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Events in 2012

Events before May 2012 are patchy.

January

17-18
Cloud Gaming Europe 2012
London, United Kingdom
17-18
GameON: Finance 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
21
Game Design Expo 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
25-26
Mobile Games Forum (MGF) 2012
London, United Kingdom
26
Social Games & Virtual Goods Forum 2012
London, United Kingdom
27-29
Global Game Jam 2012
Worldwide

February

2-6
Taipei Game Show 2012
Taipei City, Taiwan
3
Bit Of Alright 2012
London, United Kingdom
7-9
Imagina 2012
Monaco, Monaco
7-9
Casual Connect Europe 2012
Hamburg, Germany
7-10
D.I.C.E. Summit 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
15-19
GEEK Game Expo East Kent 2012
Margate, United Kingdom
17
KEEP Final Conference 2012
Paris, France
17
The Story 2012
London, United Kingdom

March

2
Game Dev North 9
Manchester, United Kingdom
5-7
Game Connection USA 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
5-9
Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
6
Interactive Age Strategic Summit 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
9-13
SXSW Interactive 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
17-18
Platform 2012
Hull, United Kingdom
22
PCR Awards 2012
London, United Kingdom
22-25
Italian Videogame Developer Conference (IVDC) 2012
Rapallo, Italy
28
Dutch Society for Simulation in Healthcare (DSSH) 2012
Utrecht, The Netherlands
28-30
Defense GameTech Users Conference 2012
Orlando, Florida, United States

April

5-6
Videogame Economics Forum 2012
Angoulême, France
6-8
PAX East 2012
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
18
Platform Doha 2012
Doha, Qatar
19
MCV Awards 2012
London, United Kingdom
23-29
Grassroots Game Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
24
LA Games Conference 2012
Los Angeles, California, United States
24-26
Quo Vadis 2012
Berlin, Germany
24-28
Deutsche Gamestage 12
Berlin, Germany
24-28
ACCU 2012
Bristol, United Kingdom
24-28
A MAZE. Indie Connect 2012
Berlin, Germany
25-26
East Coast Game Conference 2012
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
27-28
Gaming Forum 2012
Athens, Greece

May

2-4
Graphics, Animation and New Media (GRAND) 2012
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
5-6
Role Play Convention 2012
Cologne, Germany
8-11
FMX 2012
Stuttgart, Germany
9-10
Mobile Gaming USA 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
10
The Future of StoryTelling (FoST) Summit 2012
New York
12
GameCamp 5
London, United Kingdom
15-16
INplay 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16
Indievelopment 2012
Maarssen, The Netherlands
18-20
Russian Game Developers Conference (KRI) 2012
Moscow, Russia
22-24
Casual Connect Asia 2012
Singapore
23
Imperial College's Games and Media Event (GaME) 2012
London, United Kingdom
23-24
e-virtuoses 2012
Valenciennes, France
23-24
Social Gaming Summit Berlin
Berlin, Germany
23-25
Nordic Game 2012
Malmö, Sweden
23-1
NAD Elite 2012
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
25-26
Gotland Game Conference 2012
Visby, Sweden
26
GameCamp Paris
Paris, France
29
Ottawa Game Conference 2012
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
29-30
Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA) conference 2012
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
29-1
Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2012
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
30-3
Origins Game Fair 2012
Columbus, Ohio, United States

June

2-3
Salon Multimédia Innov'
Tournefeuille, France
2-3
IIIe Festival du Jeu Video Ancient et Actuel
L'Union, France
4-9
Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy
Annecy, France
5-7
E3 2012
Los Angeles, California, United States
6-8
DiGRA 2012
Tampere, Finland
12-14
Games for Health Conference 2012
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
12-14
Las Vegas Licensing Expo 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
13-15
Dimension 3
Paris, France
13-15
Games+Learning+Society (GLS) Conference 8.0
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
14
Games for Change Europe 2012
Paris, France
14-24
Futur en Seine
Paris, France
18-19
Ubiq
Paris, France
18-20
Games for Change Festival 2012
New York
19
Playhamburg 12
Hamburg, Germany
19-20
Games & Interactive Entertainment Conference
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
19-21
GSummit SF 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
19-21
PS Vita Devcon 2012
Burlingame, California, United States
21
Web Game Conference 2012
Paris, France
21-21
Joue Le Jeu 2012
Paris, France
22
Wales Games Showcase
Cardiff, United Kingdom
23
Cyberathlete Summit
Paris, France
26-27
GDC Taipei Summit
Taipei City, Taiwan
26-28
IDEF 2012
Cannes, France
27
Serious Game & Gamification
Paris, France
27-28
GameHorizon Conference 2012
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
27-1
Gamelab Barcelona 2012
Barcelona, Spain
30
Game Dev North
Chester, United Kingdom

July

1
Video Games Extreme Workshop
Valparaiso, Chile
2-3
European Indie Game Days (EIGD) 2012
Marseille, France
2-8
Games Britannia Schools Videogame Festival
Rotherham, United Kingdom
3-5
Virtual World 2012
Paris, France
5-8
Japan Expo 2012
Paris, France
6-7
EGX Rezzed 2012
Brighton, United Kingdom
6-8
Evo 2012 Championship Series
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
7
playARK
Cardiff, United Kingdom
9
Mendeley AI in Gaming Seminar
London, United Kingdom
10-11
GamesBeat 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
10-12
Develop Conference 2012
Brighton, United Kingdom
11-15
San Diego Comic-Con 2012
San Diego, California, United States
12
Monetising Mobile 2012
London, United Kingdom
13-14
Come Out & Play Festival 2012
New York
14-15
No Show Conference 2012
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
16-17
Digital Taipei 2012
Taipei City, Taiwan
19-21
Christian Game Developers Conference 2012
Portland, Oregon, United States
19-22
No More Sweden 2012
Malmö, Sweden
21
Open Game Development Conference
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
22-26
AAAI-12
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
23-24
IGDA Summit Seattle
Seattle, Washington, United States
23-29
Playfest
Úbeda, Spain
24-26
Casual Connect Seattle 2012
Seattle, Washington, United States
25-29
China Joy 2012
Shanghai, China
26-28
ARGFest-o-Con 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

August

2-5
QuakeCon 2012
Dallas, Texas, United States
3-9
Lunarcade Sydney 2012
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5-9
SIGGRAPH 2012
Los Angeles, California, United States
8-9
Badgeville Summit: Engage 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
9-11
Edinburgh Interactive 2012
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
9-12
PlayPublik 2012
Berlin, Germany
10-12
Dare Indie Fest
Dundee, United Kingdom
10-12
Dare ProtoPlay 2012
Dundee, United Kingdom
11-12
Classic Gaming Expo 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
13-15
Game Developers Conference (GDC) Europe 2012
Cologne, Germany
15-19
Gamescom 2012
Cologne, Germany
16-19
Gen Con Indy 2012
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
18
GameLoop 2012
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
20-21
Got Game Conference
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
20-22
CEDEC 2012
Kanagawa, Japan
21-23
Serious Play Conference
Redmond, Washington, United States
22-24
Unite 2012
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
23-25
Turing Festival
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
23-26
Fan Expo 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27-30
Ludovia 2012
Ax-les-Thermes, France
28-2
A MAZE. / Interact 2012
Johannesburg, South Africa
29-30
PAX Dev 2012
Seattle, Washington, United States
30
PAN Vision Playground 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
30
DGA Dag – PR
Amersfoort, The Netherlands
31-2
The International 2012 Dota 2 Championships main event
Seattle, Washington, United States
31-2
PAX Prime 2012
Seattle, Washington, United States
31-2
WGK 2012
Gdańsk, Poland
31-2
Korea Serious Game Festival (KSF) 2012
Seongnam-si, South Korea

September

1-2
GameCamp Munich 2012
Munich, Germany
3-6
StoryCase 2012: Workshop on Stories, Episodes, and Cases
Lyon, France
5
New York Games Conference
New York
5-6
Digital Spark 2012
Dundee, United Kingdom
5-8
igfest 2012
Bristol, United Kingdom
6
Made in Brighton: Games Gone Global
Brighton, United Kingdom
7
dConstruct 2012
Brighton, United Kingdom
7-9
Play:Vienna
Vienna, Austria
7-9
International Games Innovation Conference (IGIC) 2012
Rochester, New York, United States
7-9
Gameland 2012
Kasterlee, Belgium
9
Skirmish 2012
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
11-12
Cloud Gaming USA 2012
Redwood City, California, United States
11-14
IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Games (CIG) 2012
Granada, Spain
12-14
European Game Executive's Summit
Calvià, Spain
13
Conférence Jeu Vidéo & Marketing (CJVM)
Paris, France
14
XOXO Arcade 2012
Portland, Oregon, United States
14-16
Escapist Expo
Durham, North Carolina, United States
14-16
The Hide & Seek Weekender 2012
London, United Kingdom
15-16
Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show 14
Paris, France
17
Game Design Conference
San Francisco, California, United States
17
The Hide & Seek Weekender Conference
London, United Kingdom
17-18
iSummit 2012
Orlando, Florida, United States
17-18
Game Industry Trends 2012
Warsaw, Poland
18-19
Game/AI Conference 2012
Vienna, Austria
18-20
GameDays 2012 / Edutainment 2012
Darmstadt, Germany
19-20
3D Gaming Summit
Los Angeles, California, United States
19-21
onGameStart 2012
Warsaw, Poland
19-21
Technologies of Play
Saarbrücken, Germany
19-23
Freeplay Independent Games Festival 2012
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
20
Gamification World Congress
Valencia, Spain
20
Convention E-Learning et Serious Game KTM Advance
Paris, France
20
Content Conference Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
20-23
Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2012
Tokyo, Japan
20-23
Fantastic Arcade 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
21
MIT Game Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
22
Boston Festival of Indie Games 2012
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
26
Women in Games Conference 2012
London, United Kingdom
26
Free to Play Summit 2012
London, United Kingdom
26-27
3rd International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications (SGDA 2012)
Bremen, Germany
26-27
LOGIN Conference 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
26-29
moga 2012
Bremen, Germany
26-29
Harnessing Collective Intelligence with Games 2012
Bremen, Germany
26-29
International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC) 2012
Bremen, Germany
27
BUSINESS PLAY 2012 Enterprise Gamification Symposium & Workshop
Karlsruhe, Germany
27
Social Gaming 2012
London, United Kingdom
27
Games Invest 2012
London, United Kingdom
27
Wild Rumpus #3
London, United Kingdom
27-28
Sociality Rocks! 2012
Kiev, Ukraine
27-28
Northern Game Summit (NGS) 2012
Kajaani, Finland
27-28
SCREENS 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27-30
GamesIndustry Fair 2012
London, United Kingdom
27-30
Eurogamer Expo 2012
London, United Kingdom
27-30
Arse Elektronika 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
28
BAFTA Annual Games Lecture 2012
London, United Kingdom
28-29
Indigo Showcase 2012
Utrecht, The Netherlands
29-30
Athens Plaython Festival 2012
Athens, Greece

October

2
State of Play: The Thriving Game Industry in Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
2-3
Apps World Europe 2012
London, United Kingdom
2-3
GamesBusiness 2012
Aalborg, Denmark
3-5
Swedish Game Conference 2012
Skövde, Sweden
4
Games & App Fest
London, United Kingdom
4-5
6th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL)
Cork, Ireland
4-6
Serious Games & Social Connect Conference 2012
Singapore
4-7
Southern Interactive Entertainment & Game Expo (SIEGE) 2012
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
4-7
GameX 2012 Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey
4-7
IgroMir 2012
Moscow, Russia
4-7
Indiecade 2012
Culver City, California, United States
5
Games For Health at SIEGE
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
5-7
rAge Expo 2012
Johannesburg, South Africa
5-7
PIXEL 7
Vienna, Austria
6-7
Devmania 2012
Mainz, Germany
6-7
Virtual Calais 3.0
Calais, France
6-7
Firstlook 2012
Utrecht, The Netherlands
7-10
Project Bar-B-Q
Boerne, Texas, United States
8-10
Korea Game Conference (KGC) 2012
Seoul, South Korea
8-12
AIIDE 2012
Palo Alto, California, United States
8-12
Intelligent Narrative Technologies 5 (INT5)
Palo Alto, California, United States
9-11
GDC Online 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
10-12
DevHourMx 2012
Mexico City, Mexico
11-12
StoryDrive
Frankfurt, Germany
11-14
3D Wire 2012
Segovia, Spain
11-14
Brasil Game Show 2012
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
12-13
FROG 2012
Vienna, Austria
12-14
Game City 2012
Vienna, Austria
13-14
Play Expo 2012
Manchester, United Kingdom
15-16
HTML 5 Developer Conference 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
16-18
Brand Licensing Europe 2012
London, United Kingdom
16-19
VIEW Conference 2012
Torino, Italy
17-19
StoryWorld Conference 2012
Los Angeles, California, United States
17-19
HPX Digital
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
18-20
Anigames Expo 2012
Bogota, Colombia
18-20
Meaningful Play 2012
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
18-21
Internationale Spieltage (SPIEL) 2012
Essen, Germany
18-21
Konsoll 2012
Bergen, Norway
19
Playful 2012
London, United Kingdom
19-21
GAMEXPO 2012
Pasadena, California, United States
20-21
Italian Videogame & Digital Contents Conference
Rome, Italy
20-27
GameCity 7
Nottingham, United Kingdom
22-23
Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) 2012
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
22-23
Serious Game Expo
Lyon, France
23-24
ITAG Conference 2012
Nottingham, United Kingdom
24-25
GSummitX Europe
Berlin, Germany
24-25
Game Sound Conference 2012
San Francisco, California, United States
24-26
Casual Connect Kyiv 2012
Kiev, Ukraine
24-27
Colombia 3.0 2012
Bogota, Colombia
26
GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards
London, United Kingdom
26-28
Poznań Game Arena 2012
Poznan, Poland
26-28
London Comic Con
London, United Kingdom
27
Start of Play
London, United Kingdom
27
Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability
Nottingham, United Kingdom
27-28
Playing The Game 2012
Milan, Italy
29-30
EVA X Argentine Game Developers Conference
Buenos Aires, Argentina
29-30
Games DevCon
Mainz, Germany
29-31
4th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-GAMES) 2012
Genoa, Italy
31-4
Paris Games Week 2012
Paris, France
31-4
Jakarta Game Show 2012
Djakarta, Indonesia

November

1-2
ExPlay 2012
Bath, United Kingdom
1-2
Browser Games Forum (BGF) 2012
Offenbach, Germany
1-4
Project Horseshoe
Boerne, Texas, United States
2-3
Nasscom Game Developer Conference 2012
Pune, India
2-4
SBGames 2012
Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
2-4
Metatopia 2012 - The Game Design Festival
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
3-4
Gamercamp 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5-6
Games For Health Europe
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5-7
App Developers Conference (ADC) 2012
Los Angeles, California, United States
6-7
X-Summit 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
7-12
Utopiales: Festival International de Science Fiction
Nantes, France
8-9
GameSym 2012
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
8-11
G-Star 2012
Busan, South Korea
9-11
Mozilla Festival 2012
London, United Kingdom
9-11
Games Week 2012
Milan, Italy
9-11
Practice: Game Design In Detail 2012
New York
9-11
Artgame Weekend 3
Tourcoing, France
10-11
AltDev Student Summit
Online
12-13
GSummit Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
12-15
International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) 2012
San Sebastian, Spain
13-14
Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS) 2012
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13-14
LAUNCH: Future Gaming & Digital Conference 2012
Birmingham, United Kingdom
13-17
Bradford Animation Festival 2012
Bradford, United Kingdom
14
Digital Interactive & Gaming Conference London
London, Ontario, Canada
14
Luxembourg Gaming
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
14-15
Media & Learning Brussels 2012
City of Brussels, Belgium
14-15
Digiworld Summit 2012
Montpellier, France
14-16
GAMEON'2012
Malaga, Spain
15
Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit
London, United Kingdom
15
Social Gaming Summit
London, United Kingdom
15-16
Next Level Conference 2012
Cologne, Germany
15-17
AnimfxNZ 2012
Wellington, New Zealand
15-17
Games For Change Australia & New Zealand
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
15-17
International Conference on Motion in Games 2012
Rennes, France
15-18
Montpellier In Game (MIG) 2012
Montpellier, France
16-18
VCON Festival de Video Juegos
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
17-18
Battle.net World Championship
Shanghai, China
17-19
GDC China 2012
Shanghai, China
21
London Games Conference 2012
London, United Kingdom
21-22
Russian Mobile Congress 2012
Moscow, Russia
22
Dutch Game Awards
Amersfoort, The Netherlands
22-23
Game In The City 2012
Amersfoort, The Netherlands
22-25
Dreamhack Winter 2012
Jönköping, Sweden
22-2
Brazilian Independent Game (BIG) Festival 2012
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
23
Game Paris Talents
Paris, France
23-30
Game Paris 2012
Paris, France
24-25
Art to Play 2012
Nantes, France
24-25
Minecon 2012
Paris, France
26-27
ParisFx
Enghien-les-Bains, France
26-2
hóPLAY 2012
Bilbao, Spain
26-2
Fun and Serious Game Festival 2012
Bilbao, Spain
27-28
BBC Academy Fusion Summit
Manchester, United Kingdom
27-28
Dubai World Game Expo 2012
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
28-30
Game Connection Europe 2012
Paris, France
28-1
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2012
Singapore

December

1
Videogames and Society Workshop @ CYBERSPACE conference
Brno, Czech Republic
1
Dragonmeet 2012
London, United Kingdom
1-2
Toulouse Game Show
Toulouse, France
3
Inside Social Apps 2012
New York
4-5
SocialPLAY
London, United Kingdom
5
Adobe Gaming Conference
Tel Aviv, Israel
5-6
Game Monetization USA
San Francisco, California, United States
6-7
Mobile Gaming Europe 2012
London, United Kingdom
6-7
Play12 Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
6-8
Barcelona Developers Conference 2012
Barcelona, Spain
7-9
Game Developers Session 2012
Prague, Czech Republic
10-12
GAMEON-ARABIA'2012
Muscat, Oman
11
Evolve London 2012
London, United Kingdom
12
Deutscher Entwicklerpreis
Dusseldorf, Germany
13-14
Social Gaming Summit West 2012
Marina Del Rey, California, United States
14-16
Playful Arts Festival 2012
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
15-16
AdventureX 2012
London, United Kingdom
24-25
GSummit Israel 2012
Tel Aviv, Israel

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