ABOUT ECGC

East Coast Game Conference

The largest gathering of video game professionals on the East Coast will return April 7th – 9th, 2020 at the Raleigh Convention Center.

The East Coast Game Conference (ECGC) returns for its twelfth year. The focus of the conference is to provide video game developers an engaging program and opportunities for networking and collaboration. In 2020, in addition to great keynote speakers, there will be plenty of networking opportunities with some of the greatest minds in the industry. There will also be the opportunity to participate in intense training summits on April 7th. Make sure to reserve your spot today!

The conference is hosted by the Triangle Game Initiative, a trade association of video game companies in North Carolina.

History

The Research Triangle Park of North Carolina is home to more than 40 companies developing, publishing, or providing technology or services to the video game industry. These companies employ more than 1,100 people directly involved in creating video games, simulations and video game technology.

The Triangle Game Initiative was founded in 2008 to support and promote the video game industry in this area. In 2009, TGI wanted to hold a local gathering of the local game developers, and the Triangle Game Conference was born. The organizers hoped to attract 200 programmers, artists, and producers and were delighted when more than 500 attended. The conference grew to more than 800 in 2010, and after rebranding as the East Coast Game Conference it has grown to over 1,800 attendees.

Triangle Game Initiative

Triangle Game Initiative is the trade association for Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina for the interactive entertainment industry. Our members are market-leading companies and prominent industry figures who have gathered here, at the Research Triangle, to master the arts and sciences of gaming. Our mission is to build a thriving community of companies and professionals dedicated to the advancement of the interactive entertainment industry in the Triangle region.

If you’re a person or company in the Triangle developing, publishing, working on, or writing about interactive entertainment, you belong in the Triangle Game Initiative. Join TGI to take advantage of our exclusive member benefits and help us make Raleigh-Durham the East Coast hub of video gaming.

Mission

• Promote the Triangle region through brochures, newsletters, and other promotional activities aimed at attracting other game companies and employees to the area, growing the market for all of us
• Create a community of industry professionals within the Triangle that can share best practices and develop a hub of knowledge that can attract the best talent and clients
• Host conferences, tradeshows, and summits that can build the brand of Triangle area companies and the Triangle itself as a market leader in interactive entertainment

ECGC Team Members