XP26 programming

2026 sessions

Time Red Stage (Regency A) Green Stage (Regency B) Blue Stage (Regency C)
8:30 am

Registration (All Day)

9:15 am

Opening Remarks & Title

Founder & CEO, XP Gaming Inc.
9:30 am

Indie Pitch Competition presented by Ubisoft

Co-Founder, Execution Labs
Game Director, Ubisoft Toronto
ID@Xbox Regional Lead - Americas/ANZ, Microsoft - Xbox
Content & Acquisition Lead, Team17
Founder & CEO, Serenity Forge
11:00 am

Building the Creator Pipeline: How Smart Partnerships Are Scaling Influencer Marketing

Studio Director, Hilltop Studios
Regional Vice President - Canada, Xsolla
CEO, Corvian Marketing
Marketing Director / Influencer Manager, Mighty Yell / Skystone Games
12:00 pm

The Innovation Paradox

Founder and Chief Consultant, International Hobo Ltd

Closing Deals in 2026

Co-Founder, Agora Gaming Partners
1:00 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm

Game Audio: The Future of Game Audio & Music

Co-Founder, Managing Director, Interleave
Audio Director, Soft Rains
Audio Director, Ubisoft Toronto
Audio Director, Tencent

The Business of UX

Founder, Go Boldly Design
3:00 pm

Best Practices for Multi-Platform Development

Co-Founder and Technical Director, Laundry Bear Games
4:00 pm

Where Traditional Animation Meets Gaming

Executive Director, 2veinte
Creative Director, 2veinte

What We Got Wrong (And Right) About Game Marketing

Co-founder, Never A Minute Marketing
Partner, Wholesome Games
General Manager, Indie Asylum / Gambit Digital
Technical Director & Co-Founder, Adjective Noun Studios
Time Red Stage (Regency A) Green Stage (Regency B) Blue Stage (Regency C)
8:30 am

Registration (All Day)

9:15 am
10:30 am

Capacity Planning That Works Across Studios and Titles

Executive Producer, Gameloft Montreal
Senior Operations Manager, 2K
Director of Operations (Shared Development Studios), 2K Games
Production & Planning Director, Ubisoft Toronto
11:30 am

Renaissance of Business in Health Care and the Video Game Sector

VP, Business Development and Partnerships, Surrey Place
Development Director, Electronic Arts
Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Lumenus Community Services
Sector Development Officer, IDM Office, City of Toronto

Start Up 101 – 20 Years Later

Pres./CEO/Founder/Owner, Koolhaus Games Inc.
12:30 pm

Canada’s Video Game Industry – From Strength to Staying Power

President & CEO, ESAC
CEO, Nordicity
Senior Manager, Digital Content, Entertainment Software Association of Canada
1:00 pm
1:30 pm

How To Achieve High Quality, Performant Lighting in URP and Unity 6

Sr. Software Development Consultant II, Unity Technologies

Responding to Unprecedented Climate

Head of Operations, Soft Rains
Narrative Director, Soft Rains
2:30 pm

Funding the Future of Canadian Game Development

Director of Business Development and Partner Licensing, tinyBuild Games
Director of Marketing & Communications, XP Gaming Inc.
Co-Executive Director, Baby Ghosts Studio Development Fund
Deputy Director, CMF Program Administrator, Telefilm Canada

Advancing AI Game Development with AMD Schola and GPUOpen

Staff Software Engineer, AMD
Sr. Developer Product Marketing Specialist, AMD

2026 round tables

XP Curated Expert Roundtables are available to Conference and VIP pass holders. Limited capacity ensures focused discussion.
Advance registration through MeetToMatch is required and seats will fill quickly.

Time Studio B
8:30 am

Registration (All Day)

9:15 am

Opening Remarks & Title

Founder & CEO, XP Gaming Inc.
9:30 am

Indie Pitch Competition presented by Ubisoft

Co-Founder, Execution Labs
Game Director, Ubisoft Toronto
ID@Xbox Regional Lead - Americas/ANZ, Microsoft - Xbox
Content & Acquisition Lead, Team17
Founder & CEO, Serenity Forge
11:00 am

Ask Games Lawyers Anything: This Normally Costs Money

Partner; Co-Chair of Canadian Intellectual Property & Technology, DLA Piper Canada LLP
Partner; Global Lead, Video Games, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Associate - Intellectual Property and Technology, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
1:30 pm
Time Studio B
8:30 am

Registration (All Day)

9:15 am
11:00 am

Game Audio Round Table

Co-Founder, Managing Director, Interleave
1:30 pm

The AI Adoption Gap: Bridging Strategy and Reality in Games Leadership

Strategic Growth & Developer Relations, Artificial Agency

featured sessions

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