WARREN SPECTOR TO HEADLINE EU FORUM
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[ July 19th 2004 ]

ION Storm's Warren Spector and BioWare's Ray Muzyka are to deliver keynote addresses at the European Developers' Forum this September in London, headlining a programme which features a range of speakers from around the world. The EDF event runs alongside the European Games Network trade show and Game Stars Live consumer show in London's ExCeL conference centre from September 1st to 3rd, and is backed by UK developer trade body TIGA along with a number of other international developer associations.

The three-day event programme includes a wide range of high profile speakers from both the USA and Europe, and promises to be a "hard-core technical conference" which will focus on technical, artistic and production aspects of development rather than solely on the business side of the industry. "The focus of EDF is very much on the hands-on game developer," confirmed Kuju Entertainment's Jeremy Longley, chair of the EDF steering committee. "We have speakers who will tackle the practical day-to-day issues facing every member of a development studio, not just the strategic business concerns. It's about these issues, the future and the challenges we all face in the development industry."

Two days of the conference will be devoted to development related issues, while a third day will feature a stream devoted entirely to mobile game development and content - with mobile sector specific speakers from many key companies, including mobile operators, already lined up.