iHollywood Forum presents Interactive Gaming: Hollywood Goes Gaming at 5:30 pm. The event will address the current marriage between Hollywood and game companies and explore new job opportunities for Hollywood professionals in the burgeoning gaming industry. Speakers include: Michael Arrieta, Sony Pictures Digital Networks, svp for strategic alliances; Uwe Boll, Boll KG, director/producer of HOUSE OF THE DEAD and ALONE IN THE DARK; Nicholas Longano, Vivendi Universal Games, group vp, marketing; Germaine Gioia, THQ, vp, Licensin; Jeffrey Kaltreider, Activision, global brand manager; Matt Case, Blindlight, exec director of development; and Craig Allen, Spark Unlimited, ceo. Alex Pham, L.A. TIMES, games industry reporter, will moderate. The event includes dinner and will take place at the Los Angeles Wyndham Belage, 1020 No. San Vicente. The program costs $60 in advance and $70 at door. For more information call (310) 815-3884 or visit www.iHollywoodForum.com.

The Austin Game Developers Conference is a new conference, which addresses the hottest growth areas in game development: multiplayer online games and mobile games. The program offers six tracks (48 sessions) from industry leaders, including: Atari, Ubi Soft, Electronic Arts, Sony Online, Mythic Entertainment, GameSpy, Turbine, Castle Hill Studios, Metrowerks, Mutable Realms, Online Alchemy, Wolfpack Studios, MicroForte and others. The keynotes speakers are Mark Jacobs, ceo and president of Mythic Entertainment and Ralph Koster, chief designer of STAR WARS GALAXIES and Sony Online Entertainment. In addition to the sessions there are two special features exclusive to the Austin Game Conference.

The SFWEB3D presents X3D Unreal and for Real: Making Content in X3D. X3D and Realtime3D are fast becoming the next phase of digital media for the Web, corporate intranets, hand helds, phones and beyond. This month's meeting is a special "hands on look at making X3D content." First, Dave Arendash of Manyone.net, the new owners of the Flux X3D browser, will show us how to make X3D and VRML scenes and worlds using the UNREAL game engine and editor. Arendash has created an exporter that will convert Unreal levels and worlds into X3D. Second, Joe Williams who works on the X3D spec, will take those interested in the nuts and bolts code of X3D into examples of how to make x3d content with just code via notepad or any text editor. The free event will run from 7:00

Bra!nCamp is a high-level, cross-media conference specifically geared to major players in children's entertainment. Attending the event are senior executives, creative forces and movers and shakers in the kids' and family entertainment industry. The event includes eight presentations over two days, along with food, fun and social events. The atmosphere is loose and relaxed, no suits, no ties. Bra!nCamp is an intimate event and attendance is limited. Speakers and attendees interact during presentations, during breaks and during social events. Linda Simensky, svp of original animation, Cartoon Network and Nancy Kanter, vp programming, Disney Channel will be speakers at this year's event. For more information and registration materials e-mail: BrainCamp@aol.com or visit www.braincamp.com.

As part of its speaker series, Gnomon School of Visual Effects will hold a discussion with Bob Nicoll, worldwide director of graphics training, Electronic Arts. Nicoll has been both a production artist and teacher for more than 25 years. His production experience spans broadcast, films and games. His training experience includes four years as a college professor and more than 10 years as an instructor in the entertainment industry. Beginning at 7:00 pm, the event will take place at 1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, California. For more information visit www.gnomon3d.com/.

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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.

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.

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