Valve, EA and Pandemic join MIGS 08 event

Alliance numérique, organiser of The Montreal International Game Summit, has revealed that Valve, EA and Pandemic Studios are set to take part in the event to be held over November 18-19, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal

Jason Mitchell, software developer at Valve, is set to give a talk in the event's visual arts track, with EA's world wide executive of music and marketing, Steve Schnur, delivering a talk in the business track.

Meanwhile, the design track will see EA's Randy Smith, creative director, deliver a speech and the production and technology tracks will feature EA Montreal's Reid Schneider and Pandemic Studios' Quinn Dunki, respectively.

This year's event will feature more than 80 speakers from across North America and Europe, organised into six tracks: Business, Visual Arts, Game Design, Serious Games, Production and Technology.