Central London one-day eventon Friday October 31 2003,the 17th such occasion.
Thousands of jobs on offer alongside a very wide range of educational courses for all age groups

Canadian National Expo is Canada

Cartoon Forum is the annual European animation co-financing event, organized by Cartoon, the European animation union. The organizers have chosen 79 projects eligible for funding consideration. The selected entries can be viewed at Cartoon's Web site www.cartoon-media.be. The annual Cartoon d'Or prize will be given during the closing session. The five candidates are: BZZ by Benoit Feroumont, Belgium; PONPON by Fabien Drouet, France; PASSPORT by Siri Melchior, U.K.; THE SUSPECT by Jose Miguel Ribeiro, Portugal; and THE MAN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL EYES by Jonathan Hodgson, U.K. These European films were chosen as candidates based on their award-winning performances at selected European animation festivals. The money given is to finance a new film, suitable for television.

Animation World Magazine's article "Europe Strikes Back" by Heikki Jokinen answers all of our questions about the European Union's MEDIA program, CARTOON, the European Association of Animated Film.

The European Union's Cartoon is holding the second Cartoon Masters event of 2000. The conference will discuss the question: animation, video games, Internet -- which tools for which markets? Organized by Mangelis and Cartoon, the forum will try to provide information on the new tools and methods that are shaping the contours of the imaging industries and to provide a group reflection area for professionals on concrete conditions for using innovative technologies. Various themed workshops will discuss sound in animation, 2D/3D integration, animating for the Net, conditions for a multi-format production and new frontiers for animation.

The second Cartoon Masters event of 2001 will tackle the topic of business plans. The event will look at how market trends, new production prospects and growing competitive pressures affect producers' business plans thus affecting the overall company. Organized by Cartoon, with the support of the Media Programme of the European Union and the French Center for Cinematography, the seminar will feature two parts - one for analyzing the business plan for an enterprise and the other for individual projects. The speakers will be producers and financial directors of European and American studios.

Cartoon, the European association involved in the development of the European animation industry since 1989, created an event 5 years ago dedicated to the European animated feature market. Cartoon Movie offers attending producers, investors and distributors a complete overview of European animation feature films at different stages of the production: original concepts, projects in the course of development, films in production or recently finished, as well as a catalogue of European films covering the ten last years.

The third annual Cartoon Movie is the European market for animation feature film. The market gives European production firms the chance to meet and exchange ideas, even create co-production partnerships. Increasing the attending number of feature film distributors, as well as international reach for European animated feature film is a high priority for the third edition of Cartoon Movie. This annual event is organized by AEFA Cartoon, the European Association for Animated Films. Since the first edition in 1999, which was attended by more than 250 professionals, ten new projects have been put into production.

The 2nd Annual Casual Games Conference (CGC), September 6-8, 2006, in Austin, Texas, is a developer-focused event that provides insights to design considerations and business opportunities required for developers to succeed in this rapidly-expanding game industry segment. The CGC, sponsored by Microsoft Casual Games, focuses on information necessary to develop online and downloadable casual games for a variety of platforms and will run alongside the Austin Game Conference.

Scheduled sessions include: The ROI of Advergaming, Web-based Casual Games, Virtual Currency, Marketing Casual Games: Insider Best Practices, and Digital Distribution Revolution

Online registration is $295 until July 21st, $395 until September 5th, and $495 onsite. To register, visit www.CasualGamesConference.com.

Asia

CgA World 2004 heralds India's first international show dedicated to computer graphics, animation and interactive techniques. CgA will be an international expo on the latest computer graphics and animation technology and solutions. The event hopes to pull a large gathering of 2D and 3D application tools, engineers and developers. STUDIO SYSTEMS, the magazine for special effects, graphics and animation, will be the organizer of CgA. The event will attract buyers from the entire spectrum of applications of graphics and 2D / 3D animation. The exhibits shall focus on all market segments, as in: simulations and scientific visualization for automotive, aviation, defense, space, etc., product design, engineering solutions, games, interactive techniques, cartoons, television, films, GIS and imaging. The trade show