More than 500 professionals from the entertainment, music, video, new media and film industries along with people working in related fields, are expected to attend the 2005 Global Entertainment and Media Summit (GEMS) at Tripeg Studios from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.

The goal of the 2005 Global Entertainment and Media Summit is to create new opportunities, foster collaboration, facilitate change in the industry by providing a productive forum to share ideas and new distribution concepts and bring together visionary leaders from the music, film and media industries. GEMS will feature seminars, workshops, clinics and keynote presentations by industry visionaries and leaders who are helping to shape and create the future of the entertainment industries. A few of the featured speakers at the event will include Michael Butler, producer of the musical HAIR, Lee Abrams, vp of programming, XM Satellite Radio and Lloyd Kaufman, Troma Ent. and author of MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE.

Admission is $40 per person until Oct. 13 and $60 at the door. Along with the workshops, the two full days of networking with industry professionals and accomplished industry leaders also includes entertainment sprinkled throughout the event from live musicians, fashion shows, game show mania and stand up comedy. Attendees will also be able to showcase their music or video at one of the GEMS viewing stations.

Tripeg Studios is located at 2155 State Street. The studios phone number is (203) 603.9386. To learn more about Tripeg Studios, visit www.tripegstudios.com. For more the event or to register online, visit www.gemsconnecticut.com or call (860) 518-1761.

The Guangzhou International Animation & Comic Exhibition is an official stage for the animation and cartoon industry to establish industry connections, strengthen the industry, standardize the protection of intellectual properties and popularize healthy animation and comic culture. The event will combine an exhibition, trade show and competition. For fans, the event will feature showcases of hot properties, workshops and Cosplay. For more information, visit www.toprepute.com.cn.

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world's largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology. Manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and related products and services attend and exhibit at the event. Attendees come from more than 110 countries. More than 100 sessions with the industry's leading speakers help attendees discover the newest trends, strategies and profit opportunities in the consumer technology industry. CES features products and the companies that create them from many different consumer technology markets. For more information visit www.cesweb.org.

The Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences will present the 2005 Machinima Film Festival, a full-day of Machinima (animated filmmaking using 3D videogame technologies), taking place at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. The one-day event will include screenings of Machinima films, special presentations, talks with award-winning independent filmmakers and seminars about Machinima production techniques. For more information, visit festival.machinima.org.

The 2005, Media Summit New York is an international conference on motion pictures, television, cable & satellite, broadband, wireless, publishing, radio, magazines, news & print media, advertising and marketing. This year

The 2005 Script Pimp Screenwriting Competition allows fledgling writers the chance to break into the industry. All 20 finalists are invited to the Script Pimp Awards Ceremony at the Hollywood Improv on July 28, 2005. Prizes include $10,000 in cash, $8,000 in prizes and the opportunity to have your script read by executives at more than 200 production companies. Four of last year's finalists were optioned following the awards ceremony. In February 2004, Warner Bros. purchased one of the 2003 Script Pimp Winner's, SLAMMIN', for six-figures. This annual competition has been widely lauded as one of the most writer-friendly and accessible contests around. For more information, visit www.scriptpimp.com.

The 2005 VES-VFX Festival will include a cocktail party and silent auction featuring items of visual effects significance up for bid to raise money for the eight-year-old non-profit organization.

Please note that the following schedule is subject to change:

Friday, June 24
1:00 pm

The 2005 Wireless & Mobile WorldExpo, organized by WowGao, is the highly anticipated global meeting place for the wireless and mobile industry, attracting leading innovative vendors, expert speakers, and 2,000 IT professionals as attendees.

Focusing on the wireless and mobile enterprise solutions, the conference and exposition together explore the following hot areas:

* Wi-Fi/802.11/802.16
* PDA, Mobile Handsets, Smartphone, and other Handheld Technologies
* Wireless Security
* Bluetooth and Its Applications
* Wireless Broadband

Following up on last year's huge success, CGarchitect.com is hosting the 3rd annual Architectural 3D Awards to be awarded at this year's VisMasters Design Visualization Conference. The Awards Competition is open to everyone in the Architectural Visualization industry to highlight the best imagery and animations done in 2005/2006. This year's awards will be divided into two categories: Still Imagery and Animation. From the submitted entries our group of expert judges will select the top five in each category. The winner of each category will be awarded the exclusive CGarchitect.com 3D Awards trophy during the VisMasters Design Visualization Conference. For more information, visit www.cgarchitect.com/3dawards/.

ASIFA-East celebrates the best in animated short films, television programming and commercials. First, second and third place prizes will be given for overall excellence within each of the entry classifications