The inaugural
2013 App Developers Conference (ADC) and Game Developers Conference Next (GDC Next) call
for submissions are now open through Wednesday, May 29.
ADC will feature app best practices (outside of games), covering some of major
app vertical markets -- Entertainment, Enterprise, Health/Wellness, Lifestyle,
Brand Marketing, and Education, while GDC Next will feature detailed
content about creating the game experiences of the future.
Coincidentally
or not, most of the addressed vertical markets for apps are also major Serious Games target
markets.
“With the
evolution and growth of interactive technology moving at light speed, it became
clear to us that we should bring our 25+ years of expertise producing the Game Developers Conference events to the
ever-expanding universe of app development, and also create a new event that
looks at the future of the games space," said Meggan Scavio, general
manager of GDC events.
The brand
new co-located events, which aim to highlight the “state of the art” for apps
and the future of video games, will debut November 5-7, 2013 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center, as two shows and one expo floor.
The App
Developers Conference is the brainchild of the folks who bring you the GDC.
It’s an entirely new event, focusing exclusively on the very best development,
UI, marketing and business of apps outside of games. The goal is to bring
together the top leading app industry creators across the following verticals:
- Entertainment
- Enterprise
- Brand Marketing
- Education
- Health/Wellness
- Lifestyle
The advisory board is seeking submissions from app developers with expertise in any of the following tracks:
- Design & UI
- Business & Marketing
- Programming & Architecture
- Entertainment
- Enterprise
- Brand Marketing
- Education
- Health/Wellness
- Lifestyle
The advisory board is seeking submissions from app developers with expertise in any of the following tracks:
- Design & UI
- Business & Marketing
- Programming & Architecture
GDC Next is a brand new developer
event focusing on creating the game experiences of the future, including how we will play games, on what we will play them, and
how we will monetize, distribute, market, and share them.
According
to Gamasutra, the conference organizers
and advisory board are programming this spiritual successor to the long-running
GDC Online shows, and are striving to bring the creators of tomorrow’s biggest
and most innovative video games and game platforms together in one location. GDC
Next organizers and esteemed advisory board are separate and unique from the
ADC advisory board.
GDC Next's conference tracks are
the following:
- Future of
Gaming
- Free to Play & New Game Business Models
- Next Generation Game Platforms
- Independent Games
- Smartphone & Tablet Games
- Cloud Gaming
- Free to Play & New Game Business Models
- Next Generation Game Platforms
- Independent Games
- Smartphone & Tablet Games
- Cloud Gaming
The
advisory board is seeking submissions from game developers with expertise in
the
following disciplines:
following disciplines:
- Business,
Marketing & Management
- Design
- Monetization
- Production
- Programming
- Customer Experience
- Design
- Monetization
- Production
- Programming
- Customer Experience