Nexon said on the 11th that this year's Nexon Developers Conference (NDC) will be held from June 16 to 18 at Nexon's headquarters in Pangyo, Seongnam, and nearby venues.
Anyone interested in the game industry can attend, and registration is available on the NDC official website from the 19th to the 21st of this month.
At this year's 19th NDC, a total of 51 presentation sessions will cover the full spectrum of game development, from game design to production and operations, and programming. Speakers will include employees from development studios within the Nexon Company as well as major domestic and international game and IT companies such as Krafton, Roblox, NC AI, Google DeepMind, and Snowflake.
Among them, Embark Studios, the developer of the global hit "ARC Raiders," will join three talks to share development experiences by field, including the artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning technologies, data, and art applied in the game.
This year expands talks in the AI field significantly, with a focused sharing of the latest cases of applying AI to game development, on-the-job know-how, and experiences. Eight panel-style sessions are also planned, where industry experts exchange views by topic.
Representative panel sessions include: ▲ Nexon Games CEO Park Yong-hyeon and Game Generation editor-in-chief Lee Kyung-hyeok's "Developing different games at the same time"; ▲ Nexon Group Leader Kang Deok-won, Krafton VP Lim Kyung-yeong, and Kyunghee University Professor Kim Sang-kyun's "Nexon and Krafton's AX journey"; ▲ Nexon Games Division Head Kim Yong-ha, Project Moon CEO Kim Ji-hoon, and This Is Game editor-in-chief Jeong Woo-cheol's "Making the game I wanted to play."
During the event, various side programs will run in addition to the talks. At Nexon's headquarters, an art exhibition will showcase more than 150 pieces of 2D and 3D game artwork and game sound. In the outdoor event zone, mini-games using Nexon's flagship intellectual property (IP), various experience booths, and merchandise giveaway events will be offered.