GDC Europe will serve as the premier pan-European game developer event in 2009.

Led by Frank Sliwka, the former head of Leipziger Messe's Games Convention Developers Conference (GCDC), GDC Europe will engender learning, networking, and inspiration via the GDC's renowned conference content quality and access to the industry leaders driving innovation in games across the globe.

The conference will take place in Cologne, Germany August 17-19, 2009, and will be held in conjunction with gamescom, (19-23 August) the leading game industry European event for consumers, publishers, and trade professionals.

GDC Europe focuses on Business, Game Design, Production, Programming, and Visual Arts. In addition, this three day conference will emphasize timely content and topics in Serious Games and Mobile Games in Europe and worldwide today.