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Chapters connect game developers in local communities around the world. Through regularly scheduled meetings, chapters provide an opportunity for professional game developers to interact in person with peers on a local level.

IGDA chapters are listed alphabetically and organized into the following three major geographic areas:

(Note on email addresses: In order to reduce spam to chapter coordinators, their email addresses below have been modified to avoid spam. Please replace the " ~ Insert At Symbol Here~ " with an @ before you send your email.)

Location (status?)
Main Contact
Americas
AlbanyIan Stead, 1st Playable Productions
AlbuquerqueEric Renz-Whitmore, UNM ARTS Lab
Argentina
AtlantaJohn Sharp, Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta
AustinAmy Goldenburg
BaltimoreTronster Hartley, Firaxis Games
BostonDarius Kazemi, Orbus Gameworks
Calgary
CaracasCiro Duran, El Chiguire Literario
ChicagoCarrie Fowler, Electronic Arts
ColoradoBrian Robbins, Fuel Industries, Inc.
Columbus (Regrouping)Neil Kirby, Alcatel-Lucent
Dallas
DC & Vicinity (Regrouping)
Detroit
HoustonAdel Chaveleh, TimeGate Studios
HuntsvilleJames C Moffet IV, Colossal Studios, LLC
London, Ontario (Start Up)David Kerr, Zygomatic Productions
Los AngelesJustin Lloyd, Infinite Monkey Factory
Madison
Mexico CityJacobo Ríos, Immersion Games México
MontrealJason Della Rocca, Perimeter Partners
New Jersey NorthCoray Seifert, THQ Inc. | Kaos Studios
New York City
North Carolina TriangleDana Cowley, Epic Games
Orange CountyGlennon Neubauer, Westwood College
OrlandoDustin Clingman, Zee Gee Games
OttawaJean-Sylvain Sormany, Fuel Industries
PhiladelphiaDaniel Hettrick, IPKeys Technologies, LLC
Phoenix (Dormant)Steve Swink, Flashbang Studios, LLC
PittsburghSabrina Haskell, Schell Games LLC
PortlandDmitri Salcedo, FuelCell Games
Quebec CityNicolas-D. Robitaille, Ubisoft
Recife (Brazil) (Regrouping)Artur Mittelbach
Salt Lake CityJosh Jones, Smart Bomb Interactive
San DiegoDerek Tarvin
San FranciscoMark DeLoura, Independent
São Leopoldo in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil (Start Up)João Ricardo Bittencourt, Ludens Artis
Sao Paulo (Dormant)Thiago Guarino Appella, Electronic Arts Inc.
SeattleSkylar Kreisher, Olympus Entertainment
Silicon ValleyAnn Burkett, Caught Thinking Inc
South FloridaMarc Mencher, GameRecruiter.com
TorontoJosh Druckman
Twin CitiesCory Petosky
VancouverDel Chafe III, Propaganda Games
WinnipegNoah Decter-Jackson, Complex Games Inc.
Asia-Pacific
Bangkok (Start Up)jason swearingen, novaleaf software
Brisbanetruna aka j.turner
Hyderabad
Indonesia (Start Up)Marlina Sugama, Main Games Studio
JapanKiyoshi Shin, IGDA Japan chapter
MalaysiaBazil Akmal Bidin, notAthing
Manila
Melbourne
PerthRobert Spencer, Spinfast
ShanghaiGary Mi, Radiance Digital Entertainment
SingaporeAllan Simonsen, Boomzap Pte Ltd
Vietnam (Start Up)Nicolas Leymonerie, Phuong Hoang ENIX
Europe
BerlinThomas Dlugaiczyk, Games Academy GmbH
Brighton (Regrouping)
Bucharest (Start Up)
DenmarkGorm Lai, Glc02
FinlandJyri Ranki, Remedy Entertainment Ltd.
Frankfurt am MainJochen Hamma, Fantastic Realms Interactive GmbH
HamarKristoffer Jetmundsen, Tumbleweed Interactive
HamburgGustaf Stechmann, freelance
IrelandTony Kelly, Demonware
IsraelAdi Ashkenazy, Vyond
London (Regrouping)Paul Sinnett, Powered Up Games Limited
MalmoErik Robertson, Redikod AB
Midlands UK
MunichHendrik Lesser, Remote Control Productions GmbH
North East UKAdam Green, University Of Teesside
North West UKZubair "Zuby" Ahmed, Smashmouth Games Ltd/University of Salford/University of Bolton
Paris
Switzerland (Regrouping)Robbert van Rooden
Vienna (Regrouping)Jurie Horneman

 

 

Chapter Status

Chapters evolve over time, from initially forming (Start Up), to ongoing (Active), to winding down (Regrouping). Unless noted otherwise, chapters listed above are considered Active and are conducting ongoing activities. For those marked Regrouping or Start Up:

Regrouping

Regrouping chapters were once Active, but are currently reorganizing and refocusing their efforts to get the chapter back on its feet. If you would like to get involved with a Regrouping chapter, please contact the chapter coordinator(s) directly, or the IGDA's admin staff for guidance.

Start Up

Start Up chapters are recently established and still in the process of planning their first meeting. If you would like to get involved, please contact the chapter coordinator(s) directly, or the IGDA's Community Manager, admin staff for guidance.

 

Start a Chapter

Is your city missing? If you would like to organize a chapter in your area, please read the chapter overview and submit a proposal. Or, dive into the "Start a chapter!" forum to discuss chapter opportunities with other members...

 

Chapter Admin

Chapter coordinators can log in to the chapter admin area to manage various aspects of their chapter.

 

Chapter Chartering Documents

In an effort to begin the long awaiting chapter formalization process the chartering documents are now available for download. Any chapter interested in completing this process please contact Joseph Sapp at joda@igda.org or IGDAHQ@talley.com for further instructions. Please review these documents prior to begining the process.