International Conference on Games and Narrative 2025

The 2025 International Conference on Games and Narrative presents: Adapt, Adopt, Adjust: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Adaptation, Storytelling and Simulation

Important Dates:

ICGaN'25 timeline
Last updated: February 28, 2025. Please note, dates will be updated as they are finalized.

The 2025 International Conference on Games and Narrative presents:

Adapt, Adopt, Adjust: Interdisciplinary Approaches
to Adaptation, Storytelling and Simulation

HYBRID - Hosted by the Games Institute, University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Monday, March 3rd - Thursday, March 6th, 2025

The conference schedule is now available! Check out Accessing the Virtual Conference Space on Gather.town for more details! Extended abstracts are now available.

Conference Program

Please find attached the full conference program! This includes details of each session and times for both the Waterloo conference location and the Melbourne conference location.

Download a copy of the conference program.

Conference Details

Thank you to all who have registered! This is our largest turn out yet and we are excited for:

🌍187 Attendees
🌍145 Submissions
🌍99 Paper Presentations
🌍30 Panels
🌍13 Demos and Workshops
🌍4 Keynote Presentations
🌍2 In-Person Conference Locations in Canada and Australia; and...
🌍1 Very Cool Online Conference Space in Gather
Thank you to all who have submitted, registered, and volunteered to make this conference possible. We are excited to see you all on Monday, March 3rd.

Conference Planning Committee

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Neil Randall, PhD

General co-Chair

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Emma Vossen, PhD

General co-Chair

Pamela Maria Schmidt, MA

Conference Manager &
Programme co-Chair

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Geneva M. Smith, PhD

Proceedings Coordinator &
Programme co-Chair

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Sasha Soraine, PhD

Workshop Coordinator &
Programme co-Chair

More about ICGaN:

The 2021 Inaugural Conference

Learn more about this virtual conference inspired in this news bite.
Challenges of Hybridity and the 2023 Conference

Read more about graduate student involvement and working toward greater interdisciplinary engagement in this research spotlight.
"We cannot as academics just divorce the things we are interested in from what happens in the world, including a game"

See Dr. Neil Randall, general co-Chair and GI Executive Director's, closing remarks from ICGaN'23.
Curious about previous presentations?

Check out the


1. ICGaN'21 program
2. ICGaN'23 program

Games Institute Logistics Committee

Agata Antkiewicz, MA

Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Administration

Sid Heeg, PhD Candidate

Social Media Manager

Altynai Isakova

Operations Coordinator