Develop:Brighton unveils its 2019 conference programme

Over 100 speakers are set to attend Develop:Brighton 2019, organiser Tandem Events just announced, revealing its full programme for the three-day conference.

The various talks and sessions will be split between eight tracks this year: Art, Design, Indie, Audio, Evolve, Business, Discoverability and Coding. On top of this, the Indie Bootcamp and Roundtable series will return – and they are both free to attend.

The full schedule can be found here and here are some highlights provided by Tandem:

• Keynote: Rebellion – The Path to Independence

Chris Kingsley and Jason Kingsley – Rebellion

• Body Positivity in Character Design

Loukia Kyriakidou – Freelance Artist

• A First Look: The Xbox Accessibility Guidelines

Brannon Zahand – Microsoft

• Fun, Safety, Profit: Year 1 of a Successful Indie Studio

Lottie Bevan – Weather Factory

• Show Them the Money: An Agent & Developers Q&A

Derek Douglas, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) & AJ Grand-Strutton – Dlala

• Elegance vs Intricacy – When Your Design Is Too Good to Have Depth

Tim Fletcher – Jagex

• Pushing the Boundaries for PlayStation VR: Sony London Studio’s Journey to Blood & Truth

Stuart Whyte – Sony London Studio

• Code Ahoy – Finding Hidden Treasure In Creating Your Own Audio Systems

Jon Vincent, Jamie Hughes, Katie Tarrant & Guillaume Muller – Rare

• Next Gen VR – What Developers Need to Know

Andrew Ayre Alvaro Barúa – ZeroLight

• Accessibility and the Importance of Including the Disabled in the Development Process

Felicia Prehn – Nopia Oy

Develop:Brighton 2019 will take place from July 9th to 11th at the Hilton Brighton Metropole, with the Develop:Star Awards taking place on the evening of July 11th. Early birds tickets for the latter are available until June 5th – you can buy them on this page. You can also register for the conference with an early bird rate on the event’s website.