FROG - Future and Reality of Gaming 2026

Since 2007, FROG - Future and Reality of Gaming (www.frogvienna.at) has brought together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines to discuss key questions in game studies and game development and reflect on the significance of play for society, culture, and education with everybody interested in games beyond entertainment.

From 20-22 November 2026, FROG celebrates its 20th edition and enters a new chapter at Belvedere 21 in Vienna. For the first time, the conference will be hosted by an Austrian museum and complemented by the preceding SUBOTRON Game Jam series and an award ceremony.

Under the theme "PLAYING ART", FROG 2026 explores the relationship between art and play as a contemporary cultural practice and asks how art can be experienced, interpreted, and made accessible through playful formats - and how games themselves operate as independent forms of cultural expression.

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Admission is free, but registration is required. As capacity is limited, please reserve a ticket only if you plan to attend. If your plans change, we kindly ask you to cancel your ticket so the spot can be made available to someone else.

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FROG is jointly organised by SUBOTRON and the Association for Applied Game Studies, in cooperation with the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, and funded by the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport and the Austrian Federal Chancellery.