STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo is an event to promote independent media: comics, art, animation, and self-published literature. We have over 60 exhibitors and a schedule of panels and featured speakers. This year we also have a great panel of independent animators to discuss their work and screen animated short films.

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IMAGINA 2007

The 6th Annual Toronto Online Film Festival shall showcase the most exciting cutting-edge movies and music created by independent artists from around the world. In addition, the event shall offer budding production teams, seasoned veterans and individual content creators an ideal point in time to participate in expert seminar panels, innovative technology exhibitions and nightly parties.

The third International Manga and Anime Competition and Festival 2006 has been launched in the UK. The festival takes place at the magnificent London County Hall from Friday 10th to Tuesday 14th November 2006. The Manga and Anime competition has been launched on the IMAF website and with a prize fund worth $85,000 and cash prize fund of $75,000 - it's a must for all professional and amateur illustrators, animators and promo producers. Festival favourites like cosplay, gaming, premieres and high profile guest speakers, will also be available for all to enjoy. It's free, it's fun, come and join us!

The 2006 e-Financial WorldExpo, organized by WowGao, is the global event for the financial industry, that covers all information technologies and enterprise solutions employed by the world's financial service sectors, including banking institutions, insurance providers, investment and brokerage houses, securities and mortgage providers Focusing on new, financial applications and solutions for corporate needs, this conference and exposition together explores the following hot areas: * E-Banking / E-Business * Business Performance Management * Business Intelligence * Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) * Security / Compliance / Fraud Detection * Identity Management * Customer Relationship Management (CRM) * ATM Solutions * Straight Through Processing * Wireless & Mobile Solutions and more.

The 2006 e-Financial WorldExpo, organized by WowGao, is the global event for the financial industry, that covers all information technologies and enterprise solutions employed by the world's financial service sectors, including banking institutions, insurance providers, investment and brokerage houses, securities and mortgage providers Focusing on new, financial applications and solutions for corporate needs, this conference and exposition together explores the following hot areas: * E-Banking / E-Business * Business Performance Management * Business Intelligence * Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) * Security / Compliance / Fraud Detection * Identity Management * Customer Relationship Management (CRM) * ATM Solutions * Straight Through Processing * Wireless & Mobile Solutions and more. To register for more information, and receive continuous updates about this event, please visit http://e-financial.wowgao.com Contact: Ronnie Sant at, Tel: 416-292-0038 ext. 812 URL: http://e-financial.wowgao.com Email: attendee@wowgao.com

6th Edition of ROMICS INTERNATIONAL COMICS AND CARTOON FESTIVAL takes place in Rome, Italy from 5 - 8 October. World-famous comics authors, University of Comics, screenings, Dubbing artists award, exhibitions, Cosplay Competition, Trade Fair.

EELEX is the largest gaming and entertainment industry trade show in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries and the third largest casino exhibition in the world. It is one of the most respected international gaming shows, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2006.

More than 200 exhibitors took part in the EELEX 2005, and around 11,900 attendees from 53 countries came to Moscow

Awarding excellence in the creation of outstanding ad campaigns for the entertainment industry, TRAILER GODS stands as the top prize to be garnered for the finest work in advertising and marketing.

The international high traffic event shall present a diverse range of both indie and big budget movie ad campaigns, ranging from trailers, websites and posters that have been created for upcoming mega-budget Hollywood promos to Bollywood music videos, Asian video game teasers and even short and feature length films that have yet to be made!

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.