If you have a great talk that would fit in the Business & Marketing track at Game Developers Conference 2019, organizers want to hear it, and they're taking submissions - but only through August 16th!
August 6, 2018
Game industry professionals, take note: If you have a pitch for a great talk about discoverability, production, marketing, or business in the game industry that would fit in well at the 2019 Game Developers Conference, now is the time to submit it!
That's because GDC 2019 organizers are accepting submissions to present lectures, roundtables, panels, posters and tutorials through Thursday, August 16th.
This will be the 33rd edition of GDC, which continues to be the world's largest and longest-running event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games. It's happening next March in San Francisco, and will once again host thousands of game developers from all around the world for a week of learning, networking and inspiration.
To best serve that audience, the folks who organize the GDC 2019 Business & Marketing track of talks are looking for smart, interesting talks that will help other game industry professionals better understand the state of the industry.
Specfically, the Business & Marketing track is soliciting submissions that cover the following topics:
Key Platforms of Today & Tomorrow
Platform analyses and cases studies including real data
Development and marketing budget planning for new platforms
Marketing & User Acquisition
Innovative marketing strategies including social, influencer, search & discovery optimization
Community management, customer service, and open development
User acquisition techniques, including real data
Impact of marketing, live ops and on-going development on the wider business
Financing
Crowdfunding, presales, ICO's, and traditional options like VC, project financing, and publisher financing
Company Values
Building culture, setting goals, developing talent
Streaming
Working with streamers, and building games for streaming
Data on streamers impact on revenue, retention
How to monetize streaming of your game
VR and AR/VR platform analyses with real data
AR / Mixed Reality platform opportunities
Esports
Building a game for esports, or developing your esports scene
Revenue opportunities in esports
Also, those interested in submitting for any of the GDC Summits (all of which take place on the Monday & Tuesday of the event) or Friday's Game Career Seminar should know that the call for those submissions will open later!
For more details on the submission process or GDC 2019 in general visit the show's official website, or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, or RSS.
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