This is the eighth year for southern-style Japanese animation fun. From around the country and around the world, we have Japanese animation guests, both professional and fan. The conference includes the world's only Video Art Track, the most comprehensive display of anime music videos known to man, a gigantic dealer's room full of Japanese cartoon goodies, continuously running video rooms showing the latest and greatest anime titles, video games sure to excite your eyes and damage your wrists, a costume contest where the styles of tomorrow meet the tailoring of today, art show full of anime style artwork by people like you, panels, exhibits, workshops and demonstrations concerning everything from fan dubbing to manga-making! Advance full conference membership: $30. Tickets available at the door: $25 (1 day), $30 (2 days), $40 (3 days).

Conifur Northwest is a convention for fans and creators of anthropomorphic comics, books, movies, and related media. Conifur strives to be a relaxing convention that's fun for all members. Through our programming and special events we hope to provide an entertaining, informative, and inspirational weekend for fans and creators alike. Each year Conifur picks one special individual from the many creative persons working in the genre to be our guest of honor. We strive to choose guests who deserve to be well-known in the community, and hope that our convention promotes awareness of their talents and accomplishments to the fans.

MIPCOM Jr. is the youth and childrens programming presentation of MIPCOM. This year, MIPJr will take place in the Palais de Festival featuring two full days of program presentations and conferences. Open to all delegates, the MIPCOM Junior conference program is
composed of two sessions. Branding and audience-building opportunities with
new children and youth interactive formats are explored in the first, while
the second, "Talking with

Digital Arts World will be held in the Grand Hall, Olympia, from October 9-11, 2002. Featuring exclusive attractions including presentations from the creative houses behind STAR WARS: EPISODE II, MONSTERS, INC, HARRY POTTER, LORD OF THE RINGS and SPIDER-MAN; specific workshops on broadcast effects, games graphics, Web design, digital music and more; the LEAF Awards; BAFTA's Interactive Entertainment Awards; and the 3D Festival Film Festival. The exhibition and the 3D Festival London and LEAF Conference will run on all three days, with the LEAF Awards on the evening of October 9 at London's Hippodrome nightclub, and the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards on the evening of October 10 at Olympia.

A one-on-one meetings based market dedicated to the funding, licensing, production and sponsorship of TV Formats in China.

This market focuses on the 30 most active Chinese TV Stations looking for TV Formats in a country where television operators aggressively compete for an estimated $3 billion US to be spent in 2003 by advertisers on TV in China.

Initially launched in October 2001 as the first and only conference and exposition dedicated to the Pocket PC handheld PDA platform, the Pocket PC Summit covers Pocket PC technology and its use in the enterprise, medical, government, and various vertical markets. As the industry grows in leaps and bounds, so has the Pocket PC Summit. This year an expanded series of events continues with Pocket PC Summit Hollywood, California, on October 21-24, 2002.

"The Pocket PC platform delivers the power and flexibility that have set the standard for mobile computing software," said Derek Brown, Group Product Manager for Mobility at Microsoft Corp. "The Pocket PC Summit provides users-from CEOs and IT managers to manufacturing engineers-with a venue to explore all the possibilities the platform holds."

For complete conference and exhibition information visit http://www.pocketpcsummit.com

CONTACT INFO:
Mark Winstanley
Pocket PC Summit
7095 Hollywood Blvd. #444
Hollywood, CA 90028
323-436-0169

From the folks 'that take you there', and the guys n' gals that brought you Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Milk and Cheese, Squee, Lenore, Happy Noodle Boy...

...well you get the point, comes the INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE, fondly known as ipex

This fall, Campus Events Commission, in association with Slave Labor Graphics, is bringing you the biggest comic and zine event to hit the UCLA campus. Join in on the festivities and bear witness to some of the most talented professionals and neophytes in the field! Better yet display your own work of art: comics, 'zines, newsletters and whatever else are all welcomed.

Help expand the print media with your unique voice and area of interest while stocking up on your own collection from the other exhibitors and retailers present!

ISEA2002, the first ISEA in Asia, expects approximately 1500 participants including artists, scholars, researchers engineers and students. It will feature over 200 presentations of research and artworks from more than 30 countries and regions around the world. All official exhibitions, symposium, social events and related programs will be open to the public during the symposium. Theme: Orai 'Orai' is a Japanese word, meaning comings and goings, communication, and contact, as well as streets and traffic. Around 200 years ago, a book titled Nagoya [Orai] was compiled and published in Nagoya and was used as a kind of textbook for teaching and writing. Through discussions around art and its interdisciplinary studies, ISEA2002 NAGOYA [Orai] hopes to provide an opportunity to create a new text in this electronically networked society. For more information about ISEA2002 in Nagoya, Japan (program, visitor information, symposium registration) please visit the official web site at http://www.isea.jp

Australia's leading digital arts forum. Insightful conference sessions on the latest techniques for creating computer-generated visuals for film and television, led by industry experts from major US, European and Australasian post houses. Comprises of conference sessions, masterclasses and technology labs and incorporates the annual AEAF Awards in 12 categories of competition which draw entries from around the globe. Events held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Organisers of the Australian Effects and Animation Festival are now accepting entries into the AEAF Awards to coincide with the December conference in Sydney, Australia.

The AEAF Awards are designed to reward innovation and expertise in digital content creation for film, television, games and the web. You can enter as many individual entries as you wish, as long as they've been completed between July 1, 2001 and October 27, 2002. Entry into the AEAF Awards is free.

There are 12 categories into which you can enter:
_ Commercials: Animation
_ Commercials: VFX
_ Feature Film: Animation
_ Feature Film: VFX
_ Music video
_ Short Film
_ TV Series
_ Titles, Idents & Stings
_ Web Animation
_ Student
_ Games
_ Education & Training

To enter, visit the web site at http://www.dmw.com.au and follow the links to the AEAF and the Awards entry form. Fill it out online or print it, and send entries to AEAF: PO Box 369, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 no later than 5pm Monday October 28, 2002. Your entry must be PAL formatted and supplied on Beta SP or Digital Beta and be accompanied by a document of no more than 100 words explaining its special features. For further information, contact aeaf@dmw.com.au.

Oct 28th, 2002
6:30pm Networking/Social Party
7:00pm - 9:30pm Actual Program

Share with animation professionals as they compare and discuss their studio experiences and workload within Animation Production.

October 28th Topic: The Art of Production Management

Speakers:
Anjelica Casillas - Production Management at Rhythm and Hues (CG animation for visual effects films)

Zahra Dowlatabadi - Animation Team/Producing Animation

Robin Kay-Levine - Klasky Csupo Production Manager (current Rugrats movie)

Jacquie Barnbrook - Sony VFX producer on "Haunted Mansion"

Aimee Scriber - Production Manager at Disney



Moderator:

Kellie-Bea Cooper - Independent filmmaker/Producer of 2D and 3D CGI animation, Animation Director: Art Institute of California - Orange County