The organizers behind the yearly Game Developers Conference are actually taking submissions for the imminent 2014 event. If you are fascinated with presenting a lecture, roundtable discussion, or panel at GDC 2014, you’ve until the tip of August to submit your idea.

The event contains several different tracks on the topic of the sport industry, including audio, business, marketing and management, design, production, programming, and visible arts. Proposed content is reviewed by an advisory board featuring Square Enix’s Julien Merceron, PS4 architect and veteran game designer Mark Cerny, Media Molecule’s Siobhan Reddy, and Canabalt creator Adam Saltsman. Two new members have joined the advisory board to boot. Christina Coffin comes from a technical background, where she worked on games including Ultima Online, Assassin’s Creed II, and Battlefield 3. Chelsea Howe worked at Zynga, and is now a senior game designer at TinyCo.

“Our continuing goal with the GDC is to be the nexus of game design creativity and innovation, bringing compelling and practical sessions to our attendees,” said Meggan Scavio, general manager of GDC events. “The additions of the amazing Christina Coffin and Chelsea Howe to the 2014 advisory board are particularly exciting, as both women bring deep experience designing and programming a large choice of games, and they’re going to ensure even greater diversity in GDC programming that reflects a few of the fastest growing sectors of the industry, like social, mobile, and independent game development.”

Submissions may be accepted until August 29. Visit the official site for additional info. GDC 2014 shall be held from March 17-21 in San Francisco. 

Our Take
A conference without content is barely a crowd. Fortunately, GDC organizers has been packing the development with insightful panels and discussions for greater than 20 years. In case you are within the industry and you’ve got something interesting to mention in your peers, prepare a submission – everyone benefits from sharing information and perspective.