Graduates from Sheridan College, Oakville Canada - Animation Program

Plan to attend Sheridan

Now in its 44th year, the NATPE Conference & Exhibition is the world's first and America's largest marketplace solely dedicated to television content. More than 8,000 top media executives from 76 countries participate in three days of exhibition, featuring more than 350 globally recognized exhibiting companies and 600 representatives of consumer and trade press from around the globe. NATPE's four days of high-level, high-energy sessions and workshops bring leaders in advertising, financing, licensing, distribution and content creation together in a unique laboratory, promoting the exchange of ideas, information and strategies that strengthen the business and encourage constant innovation. Additional information on panels, sessions, exhibition hours and registration is available at www.natpe.org.

Macworld Conference & Expo is 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 users in creative services, education, application development, entertainment, small office/home office and Internet-based environments. The event offers professionals and consumers alike the opportunity to discover the latest developments and hottest products these markets offer. For more information, visit www.macworldexpo.com.

The 2008 International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, will celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. The event will feature the hottest product debuts from 2,700 exhibitors, covering more than 30 product areas, including the latest in wireless, digital imaging, mobile electronics, home networking and more. For more details, visit www.CESweb.org.

The SFX Group of the Rhode Island Film Collaborative will be holding its monthly meeting on Tuesday Dec 18, 7:30 - 9:30 at Local 121 Bar and Restaurant. The guest speaker will be Todd Treanor of Treanor Brothers Animation (www.tbanimation.com). Devoted to visual effects, animation and game development, this group is a place for industry professionals, independent animators, teachers and students to network and exchange ideas.

The Rhode Island Film Collaborative is designed to help foster the growth of and educate the local independent film community. They do this by offering a number of services and events designed to increase networking and the sharing of ideas.

For more information, visit www.robertmrozowski.com/sfx_group.html.

The International Forum for Animation Technologies (FITA) is held every year in Angouleme, France, which, after Paris, is the largest production center for animation of all kinds. The 9th FITA will focus on the illusion of life, emotionally compelling characters and the technologies that enable them.

Speakers include: Christophe Hery, Lead R&D engineer, ILM; Matt Aitken, SFX Supervisor, Weta Digital; Xavier Desdoigts, Director of Technical Operations, Animal Logic; Peter Plantec, head of Ordinary Magic.com; Parag Havaldar, Lead Software Engineer, Sony Pictures Imageworks; Henry LaBounta, Director of Art, Electronic Arts; Sebastien Racine, Associate Producer, Ubisoft Digital Arts; among others.

They will talk about topics ranging from Digital Cloning at ILM to Tools and Techniques for creating compelling digital performances at Weta Digital, from creating realistic facial performances on BEOWULF to new techniques for acquiring, rendering, and displaying human performance and more.

For more information, visit www.fita-magelis.org.

Bob Iger, President/CEO, The Walt Disney Co., will participate in a Q&A session at the Sanford C. Bernstein Media Symposium on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, at approximately 12:15 pm EST/9:15 am PST. To listen to a live Webcast of the session, go to www.disney.com/investors approximately five minutes prior to the start time. A re-play will be provided through Thursday, Dec. 13 2007, at 4:00 pm PDT.

The Asia Media Festival (AMF) 2007 is a media fiesta, comprising events for both trade professionals and consumers. Hosted by the Media Development Authority (MDA), the festival offers opportunities for the media industry to share best practices, forge strong business networks and foster international collaborations through its lineup of premier trade events. These include: Promax BDA Asia, Asia Factual Forum, Media Financing Forum, Asia Television Forum, Asia Film Market & Conference, Asia Animation Conference, Asian Festival of 1st Films, Apollo Awards and Asian Television Awards. Running parallel to the trade events is MediAction!, an outreach initiative organized by MDA to inspire the general public to discover the benefits and possibilities that media can offer for work, learning and play. More information can be found at www.asiamediafestival.com.

6Sight 2007 is presenting the future of imaging. The two-day conference includes presentations, technology demonstrations and panel discussions, with several key topics organized into "clusters" that bring different approaches to bear on the same issues, providing more stimulation and engagement amongst the speakers and the audience. Visit www.6Sight.com for more detailed information.

Thousands of bloggers, vloggers and podcasters are set to descend on Las Vegas for BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the world's first industry-wide blogging tradeshow. The inaugural event, to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with pre-show seminars Wednesday, Nov. 7, will bring together professional and citizen journalists, entertainment icons, industry pundits, and popular social communities, as well as Internet radio and TV producers and podcasters, in the most important assembly of future new-media moguls. Designed to help experienced content creators and newbies alike, BlogWorld & New Media Expo will feature more than 60 seminars, panel discussions and keynotes. The Expo promises sessions on blogging basics, podcasting, video blogging, monetization strategies, increasing readership and blog site "stickiness," use of RSS (really simple syndication), search engine optimization, blogging in the political arena, and other topics of interest to veteran and first-time bloggers. The conference will host several major blogging communities, including business, technology, politics, sports, lifestyle and pop culture, milbloggers, mommy bloggers and godbloggers. Exhibitors will include blog-publishing software, advertising networks, affiliate program providers, RSS syndication services, news readers, aggregators, computer hardware and software companies, Wi-Fi services, broadband ISPs, web-hosting companies, podcasting services, pro audio and video recording equipment and blog consultants. For more information, visit www.blogworldexpo.com.