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Cancellations, Substitutions, Downgrades & Upgrade

If you need to cancel your conference or expo registration you may do so for a full refund, less a $150.00 service charge, until Friday, March 1, 2013. Attendees who register prior to or after the deadline date, who do not cancel in writing by the deadline date are liable for the pass cost and will be charged for the full registration fee. Sorry, no refunds are available for no-shows. If you are unable to attend the event, we recommend that you send a substitution in your place. Changes to registrations must be presented in written form. Please download the Registration Update Form and fax your cancellation, changes or substitution request to (415) 947-6011, or mail your request to:

Events Registration Services Group
GDC 2013
303 Second Street
Suite 900 South Tower
San Francisco, CA 94107

Written requests for a downgraded pass must be received no later than Friday, March 1, 2013 for a full refund on the difference of registration fees between the value of the original and downgraded pass.

Sorry, requests received after Friday, March 1, 2013 cannot be accommodated. Upgrade pass requests must be submitted in writing and faxed to (415) 947-6011 along with payment information for the difference in value.

Payment By Check

To take advantage of alumni, early, or regular registration discounts, payment must be received by the registration deadline.

If you are unable to meet these deadlines, please pay by credit card.

Program Changes

The UBM TechWeb Game Network, producers of the GDC 2013, reserve the right to make changes in the programs and speakers, or to cancel sessions if enrollment criteria are not met, or when conditions beyond its control prevail. All sessions, excluding Tutorials, and Summits are filled on a first-come, first-seated basis. Arrive early to ensure a seat! Recording devices and cameras, still or video, are prohibited.

Registration & Expo Hours

Alumni Policy

GDC 2012 speakers and paid All Access Pass, Main Conference Pass, Summits & Tutorial,and Audio Pass holders are considered alumni for GDC 2013 only. Alumni offers excludes press and exhibitor pass types. Unless otherwise specified, Alumni discounts cannot be combined with other discounts including exhibitor, group, or IGDA discounts. Alumni discounts apply only to the All Access, and Main Conference passes and are non-transferable.

Event Badges

Badges will not be mailed in advance of the event. To check in for your badge, you will need to use the same email address used when you registered, this is noted on your registration receipt. Please bring a copy of your confirmation along with a government issued photo ID to collect your badge. Please care for your badge. A non refundable replacement fee will apply for all duplicate badge requests. Short range "Touch 'N Go" RFID badges will be in use at GDC 2013.

Request for taxpayer ID Number

(415) 947-6011. The Federal Tax ID number for the Game Developers Conference 2013 is 11-2240940.

Hotel Reservations

If you have not yet made hotel arrangements, we urge you to do so immediately. For hotel reservations, please refer to the Travel Page.

Mailing Lists

Please notify us if either of the following occur:

• Catalog change of address: If you're moving, or if your conference brochure is addressed incorrectly, please do one of the following:
  • Fax your corrections to (415) 947-6090, Attn: GDC List Correction
  • Call (415) 947-6219
  • Make corrections on your mailing address and mail it to us at:

  GDC Marketing Dept – List Correction
  303 Second Street
  Suite 900 South Tower
  San Francisco, CA 94107

• Duplicate Catalogs & Removal from Mailing List: If you're receiving duplicate copies of our conference brochure, please enclose the address area from each duplicate conference catalog you would like to be removed from, and mail or fax to the above address. To be removed from the mailing list, please fax or mail your address area from your catalog with instructions to be removed from the mailing list.

Children At The Show

Due to safety concerns, no one under the age of 18 (including infants in strollers) will be permitted on the show floor at any time during the Game Developers Conference.

Americans with Disabilities Act

If you require special assistance, auxiliary aids, interpreters or other reasonable accommodations while at the conference and/or expo, please contact Christopher Watters at UBM TechWeb Game Network, producers of GDC 2013, at (415) 947-6411, at least four weeks prior to the event date.

Combining Discounts

Alumni discounts cannot be a combined with other discounts including exhibitor, group, or IGDA discounts. Only one promotional offer may be used for each regular non-alumni invited registration. Promotions including special offers from partner organizations are effective as of the date produced and cannot be retroactively applied to previously purchased passes.

IGDA Member Discounts

Please visit the International Game Developers Association website for more information on activities at GDC 2013 and member discounts.

Questions & Changes

If you have any questions please access the Contact Us area at with questions related to the event and the conference program.

For registration related inquiries only, please contact our Registration Department or (415) 947-6926 or (866) 535-8997 Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm PT. We will make every attempt to answer your questions or forward your request to the appropriate group. All requests for changes to a registration must be faxed in to (415) 947-6011, or you may mail your request to the above address.