.”