Thanks to digital technologies, content can suddenly travel across a whole range of media and platforms. But where do you want the journey to go? This high-level workshop has the answers. Aimed at producers, designers and directors of audiovisual content, it offers new perspectives and expert advice for actual and current projects of the participants. The Multi-Platform Business School is organized by the Media Business School (MBS) in Ronda, Spain, one of Europe's prime training institutions. New markets -- new business models -- a new set of mind In an age of converging media, a multi-platform approach has emerged as the most promising business model for digital content creation. But even experienced professionals are sometimes daunted by the brave new world of complex options. The Multi-Platform Business School will give them a clearer picture of the chances and the actual potential of their projects -- both in terms of formats and international co-operations. The workshop will focus on the creative aspects of multi-platform storytelling, with a special emphasis on how to appeal to and engage the digital native user. Starting from a thorough analysis of the diverse markets and production environments for film, TV, web, games and mobile entertainment, the five-day event takes participants through all the stages of developing user-centered, cross-format content -- ideally based upon the attendees' own projects in the making. The Multi- Platform Business School will be held from August 4 to 8 in the beautiful city of Ronda, Spain. The trainers -- concentrated expertise The Multi-Platform Business School has mustered an impressive line-up of trainers/coaches perfectly suited to introducing professionals to this brand-new field: Raimo Lang (YLE, Finland) spearheads the task force set up for turning the Finnish broadcaster YLE into a 360-degree media production and distribution house. He is a content and program developer, teacher and photographer. His design contribution ranges from character generation and interaction design to communication strategies and patented narrative database systems. He has written and directed thirteen fiction and documentary films and has ample teaching experience with high- level institutions including La Femis (Paris), the BBC, the Hilversum Media Academy (The Netherlands), the Finnish National Broadcasting Company and Munich Film School. Inga von Staden (Projectscope, Germany) holds a wide range of jobs as author, lecturer, creative producer, consultant and innovation mediator. After working with Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie, Berlin (dffb), and Medienboard Berlin- Brandenburg, she now directs the four-year studies programme "Interactive Media" at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. She is also a curator for the section "Media Future" of FMX, Europe's leading conference on animation, effects, games and digital media and an assessor with the technology grant programme PROfit run by the Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB). Teut Weidemann (independent games consultant, Germany) was one of the first game designers/producers in Germany. The designer of Panzer Elite founded his own studio Wings Simulations which he later sold to Jowood AG where he worked as CTO on titles including Spellforce 1 and Gothic 2. In 2004, he released SOLDNER, an online shooter. Teut has founded and supervised dozens of game communities and been involved in the development of MMOGs (massively multi-user online games), thus becoming a specialist in Web3D, community-based entertainment, community building and management. Michael Rueger (independent interaction designer, Germany) left his linear life as TV & Advertising Producer in 1999. Ever since, he has lived for Interactive Media and Games. Today he creates, develops and produces interactive and cross- platform content, including games, web shows, mobile entertainment, ARGs and virtual worlds. He lectures at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and Hamburg Media School (HMS) and is a regular speaker at international conferences, e.g. Cartoon Masters or FMX. The organiser -- the Media Business School The Media Business School in Ronda (Spain), founded in 1991, ranks amongst the foremost training institutions for producers, distributors and media executives in Europe. The school is supported by the European Union's MEDIA programme and has, over the years, established a powerful international network of business relations.

For the past 12 years, The L.A Office's RoadShow has been the "must-attend" event for brands, entertainment marketers and agencies alike. It is the only event created specifically for the entertainment marketing community. Whether you are already using entertainment content to enhance your marketing programs or simply interested in the opportunities, RoadShow provides the perfect blend of in-depth property introductions, industry insights and first-class networking in a forum that has built the reputation of being the Must Attend event of the year. For further information please visit www.laofficelounge.com/RoadShow. Created to take advantage of new technologies and the continued evolution of our business, The Road to RoadShow Webinar Series is the next step for introducing entertainment properties to brand marketers throughout the country. The Series eliminates travel requirements, provides an "On Demand" element to the session and is environmentally friendly! Since each webinar broadcast will be recorded and archived, marketers will be able to view each of the property presentation as scheduled or at their convenience through The Lounge at laoffice.com! Additionally, all of the webinar presenters will be at RoadShow Live to provide the face-to-face interaction that our business requires. Note: The webinar series will be continuously available online after August.

Anime Festival Orlando is excited to announce the exciting conclusion of "The Swords of Orlandia". "Swords of Orlandia" is the story behind AFO's Interactive Convention Experience. The talented writing staff has crafted an original story/game in which attendees can voluntarily participate all weekend long. Throughout the event there are "character cut scenes", side quests and plenty of leveling up that even casual fans of Live Action Role-playing will enjoy. "With the popularity of role playing games such as 'Kingdom Hearts', 'Final Fantasy' and 'World of Warcraft' we've found this theme to be an overwhelming success for the past two years," states event coordinator Karen Trudeau. This year, Anime Festival Orlando has the privilege to announce their guests of honor: Reuben Langdon, Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Chris Sabat, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sonny Strait, Doug Smith, Jason David Frank and Robert Axelrod. "One of things that makes AFO 'Florida's Favorite Anime Convention' is that many of our guests take an active role in our theming and events throughout the weekend," said Karen Trudeau. "We're really excited about the panels and workshops that have been suggested by the guests themselves." New events for Anime Festival Orlando 10 include Whack-a-Nerd for Charity and Wasabi Anime's Cross Play Rally Race. There will also be fan favorite events such as Happy Happy Cosplay Go Go Go and the traditional fare offered at anime conventions. AFO is a multi-day celebration of all things related to Japanese animation and pop culture held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort July 31, August 1 and August 2, 2009. Ticket prices are only $45.00 for an adult 3-day membership badge, $25.00 for a Friday or Sunday Only wristband and $30.00 for a Saturday Only wristband. Growing in attendance nearly 20% each year since its inception in 2000, Anime Festival Orlando has earned the title of "Florida's Favorite Anime Convention" as well as being voted one of the "Top 10 Things To Do In Orlando" by DK Publishing's Travel Guide. For more information about Anime Festival Orlando, please visit http://www.animefestivalorlando.com/

As an event with extensive influence in game developing field, the second China Game Developers Conference (CGDC) will be held in conjunction with world's second largest game show -- ChinaJoy, on July 24-26, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The first CGDC was closed on Aug. 29, 2007, on the conference, 60 experts and over one thousand professionals in game industry exchanged their ideas deeply; more than 50 technology suppliers promoted their technologies and products. The 2nd CGDC will also be supported by related government administration agencies. With the goal of gathering technical elites in game developing, the conference focuses on PC/console game, mobile game, game outsourcing, especially online game; topics covering different fields in game developing, such as game design, programming, arts, audio? management and development tools etc. Attendees will exchange their ideas, sharing their experience and discuss on new technical development trends. The conference's highlights include topics in game development covering multiple fields for discussion and focusing on theory and practice, technical elites and entrepreneurs will be invited to participate. The deadline for submitting this year's CGDC speeches is May 5, 2009. The organizing committee welcomes any form of participation from professionals and experts of the game industry and will do its best to facilitate technology exchange for game developers. Any inquiries on conference content, contact Cecillia Cao: Tel: 86 10 51659355 ext. 12 or via e-mail: cecillia_cao@howellexpo.com CGDC official website: www.chinagdc.com.cn/en.

Comic-Con International is the largest gathering of comic book, science fiction, film and television fans in the nation. Featuring celebrity guests, seminars on breaking into filmmaking and near 24-hour film retrospectives. Comic-Con is the place for fans of all things pop culture. For more information, visit www.comic-con.org.

On July 11th and 12th the Atlanta Motion Graphics Festival showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators. Artists being showcased include: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser and more. The ATL-MGFest will be hosting workshops and lectures about the shift in motion-picture audiences and explores the new technologies that motion designers will need on the video internet frontier. Motion design, sound design and interactivity, are all featured during July 11th and 12th, with daytime workshops at Atlanta's Adobe Certified Training Facility, Sterling Ledet. Evening screenings and live performances will be hosted at Atlanta's Internationally-renowned portfolio school, Creative Circus. This festival in the fast moving field of design technology has opened its Art & Entertainment events for only $7. Rather than charging the typical $500-$1500 conference fee, the Motion Graphics Festival encourages participants to stop complaining about the economy, and spend their money on something that will upgrade their tools, technique and aesthetics. Software, DVDs and music will be available at a discount rate throughout the festival week. Silent Auction for over $18,000 in software, DVDs and training materials. MGFest Schedule + Registration :http://www.MGFest.com

=Conditions
-- Must be no more than 30 minutes in length?
-- There are no limitations considering the applicant’s age?
-- All genres and languages are accepted?
-- Must have been made after January of 2006?
-- Copyrights and any other rights of the movie to be submitted must be possessed or registered by the actual applicant?
-- Must have never been submitted to a previous CON-CAN Movie Festival?
-- Movies in a language other than English or Japanese must have either English or Japanese subtitles?

Application Fee
Free

Submission Deadline
May 8th (Friday), 2009. All submissions must be postmarked by May 8

CON-CAN Competition

*CON-CAN Grand Prix Award
Prize: US$5,000 & Trophy
Invitation to the Award Ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan
*Round trip airfare to Tokyo and hotel fee for two nights included

*CON-CAN Special Jury Award
Prize: US$2,000 & Trophy
Invitation to the Award Ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan
*Round trip airfare to Tokyo and hotel fee for two nights included

*Best Picture Award (Fiction)
Prize: Trophy
Invitation to the Award Ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan
*Hotel fee for two nights included (airfare NOT included)

*Best Picture Award (Documentary)
Prize: Trophy
Invitation to the Award Ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan
*Hotel fee for two nights included (airfare NOT included)

*Best Picture Award (Animation)
Prize: Trophy
Invitation to the Award Ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan
*Hotel fee for two nights included (airfare NOT included)

*Best Picture Award (Experimental)
Prize: Trophy
Invitation to the Award Ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan
*Hotel fee for two nights included (airfare NOT included)

Further information can be found at http://en.con-can.com/submissions/guidelines.html.

The Gnomon Workshop is proud to announce its eighth Gnomon Workshop LIVE weekend to be held at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, CA. The event will feature another incredible line-up of instructors and speakers in and out of The Gnomon Workshop library. We have finalized our instructor list with the additions of Neville Page and Dan Taylor. Neville is a Gnomon Workshop veteran who has designed creatures for numerous films including CLOVERFIELD, the recently released STAR TREK and James Cameron's upcoming film Avatar. Dan was the animation supervisor for TRANSFORMERS and for soon-to-be-released TRANSFORMERS 2. The other artists in our line-up include Jordu Schell, Ben Procter, Scott Patton, Ian Joyner, Paul Richards, Alex Oliver, Chuk Wojtkiewicz, Chris Kirshbaum and Glenn Rane. These artists have worked on such projects as AVATAR, CLOVERFIELD, IRON MAN, TRANSFORMERS, TIM BURTON'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND, TRON, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, KUNG FU PANDA, WORLD OF WARCRAFT, STARCRAFT, QUAKE 4, WARHAMMER ONLINE, WARHAMMER 40,000, BIOSHOCK, HELLGATE and DARKSIDERS, just to name a few. We are also excited to announce the return of our Recruiting Room! This is a great opportunity to meet supervisors and art directors in the industry, so bring your portfolios and your questions. Our past recruiters have included representatives from such studios as: Nickelodeon, Blizzard, Naughty Dog, NBC Universal, ESPN, Top Cow, Insomniac, Activision, Digital Domain, Gentle Giant, and Rhythm and Hues. Also, we are rapidly approaching June 1st, the last day on which you can purchase a ticket at a discounted price. Get your tickets today!.

At C21's Social Media Forum at BAFTA on Monday June 22 producers, channels and rights owners will learn how to work best with Bebo, MySpace, YouTube, Joost, Dailymotion and many more to create new revenue-generating content and build audiences fast. Don't miss this unique one-day networking event for just GBP 299 per delegate. It is vitally important that the content business understand every emerging opportunity to develop new business as traditional markets change. Social media is likely to become the programmer of the next generation of video content and everyone needs to understand how to work effectively in this new space. At the event players from the sector will showcase 'best in breed' partnerships and explain how to drive new business and develop community interactivity around entertainment brands. Keynote workshop sessions include: -- Successful social media content strategies -- The future of online content and social media -- Social media workshops * How to work with Bebo to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with Dailymotion to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with Joost to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with MySpace to extend your entertainment brand C21's Social Media Forum is part of the RE-vision series of live events and online content, designed to help develop next-generation content solutions to help RE-focus, RE-finance, RE-invent, and RE-think the international entertainment business. C21's Social Media Forum 2009 is just GBP 299 per delegate which includes all refreshments and a networking lunch. For contributor information email: david@c21media.net. Go to http://www.c21media.net/intel/ to register.

Place: Cartoon Network in Burbank, CA, Roof Top (Sweaters/jackets are recommended. No high or spiky heels, please.)

Time: 6:30 Check-in and Networking
7:00 WIA Business
7:30 One World Giving

Donation: Student Members $5. Members $10. Guests $15.
All fees are donations to our new One World Giving Fund.

RSVP: No later than Friday, June 12th via wia@womeninanimation.org. Space is limited. RSVP early.

Speakers to be announced.