The Devcom Developer Conference will offer 200 sessions from over 250 speakers when it kicks off on August 19 at the new Confex Conference Center at Koelmesse.
Confirmed speakers include Larian Studios’ Head of Cinematography Jason Latino, Sony Santa Monica’s Head of Gaming Mihir Sheth, and Stéphane Roy, former VP and Head of Studio at WB Games Montreal.
Other panels include a discussion on creating complex romances in games with Adrienne Law (Larian Studios), Helen Hindpere (Disco Elysium), Meghna Jayanth (Sable, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Sunless Sea, Boyfriend Dungeon, This War of Mine), presented by Sarah Makdad (A Plague Tale: Innocence, World War Z, What the Golf?).
You’ll also be able to hear from Sasha Ciolac and Bert Zierfuss (IO Interactive), Donald Barrett, Matthew Strasser, Terrance Cohen, Brittney Morris (Insomniac Games), Moritz Lehr (CD Projekt RED), Nickole Li (Mojang Studios), Philomena Schwab (Stray Fawn Studio), Nina Kim (Rare Ltd.), Alexandra Lia Grindean (Avalanche Studios), and more.
In total, there will be over 200 sessions across 18 topics including AI, VR/XR and multiplayer.
The conference, which will kick off with a networking dinner and the devcom Indie Awards on August 18, includes “numerous representatives from the gaming industry” who will “meet to exchange ideas and network ahead of Gamescom.”
For those who can't be in Germany, organizers say the conference “will be a genuinely hybrid experience,” with all sessions, exhibits, participant profiles and matchmaking options simultaneously accessible both on-site and online.
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