Foundations of Digital Games 2026 is organized by:
General Chairs
Alessandro Canossa [acan@kglakademi.dk]
Jesper Juul [jjuul@kglakademi.dk]
Program chairs
Max Birk [m.v.birk@tue.nl].
Anastasia Salter [anastasia@ucf.edu]
Proceedings Chairs
Phil Lopez [phil.lopes@ulusofona.pt]
Foad Koshmood [foaad@calpoly.edu]
Keynote Chair
Jichen Zhu [jicz@itu.dk]
Industry Chair
Ahmad Azadvar [ahmad.azadvar@activision.com]
Discord Coordinator
Lucas Fellner [tsurello@outlook.com]
Technical Game Development Track
Mehmet Kosa [kosam@marshall.edu]
Game Design, Studio Practices, & Novel Experiences Track
Annakaisa Kultima [annakaisa.kultima@aalto.fi]
Game Analytics and Visualization Track
Emily Chen [echen920@usc.edu]
Game Artificial Intelligence Track
Johannes Pfau [j.pfau@uu.nl]
Game Criticism and Analysis Track
Carly Kocurek [ckocurek@illinoistech.edu]
Bo Rodda [wrodda@illinoistech.edu]
Games Beyond Entertainment Track
TBA
Games Pedagogy Track
Erik van der Spek [e.d.v.d.spek@tue.nl]
Abstract Track
TBA
Generative AI Track
Oguz Buruk [oguz.buruk@tuni.fi]
Late Breaking Short Papers
John Murray [jtm@ucf.edu]
Games and Demos
Dooley Murphy [dojo@itu.dk]
Doctoral Consortium
Casper Harteveld [c.harteveld@northeastern.edu]
Workshop Proposals
TBA
Competition Proposals
Jialin Liu [jialin.liu@ln.edu.hk]
Panel Proposals
TBA