2016 Conference List for Game Audio Prospecting
With 2016 just around the corner, it makes sense to scope some some confs. Here's a list of video game conferences as well as animation and amusement (arcade) events thrown in. Plan a round-the-world trip and hit them all or just attend those near you. Get inspired and find some that aren't even on this list. Be the only game audio professional at the entire event and rack up some new projects. Why limit yourself to mainstream events? Even banks are making promotional games these days.
JANUARY
3-10 Awesome Games Done Quick 2016Online
15-18 Arisia Indie Game Expo - Boston, Massachusetts
18-19 Pocket Gamer Connects - London, United Kingdom
19-20 MGF London, United Kingdom
20- 21 New Gaming Expo - NGE, Germany
22-24 Animatricks Animation Festival, Finland
21-24 Ludicious Zurich Game Festival - Switzerland
FEBRUARY
2-5 Interactive Entertainment (IE2016)Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
8-12 Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games, London
10-11 Vision VR/AR Summit - Los Angeles, California
16-18 2016 D.I.C.E. Summit & 19th Annual AwardsLas Vegas, Nevada
19-21 Screenshake - Antwerp, Belgium
MARCH
13-15 ANIM8FEST, California
13 International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events, California
14-18 Game Developers Conference (GDC) San Francisco, California
14-15 Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC)San Francisco, California
14-19 Aubagne International Film Festival, France
18-19 Animation Dingle Film Festival, Ireland
17-19 SXSW Gaming - Austin, Texas
21-23 GAMEON-ARABIA - Amman, Jordan
23-28 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan
APRIL
1-10 Atlanta Film Festival, USA
2-8 Athens International Film and Video Festival, Georgia (USA)
7-8 MENA Games Conference (MEGA) Beirut, Lebanon
18-20 Quo Vadis 2016Berlin, Germany
19-21 East Coast Game Conference Raleigh, North Carolina
22-24 PAX East Boston, Massachusetts
MAY
3-8 Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic
9-14 C++Now Aspen, Colorado
11-13 International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health(SeGAH)Florida
12-13 DevGAMM Moscow Moscow, Russia
19-22 Living Games Conference Austin, Texas
26-29 MomoCon 2016Atlanta, Georgia
JUNE
1-2 Augmented World Expo (AWE) Santa Clara, California
2-5 Playful Arts Festival-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
6-11 Animafest Zagreb: World Festival of Animated Film, Croatia
21-23 Las Vegas Licensing Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
24-27 Animaze, Canada
27-1 International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC) Paris, France
27-6 Brazilian Independent Game (BIG) Festival Sao Paulo, Brazil
JULY
12-14 Develop Conference 2016Brighton, United Kingdom
13-15 Playful LearningManchester, United Kingdom
18-20 nucl.ai 2016Vienna, Austria
AUGUST
2-4 AnDevCon Boston, Massachusetts
3-6 DiGRA 2016Dundee, United Kingdom
3-6 Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) Dundee, United Kingdom
12-14 Nine Worlds Convention, London, United Kingdom
15-16 RESPAWN Gathering of Game Developers Cologne, Germany
17-21 Gamescom - Cologne, Germany
OCTOBER
6-7 Northern Game Summit (NGS) Kajaani, Finland
10-12 Luxury Interactive Summit, New York
18-19 Seattle Interactive Conference
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