Surrey Business School Global Game Jam 2026

Day 1 – Tuesday, 27 January 10:00 – 10:15 | Registration & Welcome Participants check in Icebreaker activities 10:15 – 10:30 | Global game jam regulation (CompSoc) Programme Leaders, and Organizers 10:30 – 12:15 | Guest Speaker workshops Speakers from EA, ConnectPlayWise Insights on industry trends, career paths, and innovation 12:15 – 12:30 | Event Opening (Associate Director of SBS) 🛠 Hackathon (Runs all day) Teams form, ideate, and start building their games. 12:30 – 12:35 | Sharing from JatHub (Founder) & Group Picture 🎤 Optional Talks & Workshops (Parallel) 12:35 – 14:00 | Lunch Break (Pizza and drinks) 14:00 – 15:00 Panel: Careers in Games Moderator - Frankie Square - Yota Atom Star - Tanguy War Gaming - Constance Day 2 – Wednesday, 28 January 🛠 Hackathon (Runs all day) Teams form, ideate, and start building their games. 🎤 Optional Talks & Workshops (Parallel) 11:00 - 12:00 Good Game Sharing 12:00 - 12:30 JatHub Ideathon 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break (Pizza and drinks) 14:00 - 14:30 Wargaming sharing - Constance 14:30 - 15:00 Game marketing - ex-epic 15:00 - 15:30 FUSE CEO sharing 15:30 - 16:00 POKI 17:00 – 18:00 | JatHub Social Media Activity / Fun Session Teams create short social content related to their project Optional interactive brand challenges Day 3 – Thursday, 29 January 09:00 | Pass the event to Game Innovation Zone Organisers wrap up event so far Held by Leon and Jon from game course (Music and Media department) 09:00 – 11:00 | Development Sprint & Prepare Submission Prepare playable versions and any presentation materials 11:00 – 12:00 | Submission Hotfixing 12:00 | All Submissions Entered 12:00 – 13:00 | Group Photo, Lunch & Celebration Participants, speakers, and mentors 12:00 -- 13:00 | Demo & Showcase 13:00+ | Networking & Showcase