Mobile Commerce World 2003 is one of Europe

If you missed the SIGGRAPH Conference in San Diego this year, you're in luck! San Francisco SIGGRAPH is bringing some of the conference to you! San Francisco SIGGRAPH Presents: The SIGGRAPH Conference Encore and Volunteers Party When: Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Where: The Art Institute of California, San Francisco 1170 Market Street (at U.N. Plaza) San Francisco, CA 94102 Main Tel. (415) 865-0198 Toll-Free Tel. (888) 493-3261 http://www.aisf.artinstitutes.edu/aboutUs_directions.asp Admission: Free (for members and non-members) RSVP - Please register at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=53447 Program: Join us for a SIGGRAPH Conference Encore followed by a Volunteer's Party with Screening excerpts from this year's Electronic Theater. Discover the newest cutting edge and over-the-edge computer graphics projects presented at this year's Ozone. Speakers Include: - Carlo Sequin: UCB Professor. and exhibiting sculptor - Shirley Shor: MFA candidate from SFSU in Conceptual and Information Art - Kevin Cain, Casondra Sobieralski: Digital projects in Greece and Egypt - Charles Ostman: Nanopioneer extraordinaire - Michael Mascucci: EZTV video artist And more! After the speaker presentation join us for a meet and greet time. Get Involved! If you have an interest in volunteering with the SF SIGGRAPH chapter, this is a great opportunity to find out what we're all about. Volunteering for a professional organization like SF S

The 12th Annual Digital Hollywood will take place at the Directors Guild of America Building. This year's Digital Hollywood represents the most significant yearly shift in each of the industry's target sectors, from DTV, HDTV, SVOD, VOD, wireless, DVD, games, broadband, on-demand TV, DRM, ITV, set-top box, search, digital cinema, home networking, chips and optical technology, marketing and advertising. The event will have more than 250 expert speakers. For information, go to www.digitalhollywood.com or call (212) 352-9720.

The e.magiciens / European Gathering of Young Digital Creation is a festival organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Valenciennes held from 26th to 28th November 2003 at the theatre Le Ph

AnimeNext is an anime and manga convention that has branched into tech and video gaming. The event will feature voice acting guests, large dealers room, cosplay, a concert by Himawari, anime music video contest, dance, panels, workshops, manga room, game shows, 24-hour video rooms and videogaming. The guest of honor will be Takehiko Ito, creator of OUTLAW STAR. Workshops include sake tasting, cel painting, kimono workshop, drawing the manga way, shogi/go workshops and dubbing workshops. For more information contact Universal Animation at PO Box 1088, Pearl River, NY 10965, e-mail: info@animenext.org or Web: www.animenext.org.

Metreon-A Sony Entertainment Center presents the 3rd annual Metreon Festival of Anime from 10:00 am-11:00 pm. Metreon's Festival of Anime will offer hundreds of fans a chance to experience the latest anime in an energetic, social atmosphere. Festival-goers will preview the newest products in Bandai's newly-expanded Metreon shop, compete in costume and model building contest, and meet and interact with other anime fans, while viewing an line-up of the latest films inside Metreon's Action Theatre. This year's Metreon Festival of Anime will feature titles from internationally-renowned anime authority, Bandai Entertainment and will culminate with the premiere of WITCH HUNTER ROBIN, which fans will experience in Action Theatre's 4D rumble seats. In addition, attendees will get a sneak peek at the new ASTRO BOY series coming to the Kids' WB! in early 2004. For more information visit www.acteva.com/go/metreon.

The Computer Graphics Society is pleased to announce the Computer Animation and Social Agents 2004
Conference. MIRALab will organize this 17th annual conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents with the support of IFIP WG5.10 (Computer Graphics and Virtual Worlds). The conference tracks include animation techniques, social agents and virtual environments. The Conference will be held in University of Geneva, Switzerland, May 26-28, 2004.

The Pocket PC Summit will bring together industry leaders to discuss the present and future state of Pocket PC technology, wireless applications and services. A corresponding Pocket PC Summit exposition will take place in the Enterprise Mobile Solutions and Pocket PC Summit Pavilions, showcasing the best Pocket PC, handheld, and wireless technologies, as well as enterprise mobile computing solutions. The conference will feature Windows Mobile 2003 applications and solutions in detail, including a special session entitled "Windows Mobile 2003 For The Enterprise," highlighting the most relevant new details and enhancements aimed at enhancing the productivity and profitability of your business, presented by Chris DeHerrera of CeWindows.net. In addition, the Third Annual Pocket PC Magazine Best Product Awards will be presented at summit, with winners published in the January 2004 issue of POCKET PC MAGAZINE. Nominees will be chosen by an industry board of Pocket PC Experts, including Pocket PC Webmasters, authors of Pocket PC books, POCKET PC MAGAZINE contributors and Microsoft Pocket PC MVPs. For more information, visit the official Pocket PC Summit Website at www.pocketpcsummit.com.

CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2003 is dedicated to solutions wireless, I.T. and entertainment. Since it

The FAN International Animation Festival features a competition along with screenings, retrospectives, exhibitions, workshops and parties. Highlights include an exclusive Russian Focus, showcasing the best new talent for the country, and a exhibit of the best student work from the Norwich School of Art and Design. Any animated film between 60 seconds and 30 minutes long produced after December 31, 2000 can be submitted. The international prize jury line up includes Eduard Nazarov (Russia), Ruth Lingford (U.K.), Don Herzfeldt (U.S.A.) and Priit Tender (Estonia). For more information contact the festival at FAN 2003, Norwich School of Art & Design, Saint George Street, Norwich, NR3 1BB or on the Web at www.filmartsnorwich.co.uk.