AutoWeek Design Forum has leading design professionals share creative insights and industry trends with hundreds of automotive and non-automotive professionals and students. In a keynote address, John Lasseter will offer a behind-the-scenes look at THE INCREDIBLES and a sneak peek at Pixar's eagerly-anticipated CARS, scheduled for release in June 2006. The event takes place at the Riverview Ballroom, Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center and runs from 8:00 am - 8:30 pm. For more information, visit www.autoweek.com/designforum.

RFX is hosting its annual technology BBQ, featuring free training, product debuts and a chance to meet developers. Below is a list of attending companies: * Alias - Maya 7 & Motion Builder 7, talk with Senior Application Engineers. * Apple - Shake 4, meet Developers and Support Team. * The Pixel Farm - Debut of PFClean (dust removal and clean-up tools), also PFTrack (3D tracking) PFPlay (2k playback). See Shake/PFTrack/Maya workflow. * The Foundry - Furnace 3 Debut Meet with the Developers. * mental images - mental ray + FREE TRAINING meet experts from mental images. More info on training here. * Next Limit - Real Flow + FREE TRAINING talk to fluid dynamics experts. More info on training here. * Silhouette - Debut of Roto with 2D paint. * Cirque Digital - GDI Explorer (asset management). * WaveGen - Textureloader Pro for Maya. * The Gnomon Workshop - Training DVD's. * Pixologic - Zbrush - 3D modeling RSVP to rsvp@rfx.com, including your name, company, email, phone and street address. The event will run from 12:30

The 16th Annual Digital Hollywood Spring is a leading conference for the entertainment, media and technology executives. The event will feature special events, exhibits, sponsorships and speaking engagements. More than 300 industry speakers will be participating in the event. For more information, call (212) 352-9720 or visit www.digitalhollywood.com.

The 18th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference, held at Trinity University, has a theme

The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI) in coordination with the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), The French Embassy Manila, and the Japan Foundation Manila, is organizing the 1st Philippine International Animation Festival, with exhibits and business seminars at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, and creative workshops and film screening at SM Megamall. The festival's objective is to showcase the talents of local animators to both the local and international markets and provide a venue for possible business ventures and co-production agreements between international studios and local animation houses. The festival shall be held concurrently with the country's premiere information technology outsourcing event, E-Services Philippines: 4th IT Outsourcing Conference and Exhibition at the EDSA Shangri-La Manila Hotel. For further details, call +63 2 8185019 or +63 2 8185020, or fax +63 2 8185005.

The 2004 Bangkok International Film Festival, the official film festival endorsed by the Royal Thai Government, will feature an estimated 150 films, special events, seminars and panels, as well as a competition in 9 different categories and the presentation of the second annual Golden Kinnaree Awards, the festival's award for excellence in International Filmmaking. One of the new highlights of festival will be its focus on ASEAN Cinema. This ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations) section will feature films from the 10 South East Asian countries -- Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. This will be a competitive program with a Golden Kinnaree to be awarded for Best ASEAN Film. For additional festival information, contact the Los Angeles Festival office at tel: (310) 272-1167, TAT headquarters in Bangkok at tel: (662) 250-5500 ext. 1575-78 or visit www.bangkokfilm.org.

The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) presents the 14th year of the AICP Show, which honors the craft of commercial filmmaking and the professionals whose collaborations contribute to the outstanding results. Established in 1992, in cooperation with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the AICP Show recognizes excellence in 24 categories of commercial film production, focusing on artistry and technical expertise. The honored commercials are made part of the permanent archives of MoMA

2005 China (Shanghai) International Multimedia Technology and Application Expo & Simposium, September 26-28, 2005
Shanghai Mart, Shanghai, China

Description/Content:
The 2005 China (Shanghai) International Multimedia Technology and Application Expo & Simposium, co-organized by WowGao, is the most anticipated event for the multimedia industry,
This event will attract leading multimedia vendors, expert speakers, and top IT and business decision-makers as attendees.

Focusing on multimedia solutions, the conference and exposition together explore the following hot areas:

- Software
- Hardware
- Computer Graphics
- Animation
- e-learning
- ISP and IDC
- VOD
- Broadband multimedia application systems

Tel: 416-292-0038 ext. 802
URL: http://multimedia.wowgao.com/
Email: sales@wowgao.com

Submission Form Information

Venue/Location:
Shanghai Mart, Shanghai, China

Contact Name:
Richard Price

Title:
Sales Manager

Digital Entertainment & Media Expo is a trade conference dedicated to digital entertainment. Anne Sweeney, president, Disney-ABC Television Group, and Jean-Charles Hourcade, sevp/cto, Thomson, will be among the keynote speakers from companies such as, Playboy Enterprises, TiVo Inc, XM Radio and Nielsen Media Research. This two-day event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Century City Plaza.

Other featured speakers at the event include industry leaders such as Gregg Spiridellis (ceo, Jib Jab), David Goodman (president of marketing, Infinity Broadcasting), Courtney Holt (head of new media & strategic marketing, Interscope Geffen A&M Records), Stacy Jolna (svp/gm, TV Guide Television Group), Ric Harris (head of new media, NBC Universal), Thomas Hesse (president global digital business group, SONY BMG Music Entertainment), Andrew Susman (president/ceo, Studio One Networks), Cyriac Roeding (vp, wireless, CBS Television/ Digital Media), Cuneo Paula (senior manager, corporate alliances & business development, Activision Inc.), Jay Frank (head of programming and label relations, Yahoo! Music) and Steve Lanzano (evp/gm, MPG) and many other luminaries.

The Digital Media & Entertainment Expo is sponsored by three of VNU Exposition

More than 500 professionals from the entertainment, music, video, new media and film industries along with people working in related fields, are expected to attend the 2005 Global Entertainment and Media Summit (GEMS) at Tripeg Studios from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.

The goal of the 2005 Global Entertainment and Media Summit is to create new opportunities, foster collaboration, facilitate change in the industry by providing a productive forum to share ideas and new distribution concepts and bring together visionary leaders from the music, film and media industries. GEMS will feature seminars, workshops, clinics and keynote presentations by industry visionaries and leaders who are helping to shape and create the future of the entertainment industries. A few of the featured speakers at the event will include Michael Butler, producer of the musical HAIR, Lee Abrams, vp of programming, XM Satellite Radio and Lloyd Kaufman, Troma Ent. and author of MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE.

Admission is $40 per person until Oct. 13 and $60 at the door. Along with the workshops, the two full days of networking with industry professionals and accomplished industry leaders also includes entertainment sprinkled throughout the event from live musicians, fashion shows, game show mania and stand up comedy. Attendees will also be able to showcase their music or video at one of the GEMS viewing stations.

Tripeg Studios is located at 2155 State Street. The studios phone number is (203) 603.9386. To learn more about Tripeg Studios, visit www.tripegstudios.com. For more the event or to register online, visit www.gemsconnecticut.com or call (860) 518-1761.