22 April 2026

WorldBuilder Summit: The First In-Person Event for Creators Shaping Immersive Digital Worlds

The WorldBuilder Summit was announced as the first in-person event dedicated to the ecosystem of creators building virtual worlds and interactive experiences inside digital platforms, including Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft, Rec Room, and Overwolf.

The summit will be held on April 23, 2026, at The London West Hollywood Hotel in California and comes from the team behind the Buffer Festival, the international digital video festival held annually in Toronto for 10 years.

WorldBuilder Summit gathers creators, studios, investors, platforms, and brands to discuss, collaborate, and shape the future of the creator-led economy as it rapidly evolves into full-fledged experiences that are played, viewed, and discussed across mediums.

The idea behind the summit is straightforward: while digital platforms have enabled creators to build fully realized worlds, characters, and businesses that generate billions in revenue and reach well beyond players into the broader cultural conversation, there hasn't been a dedicated space for this community to come together. WorldBuilder Summit is designed to fill that gap — bringing creators, studios, investors, platforms, and brands under one roof to discuss monetization, tools, discovery, partnerships, and IP collaboration.

The WorldBuilder Summit has also unveiled its first keynote speakers: the Co-Founders of Story Kitchen, Dmitri Johnson and Mike Goldberg. Story Kitchen specializes in adapting games into film and television and is developing a feature adaptation of Grow a Garden, the Roblox phenomenon with over 33 billion plays.

Furthermore, the WorldBuilders Summit has announced its founding board, which is composed of accomplished thought leaders in entertainment, gaming, and technology. The founding board includes Nic Hill, Co-Founder and Head of Interactive of Sawhorse Productions, Bonnka Lim, Vice President of Marketing and Digital Games of Hasbro, Brendan Stock, CEO & Co-Founder of Chartis, Erika N. Ewing, Senior Director of Interactive Ventures & Video Games at LIONSGATE, Matthew Stein, Vice President of Digital Marketing at Warner Brothers Entertainment, and Jo Redfern, Founder and CEO of Futrhood Media.

The future of storytelling is immersive, iterative, and playable. Worldbuilders are at the forefront of breathing new life into beloved franchises and inventing new cultural phenomenon.The Worldbuilder Summit is entirely creator-first and cross platform to form an inclusive environment where builders can freely learn from one another about disruptive design and monetization. We’ve planned keynotes and hands-on workshops tailored to real-world business needs from creating profitable worlds and securing brand deals to curated networking and much more. We welcome builders from every platform to join us at The London West Hollywood this April.

Scott Benzie, Executive Director, WorldBuilder Summit

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