New speakers have been announced for the upcoming Devcom Developer Conference

The Devcom Developer Conference will feature 200 sessions led by more than 250 speakers when it begins on August 19 at the new Confex Conference Center located at the Koelmesse.

Among the notable speakers are Jason Latino, Cinematic Director at Larian Studios; Mihir Sheth, Game Director at Sony Santa Monica; and Stéphane Roy, the Former Vice President & Studio Head at WB Games Montreal.

One panel on crafting intricate romantic narratives in games will include insights from Adrienne Law of Larian Studios, Helen Hindpere of Disco Elysium fame, and Meghna Jayanth, known for contributions to Sable, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Sunless Sea, Boyfriend Dungeon, and This War of Mine. The session will be moderated by Sarah Makdad, who has worked on A Plague Tale: Innocence, World War Z, and What the Golf?.

Additionally, speakers like Sasha Ciolac and Bert Zierfuss from IO Interactive, Donald Barrett, Matthew Strasser, Terrance Cohen, and Brittney Morris from Insomniac Games, Moritz Lehr from CD Projekt RED, Nickole Li from Mojang Studios, Philomena Schwab from Stray Fawn Studio, Nina Kim from Rare Ltd., and Alexandra Lia Grindean from Avalanche Studios will contribute to the event.

In total, there will be over 200 sessions covering 18 subjects, such as AI, VR/XR, and multiplayer.

The conference, starting with a networking dinner and the Devcom Indie Awards on August 18, will see numerous industry representatives coming together to share ideas and network prior to Gamescom.

For those unable to attend in person in Germany, the organizers have ensured the conference will be a "genuinely hybrid experience," with full access to sessions, exhibitions, participant profiles, and matchmaking options both onsite and online.