Australian Game Developers Conference

The Australian Game Developers Conference (AGDC) is owned by the Academy of Interactive Entertainment Limited (AIE Ltd) and was run by Interactive Entertainment Events (IE Events), a subsidiary of AIE Ltd.

It is an annual conference that brings together Australian and overseas game developers, publishers, programmers, artists, production staff, computer graphics companies, audio companies, software tool developers, buyers and suppliers to the game development industry to examine the future of games technology. The conference also attracts local, national and international media. Approximately 1000 delegates attend the conference each year.

The inaugural conference was held in Sydney, Australia in 1999. Due to enormous financial support provided by Multimedia Victoria, the conference was held in Melbourne, Australia from 2000 to 2005. The duration of the conference varied between 2 and 4 days.

The conference program regularly featured:

Previous high profile international keynote speakers include:

Ian Livingstone - Eidos (UK); Ray Muzyka - Bioware Corp. (Canada); Rob Pardo - Blizzard Entertainment (USA) and Aaron Lieberman - Bungie Studios (USA); Jason Rubin, ex-President, Naughty Dog, Inc. (USA); Bill Roper – Flagship Studios (USA), Laura Fryer, Microsoft Xbox (USA); Ian Fischer, Ensemble Studios; Seamus Blackley, Capital Entertainment Group Inc.; Phil Harrison, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe; Dave Campbell, Discreet; and Lars Gustavsson, DICE.

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