Conference: IEEE GEM 2026
10th IEEE CTSoc International Conference on Gaming, Entertainment, and Media
We cordially invite you to the 10th IEEE CTSoc International Conference on Gaming, Entertainment, and Media (GEM) taking place from 5-7 September 2026 in conjunction with ICCE-Berlin, as part of IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin), the leading tradeshow of consumer technology and electronics.
GEM brings together researchers, academics, artists, designers, and industry professionals working at the intersection of consumer technologies, gaming, entertainment, media, and the arts.
The theme for GEM 2026 is Mersivity which is technology that connects us to each other and to our surroundings.
Relevant themes include, among others:
• Mersive Games: Physical, sustainable, and embodied AI, and XI (eXtended Intelligence) for games, entertainment, and media.
• Wearable AI/XI, biosensing, BCI, haptics, sensors, and embodied interaction.
• Game technologies, engineering, and interactive systems
• XI/XR (XiR), VR, AR, MR, DR, IR, PR, spatial computing.
• HCI, UX, player experience, accessibility, and inclusive design, Physical HCI and WaterHCI
• Serious games, applied games, gamification, and game-based learning, exergames, integral kinesiology games
• Games for health, wellbeing, and social impact
• Multimedia, audio, music, and audiovisual media
• Interactive storytelling, virtual/extended humans and characters, and digital twins
• Creative AI, generative media, and computational creativity
• Player modeling, analytics, audience engagement, and behavioral data
• Esports, streaming, online communities, and participatory media
• Game design, development tools, prototyping, and production pipelines
• Ethical, societal, cultural, legal, and sustainability issues in games and media
• Surveillance, sousveillance, and metaveillance-based games, entertainment, and media
• Media art, performances, exhibits, and creative tech
• Industry applications, case studies, passionary innovation
General Co-Chairs
- Steve Mann, University of Toronto, Canada
- Luigi Gallo, Pegaso University, CNR-ICAR, Italy
Executive Chair
- Lucio Ciabattoni, Pegaso University, Italy
TPC Co-Chairs
- Pasquale Arpaia, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
- Antonio Lanatà, University of Florence, Italy
Special Sessions Chair
- Mustafa Can Gursesli, Tampere University, Finland