TechEd 2007, the 12th Annual Technology in Education International Conference and Tech Exposition is expected to bring more than 3,000 education professionals from across the nation and around the world to the state-of-the-art Ontario Convention Center for four full days of critical professional development.
Career Discovery 1: Careers in the Game Industry will focus on the challenges and opportunities facing students interested in joining the multi-billion dollar interactive entertainment industry. The nine accomplished game developers slated for Career Discovery: Games will share their keys to breaking into, and succeeding within, one of the most highly desired career paths in the marketplace. This daylong event will be held at the Interlake Performing Arts Theatre.
The Streaming Festival is a progressive film festival that takes place exclusively on the internet. Films are streamed full screen with high image quality.
The Streaming Festival presents carefully selected independent films to a worldwide audience. Film-makers and viewers from all over the world can join in and share without any costs for tickets, subscription fees or travel costs.
The festival encourages the development of media technologies with a special emphasis on streaming media. The festival wants to create a platform for audiovisual art.
The Tokyo International Anime Fair (known as "TAF") is the world's largest anime exhibition. Held every spring at Tokyo Big Sight, the exhibition features a "trade fair" with booth exhibits by anime-related companies, "events" including spectacular stage performances and theater movie showings/displays, and the "Tokyo Anime Awards" in which outstanding anime works are presented with awards. Every year the exhibition attracts the attention of people throughout the world for its extensive program.
BOBTV Africa, is an international content convention where everything that has to do with film and TV is brought under one roof. It is a one-stop shop for selling and buying films for broudcast or distribution; a platform for training and discourse; an exhibition of TV programs, broadcast equipment, films etc; a fantastic platform for networking and business.
Presented by Intel and the Game Developers Conference, Video Games Live will be taking place at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium. Created and produced by Mystical Stone Ent. LLC, Video Games Live features music from the most popular videogames performed by top orchestras and choirs around the world, combining exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussion and unique interactive segments to create an explosive one-of-a-kind entertainment experience.
The 9th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) features enhancements to the main competition, a restructuring of the mod competition and cash prizes in the Student Showcase category, including the first-ever Best Student Game award. The deadline for the main competition is Sept. 8, 2006. For the IGF Mod competition, the deadline is Oct. 13, 2006, and for the Student Showcase, the deadline is Nov. 10, 2006. The festival honors innovative videogames created by independent game developers and students.
Women in Games International, a non-profit organization in the interactive entertainment industry, announced their debut conference in 2007, titled "From Production to Profit: Creating and Marketing Games for Women." The Women in Games International-San Francisco conference will be held at Electronic Arts in Redwood City, CA, from 1:00 to 7:00 pm.
Game Developers Conference provides educational, networking, and business opportunities for game development professionals driving the $11 billion videogame industry. It is the main global forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas, network and shape the future of the industry.
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) Mobile is the premier, professional conference for the creators of mobile game applications. Taking place in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference, GDC Mobile provides mobile game developers the opportunity to expand their knowledge of, and contacts within, the mobile entertainment sector.
WonderCon is the bay area's largest comicbook and pop culture extravaganza. Located at the Moscone West building, the show brings together professionals and fans of all things pop culture. The event draws more than 18,500 attendees each year.
PlayStation teams up with the BFI and leading audiovisual artists/producers Addictive TV with new-media curators Cinefeel to present Optronica, a hybrid of music festival and film festival taking place over five days in March 2007. Optronica explores the fusion of music and visuals, and features live audiovisual performances, screenings, talks, workshops and related special events. The festival will be held at the BFI IMAX and the newly renovated National Film Theatre, which will re-open as BFI Southbank on 1 February.
Graphics of the Americas and Xplor International is a value-driven trade show and conference. Show attendees will have the first glimpse of new opportunities of the New Year and specific solutions to adapt to the changing graphic arts and print environments. In addition, attendees can further leverage their event experience by attending Xplor's Document University with a simplified conference curriculum that includes 22 individual courses targeted at executive and senior level management, recommenders, consultants, influencers, technical staff, implementers, operations and sales personnel.
Henry LaBounta Chief Visual Officer, Electronic Arts Canada
Eric Armstrong Senior Animation Director, Electronic Arts Canada
Date, Time, Location Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:30pm Vancouver International Film Centre 1181 Seymour St. @ Davie
Tickets $5.00 Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH members $10.00 non-members Purchase tickets online at www.siggraph.ca
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) will host "Stan Lee: A Retrospective" exhibition honoring the famed comics creator and industry pioneer. The exhibition is sponsored in part by Reed Exhibitions and scheduled to open at the MoCCA on Feb. 23, 2007, to coincide with Stan Lee's scheduled appearance as a special guest at Reed's New York Comic-Con (www.newyorkcomic-con.com) being held at the Javits Convention Center that weekend.
Reed Exhibitions, the world's largest organizer of business-to-business events, is hosting the 2nd annual New York Comic-Con, a trade as well as consumer event, which will focus on comics and all matters relating to comics and associated fields including graphic novels, manga, anime, games, film, television, toys, videogames and licensing rights.
iHollywood Europe is a one day thought leadership summit that will focus on building international partnerships for content owners, carriers and solution providers. This event is not affiliated with 3GSM, but is taking place during the same time. Attendees will discover the inside scoop on revenue generating business models for mobile content distribution, creation and delivery from wireless carriers, Hollywood content owners, record labels, publishers, labels, major media brands, analysts and handset makers. For more details, visit www.ihollywoodforum.com.
ASIFA-Hollywood has issued its official call for entries for the 34th Annual Annie Awards honoring outstanding achievement in animation across film, television, commercials and short subjects. All rules, category information and entry forms are available online at www.annieawards.org or by contacting ASIFA-Hollywood at (818) 842-8330. The deadline to receive entry forms is Friday, Oct. 6 2006. All nomination judging material is due by Oct. 27, 2006. Final nominations will be announced by ASIFA-Hollywood on Dec. 5, 2006.
The Annie Awards, the industry
American InterContinental University Hosts Interactive 3D Animation workshopRenowned 3D animator and visual artist James Ovelmen leads workshopLos Angeles
The seventh annual DIY Convention: Do It Yourself In Film, Music and Books features live music performances, special showcases, film screenings, parties and an extensive lineup of panels and keynote speakers focusing on creating, promoting, protecting and distributing independent film, music, books and other digital media.
This year, the event is producing several special lunchtime showcases in conjunction Bug Music and CDBaby. DIY Music Festival entrants and special guests will be featured at the events, which are open to DIY Convention VIP ticket holders.
We Media Miami explores and fosters the use of digital media to build and improve real communities in a connected society.
In Miami, the conference will focus on two connected themes:
* Community: How can media and communications in a multitude of forms, produced or influenced by an ever-expanding multitude of sources, serve and strengthen the communities where people live?
The 2007 Media Summit New York is the definitive international conference for media, entertainment and technology leaders. The event is presented by The McGraw-Hill Companies, co-sponsored by BusinessWeek and Standard & Poor
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) is hosting D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit 2007, which will be held at the Green Valley Ranch Resort, Spa and Casino.
The D.I.C.E. Summit 2007 will open with a featured, high-profile keynote speaker (to be announced) on Feb. 7, followed by the wildly popular Opening Night Party, which will host the movers and shakers of the interactive entertainment industry. The initial program includes:
* Gabe Newell -- managing director of Valve Software
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Sony Online Ent. LLC (SOE) and Sigil Games Online are hosting an exhibition with The Art Institutes to bring "The Masters of Fantasy Art - A Tribute to Keith Parkinson" to five major cities across America. The tour will showcase the artwork of seminal artist Keith Parkinson as well as VANGUARD: SAGA OF HEROES, his posthumous masterpiece. Beginning this month in San Francisco, the tour is scheduled to be on display at The Art Institutes galleries across the country.
