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Montreal International Game Summit

by Ken Finney · in General Discussion · 10/28/2006 (6:53 pm) · 2 replies

Anyone going to Montreal on the 8th & 9th Nov (next week) ?. I'll be there for both days.


I'm thinking about hitting the following events:

- - - - - Wednesday - - - - -

GREG COSTIKYAN
MANIFESTO GAMES
Games, Genres, and Why
Independent Games are Vital

DR ALEXANDER NAREYEK
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Game AI is Dead. Long Live Game AI!


KEYNOTE
KEN PERLIN
NYU MEDIA RESEARCH LAB


TOBI SAULNIER
1ST PLAYABLE PRODUCTIONS
Better Games Via Formal Production Processes

REID SCHNEIDER/VANDERLEI CABALLERO
ELECTRONIC ARTS
Building New IP and Innovation in Games, how to break out of the box

KEYNOTE
CHAIM GINGOLD, GAME DESIGNER/ CHRIS HECKER, TECHNOLOGY FELLOW MAXIS / EA
Advanced Prototyping

#1
10/28/2006 (6:57 pm)
- - - - - Thursday - - - - -

MIKE MACE
MICROSOFT
Making Good Games Great: Advancing Playability

MATT COSTELLO
POLAR PRODUCTIONS
Story-Telling, Interactivity and the Creative Process


(skipping the keynote, most likely)


TOM ARUNDEL
INTROVERSION SOFTWARE
How do indies push game innovation and remain commercially viable?

MICHAEL MATEAS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Interactive Drama: A solution to the interactive story dilemma

CLOSING PANEL
STUDIO HEADS: YANNIS MALLAT, ANDREW EADES, GREG COSTIKYAN, RAPHAEL COLANTONIO, REMI RACINE, JASON DELLA ROCCA
"The Hot Seat: Game Execs Discuss Tough Issues, Inspiring Insights"

I might end up skipping one or two of these, depending on who I bump into, and what else is going on at the time...
#2
11/14/2006 (8:59 am)
There was a huge announcement at this event.