Shuhei Yoshida and Daiyu Nobori to Keynote CEDEC2026
Yoshida's keynote offers a rare retrospective from a figure who shaped PlayStation's global studio strategy, while Nobori's focus on production infrastructure signals CEDEC's continued attention to technical and organizational challenges beyond game design.
Reporting from 1 sources: GAME Watch (Impress).
The Computer Entertainment Association (CESA) has announced Shuhei Yoshida, President of yosp and former Sony Interactive Entertainment executive, and Daiyu Nobori of the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) as the keynote speakers for CEDEC2026. The conference runs July 22-24 at Pacifico Yokohama North and online. Yoshida speaks on the first day, Nobori on the last. A special human resource development session and the PERACON recruitment theme were also revealed.
Shuhei Yoshida, the former head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios and current President of yosp, will deliver the opening keynote at CEDEC2026 on July 22. His lecture, titled "The Wonderful Games, Creators, and Creativity I Have Encountered," promises a career-spanning look at the people and projects he worked with from the original PlayStation era to today.
Daiyu Nobori, a software technology research manager at the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) and creator of the widely used SoftEther VPN security software, closes the conference on July 24 with a talk on establishing production methods for globally deployable computer and network technologies. The session will cover infrastructure freedom, decentralized investment in small teams, and mechanisms for innovation through private-sector, university, and government collaboration.
CESA also announced an organizer's special project session on July 24 at 3:30 PM, focusing on the Top Game Creators Academy (TGCA) human resource development program launched in fiscal 2025. The session will present a case study of a young creator in training, with participation from actual TGCA mentors.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) 「CEDEC2026」の基調講演が吉田 修平氏と登 大遊氏に決定