Two days of in-depth talks on the AI driving today’s biggest games. Built by the community of Game AI developers, researchers and enthusiasts.
10 — 11 Nov 2026
Central London
Expected attendees in 2026
Days, two parallel tracks
Companies represented in 2025
Senior game AI professionals
For full-time students and those in unwaged academic positions. Self-certified at checkout.
£99
+£2.00 booking fee
£180
+£2.50 booking fee
£350
+£2.50 booking fee
£500
+£2.50 booking fee
All passes are sold via Ticket Tailor. Select the right tier at checkout — early bird pricing is applied automatically.
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Both days of talks across two parallel tracks, all networking breaks on both days, entry to the Tuesday-evening attendee social, access to the expo and meeting area, the printed programme, and full post-event access to the talk recordings once they’re published.
Early bird pricing closes at 23:59 BST on 30 June 2026, or sooner if we sell out of early-bird seats. We sold out our 2025 early-bird allocation three weeks early, so we’d recommend not waiting.
Yes. We hold a limited number of heavily discounted seats for students, unwaged researchers, and underrepresented voices in game AI. Apply via the link under the ticket grid; decisions are made on a rolling basis.
Every talk on both days is recorded. Recordings are released a few months after the event via our channels and are openly accessible to the global community. All recordings are subject to studio approvals.
We have a limited number of partnership slots at each tier. Get in touch with our team for a partnership pack for the full breakdown of what’s available and pricing.
Tickets are non-refundable. Tickets are transferable to a colleague at no charge — just email us with the new attendee’s details.
The AI and Games Conference returns for 2026 as we continue our efforts to provide a high-quality venue for professionals across the games industry to learn, network, and discuss applications of artificial intelligence for video games.
Our inaugural outing proved to be a great success, with a strong turnout and well-received programme. For 2025 we expanded our remit with a two-day event comprised of multiple tracks — and for 2026 we’re growing further, moving to a new Central London venue to accommodate a growing community.
You will hear from the leading minds in the sector on emerging trends, post-mortems, research breakthroughs, and broader business developments. Our expanded floorspace provides more opportunities for networking, business engagements, and demonstrating new and upcoming tools and projects.
Alan Zucconi is a Senior Lecturer, author and a passionate developer focused on the field of education. As a Science Communicator he is investigating the impact that AI has on society, from deepfakes to algorithmic bias. He currently works at Goldsmiths, University of London as Director of Postgraduate Studies, where he also directs the MA/MSc Computer Games programmes.
Duygu Cakmak is the R&D Director at Creative Assembly for the BAFTA award-winning Total War series. She oversees the R&D strategy and direction for the franchise. She joined Creative Assembly in 2015 as an AI programmer and after this, she moved into a Project Technical Director role.
Gabriel Robert has worked in Game AI since 1999 on titles such as Top Spin, Ghost Recon, and Assassin’s Creed. After earning his PhD in 2005, he focused on bridging academic research and production. Formerly a lead R&D Developer at Ubisoft La Forge, he now works on in-game AI at Final Strike Games.
Matthias is the head of AI at Splash Damage, and has worked as a programmer on titles including ‘Sacred 3’, ‘Portal Knights’, and was the AI lead on ‘Gears Tactics’.
Tommy consults with games studios and tech companies around the world on how to utilise AI in their projects: providing development support, consultancy, and professional training services on artificial intelligence in the video games.
With 20 years experience in AI for video games, Tommy has become a trusted voice in the game AI community as he acts as a public speaker, science communicator, and industry advocate. His successful YouTube series ‘AI and Games’, has accrued millions of views since it began in 2014.
George is the creator of Video Games Industry Memo and founder of Half-Space Consulting: a strategic consultancy that supports businesses as they seek to work within the video games industry.
Sally joins the team with decades of experience in event planning and logistics. She has run large-scale international events over five continents. She’s calm in a crisis, always patiently waiting for the drama to show its face so that she can pull on her experience and come up with a solution, fast.
Shraddha is a marketing and advertising strategist with 10+ years of experience designing and delivering tailored solutions that drive measurable business outcomes – working with the likes of Viacom, Twitter and more recently in gaming with modl.ai.
This policy applies to all participants of events organised or hosted by Game AI Events CIC; both in person and virtual.
Game AI Events CIC is a non-profit committed to providing accessible, productive and enjoyable events for the game/AI community in the UK and Europe. This extends to all participants and members of the organisational team, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, nationality or belief. We will not tolerate harassment in any form. All delegates are expected to adhere to the following key principles during an in person and virtual event:
Behaving in a Professional Manner:
It is expected that delegates will behave in a professional manner at all times. Harassment and/or sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate.
Harassment includes sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, deliberate intimidation, stalking, and photography or recording of an individual without consent. It also includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race or religion.
.Maintain a Standard of professional communication: All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience, including people from a variety of backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.
.Engage with kindness and empathy : We expect our delegates and organisers to be kind to others, and will not insult or put down other delegates or organisers.
.Professional Participation in the Event: Delegates are expected to register in advance and arrive in good time for the start of events. It is at the organisers discretion to allow delegates to enter a talk 15 minutes after its start time, or to attend the event should they have not registered.
Delegates are required to follow the key principles in 2.0 (Policy), as well as the additional principles for virtual events hosted by Game AI Events CIC. This section applies to all entities owned and controlled by the organiser. This includes, but is not limited to, comments, questions and posts made during and within virtual events and their material, on platforms including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, YouTube, Twitch and other online streaming and event coordination platforms.
Appropriate Language:
Delegates should not use the chat inappropriately, this includes:
Impersonation:
Breach of the Code of Conduct at Virtual Events:
Whilst we encourage delegates to use the chat function for discussion, debates and freedom of speech, we have a duty of care for our delegates and speakers.
Reporting a Breach of the Code of Conduct:
Any delegate who wishes to report a violation of this policy is asked to speak, in confidence, to a member of the organisational team. At the beginning of an in-person event, members of the organisational team will be introduced who will identify as being responsible for handling code of conduct breaches. You may also contact us via email at events@aiandgames.com.
Responding to a Breach of the Code of Conduct:
Delegates asked to stop any inappropriate behaviour by a member of the organisational team are expected to comply immediately.
.Failure to adhere to this request or further violations of the Code of Conduct will result in the delegate being asked to leave the event without a refund.
.In the event of escalation, or if a criminal offence is suspected, the matter may be reported to the Police or other relevant authorities. Further legal action may also be considered.
Breach of the Code of Conduct at Virtual Events:
Whilst we encourage delegates to use the chat function for discussion, debates and freedom of speech, we have a duty of care for our delegates and speakers.
. Delegates have a duty to take reasonable care for their own safety when attending events and have a responsibility to ensure the safety of others if affected by their own activities
. Delegates are not permitted to tamper or adjust any event equipment, fixture or furnishing without express permission from the organisers.
. Delegates are not permitted to enter any restricted area.
. Delegates may have access to a cloakroom space at in person events but are solely responsible for their own belongings.
. Delegates are expected to consume alcohol responsibly, and only when permitted as part of an in-person event.
. Delegates are not permitted to bring in any food or alcohol from outside the premises to any in-person event unless they have permission from the organisers.
. The organisers accepts no responsibility for any injury or for the death of any person, while attending one of our events, unless such injury or death was occasioned by the negligence of the organiser.
. Children attending events are the responsibility of a supervising adult, and are not permitted to attend unsupervised.
. The organiser’s resources should be used solely in respect of the event and the delegate’s role in the event. Delegates are not permitted to make use of equipment or facilities for other purposes.
. Game AI Events CIC has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and will investigate suspicious activity or if registration details appear fraudulent.
All talks from previous editions are available free on our YouTube channel — open access for the global game AI community.
The 2025 conference sold out three weeks before the doors opened.
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