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The Summits at GDC return this year March 25-26, 2013 (Monday & Tuesday) for two days of lectures, panels, postmortems and more, to foster community-building within emerging sectors of the game industry. From year to year, the GDC continues to define market innovations and future vision, providing insight into the future of gaming.

The Summit Call for Submissions will open September 26, 2012. Full details will be posted at that time.

AI Summit
The AI Summit at GDC features panels and lectures from more than two dozen of the top game AI programmers in the industry, giving you an inside look at key architectures and issues within successful commercial games, as well as let you eavesdrop on conversations, debates, and rants on how game AI can move forward.

Game IT Summit
The Game IT summit is focused on the use of videogames to tackle common organizational goals through enterprise-focused game development. The Game IT summit will address the need for fresh discussions about the integration points between games and technology oriented practices that lie at the heart of today's forward-thinking organizations, and will provide information enterprise leaders an opportunity to best understand the affordances games can offer them today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Localization Summit
The Localization Summit at GDC is aimed at helping both localization professionals and game developers and publishers understand the critical details of how to plan and execute game localization as a part of the game lifecycle.

Games for Change @ GDC
Games for Change @ GDC supports the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. The Summit will highlight models for collaboration on game design, bridging the gap between commercial and issue driven game development, distribution and publishing alternatives, and much more.

GDC Education Summit
The GDC Education Summit will explore experimental and inventive educational approaches that established game curriculum builders can bring back to their faculty and classrooms.

Independent Games Summit
The Independent Games Summit represents the voice of the independent game developer at GDC. It features lectures, postmortems and roundtables from some of the best, brightest, and most notable independent game creators, including many former and current Independent Games Festival finalists and winners, to discuss game design philosophy, distribution, business, marketing, and much more.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit
The GDC Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit brings together top game developers from around the world to share ideas, introduce best practices and discuss the future of gaming on established and emerging smartphone and tablet platforms, including the iPhone/iPad, Android, Windows 7 and more.

Social & Online Games Summit
The Social and Online Games Summit gathers the industry's established leaders and up-and-coming rebels for a series of illuminating sessions about the technology, design, business, marketing, and future of social and online games.

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