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The theme of the 35th International Research Conference is "Advances in Printing and Media Technology." The conference will accept for presentation and publication scientific or technical papers presenting original and previously unpublished research, related to all aspects of the theory, practice, development and effects of technology in the media and graphic arts industries.

Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is a three-day celebration of games and gamer culture. The festival includes an exhibition floor filled with playable builds of upcoming tabletop, console, and computer games; a conference program of game-industry speakers on gaming topics; music concerts; freeplay areas; industry parties; game tournaments and more. Since its inception in 2004, the show has doubled in size each year, with 4,500 attendees in 2004, 9,500 in 2005, 19,300 in 2006, and 37,000 in 2007. For more information visit www.pennyarcadeexpo.com.

Pop Japan Travel has extended the deadline to sign up for its Mind Over Manga Tour to July 21, to give new customers a chance to sign up to meet guest Nizo Yamamoto, the art director for PRINCESS MONONOKE, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, CASTLE IN THE SKY and many more -- and to visit Nippon Animation, producer of the historic World Masterpiece Theater anime series, HUNTER X HUNTER, and more.

It was at Nippon Animation that Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata (together with Yamamoto) worked on the beloved FUTURE BOY CONAN and ANNE OF GREEN GABLES before founding Studio Ghibli.

The Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition was founded in 1998, and has generated heat, publicity and a reputation that demands respect. Scriptapalooza, Inc., along with its various divisions, was created to nurture talent and create opportunities. Storytellers come from all over the world and from all walks of life, because of the simple fact that everyone has a story. Scriptapalooza's goal: to seek out that storyteller and honor their script with a grand prize of $10,000.

The L.A. Center for Digital Art, in conjunction with Downtown Film Festival -- L.A., announces an international call to artists. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to their creation are acceptable: digital art stills of any kind, digital photography, short experimental time based video, video loops, mobile media, interactive media, and Internet art.

SIGGRAPH 2008, the 35th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, will be held Aug. 11-15, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

Voting Ends: August 31, 2008

No cinemas, no queues, no tickets, no e-scalpers, no timetables. The third annual Portable Film Festival is an online film festival presenting the very best in international film and video culture.

Eric Goldberg, the pioneering, award-winning animator-director whose cartoon magic has graced such classics as Disney’s ALADDIN, POCAHONTAS, FANTASIA/2000 and HERCULES, has harnessed the essence of cinema’s most beloved form in a new book, CHARACTER ANIMATION CRASH COURSE! (Silman-James Press, Los Angeles; publication date September 2008).

Goldberg will hold his first book signing at Comic-Con International 2008 in San Diego on Friday, July 25 (2-4 p.m.) and Saturday, July 26 (11 a.m.-Noon), at the Stuart Ng Books exhibit, Booth #5012.

On Thursday, July 24, 2008 during the opening night of Comic-Con, Games Live will be performing its award-winning show with the San Diego Symphony at the Embarcadero Marina Park South.

Tickets still available at: http://www.sandiegosymphony.com/summerpops/event.php?id=7. Video Games Live is best described as utilizing the power and emotion of a symphony and choir mixed with the energy and excitement of a rock concert combined with the cutting edge visuals, technology, interactivity and fun that video games provide.

Following up on last year's huge success, CGarchitect.com is hosting the 5th annual Architectural 3D Awards to be awarded at this year's Mundos Digitales Conference in La Coruna, Spain. The Awards Competition is open to everyone in the Architectural Visualization industry to highlight the best imagery and animations done in 2007 and 2008.

Vicon, developer of Academy Award-winning motion capture systems and part of the Oxford Metrics Group, is currently accepting submissions for the Vicon Film Festival online at www.vicon.com/filmfestival/.

With a grand prize of $10,000, the international competition aims to find the most creative and entertaining use of a series of motion capture sequences in an animated short. The competition is open to original short films (between two and five minutes long) using motion capture data made available for download from the Vicon Film Festival website.

Singapore Expo will again welcome a brand new AV forum for Southeast Asia, evenTech Singapore. The inaugural show is gearing up to open its doors to the key decision makers involved in the entertainment and AV installation and integration sectors at the state of the art Singapore Expo from June 25-26, 2008.

Buoyed in confidence by the recent debut success of the evenTech Scotland B2B regional networking model where exhibitors expressed great satisfaction with the caliber of attendees the regional forum attracted.