The Game Developers Conference is one of the largest games industry events for professionals in the world.

The event offers over 500 lectures, panels, tutorials and roundtable discussions, and an opportunity to network with your peers across the industry’s various sectors.

There’s also the GDC expo that showcases all the latest development tools, platforms and services to help you make and support your games. The conference also hosts the annual Game Developers Choice Awards, peer-recognised accolades for the hard work professionals in the industry perform all year round.

In 2018, the event saw a record attendance of 28,000 industry professionals at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center from March 19-23. GDC and VRDC will be returning to the Moscone Convention Center on Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22, 2019. The call for submissions for GDC 2019 will open this summer.