Events: Business / Management

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the world's largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology. Manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and related products and services attend and exhibit at the event. Attendees come from more than 110 countries. More than 100 sessions with the industry's leading speakers help attendees discover the newest trends, strategies and profit opportunities in the consumer technology industry.

The Toronto Animated Image Society is hosting its annual holiday party. This year's party will also include our first-ever silent auction. Start your holiday season up right at the only party in town where you can get cool holiday gifts and drink eggnog at the same time. The party will take place at the National Film Board from 7:00 to 11:00 pm. For more information, call (416) 533-7889, visit e-mail: Tais@bellnet.ca or visit www.awn.com/tais.

Brand ManageCamp 2004 is the premier conference for brand management professionals.

iHollywood Forum is hosting its 3rd Annual Digital Studio Summit in association with the American Film Market (AFM), which runs Nov. 3-11. The event will feature keynotes, keynote panels, case studies, breakout panels and sponsored demonstrations.

, November 1-5, 2004

IT.Com 2004 is a technology conference. The theme of Bangalore IT.Com 2004 is 'Shape of the future with ICMT (information, communication and media technology)'. The event will have a special pavilion on animation, games and media technology. The joint effort by both the government and industry on expanding to new business areas assumes significance against the backdrop of a slowdown in IT exports. About 400 companies are expected to participate in IT.Com 2004, which is hosted by Department of IT, government of Karnataka, in partnership with STPI Bangalore. The event will have several conferences, workshops and networking forums.

Conference - Exhibition - Ball - Golf - Join market leaders at Asia's premier broadcasting event to discuss and debate the future growth of the industry.

Bra!nCamp West is a high-level, cross-media conference specifically geared to major players in children's entertainment. Attending the event are senior executives, creative forces and movers and shakers in the kids' and family entertainment industry. The event includes eight presentations over two days, along with food, fun and social events. The atmosphere is loose and relaxed, no suits, no ties. Bra!nCamp is an intimate event and attendance is limited. Speakers and attendees interact during presentations, during breaks and during social events.

The Entertainment Summit-West will bring together leaders from the entertainment, public health and business communities to consider how to utilize the power of entertainment to deal with compelling social and health issues here and abroad. Held at the Skirball Cultural Center, a continental breakfast will be served at 8:30 am. The conference will start at 9:00 am with a plenary session, continued with a luncheon presentation and ended with an afternoon of workshop and breakout sessions.

The Television Academy will be hosting a panel discussion that will take a closer look at the rapidly changing clearance and copyright regulations and how they impact projects. Michael C. Donaldson will give a helpful format to decide any clearance question you will ever face and fill it in with the latest state of the law. This event will help take the guesswork out of all such clearance questions you might possibly encounter.

The IFP Market is the only place in the U.S. to introduce new work to an industry-only audience of sales companies, distributors, festival programmers, television buyers, producers, and agents from the U.S. and abroad. An essential networking opportunity, IFP Market programs connect you directly with the industry reps you need to know to get your work financed, completed and distributed. If you seek financing or sales for your script or work-in-progress, this is the place to start.

Entertainment Media Expo highlights the latest manufacturing, packaging, authoring, audio and video solutions for DVD, CD, Games, Asset Management and Surround. The event is comprised of six separate parts, which include:

The San Francisco Chapter of International Game Developers Association will host a "Breaking Into the Game Industry" panel discussion at The Art Institute of California - San Francisco. This event is free and open to those interested in pursuing careers in the videogame development field, particularly students and newbies. The event will include networking opportunities before and after the discussion, which will be moderated Marc Sherrod of The Art Institute.