The Big Apple Comic Book, Art, & Toy Show, New York
National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) and the government of Andhra Pradesh are hosting Animation India 2005. Many experts in the field of animation will speak. Chief Minister Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy will deliver the inaugural address. The animation industry in India is currently growing at a rate of 30% and is estimated to reach $1.5 billion by 2005. More information can be found at www.nasscom.org/eventdetails.asp?id=217.
IDG World Expo will host Macworld Conference & Expo, the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event. The event showcases products and services for professionals involved in media and creative content development for corporate and home applications, as well as consumers using the Mac at home. Macworld brings together the loyal base of Mac OS audiences in creative services, education, application development, entertainment, small office/home office and Internet-based environments.
Artificial Comedy and Real Time 3D Characters CLONE3D A new media project that forges a link between real time 3d animation and automated conversational technologies creating an emergent artificial discourse. These are internet based characters that can actually talk with you. The basic structure is currently in place at http://clone3d.com.
Presentation by Nanyang Technological University
Thailand Animation and Multimedia (TAM) is dedicated to advancing the animation and multimedia industry in Asia. The event draws more than 100,000 trade and public visitors. It features a wide range of technology showcases, exhibits and keynotes. The conference brings together major players from Asia to discuss the future of the business. For more information, visit www.thailandanimation.com.
Women in Animation New York is hosting its members only holiday party. Andi Thea has graciously offered up her office, which is located at 630 First Ave, Apt. #23C, New York City 10016 (Enter on 36th street between 1st & East River). The party is BYOB and will run from 6:30-8:00 pm. Please RSVP to Lisa Goldman at lisaggoldman@yahoo.com(link sends e-mail) by December 10. At some point there will be a cut off point so RSVP ASAP. To join or for more information, visit www.womeninanimation.org.
The Toronto Animated Image Society is hosting its annual holiday party. This year's party will also include our first-ever silent auction. Start your holiday season up right at the only party in town where you can get cool holiday gifts and drink eggnog at the same time. The party will take place at the National Film Board from 7:00 to 11:00 pm. For more information, call (416) 533-7889, visit e-mail: Tais@bellnet.ca(link sends e-mail) or visit www.awn.com/tais.
IPv6 Summit, Inc. announced that the next major conference on the New Internet will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia. This is the annual premier event for government and industry decision makers to unveil their programs and products for the coming year in a comprehensive set of presentations and panels.
The 14th International Animated Film Festival "The Magical Nights" will show the treasures of animated films to audiences, screening short and feature animated films not viewed on TV and in theaters. The event will feature an international short films competition, feature films competition, special programs, young audience programs, animated film methods lessons, introduction workshops to animation, teacher's day, theater administrator's day and education day.
For its 10th anniversary edition, Cartoombria will once again expand its artistic horizons beyond the ongoing fusion of media and techniques already featured in previous editions, to embrace newer forms of innovation in digital animation. In addition to our regular presentation of "Audio-visual Performances" in realtime, this year
Game|Tech is an intense, focused event for the top developers and technical directors in the game industry. Small by design, the Game|Tech program is designed by respected industry veterans Jonathan Blow and Jeff Lander, with help from co-founder Chris Hecker, to tackle the challenges of shipping technically innovative games on next-generation platforms. The program brings together the top researchers and developers to provide technical information. This year, Game Tech is composed of two parts: Creating Believable Characters Seminar from Nov. 30 to Dec.
The School of Multimedia Systems (Faculty of Information Technology) Monash University will be showcasing final 3rd year work of the Bachelor of Multimedia Systems in an Exhibition that will be held in the Atrium at Federation Square Melbourne.
The dates of the Exhibition are the 22nd and 23rd of November 2004. It will be held between the hours of 9am to 6pm and is open to the public.
New York-Tokyo and FCI will present the culmination of a year of successful events, bridging the cultural gap between the two cosmopolitan cities in fine style with the weekend-long "eNerGy Festival." Bringing to New York the best in cutting edge games & music, and film/anime respectively, "eNerGy" brings all the ingredients together into a multimedia blend for three special days. Friday is devoted to games and Saturday and Sunday are devoted to anime. For more information, visit energy.newyork-tokyo.com.
WowGao will host IT WorldExpo, November 18 & 19, 2004, Toronto, Canada (www.ITWorldExpo.WowGao.com; WorldExpos@WowGao.com(link sends e-mail)). IT WorldExpo brings together buyers & sellers of the hottest information technologies including e-Enterprises, Online Businesses, e-Entertainment & e-Marketing. Tracks of the international conference will includeReal-Time Enterprise, Software Solutions for E-Enterprise, Web Services & IT Security,Linux & Open Source, Technical Management & Business Issue, and many more
IDEAlliance, a leading industry association dedicated to fostering XML and other information technology standards, will host the XML Conference and Exposition 2004, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. The theme of this year's conference is "XML -- From Syntax to Solutions." Presenters will include industry titans such as Microsoft, DaimlerChrysler, IBM and Oracle, as well as renowned industry analysts and smaller firms working on the cutting edge of XML technologies and solutions.
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Bradford Animation Festival (BAF) is the U.K.'s largest and longest-running animation festival. The event hosts master classes, seminars, extensive screening programs and special events.
Brand ManageCamp 2004 is the premier conference for brand management professionals.
The first meeting of the New York City chapter of The Animation Co-op will convene at 7:30 pm at The New York University Center for Advanced Digital Applications. The Animation Co-op is a freeform alliance of animation artists who are pursuing a variety of independent projects. Its primary goal is to help participants produce and distribute their independent films. Please RSVP to Stanley Lozowski at cdigitalv@verizon.net(link sends e-mail). For more information, visit www.animationcoop.org.
2004 Machinima Film Festival Date: Saturday, November 6th, 2004 Time: Festival- 11am - 6pm, Awards - 8pm-9pm Location: The American Museum of the Moving Image, NY
The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS), an organization that provides advocacy, education and community building awareness for the entertainment medium known as Machinima: animated film making using real-time 3D virtual environments, announced today a call for entries for the 2004 Machinima Film Festival.
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The Bitfilm Festival for digital film and new media shows films that use digital technology in a creative and innovative way. There are six categories:
* 3D Space: Computer generated 3D animations. * FX Mix: Digitally composed hybrids, mixing live-action, effects and animation. * 64K Demos: Audiovisual programs that work with a PC's processor and videocard. * Flash: Linear films and interactive works made with Macromedia Flash. * Machinima: Films that are animated in realtime using game environments.
Las Vegas Comic-Con, in association with cartoonmogul.com, is hosting The Big Cartoon Exhibition 2004, providing a venue to support and showcase animation art by independent animators from around the world. The Big Cartoon Exhibitors are seeking animated film submissions, no time restrictions, in all genre categories, (traditional, computer generated, Flash, stop motion, experimental), to fill a three day schedule of festival programming.
The ION Festival showcases and promotes outstanding animation, games and short films by filmmakers and gaming companies from around the world. ION celebrates the ever expanding worlds of animation and film production as well as highlights their timely convergence with the booming $20+ billion electronic gaming industry. ION 2004 brings together international independent filmmakers and animators and provides a venue for gaming companies to release new products and technologies to eager audiences of early adopters. Screenings will take place at The Culver Studios.
The Multimedia Art Asia Pacific (MAAP) Conference will be hosted by NTU in Singapore in collaboration with SIGGRAPH Singapore Chapter. This conference serves as a venue for presentation of innovative, creative, experimental work in all forms of digital media. MAAP (Multimedia Art Asia Pacific) is an organization and festival that explores New Media Art across a range of art forms and practices emphasizing interactive multimedia, Internet, digital media, animation and projects integrating new media.
