AlwaysOn's conference, AO2003: The Innovation Summit, will be held at Stanford Law School on the Stanford University campus. Participants will discuss and debate what it means to be "always on." The event will allow professionals to uncover new opportunities and get some deals flowing. To help facilitate the discussion, there will be 15 sessions to focus on the real market opportunities, some of which include: the wireless boom, the home area network, always on/always vulnerable, next generation networks - the next 3 years and beyond, the realtime network, how far can Linux and the open source movement go?, Hollywood versus Silicon Valley and journalists' outlook. Joining these discussions will be 60 speakers from such companies as 3COM, Palm, Electronic Arts Online Publishing, eBay, QUALCOMM and more. For more information go to www.acteva.com.

Bringing Virtual Figures to Life and Creating Convincing Animated Characters for Film and Television. A unique, interactive, intensive 2-day advanced character development workshop conducted as part of the Psychomechanics European Training Tour. This seminar dynamically introduces participants (animators & game developers) to the pre-production and production processes which, in derivative applications, have been utilized in the most internationally successful animated U.S. films of the past 5 years. Participants should wear loose non-restrictive clothing and be prepared to engage in intellectually challenging and physically interactive exercises. Fee: Professionals: 199 Euros - Students: 120 Euros (with valid student I.D.). Places are limited. Admission will be determined on a first-paid, first-reserved basis. More information at http://www.the-character-animator.com/what_participants_are_saying.html Register online at http://www.the-character-animator.com/form/signup_neu.php. BelleImages is the Netherlands' sole SoftImage Certified Training Center. Jeffrey Hinze has worked with, coached or supervised digital and traditional artists who are presently employed by or have worked for the following companies: Disney Feature Animation, H5B5, Industrial Light & Magic, Papa Loewe Film, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Square USA and others.

G4, the Comcast-owned TV network all about video games and the gamer lifestyle, will hold G-Phoria - the network's location-based and on-air mega-event at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California. Some of the industry's most highly anticipated video games are making a special appearance at G-Phoria, including: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Electronic Arts); MEDAL OF HONOR: RISING SUN (Electronic Arts); MADDEN NFL 2004 (Electronic Arts), FULL SPECTRUM WARRIOR (THQ); FINAL FANTASY X-2 (Square Enix USA); KARAOKE REVOLUTION (Konami); METAL GEAR SOLID: THE TWIN SNAKES (Konami); PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME (Ubi Soft); STAR WARS: ROGUE SQUADRON III: REBEL STRIKE (LucasArts); MARIO KART: DOUBLE DASH!! (Nintendo) and FABLE (Microsoft Game Studios). The event will feature musical performers, famous presenters and a special surprise host. On August 8, 2003, G4 will air a 90-minute special accumulating the event

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Wireless Developer 2003 offers speakers, workshops and sponsored programs targeted toward developers of wireless technology. The event is an opportunity for professionals to learn about marketing strategies, product roadmaps, SDKs and technical information to help them better run their businesses. The objective of the event is to

First held in 1996, QuakeCon is the brainchild of id Software game fans that originally wants to get together with online friends and talk about their favorite games. Now the event is the premiere multiplayer gaming conference. More than 3,000 attendees partake in the huge exhibit area featuring E3 quality displays from the likes of Activision, Apple, Sega and many others. The BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) area, powered by LinkSys, also grew larger to a 1,300 seat LAN party, the largest of its kind in North America. In addition to conferences and seminars, QuakeCon hosts the $50,000 NVIDIA Championship Quake III Arena. For more information visit www.quakecon.org.

The Ultimate Gamers Expo is open to the general public and gives fans the chance to test drive the latest games and platforms, participate in tournaments and watch live entertainment. The event will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The festival admission is $20 for adults and $10 for anyone under the age of 17. For more information, visit www.ugexpo.com.

On August 15 at 7:00 pm, Flashbang v5 will showcase the best local and international interactive work. This year it is featuring even more visionary work including: interactive applications, digital animation, Websites, installations, games and more. The work this year will be presented on two large screens as well as on various computers at the event itself. All attendees will receive a limited-run event book with images from the submitted work, commentary on the work and articles about digital creativity and communication. In addition to the exhibition of work, entertainment will provided by: Richard Devine, Sunday Munich, in.cept.date, Kids w/ Codenames, DJ Nav, DJ Sharrab and Abstract Foundation with rareFORM. Flashbang is presented by Monumental, ICE Design Group and Creative Know-Who. This year

Taking place at the Contemporary Art Center at 12 pm, Flashbang will hold a discussion with a variety of interactive experts. The day expo is free and will feature the following speakers: president & ceo Armchair Media Scott Woelfel; principals, Matter Jeff Harris and Ash Arnett; principal, Monumental Oliver Perrin; Discreet animation specialist Kelcey Privett; author of FLASH THE FUTURE and FLASH 5 CARTOONS AND GAMES FX/DESIGN Bill Turner; and animator and ASIFA board member Jerry Fuchs. Flashbang is presented by Monumental, ICE Design Group and Creative Know-Who. This year

As part of the Flash Kit Developers conference this year, Jupitermedia has invited the SFWEB3D to host a showcase and discussion featuring the latest and best of web3D technologies and projects. The event will be hosted by SFWEB3D founder Larry Rosenthal of www.cube3.com and is scheduled to feature demos and projects highlighting the newest in Web3D. Scheduled so far for the event are presentations from 3D design educator Jane Veeder of SFSU, and demos of the latest in 3D tools from developers such as Anark, MindAvenue, Kaon and Vizx3D, as well as the new ManyOne.net browser that has the new Flux X3D browser built in. This new browser will offer developers a whole new platform for developing Web content in realtime 3D. For more info go to http://www.jupiterevents.com/flash/summer03/index.html or www.cube3.com/sfweb3d.