Victoria's knowledge of the industry and her experience helping the show's boards pick from submissions and invite the best content - all direct from the community - will prove incredibly helpful as the event prepares for the future. Victoria Petersen, who has worked extensively with the GDCвЂ™s 15+ different Advisory Boards to directly program much of the content at the show over the past 5 years, will step into an overall content lead role for the GDC and VRDC events as Lead Conference Manager. In addition to SternвЂ™s appointment, a second change is being made to bolster the bench as organizers move into Game Developers Conference's 32nd year.

вЂњHaving attended or been involved in organizing GDC for almost twenty years, I am keenly aware of the needs of the game development community, and IвЂ™m stoked to be working with Katie to tell the next chapter of GDCвЂ™s storied historyвЂќ, said Carless. He will be stepping in to get the new GM introduced to GDCвЂ™s community, as well as working with other key personnel such as Senior Marketing Director Liz Wakefield to ensure community-first thinking and continuity. UBM's EVP Simon Carless, who first attended GDC as a developer in 1998 and has been working on the show since 2005, will continue to be integrally involved in the event. вЂњI very much look forward to talking to the community about what's next for the event over the next few years.вЂќ вЂњI couldn't be more excited to be joining up with GDC to help the game industry and the event keep growing and flourishing,вЂќ said Stern. She was co-founder of innovative 3D printing/wearable computing event and showcase Designers Of Things, worked closely with leading electronic engineers on DesignCon and the Embedded Systems Conference, and most recently has been helping key open-source communities as Director of Event Services at the Linux Foundation.

Stern has had a varied career supporting unique tech communities via events.

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