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Mitu Khandaker
Dr. Mitu Khandaker is a game designer, engineer, scholar, and entrepreneur. She is an Associate Arts Professor at the NYU Game Center, where she has taught game design and development for the last decade, and is also Associate Director of the Game Design Future Lab, helping to steer the ecosystem of games entrepreneurship and innovation in New York City. Mitu holds a Ph.D. in designing games for immersive interfaces such as VR and AR, and has a background in computer engineering. She also consults widely on generative AI games and the future of play.
She was previously CEO and co-founder of Glow Up Games, an award-winning studio centering diverse voices and unlocking the future of play. Before that, she was on the founding team at Spirit AI, an AI tools company later acquired by Twitch, and she also launched a location-based games startup.
Her career has been recognized internationally, including honors as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit (2013) and recipient of the Creative English Trailblazer Award (2014). She has long championed diversity in games and STEM fields, serving on the GDC Advisory Board since 2014 and as an AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador, inspiring more young women and girls to pursue careers in game development.
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11-Dec-2025Creative Industries StageDebate: Authenticity vs. Algorithm: The Battle for Influence
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