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09:00
Registration & Coffee
THE NEXT FRONTIER OF GAMING ECONOMY
10:00
Welcome to the Future: Global Games Show
10:10
KEYNOTE
Abu Dhabi is putting real capital behind the studios it wants to exist. This keynote unpacks the funding vehicles, sovereign backing and public-private partnerships behind the region’s push to become a serious home for game development and what that bet actually buys.
#GamingInvestment #GameDevelopment #AbuDhabiGaming
10:30
FIRESIDE
The Launch Playbook: What Makes Games Succeed in 2027
Game launches are becoming harder to predict with crowded marketplaces, changing player expectations and new monetization models reshaping what success looks like. This explores the strategies, technologies and player insights that can turn a game launch into a long-term success.
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#GameLaunch #GamingStrategy #PlayerEngagement
09:00
Registration & Coffee
10:00
Welcome to the Future: Global Games Show
10:10
KEYNOTE
How AI is Redefining what it means to be a Developer
Being a developer isn’t what it used to be. But making games still lives or dies from iteration: does it feel fun, readable, surprising in your hands? Insights on how we built an AI‑native studio and redefined “developer” around shipping joy.
#AINativeDev #GameDevelopers #FutureofDev
10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION:
AI, Creativity & Creator Rights: Building Responsible Game Development in the AI Era
Generative tools are already inside the pipeline: art, dialogue, even level layouts. This panel gets into who owns AI-assisted work, how studios stay honest with players and what “creator rights” means when a model did half the drawing.
#AICreatorRights #ResponsibleAI #GameDevEthics
09:00
Registration & Coffee
10:00
Welcome to the Future: Global Games Show
GAMING FRONTIER: AI INNOVATION
10:10
OPENING KEYNOTE
Breaking into Untapped Gaming Markets
The next big player base isn’t always where studios expect it. Learn how developers identify untapped gaming markets early, what it takes to localize and build infrastructure for them and the lessons from studios that got there first.
#EmergingMarkets #GamingGrowth #GlobalExpansion
10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
AI & Future of Game Production: Navigating Emerging Trends & Technologies
Studio pipelines are being rebuilt around AI faster than most teams can adapt to. This panel looks at which tools are genuinely changing production, and how the workforce behind game creation is evolving alongside them.
#AIProduction #GameStudios #FutureOfWork
09:00
Registration & Coffee
10:00
Welcome to the Future: Global Games Show
10:10
KEYNOTE
The Next Decade of Game Development: Built by Humans, Powered by AI
A year into widespread AI adoption, what’s actually changed for developers and what hasn’t? A look at where automation genuinely speeds up production, where human craft still wins and what the next decade of game development looks like when both work together.
#FutureOfDev #AIinGames #GameStudios
10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
Beyond the Build: Turning Your Studio into a Supercomputer
Compute has quietly become a studio’s biggest competitive lever. This panel gets into how teams are scaling infrastructure, rebuilding pipelines around AI, and turning what used to be a cost center into a genuine edge.
#StudioInfrastructure #ComputeAtScale #GameDevTools
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