NAB 2012

Las Vegas, Nevada

April 14th-19th

Working on behalf of its radio and television membership, NAB provides members with exceptional advocacy efforts, legal expertise and timely communications and opportunities for career growth, professional development and networking with other broadcasters.

At the NAB Show®, NAB members are eligible for discounted exhibit space. In addition to discounted registration for each member station staff, NAB members enjoy a Members Lounge where they can relax, plan for the day, utilize access to free wireless internet and arrange meetings in a private conference room.
NAB member benefits programs provide members cost-savings programs including media liability insurance, property and casualty insurance, disaster recovery, electricity and utility savings, tower leasing, shipping, office supplies, equipment and furniture

Every industry employs audio and video to communicate, educate and entertain. They all come together at the NAB Show® for creative inspiration and next-generation technologies to help breathe new life into their content. No matter where you are in the Content Lifecycle – from creation to consumption, the NAB Show is a must-attend event if you want to future-proof your career and your business.

2012 MIPTV MEDIA FESTIVAL

April 1st-4th Cannes, France

MIPTV is the greatest gathering in TV & Media.
It’s where the industry makes deals that will shape the future, from inspiring new projects to buying next season’s hits. Together, the entertainment community creates bridges across the diverse and expanding industry, united by a passion for TV, making new connections and unlocking new business opportunities.

What does MIPTV has to Offer you?

Showcase and acquire programmes in every genre and for all platformsMeet with key decision-makers from the entire entertainment industryFind innovative financial models and coproduction opportunitiesDiscuss the future of the industry and explore new trends and technologies

Enjpy their Comprehensive Program

Media Mastermind Keynotes Co-Production: Co-Production Summit, Co-Production for SuccessThe Connected ConsumerScreenings: World Premiere Television Screenings, Fresh TVBranded Entertainment: Branded Entertainment Showcase, Brand of the Year AwardKids: The new animation talent showcase, The Global Animation Marketplace

The 14th edition of Future Film Festival

Bologna, Italy.  March 27th to April 1st 2012.

During the last fourteen years, Future Film Festival has become the most significant Italian event dedicated to animation and special effects. Every year, the most important film-directors, art-directors and creative-producers come to Bologna to show their own films’ premiéres, backstages of their successes and exclusive pictures from new productions. A preview of the future, but not only: Future Film Festival dedicates retrospectives to the history of animated cinema and sci-fi, as well as meetings and events about new technologies applications to other fields, like web and videogames.

Future Film Festival 2012 main focus will be “the end of the world”, according to the prophecies that look at this year as the fateful one for Planet Earth, and proposing a huge roundup of catastrophic movies, monsters and many other disasters on 35mm. From the famous Airport (1970) to the spectaculars Twister and Titanic, many times mentioned in movies and that will turn 100 years in 2012. In collaboration with Università degli Studi di Bologna.

15TH ANNUAL PROMAX BDA

MARCH 26TH-27TH BARCELONA, SPAIN

As the largest gathering of marketing, promotion and design professionals in the European television and entertainment media, the PromaxBDA Europe Conference annually puts you face-to-face with creative thinkers, inspiring thought-leaders and insightful industry luminaries. With two days packed full of informative sessions and a total immersion into trends and topics out there, you will walk away with the tools you need to help you stay relevant and creatively motivated.

Today, in its 15th year, the PromaxBDA Europe Conference is considered one of the most important conferences for the association: a two-day gathering showcasing the best and brightest creativity, inspiring thought-leadership, innovative technology and latest developments that will impact the European media marketing industry. The two days culminate with an awards show celebration honoring the best in promotion, marketing and design. Drawing hundreds of companies from more than 14 different countries representing marketing leaders and industry professionals from across the region, the PromaxBDA Europe Conference is seen as a must attend for the television marketing, promotion and design industry.

This conference will be in English and translated to French, German and Spanish.

IQPC's Kid, Youth and Parent Power event will showcase innovative speakers who have found new approaches and tools to market kids, youth and parents. This event will focus on strategies for effectively marketing to kids (1-7), tweens (8-13), teens (14+) and parents while also emphasizing family marketing.

This event will help you identify the best way to engage kids/families online and keep content fresh while abiding by regulations. For more information please click here.

 

 

FLUX!
Digital Design and Worldbuilding For Narrative Media

 

A 3-part discussion into design as the backbone of digital narrative media, and to address the changing role of the designer in storytelling through Worldbuilding practices.

With this first in a series Worldbuilding Summit, the 5D | Institute and the USC SCA will use their unique access to frame an investigation into the language and practices of digital design methodologies, applying learning from thought leaders in core media industries to an interdisciplinary discussion space within and across media.

Worldbuilding is the new metaphor for the creation and actualizing of the story space in narrative media and will be the theme of the Summit. It addresses narrative design thinking, the immersive process and the experience of creating new worlds. It expresses the full arc of the role of design in Storytelling.

SAVE THE DATES

March 13–15th, 2012 | 7–10 pm
Panel discussions, audience participation and networking receptions over three evenings at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles.

LOCATION

The Ray Stark Family Theatre (in the George Lucas Building)

USC School of Cinematic Arts, SCA 108
900 W. 34th Street
Los Angeles, California

CARTOON MOVIEMarch 7th-9th 2012 - Lyon (Rhône-Alpes, France)

 

Cartoon Movie is neither a fair nor a festival, but rather a co-production forum for European animated feature films. The concept is original and effective: for two intense days in March each year, European producers have the unique opportunity to pitch their animation projects to about 700 professionals in order to negotiate financing, find partners and interest distributors.

A special feature of Cartoon Movie is that it is possible to present projects at their different stages: projects in concept, projects in development, films in production, and completed films. Consequently, it is the whole industrial and economic network that takes part in the development of the film, which increases tenfold the producer’s opportunities for success.

A convivial atmosphere ideal for networking

Screening of trailers, pitching of projects, film screenings, business meetings, but also a welcome reception, nice relaxed dinners, a farewell party… all this is part of the convivial Cartoon Movie atmosphere.

156 films financed for 1.2 billion EUR

Started in 1999 with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Cartoon Movie was established to increase the number of co-productions and cross-border cooperations, to speed up the financing and the production process, as well as to ensure a pan-European and international distribution of the films.
The results are considerable. Since its creation, more than 156 films have secured financing, representing a total budget of 1.2 billion EUR.

GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE

March 5th-9th San Francisco, Ca

The GDC attracts over 19,000 attendees, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. The GDC is produced by the UBM TechWeb Game Network.

This market defining conference features over 400 lectures, panels, tutorials and round-table discussions on a comprehensive selection of game development topics taught by leading industry experts. In addition, the GDC expo showcases all of the most relevant game development tools, platforms and services helping to drive the industry forward. The conference also features the fourteenth annual Independent Games Festival, where new, unpublished games compete for the attention of the publishing community, and the twelfth annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer-recognition in the digital games industry.

This year's conference will take place at the Moscone Center, the largest convention and exhibition complex in San Francisco. It comprises three main halls: Two underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, known as Moscone North and Moscone South, and a three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street.

Kidscreen Summit

The Year's Biggest Kids Entertainment Event!

FEB 7TH-10TH   HILTON NY, NEW YORK

    Kidscreen's premier annual event, which has quickly grown into the world's leading conference on the business of kids entertainment, hosting nearly 1,600 attendees from around the world. Top decision- and deal-makers attend to engage in critical dialogue, network and find new ideas that will drive their businesses forward.

Kidscreen Summit provides the year’s best opportunities to make contacts, cement new relationships and reconnect with colleagues from all areas of the business. There are several pre-event and on-site opportunities to meet current and future partners. Pre-event networking is facilitated through our MyEvent online platform that lets you connect with fellow delegates to plan meetings, share similar interests, investigate partnerships and much more.

We will also be hosting various social events such as a cocktail party at the end of the conference day on Tuesday, February 7. And every Kidscreen Summit attendee will be invited to attend our Kidscreen Awards presentation and after-party on the evening of Thursday, February 9. More time-and-place details about these and other parties will be communicated to delegates closer to the event.

February 7th to 9th 2012

The leading annual European event for 3D
imagina is an annual international event whose objective is to showcase the many fields across which 3D visualisation and simulation technologies are applied, promoting them to decision makers and technical experts, presenting pioneering initiatives, encouraging participants to share their experiences and helping experienced users to transfer their skills to those who want to develop them..

A comprehensive overview of technological progress

imagina brings together professionals from all around the world who are seeking solutions in analysing, diagnostics, decision making, consultation, presentation and communications in the key areas of development, processing, construction, manufacturing and design. More specifically, the event focuses on the transport, design and manufacturing, architecture, urbanism, landscaping and dentistry sectors.