See the impressive performance advantages of real-time 3D workflow and rendering at two sneak peek events in Montreal and Los Angeles this month, both spotlighting MachStudio Pro, StudioGPU's revolutionary new non-linear real-time workspace for 3D professionals. Powered by AMD ATI FireGL V8650 3D graphics workstation accelerator cards, MachStudio Pro keeps creativity moving at the speed of thought. MONTREAL Thursday May 7, 2009 Place: Opus Hotel 10 Sherbrooke Quest Montreal, Quebec H2X 4C9 Who Should Attend: 3D artists, animators, game developers, designers, technical directors Partner: 3Vis -- www.3vis.com Registration: 6:30 p.m. Event: 7:00 p.m. RSVP: http://www.3vis.com/enCA/evenements LOS ANGELES Wednesday May 13, 2009 Place: RFX 748 Seward St. Hollywood, CA 90038 323-962-7400 Who Should Attend: 3D artists, animators, game developers, designers, technical directors Partner: RFX -- www.rfx.com Registration: 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Meet and greet with food and drinks, 7:00pm - 9:00pm: Demo and Q&A with developers of MachStudio Pro RSVP: rsvp@rfx.com For more details about StudioGPU or MachStudio Pro, visit www.studiogpu.com.

The second PSIVT symposium takes place at Santiago, Chile, on 7-9 November 2007. The symposium will provide a forum for presenting and exploring the newest research and development in image and video technology by discussing the possibilities and directions in this field, a place where both academic research and industrial activities are presented and meet for mutual benefit. The symposium combines a conference with an exhibition (showing the latest products in image and video technology), and offers also tutorials, a show of digital art, demonstrations, and tours to industrial sites. For the (past) 2006 PSIVT symposium, see http://psivt2006.ee.nthu.edu.tw/index.php. For the 2007 PSIVT symposium, see http://dmery.ing.puc.cl/psivt2007.

Casbaa Convention is dedicated to the growth of the television industry in Asia. Day One will address Satellite: Limitless Benefits for Television, Satellite: The Life Line for Telecoms, Satellite: Something You May Not Have Thought About, Finance: How Do We Get the Money?, and Satellite Operators CEO Forum: Keeping the Customer Satisfied: Reliability, Flexibility & Imagination. Topics addressed on Day Two will include: Making It: New Products, New Markets, New Ideas, Selling It: Turning-on & Tuning-in Asian Pay-TV Advertisers, Stealing It: Chasing the Dragons of Asian Piracy, and Growing It: Lifting the Lid on the Successful Players in our Region. Day Three will look at the following: Legally Binding: The Do

Annual Conference of Digital Media/Animation for educators from all higher education institutes and professional training organizations, publishers and other related companies in China to discuss topics of education and training programs, textbooks, industry trends, police, theory and technology of the field.

Organizers:
Beijing Normal University Institute of Digital Media
Beijing University Department Digital Arts
Tsinghua University SJC New Media Center
Beijing Film Academy School of Animation
Beijing Broadcast Institute School of Animation
Zhejiang University National Key Lab of CG
ACM SIGGRAPH Beijing Chapter

The 11th Beijing Student Film Festival is scheduled its opening on April 18th, 2004. This anual event draw almost all Chinese celebrities and showcase most high rated movies produced in mainland China judged by academy standard. Organized by Beijing Normal University School of the Arts and Communications, it has been a successful for 10 yeas since 1993 and considered one of the best film festivals in China which involves filmmakers and college students. It is highly distinguishable of festival

Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) is Asia's leading international film and television market. Running in conjunction with the Entertainment Expo, from March 22

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.

Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) is Asia's leading international film and television market. Running in conjunction with the Entertainment Expo, from March 20-27, FILMART, now in its ninth year, provides a business-to-business platform where movie and television professionals, producers and distributors from around the world show products, network and negotiate deals. FILMART will take place at the Convention and Exhibition Centre. For more information, visit www.hkfilmart.com/hkfilmart.

NATURE’S TOOLBOX : call for entries

ART WORKS FOR CHANGE INVITES VIDEO ARTISTS TO SUBMIT SHORT VIDEO ARTWORK
FOR CONSIDERATION FOR EXHIBITION IN CHINA AND JAPAN, 2010

Art Works for Change (www.artworksforchange.org), in cooperation with the United Nations Environ-
ment Programme is pleased to announce a call for entries for “Nature’s Toolbox,” an art installation to
be exhibited at the United Nations Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, from July 4-31, 2010. In addition, the
work may be shown in Nagoya, Japan, as part of the United Nations COP10 meeting on biodiversity in
October 2010.

We will be creating a multi-screen digital media installation addressing the theme of urban biomimicry
and biodiversity, incorporating state-of-the-art technologies.


WHAT IS BIOMIMICRY?

Biomimicry (from “bios,” meaning life, and “mimesis,” meaning
to imitate) is a new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and
imitates these designs and processes to solve human design prob-
lems. Studying a leaf to invent a better solar cell is an example.
Think of it as “innovation inspired by nature.”

The core idea is that nature, imaginative by necessity, has already
solved many of the problems humans are grappling with. Animals,
plants, and microbes are the consummate engineers. They have
found what works, what is appropriate, and most important, what
lasts here on Earth. This is the real significance of biomimicry:
Over the past 3.8 billion years, nature’s designs provide the secret
to survival for humans and other species.

http://biomimicryinstitute.org/about-us/what-is-biomimicry.html


VIDEO CRITERIA
1. Up to 3 minutes in duration.
2. Visually compelling video artwork
3. Tell a simple story about an urban creature (a plant, animal, microbe, fungus, insect) and show
 how it teaches us lessons for solving humans’ pressing problems — environmental, social, food,
 shelter, water, etc. Include an urban context.
4. The story can be reality-based, visionary or science fiction
5. We want to stress the importance of what we lose if these “critters” disappear
6. Animation and entertainment are encouraged
7. We discourage the usage of words or language. Music or abstract sound is acceptable.

For guidance, visit the website of the Biomimicry Institute (http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org/) or their
Ask Nature database (http://www.AskNature.org/), which provides hundreds of examples of how nature
inspires design solutions.

For more information on Art Works for Change and its programs, visit www.artworksforchange.org

China Xiamen Animation Film Festival 2010

In order to promote the animation industry, approved by the Xiamen City Government, hosted by the Xiamen Municipal Government, organized by Organizing committee of 2010 Xiamen International animation festival, the 2010 Xiamen International animation festival will be held in the city of Xiamen from November 4th-7th, 2010. The events are including the Competition of Cyber Sousa Animation Work, Xiamen Animation Forum, films screening, and some other family-supporting activities such as Animation works and technology exhibition, Cosplay performance and E-sports competition.

The competition of Cyber Sousa Animation Works in Xiamen International Animation Festival is the best authoritative and influential event in Chinese Animation Industry that supported by government, industry and academies. With the idea of New Thought, New Art, New Technology, New Industry sparked by the Competition, it encourages the creation of original works actively. In order to promote the development of Chinese original Animation Industry, we are strived to searching the excellent works or talents by appraising through comparison among the domestic and overseas Animation woks. With the slogan of sticking to Chinese national feature and establishing the international Brand, we are trying to create international famous awards in the Competition for Cyber Sousa Animation Work and to setup an exchange platform for International Animation in Xiamen, from which International excellent Animation Works tend to China while Chinese excellent Animation Works tend to the world.

While the Competition for Cyber Sousa Animation Work emphasizes the international Animation exchange, it insists on the specialization and international judging standard. Base itself upon domestic and scan widely on the global, it encourages the original works and searches the fresh power, which promotes the development of Chinese Animation Industry harmoniously.

The Competition will also promote the development of the fresh products as Animation Filmstrip, Experimental Animation, and Animation by the Mobile powerfully. On the one hand, Popular Animation is deep to the heart, on the other hand, the fresh blood and strength will come to Animation Industry which lacks of talents extremely.

As China cultural and creative industry trade exchanges and cooperation platform, we believe that this competition will be the activity of far-reaching significance in the history of China animation industry. We hope that the Xiamen International animation festival will be included in the major international competitions authorized by ASIFA, though training, with participation and concern from both domestic and international enterprises and fans in animation field.

Just a few days left to submit your film at  http://www.cybersousa.org/en/index.asp       

Deadline entries: 15 September, 2010

How to apply：The entry form for this competition is available at http://www.cybersousa.org/en/registerReady.asp

Please send your films in video-DVD format to Xiamen before 15 September, 2010 to the below address:

Organization Committee of Xiamen International animation festival
608 Floor, Administrative Building, Xiamen Software Park,33 Guanri Road,
Xiamen, 361008 ,China.