Chapters
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Chapters connect game developers in local communities around the world. Through regularly scheduled meetings, chapters provide an opportunity for professional game developers to interact in person with peers on a local level.
IGDA chapters are listed alphabetically and organized into the following
three major geographic areas:
(Note on email addresses: In order to reduce spam to
chapter coordinators, their email addresses below have been modified to
avoid spam.
Please replace
the " ~ Insert At Symbol Here~ " with an @ before you send your email.)
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Main Contact |
| Americas |
| Albany | Ian Stead, 1st Playable Productions |
| Albuquerque (Start Up) | Eric Renz-Whitmore, UNM ARTS Lab |
| Argentina (Dormant) | Javier Otaegui, Sabarasa Entertainment srl |
| Atlanta | |
| Austin | Quoc Tran |
| Baltimore | Tronster Hartley, Firaxis Games |
| Boston | Kent Quirk, CogniToy |
| Calgary | |
| Caracas (Start Up) | Enrique Fuentes, Teravision Games |
| Chicago | Carrie Fowler, Electronic Arts |
| Colorado | Gary Rosenzweig, CleverMedia |
| Columbus (Regrouping) | Neil Kirby, Alcatel-Lucent |
| Dallas | Kristy Pitchford |
| DC & Vicinity | Jonathan Schaffer, Art Institute of Pittsburgh |
| Detroit | Cristopher Boyer, Variant Interactive |
| Houston | Adel Chaveleh, TimeGate Studios |
| Huntsville (Dormant) | James C Moffet IV, Colossal Studios, LLC |
| Las Vegas (Dormant) | Michael McGehee |
| Los Angeles | Justin Lloyd, Infinite Monkey Factory |
| Madison | |
| Mexico City | Jacobo Ríos, Immersion Games |
| Montreal | Jason Della Rocca, IGDA |
| New Jersey North | Coray Seifert, THQ Inc. | Kaos Studios |
| New York City | Wade Tinney, Large Animal Games |
| North Carolina Triangle | Dana Cowley, Epic Games |
| Orange County | Mark Warner, Nexus Entertainment, LLC. |
| Orlando | Dustin Clingman, Full Sail University |
| Ottawa (Regrouping) | Jean-Sylvain Sormany, Fuel Industries |
| Philadelphia | Daniel Hettrick, IPKeys Technologies, LLC |
| Phoenix | Steve Swink, Flashbang Studios, LLC |
| Pittsburgh | Sabrina Haskell, Schell Games LLC |
| Portland | Thien Nguyen |
| Quebec City | Nicolas-D. Robitaille, Ubisoft |
| Recife (Brazil) (Regrouping) | Artur Mittelbach |
| Salt Lake City | Josh Jones, Sensory Sweep Studios, LLC |
| San Diego | Derek Tarvin |
| San Francisco | Mark DeLoura, GreenScreen Interactive |
| Sao Paulo (Start Up) | Thiago Guarino Appella, Bandeirantes Communication Group |
| Seattle | Jason Robar, Guru Games Consulting |
| Silicon Valley | Ann Burkett, Caught Thinking Inc |
| South Florida | Marc Mencher, GameRecruiter.com |
| Toronto | Josh Druckman |
| Twin Cities | Cory Petosky, Puny Entertainment |
| Vancouver | |
| Winnipeg (Start Up) | Noah Decter-Jackson, Complex Games Inc. |
| Asia-Pacific |
| Bangkok (Start Up) | Tuang Dheandhanoo, Digitopolis Game Studio |
| Brisbane | Matthew Ford, Self-Employed |
| Hyderabad | Chris Erhardt, None |
| Japan | Kiyoshi Shin, IGDA Japan chapter |
| Malaysia | Hilmy Abdul Rahim, Gamebrains |
| Manila | Ranulf Goss, Holy Ground Productions |
| Melbourne | David Hewitt, Tantalus Interactive |
| Perth | Paul Turbett |
| Shanghai | |
| Singapore | Allan Simonsen, Boomzap Pte Ltd |
| Europe |
| Barcelona (Dormant) | |
| Berlin | Thomas Dlugaiczyk, Games Academy GmbH |
| Berne (Dormant) | |
| Brighton (Dormant) | |
| Bucharest (Start Up) | Mihai Sfrijan, EA Mobile |
| Denmark | Jacob Buck, Guppyworks ApS |
| Finland | Jyri Ranki, Remedy Entertainment Ltd. |
| Frankfurt am Main | |
| Guildford (Dormant) | Phil Lunt, bluegfx |
| Hamar | Gorm Eriksen, Biometric Game Studios DA |
| Hamburg | Gustaf Stechmann, freelance |
| Ireland | Tony Kelly, Demonware |
| Israel | Adi Ashkenazy, Vyond |
| Kiev | Nadia Matukhno, Microsoft Ukraine |
| London | Marc D'Souza |
| Madrid (Dormant) | Luis Miguel Rodriguez, Atari |
| Malmo | Erik Robertson, Redikod AB |
| Midlands UK | Andrew Oliver, Blitz Games |
| Munich (Start Up) | Hendrik Lesser |
| North East UK | Adam Green, University Of Teesside |
| North West UK | Zubair "Zuby" Ahmed, Smashmouth Games Ltd/University of Salford/University of Bolton |
| Paris | |
| Riga (Latvia) (Dormant) | |
Chapter Status
Chapters evolve over time, from initially forming (Start Up), to ongoing (Active), to winding down (Regrouping). Unless noted otherwise, chapters listed above are considered Active and are conducting ongoing activities. For those marked Regrouping or Start Up:
Regrouping
Regrouping chapters were once Active, but are currently reorganizing and refocusing their efforts to get the chapter back on its feet. If you would like to get involved with a Regrouping chapter, please contact the chapter coordinator(s) directly, or the IGDA's admin staff for guidance.
Start Up
Start Up chapters are recently established and still in the process of planning their first meeting. If you would like to get involved, please contact the chapter coordinator(s) directly, or the IGDA's Community Manager, admin staff for guidance.
Start a Chapter
Is your city missing? If you would like to organize a chapter in
your area, please read the chapter overview and submit
a proposal. Or, dive into the "Start a chapter!"
forum to discuss chapter opportunities with other members...
Chapter Admin
Chapter coordinators can log in to the chapter admin
area to manage various aspects of their chapter.
