Speakers

Meet the speakers sharing insights at Galaxy Games Fest — industry professionals, educators, and creatives from the world of games, art, and technology.

Angela Sae-Lam

Professional 3D Artist and Teacher

Room A: 12:00PM: Interview

Live Showcase: 2:00PM: 3D Art

Cal Chiu

Graphics Engineer | Unity Technologies

Room B: 2:00PM: Graphics programming for games, 4:00PM: Interview

Luke Ledwich

Engineering Lead | Riot Games

Room A: 10:30AM: Keynote, 4:00PM: Opportunity Knocks

Dr Mitchell McEwan

Senior Lecturer | Macquarie University School of Computing

Room B: 3:00PM: From Acting to Academic: my pathway to Games User Research

Morgan Ridley-Smith

Freelance Composer

Room B: 11:00AM: Going Beyond the Basic Music Loop

Neema Iyer

Creative Technologist

Room A: 3:00PM: Interview

Rick Salter

Co-founder and Creative Director | Hojo Studio

Room A: 11:00AM: 10 Signs you’re ready to commit to your game idea

Azusa (Sophia)

Quality Assurance | Lucidity Loveworks | Chaos Theory Games | Turtle Flip Studios

Room A: 2:00PM: I've been isekai'd into the 2025 games industry and want to start in QA but don't know how: talk edition, 3:30PM: Interview

Sprint Talk Sessions

Emerging Dev | Students | Indie Studios

Room B: 12:00PM: Sprint Sessions

Vanessa Intan

Community Lead | Notion

Room A: 12:30PM: From Chaos to Clarity: How Game Devs Use Notion to Build, Scale & Stay Sane