External Development Summit (XDS)

External Development Summit (XDS) is the only annual international games industry event held in Canada, with a primary focus on external development for art, animation, audio, software engineering, QA and localization.

XDS brings together a niche community of game developers and publishers, vendors, and middleware providers. The event itself is composed of industry players including: the Advisory Committee, Speakers, Sponsors, Exhibitors and of course attendees. 

From the first keynote to the final remarks, XDS focuses on four core values:

Knowledge Sharing

Collaboration

B2B Networking

Industry Stewardship