Taking place at the Contemporary Art Center at 12 pm, Flashbang will hold a discussion with a variety of interactive experts. The day expo is free and will feature the following speakers: president & ceo Armchair Media Scott Woelfel; principals, Matter Jeff Harris and Ash Arnett; principal, Monumental Oliver Perrin; Discreet animation specialist Kelcey Privett; author of FLASH THE FUTURE and FLASH 5 CARTOONS AND GAMES FX/DESIGN Bill Turner; and animator and ASIFA board member Jerry Fuchs. Flashbang is presented by Monumental, ICE Design Group and Creative Know-Who. This year

The 2nd International Giggleshorts comedy short film festival in Toronto is calling for animation entires of a comedy nature. Animations should be under 15 minutes in length. Submit on VHS, DVD, Mini Dv please see website for details http://www.giggleshorts.com

Giggleshorts is the largest comedy short film festival in the world. Last year it presented 160 comedy shorts, including mroe than 40 animated films.

No entry fees

www.giggleshorts.com

As part of the Flash Kit Developers conference this year, Jupitermedia has invited the SFWEB3D to host a showcase and discussion featuring the latest and best of web3D technologies and projects. The event will be hosted by SFWEB3D founder Larry Rosenthal of www.cube3.com and is scheduled to feature demos and projects highlighting the newest in Web3D. Scheduled so far for the event are presentations from 3D design educator Jane Veeder of SFSU, and demos of the latest in 3D tools from developers such as Anark, MindAvenue, Kaon and Vizx3D, as well as the new ManyOne.net browser that has the new Flux X3D browser built in. This new browser will offer developers a whole new platform for developing Web content in realtime 3D. For more info go to http://www.jupiterevents.com/flash/summer03/index.html or www.cube3.com/sfweb3d.

The Electronic Computer Trade Show (ECTS) will showcase the latest in computer and video games hardware and software scheduled to hit retail outlets this Christmas. The trade show is the main attraction of a weeklong festival celebrating the world of computer games: London Games Week. In its 14th year, ECTS is the only place in Europe where you can preview all the Christmas hits and gaming technology set to launch in 2004. More than 100 companies are scheduled to show games across every format - PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PC, Eye Toy and the forthcoming N-Gage from Nokia. Attending companies include Acclaim, Activision, Atari, ATI, BigBen, CAPCOM, Codemasters, Eidos, Electronic Arts, Intel, Konami, Microsoft Xbox, Midway, NVIDIA, Nokia, Sammy, Sega, Sony, THQ, Ubi Soft and Vivendi. The ECTS Awards will be presented on Thursday, August 28, 2003. For more information visit www.ects.com.

RDTA Films along with TheArtOfEvolution.com and Electric Rain (Erain) today announced VQ: VILLAINQUEST, The

Connichi is a non-commercial anime and manga convention by fans for fans. Guests of honor at this year

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 DIY Convention will present an afternoon of panels, speeches and spotlighted discussions at the Belcourt Theatre, located at 2102 Belcourt Avenue. The event will be followed by a CLUB DIY after-party presentation of live music showcases at the nearby Easy's in the Village, located at 1910 Belcourt Avenue. Kicking off the DIY Convention in Nashville will be a keynote address by Wayne Rosso, president of Grokster, the popular P2P file-sharing service. Confirmed panelists include Derek Sivers, founder of CDBaby.com, the second largest online seller of independent music; popular songstress and Nashville Underground label owner Lari White; Al Schiltz, a partner in Consortium Management; Memphis International Records co-owner David Less; platinum-selling recording artist Lila McCann; Andy van Roon, president of Film Nashville; filmmakers Suzie and Stephen Lackey, creators of FANS AND FREAKS: THE CULTURE OF COMICS AND CONVENTION; Jack Marshall, the D.C. PHANTOM EDITOR of STAR WARS; Jennifer Andrews of the Nashville Mayor's Office on Film; authors Frankie Schelly, Carol Grace Anderson and Lisa Wysocky. Admission to the DIY Convention/Nashville is $20 for those registering before August 15, 2003 and includes free admission to the CLUB DIY showcase. Paid admissions who pre-register by phone (323-665-8080) with a credit card or online at www.diyconvention.com before August 15, 2003 will receive a free transcript of CLUB DIY's most popular panel, "Independent Music in Film & Television." For more information visit www.diyfilmfestival.com.

The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences will hold the Machinima Film Festival, which celebrates films made within a realtime virtual 3D environment (i.e. 3D game engine). The early submission deadline is August 1, 2003 and the final deadline is September 15, 2003. Last year

Mobile Commerce World 2003 is one of Europe