Free Entry. $1,100 in cash prizes will be awarded on April 29, 2004 to college students from Ohio, West Virginia, or Pennsylvania. Flash or Shockwave animations will be accepted in the following categories: Comedy, Drama, Resume, Website, Experimental, Graduate Student Entry.

The entry deadline is midnight on April 21, 2004. Entry details may be found at www.wlsc.edu/wvfestival
This festival provides regional college students with the opportunity to gain notoriety (and maybe even some cold, hard cash), for their hard work in the field of web animation.

James Haizlett
Festival Director
West Liberty State College
jhaizlet@wlsc.edu

The 4th Digital Media Summit will focus on all the new trends and demands of the digital media industry. The event draws hundreds of executives from music, film, electronic gaming, cable, TV, video and technology addressing viable business models and innovative solutions for digital media. It

The fourth Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS), taking place at the Palais des Congres de Montreal, features a world-class lineup of top industry talent. Among the speakers who will be on hand to share their expertise and know-how are: * Yoshiaki Koizumi, Nintendo, script writer of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK'S AWAKENING and assistant director of SUPER MARIO 64, as well as contributor to THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME and THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK. * Jonathan Blow, independent game designer, industry consultant, technical columnist for GAME DEVELOPER MAGAZINE, co-organizer of the Game-Tech conference and founder of the Experimental Gameplay Workshop, a group that showcases the work of groundbreaking game designers. His next game, BRAID, will be released in February 2008. * David Perry, gaming industry consultant and visionary for the past 25 years. CEO of Gameconsultants.com and the new video game investment portal Gameinvestors.com. He also writes a videogame industry column for BusinessWeek.com and is currently working on the creation of several multi-player games, as well as the first community-created MMO game, with tens of thousands of developers on his team. A complete list of speakers is available at www.sijm.ca.

5D|09 The Immersive Design Conference will take place October 1-3, 2009 on the campus of California State University, Long Beach, co-produced by the Art Directors Guild and the University Art Museum.

Last year’s event, which united 1,000 diversified entertainment industry professionals and students, explored the latest ideas in the practice of immersive design from such speakers as Henry Jenkins (MIT), Gore Verbinski (director), Paola Antonelli (MOMA), Mike Benson (ABC Ent.) and Sebastian Sylwan (Autodesk), among others.

For more information about 5D visit: www.5dconference.com.

The Christian Game Developers Conference is the only gathering with the purpose of encouraging game developers, in both software and traditional mediums, to apply Christian principles to their industry. Some developers are involved in creating games made specifically to glorify God. Others work for secular companies and are Godly influences at their place of employment. But wherever they are, they need encouragement to stand up for morality and truth in an industry that can often be fighting these ideals and the CGDC is a great place to get that encouragement. In addition to the inspirational messages, there are also talks and workshops on topics from game design to business marketing to QA processes. At no other conference in the world can you walk out from a message on integrating Christian concepts with games and into a workshop on particle physics, hear a debate on interactive storytelling that hinges on the issues of freewill vs. predestination, or find yourself philosophizing late at night with five different Christian game designers from three different countries. And you certainly can't find anything else like it for the price. It will be located on the campus of Warner Pacific College in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Individual costs for the three-day conference, including food, is $80. On-campus housing is available at the incredible rate of $17 a night. The conference grounds will open at 3:00 pm May 16, and close at 1:00 pm on May 20. For additional information, visit cgdc.org/.

The Game Developers Conference Europe (GDCE) will take place at London's Le Meridien Hotel. TIGA (The Independent Games Developers Association)

ASIFA Italia, Italian Association of Animated Film, in cooperation with Scuola Nazionale di Cinema Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Animation Dept., with the help of Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the Regione Piemonte and Citt

Your look into the future of imaging starts November 18 as the industry's most innovative minds from around the world meet for 6Sight 2008. As visual communication advances in new and previously unimaginable ways, 6Sight explores industry challenges, proposes dynamic solutions, and lets business leaders like you plan for new opportunities. The 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference examines how cutting-edge imaging technologies and the new ways they are being used are transforming people's lives in their personal, work and community spheres. It explores future directions for devices used to capture, display and manage digital still and video images, and the drivers and implications of the explosion of user-generated visual content. Innovative technologies and services are featured and demonstrated - often for the first time in a public setting. Senior executives from the imaging, technology and telecommunications industries; leading scientists; academics; investors; and others who are shaping the future of imaging share their perspective and knowledge in a dynamic and informal environment. One of technology's revolutionary voices, Guy Kawasaki kicks off 6Sight 2008 with the AIE Official Business Session Keynote Address. Kawasaki is a founding partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at Garage Technology Ventures. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the Web.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Currently enrolled college students from West Virginia and all bordering states including: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Ohio.

PRIZES: $1,750 in cash prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

Comedy Short Animation (5 minutes or less)
Dramatic Short Animation (5 minutes or less)
Interactive Game
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Professional Website (real or fictitious)
Artistic Installation
Personal Resum

The Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth is an annual, competitive, international event. A non-profit media arts and education society, Reel to Real is dedicated to showing the best in culturally diverse, non-stereotypical and humanistic programming for children and youth. Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth seeks films that are imaginative, evocative, innovative, inspiring, entertaining and suitable for children, 6 and up, and youth, 13 and up. For more information, visit www.r2rfestival.org.