On Tuesday, December 9, at IATSE Local 44, 12021 Riverside Drive in North Hollywood, the Animation Guild (http://www.mpsc839.org) and Studio Arts (http://www.studioarts.tv) will co-host a free presentation and discussion panel on making the transition from 2D to 3D and

The US Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Summit in Washington, D.C. from December 9-11 will describe the business potential of the new Internet, described by Forrester Research as in the trillions of dollars. The new Internet protocol makes possible the "Extended Internet," with better multimedia transmission, video streaming, wireless gaming, etc. One of the participants is DARPA, the same people that created the first Internet. Billions of new gadgets with Internet addresses will be enabled by the new Internet, many of them (like the new Sony Playstation, which is new Internet-enabled) with graphics and animation. For information and online enrollment, go to www.usipv6.com.

Friday, December 12, 2003
6 pm-midnight
Pickwick Gardens Royal Crest Room
1001 Riverside Drive, Burbank

No RSVPs necessary; open to the community of animation and the community of labor
Free gift to all guests!
Free hors d

AnimationHQ is excited to welcome accomplished voice actor, David Kaye. David has a long list of credits and is well known for such characters like Sesshomaru from INU YASHA, Professor Xavier in X-MEN: EVOLUTION, Spectral in REBOOT, Treize Khushrenada in MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM WING, and of course Megatron in TRANSFORMERS: ARMADA, BEAST WARS, and BEAST MACHINES. That is just to name a few of the vast roles he has done. The chat will take place on Saturday, December 13th at 6 pm EST/3 pm PST. You can go to http://animationhq.net/v2/features/events.htm for more information on him and the directions on how to get to the chat room located towards the bottom of the page. Don't miss it!

The Art Institute of California

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Acacia Research Group is holding the third annual Emerging 3D Applications & Opportunities conference. Industry leaders and Acacia analysts will discuss the most important issues facing the 3D segment in 2004 and beyond such as, what new entertainment applications are on the horizon, and what opportunities exist in the industrial, manufacturing, military, and government sectors. This executive forum will give attendees the opportunity to learn about some of the advances in new 3D applications and technology being developed for handhelds, cell phones, and the Web -- applications that could very well invigorate the 3D software industry and significantly expand opportunities for toolmakers, content developers, graphics chip makers, consumer and industrial device makers, operators, and others. For more information visit www.acaciarg.com/products/events/emrg3d2004/index.htm.

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

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Artists Helping Artists (AHA!) and THE CREATIVE LINE magazine will be holding an AHA! artists gatherings. This AHA gathering is free. The meeting is a safe space where artists, musicians, writers, arts educators and community arts leaders can make new contacts and share and align their creative visions and projects. It