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

Wireless Developer 2003 offers speakers, workshops and sponsored programs targeted toward developers of wireless technology. The event is an opportunity for professionals to learn about marketing strategies, product roadmaps, SDKs and technical information to help them better run their businesses. The objective of the event is to

Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival - SICAF 2003, the most popular festival in Asia, will run August 12-17, 2003 with new and various programs in the city of Seoul where history and the modern day blend beautifully together.
With special programs and official contests for $50,000 in prize money, SICAF 2003 is waiting for the filmmakers around the world to participate in the festival.

Competition Categories

- Feature Film
(produced for the purpose of the theatrical release)
- Short Film
(within 30 min.)
- TV & Commissioned Films
(TV Series/TV Specials/Advertising or Promotional
Films/Educational or Industrial Films/Video Clips
etc.)
- Internet Animation
(produced for Interent use, ie. Flash etc.)

First held in 1996, QuakeCon is the brainchild of id Software game fans that originally wants to get together with online friends and talk about their favorite games. Now the event is the premiere multiplayer gaming conference. More than 3,000 attendees partake in the huge exhibit area featuring E3 quality displays from the likes of Activision, Apple, Sega and many others. The BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) area, powered by LinkSys, also grew larger to a 1,300 seat LAN party, the largest of its kind in North America. In addition to conferences and seminars, QuakeCon hosts the $50,000 NVIDIA Championship Quake III Arena. For more information visit www.quakecon.org.

On August 15 at 7:00 pm, Flashbang v5 will showcase the best local and international interactive work. This year it is featuring even more visionary work including: interactive applications, digital animation, Websites, installations, games and more. The work this year will be presented on two large screens as well as on various computers at the event itself. All attendees will receive a limited-run event book with images from the submitted work, commentary on the work and articles about digital creativity and communication. In addition to the exhibition of work, entertainment will provided by: Richard Devine, Sunday Munich, in.cept.date, Kids w/ Codenames, DJ Nav, DJ Sharrab and Abstract Foundation with rareFORM. Flashbang is presented by Monumental, ICE Design Group and Creative Know-Who. This year

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

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.

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.