Events: Interactive

The 2005 China International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival (http://www.cicdaf.com/english/index.asp) will be held in Changzhou, China, on September 28 to October 5, 2005.

Last year's edition drew crowds in excess of 130,000. Since then, the city has been designated by the Central Government as one of 9 new animation production centers, and it is estimated that 150,000 visitors will attend this year's event.

Also present at the show will be numerous production studios, schools, media organizations, and technology vendors and providers.

Smartphone Summit 2005 presents 'Smartphone Enterprise Solutions' San Francisco, an exclusive conference event dedicated to bringing people the top Smartphone based Enterprise Solutions from all Smartphone O/S platforms including Symbian, Microsoft, palmOne, RIM, and Linux. The targeted attendee demographic includes enterprise users as well as developers and I.T. professionals.

The 15th Annual Digital Hollywood Los Angeles, which will be held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, will cover a wide array of topic regarding digital technology.

Tracks include: * OnDemand Television - All-Access All the Time - From the Basic DTV Package, the Premium Package to the PVR Enabled Viewer* Embracing the Connected Consumer - Entertainment and Technology - From the Digital Home to the Mobile and Wi-Fi Universe* Getting the Bling Bling: Mobile Ringtones, Ringtunes, Advertainment, Games & Custom Branded Experience

Tokyo Game Show 2005 is dedicated to everything gaming. The event will feature 130 companies participating with 1,429 booth units reserved. This year

Women In Games International, a newly-formed organization in the interactive entertainment industry, will host the Women in Games International Conference-Seattle at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Titled

Running in conjunction with Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Fall Imaging Summit Sept. 9-12, 2005, iHollywood Forum will co-locate this event to address the rapidly growing markets and new business opportunities in digital and mobile cameras, photography and imaging. PMA is the trade association of photo imaging retailers, software and hardware makers, and commercial and processors worldwide whose goal is to help its members expand their consumer, commercial and industrial markets and increase their profitability.

Presented by LICENSE! magazine, Link is an executive-level conference and networking opportunity tailored to licensing executives ready to take their business to the next level. Top licensors, licensees, retailers, agents, marketers and the media will come together. Conference sessions will cover a full spectrum of licensing topics including promotions and co-branding, marketing to demographics, the state of retail, financial & legal licensing issues, and a special concentration on international markets. This event runs concurrently with MAGIC Marketplace.

The Game Developers Conference Europe (GDCE) will take place at London's Le Meridien Hotel. TIGA (The Independent Games Developers Association)

Smart Graphics is grounded in a deep understanding of human abilities, activities, and desires. This understanding arises through the integration of fields such as art, design, and the social, cognitive, and perceptual sciences. Insights are realised in the form of novel methods for producing and interacting with rich graphical displays often utilising established techniques from computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and computer science in general.

Ai-Kon is Manitoba

Going into its 10th year, QuakeCon remains true to its original mission as an event created by gamers, for gamers. Sponsored by id Software and other industry-leading software and hardware manufacturers, QuakeCon continues to be run by a dedicated group of 30 year-round volunteers and more than 200 on-site volunteers. Nearly 6,000 people attended QuakeCon in 2004, and the event has expanded to include QUAKE, QUAKE II, QUAKE III ARENA, QUAKE III: TEAM ARENA, RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN and DOOM 3.

STASH DVD MAGAZINE will host the First Annual Global Student Animation Awards. Animation, visual effects and motion design students are invited to go head to head with their peers from around the planet as the first annual Global Student Animation Awards gear up to find brilliant emerging talent and connect them to the best companies in the industry. Students are encouraged to enter their most outstanding projects in three categories