NVIDIA at GDC 2026
March 9-13 | Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Booth 1426
Join us at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) to explore how NVIDIA RTX™ neural rendering and AI are defining the next era of gaming.
Tuesday, March 10 | 11:20 a.m.–12 p.m.
Driving Innovation and RTX Advances
John Spitzer | VP, Developer, and Performance Technology | NVIDIA
Join NVIDIA for an inside look at the future of game development. Discover the latest innovations in RTX neural rendering and AI. See how generative AI is transforming development workflows and unlocking player experiences once thought impossible.
Tuesday, March 10 | 1:30–2:30 p.m.
AI Trends of Today and Opportunities for Tomorrow
Bryan Catanzaro | VP, Applied Deep Learning Research | NVIDIA
From content creation to runtime optimization and the underlying fabric of live service features, machine learning is increasingly becoming the solution to the problems many developers face. Join NVIDIA VP of Applied Deep Learning Research Bryan Catanzaro for an "Ask Me Anything” to learn about the current and future trends in machine learning in games.
Schedule at a Glance
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Monday, March 09
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Tuesday, March 10
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Wednesday, March 11
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Thursday, March 12
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Friday, March 13
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Room 314, South Hall
11:20 a.m.–12 p.m.
Blue Shield of California Theater, YBCA
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Blue Shield of California Theater, YBCA
10:10–11:10 a.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Room 314, South Hall
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
11:50 a.m.–12:10 p.m.
Indie & Education Stage, South Hall
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Room 304, South Hall
12:45–1:45 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
1:50-2:50 p.m.
Room 314, South Hall
Room 304, South Hall
2:00–2:30 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
2:50–3:20 p.m
Room 3020, West Hall
3:40–4:40 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
5–6 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
10:10–11:10 a.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
Room 2020, West Hall
12:45–1:45 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
Room 2024, West Hall
2–3 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
3:40–4:40 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
5–6 p.m.
Room 3020, West Hall
9:30–10:30 a.m.
Room 312, South Hall
Room 306, South Hall
Stop by NVIDIA Booth 1426
Stop by the Dell In-Booth Theater
Dell and IGDA booth 1061
Visit the Dell and IGDA booth 1061 to see Dell Pro Max AI PCs powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs in action, driving our in-booth theater with live demos from NVIDIA Graphics Developer Tools, Adobe, Maxon, and more. Fifteen-minute presentations include:
Inside the Frame: Debugging and Shader Editing With Nsight Graphics Capture Wednesday 10:30 a.m. and Thursday 12 p.m.
Solve Frame Rate Stutters With Nsight Systems
Wednesday 11 a.m. and Thursday 2:30 p.m.
GPU Performance Analysis Using Nsight Graphics GPU Trace Profiler
Wednesday 12:30 p.m. and Thursday 5 p.m.
Using the Shader Debugger to Find Challenging Code Bugs
Wednesday 1:30 p.m. and Thursday 2 p.m.
Crash Debugging With Nsight Aftermath
Wednesday 2 p.m. and Thursday 4 p.m.
Slang: A Modern Language and Compiler for Advanced Graphics
Wednesday 3:30 p.m. and Thursday 10:30 a.m.
Accelerate Your Ray Tracing With Nsight Graphics
Wednesday 4 p.m. and Thursday 11 a.m.
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