Montreal Game Summit Lineup Announced

Alliance numériQC has announced the scheduled presenters at its upcoming Montreal International Game Summit, a convention aimed at industry professionals to share experience and knowledge. The opening keynote speech will be from Warren Spector, president of Junction Point Studios and past director of titles such as System Shock and Thief. Neil Young, general manager of Electronic Arts Los Angeles, will also present a midday keynote speech; and gameLab co-founder Eric Zimmerman will give a keynote on the second day of the event. Apart from the keynotes, presentations will include Hideki Konno of Nintendo, speaking on his experience creating Nintendogs for the company; Rich Vogel of Sony Online Entertainment on managing large-scale online communities; and Doug Church from EA on artificial intelligence in games. The show will take place at the Mount-Royal Center November 2 and 3. A full list of the scheduled speakers and programs can be found at the summit’s website. Information on registering can be found online as well.