XP26 programming

2026 sessions

Time Red Stage (Regency A) Green Stage (Regency B) Blue Stage (Regency C)
9:15 am

Opening Remarks

Jason Lepine
Founder & CEO, XP Gaming Inc.
9:30 am

Indie Pitch Competition presented by Ubisoft

Jason Della Rocca
Co-Founder, Execution Labs
Stefan Jewinski
Game Director, Ubisoft Toronto
Chloé Giusti
ID@Xbox Regional Lead - Americas/ANZ, Microsoft - Xbox
Allan Adham
Content & Acquisition Lead, Team17
Zhenghua (Z) Yang
Founder & CEO, Serenity Forge
11:00 am

Building an OP Cashflow Strategy for your Studio to Thrive

Matthew Walach
Co-founder, Insert Coin
Muddassir Mahmood
Co-founder, Insert Coin

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

Scott Christian
Studio Director, Hilltop Studios
John Nguyen
Regional Vice President - Canada, Xsolla
Brayden MacKinnon
Senior Brand Manager, Fixated
Corina Diaz
Marketing Director / Influencer Manager, Mighty Yell / Skystone Games

Always Playable: The Production Mindset That Survives Reality

Matt Lee
Executive Producer, Gameloft Montréal
12:00 pm

The Innovation Paradox

Chris Bateman
Founder and Chief Consultant, International Hobo Ltd

Closing Deals in 2026

Pontus Mahler
Co-Founder, Agora Gaming Partners
1:00 pm

Building a Community for Lifetime Game Projects

Alexandra Orlando
Community Director, Kitfox Games

Advancing AI Game Development with AMD Schola and GPUOpen

Alexander Cann
Staff Software Engineer, AMD
Alex Blake-Davies
Sr. Developer Product Marketing Specialist, AMD
1:30 pm

From West to East: How to Make F2P Games Thrive in New Markets

Angel Fraser
Lead Product Manager, Scopely Inc
2:00 pm

The New Timeline for Indie Success

Jason Della Rocca
Co-Founder, Execution Labs

Game Audio: The Future of Game Audio & Music

Christian Hurst
Co-Founder, Managing Director, Interleave

The Business of UX

Ruwan Fernando
Founder, Go Boldly Design
3:00 pm

Inside the Booth: Bringing Professional Performances to Your Next Project

Scott Christian
Studio Director, Hilltop Studios
Myles Dobson
Actor, ACTRA

Best Practices for Multi-Platform Development

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

Where Traditional Animation Meets Gaming

Agustin Valcarenghi
Executive Director, 2veinte
Pablo Gostanian
Creative Director, 2veinte

What We Got Wrong (And Right) About Game Marketing

Kit Ellis
Co-founder, Never A Minute Marketing
Jenny Windom
Partner, Wholesome Games
Christopher Chancey
General Manager, Indie Asylum / Gambit Digital
Agusia Krzywinska
Technical Director & Co-Founder, Adjective Noun Studios

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
11:00 am

Ask Games Lawyers Anything: This Normally Costs Money

Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy
Partner; Co-Chair of Canadian Intellectual Property & Technology, DLA Piper Canada LLP
Ryan Black
Partner; Global Lead, Video Games, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
David Lafontaine
Associate - Intellectual Property and Technology, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Time Studio B
10:30 am

Game Audio Round Table

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

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

Russell Sng
Strategic Growth & Developer Relations, Artificial Agency

featured sessions

More to be announced!