The Midwest
Game Industry Conference

DATE

November 8th, 2024

LOCATION

Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Upcoming Events

  • WGA Quarterly Social - At Titletown in Green Bay, WI on May 31st, 2024

  • M+DEV 2024: The Midwest Game Industry Conference ft. Keynote TBA

Past Events

  • M+DEV 2023: The Midwest Game Developers Conference ft. Keynotes from Ryan Burnett & Ben Kvalo and Endnote from Caryn Vainio

  • M+DEV 2022: The Midwest Game Developers Conference ft. Keynote from Harvey Smith and Endnote from Kayla Belmore

  • Wisconsin Games Alliance Pro Series: Game Dev Talks (2022) ft. Brenda Romero & Sir Ian Livingstone

    • Sponsored by WGA and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC)

  • M+DEV 2020: Madison Game Development Conference
    February 14th, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI

    • Sponsored by Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison, Filament Games, Destination Madison, University of Wisconsin Stout, Alliant Energy, Gener8tor, MG&E, igda, UW Health, School of Computer Data & Information Sciences UW Madison, PerBlue, PUBG Madison, Bethesda, University of Wisconsin Whitewater, Lost Boys Interactive, StartingBlock Madison, Madison Area Technical College, Chortopia, Clinical Playground, Matrix Coworking, SkyShip Studios, Tim Gerritsen, Basementmode, The Mad Cete

  • M+DEV Madison Game Development Conference
    October 27th, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI

    • Sponsored by Epic Games, Wargaming.net, Human Head Studios, Gear Learning, Filament Games, PerBlue, Genera8tor, Guild Software, Lost Boys Interactive, UW Dept. of Computer Science, Alliant Energy, MG&E, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Madison Region Economic Partnership, UW Stout, UW Whitewater, Adtalem Global Education, Clinical Playground, Stack41, Field59, Google Cloud, rutabaga paddlesports, NVIDIA, Whova, Fantasy Flight Interactive, MadMarker Studios

  • Madison Women in Tech Social w/the WGA (Hosted by PerBlue)

  • August 2017 Social @ North Street Cabaret (Sponsored by Summit Credit Union)

  • Continuing Education Series:
    Journeyman’s Toolkit: Process, workflows, and tools for modern game development with Greg Shives     (Hosted by Herzing University)

  • May 2017 Social @ Pasqual’s (Sponsored by Zendesk)

  • Continuing Education Series: Game Localization by Philipp Strazny (Hosted by Herzing University)

  • Madison Women in Tech Social (Sponsored by Bright Cellars, Hosted by Filament Games)

  • March 2017 Social (Sponsored by The Geo Group)

  • Continuing Education Series: Quick and Dirty Prototypes: Tips on finding the fun with first playables (Hosted by Herzing University)
    November 2016 Social: Updates and MobileMesh live social game

  • Continuing Education Series: Improving your Emotional Intelligence (EQ) for Leaders by Keith Fuller (Hosted by Herzing University)

  • August 2016 Social – Beer & Brats @ GLS Conference

  • Plenary Round Table – Games+Learning+Society 12

  • June 2016 Social (Sponsored by The Geo Group)

  • StartingBlock: Second Gear presents Robbie Bach (former Chief Xbox Officer @ Microsoft)

  • December 2015 Social

  • Angel/VC Funding Info Session