CEDEC2027 Sets July 14 to 16 Dates at Pacifico Yokohama North
The announcement is a date and a venue, and nothing more: six months of programming, the speaker call, and pass sales are all still unannounced, so the conference's actual shape for 2027 cannot be read from this notice.
Key Facts
- CESA announced on September 11, 2026 that CEDEC2027 will be held from July 14 to 16, 2027.
- CEDEC2027 will run as a hybrid event with Pacifico Yokohama North as the physical venue and the official website as the online venue.
- Around 200 sessions are planned for CEDEC2027, organized into seven fields including Engineering, Production, Visual Arts, Business & Produce, Sound, Game Design, and Academic Research.
- The call for speakers, detailed schedule, and attendance pass sales for CEDEC2027 will be announced on the official website and in press releases once decided.
- CEDEC2026 was held at Pacifico Yokohama North from July 22 to 24, 2026, and the CEDEC AWARDS 2026 gave the Donkey Kong Bananza development team top honors in three categories.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, GameBusiness.jp.
The Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association announced on September 11 that CEDEC2027, the conference it runs for computer entertainment developers, will take place from Wednesday, July 14 to Friday, July 16, 2027. The physical venue is Pacifico Yokohama North, the same site used for CEDEC2026, and the event will run as a hybrid with online attendance through the official website. Around 200 sessions are planned, matching the volume of previous editions, with speakers drawn from Japan and overseas through public submissions and invitations. Talks span all areas of game development, from the development background of hit titles to know-how for improving work efficiency. Sessions are sorted into seven fields: Engineering, Production, Visual Arts, Business & Produce, Sound, Game Design, and Academic Research. CESA said details on the call for speakers, the full schedule, and attendance pass sales will be posted on the official website and social accounts once settled. CESA chairman Haruhiro Tsujimoto heads the organizing body.
The organizing body is CESA, the Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association, chaired by Haruhiro Tsujimoto. The venue arrangement repeats the setup used for CEDEC2026, which ran at Pacifico Yokohama North from July 22 to 24, 2026, so the physical and online split is unchanged from the most recent edition.
The session count is the one figure CESA has committed to so far: roughly 200 talks, a number the association uses across editions. The seven field categories give the only structural detail released. Programming for 2026 touched on Pokemon, Silent Hill f, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Uma Musume, and the CEDEC AWARDS 2026 gave the Donkey Kong Bananza development team the top prize in three categories, which is the most recent picture of what the conference's sessions look like in practice.
Pass sales, the speaker call, and the day-by-day schedule remain open. CESA directs attendees to the official website and the official X account for those, and says they will follow by press release once decided.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Denfaminicogamer 国内最大級のゲーム開発者向けカンファレンス「CEDEC2027」7月14日～16日に開催決定。トップレベルの技術者たちが約200ものセッションを実施する技術交流の場
- GameBusiness.jp 「CEDEC2027」7月14日～16日開催―パシフィコ横浜ノースでハイブリッド実施