Join the PGA New Media Council for the second in a series of industry Edutainment Networking Events. Keith Boesky

Chicago Chapter of Women In Animation Launch Party

Location: 941 W. Lawrence Ave. Suite 500, Chicago, Illionois

Featuring: screenings, guest speakers, door prizes, libations and more.

Admission fee is $5 for WIA members, students and seniors and $10 for non-members.

Submit work for the screening. Animators are encouraged to contribute copies of their work on vhs format along with their contact information for archiving.

The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) has announced an inaugural program honoring innovative work in screen-based integration of branded content, to take place June 9, 2003 at the MoMA Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd Street, as part of the 12th Annual AICP Show & Brand Integration Honors.

The AICP Brand Integration Honors, chaired by H. Mitchell Kanner of Integrated Entertainment Partners, LLC, (IEP), is the first program of its kind to recognize the creative product that results from the fusion of advertising and entertainment, and to highlight the innovative screen-based campaigns being generated that demonstrate this

The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg will be hosting a pre-portfolio event for our upcoming graduates. Please join us on Monday, June 16, 2003 at The Stonegate Conference and Banquet Center, 2401 West Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Come and view the portfolios of our upcoming graduates and find out more about our BFA degree programs in Interior Design, Multimedia & Web Design, Visual Communications, Media Arts & Animation, Digital Media Production and Game Art & Design. Please RSVP with how many people you'll be bringing to 847-619-3450. Everyone is welcome, we hope to see you there!

What are the latest and future trends in videogaming? What concepts and stories are in development? What are the opportunities for animators in the gaming industry? Don

The North American IPv6 Global Summit, is taking place June 24-27, 2003 in San Diego, at the California State University of San Diego.
The next generation of the Internet (also known as Internet Protocol version 6 - the old Internet is version 4) will profoundly affect companies involved in online gaming, in telecommunications or in other heavy online traffic such as multimedia presentations. The new Internet will spawn a generation of opportunities, including jobs and yet-to-be-invented new classes of products.

The conference should be of interest to IT students and professionals, security specialists, network engineers and producers of hardware/software for servers.

The conference is sponsored by an elite group of technology giants, including Qualcomm, Cisco, HP, Nokia, NEC, Hitachi and Wind River. Keynote speakers include John Osterholz, Director of Architecture and Interoperability for the Department of Defense, Jawad Khaki, Vice President of Windows Networking for Microsoft, Larry Smarr, Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, and Alex Lightman, CEO of Charmed Technology and author of Brave New Unwired World.

Switching over to the new technology has already been mandated by companies such as Sony, and by U.S. government agencies such as the Department of Defense. The new Internet has many major benefits, including built-in security, support for mobile platforms (including the ability to "roam" anywhere on the globe), more robust transmission (it transmits much larger chunks of data) and the availability of billions of new Internet addresses.

University support has enabled the conference to be especially affordable, at $279 for industry or $79 for students/government - special discounts are available for anyone reserving space before June 15. Information may be found on the conference website at www.usipv6.com.

The Challenge of Convergence Exhibition 2003
Video, Vision, graphics, VR, AR, new media...

The recent convergence of techniques borrowed from graphics, video & machine vision has realised a whole new realm of opportunities in visual media. From reducing the time and effort required for film post-production and special effects, to enhancing the experience of texture and immersion in virtual environments, the advent of knowledge-based graphics has influence across all fields of artistic and scientific endeavour.

July 7, 2003
Co-located with the IEE Visual Information Engineering Conference 2003 at the University of (7th

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