What the Shrek?!: Animation in China
Meet some of the world’s best animation industry experts–like the co-director of Shrek– and a ‘who’s who’ of the China animation industry in historic and beautiful Suzhou, one of China’s most beautiful Canal Cities.
TV, film, education and training, games, mobile, advertising, and online animation will be featured at the workshop/conference. Animation, fast becoming one of the strongest youth market categories in digital media, is something everyone involved in Internet Web 2.0 should know more about.
X|Media|Lab in Suzhou has been concentrating on a “wealth of animation” and has brought together a stellar range of animation experts from all over the world:
The Keynote Conference Day focuses on four themes: Animation Industry Development; International Business Opportunities; Quality Assurance and Management; and Technologies and Skills.
The Business Matching Forum focuses on participants. There will be an opportunity to meet up with animation industry experts, directly discuss your own animation ideas, and network yourself right into the heart of the animation industry, and explore business matching and partnerships with the other international participants at the Lab.
International participants include:
- Raman Hui - Guest of Honour - Co-Director “ Shrek the Third ” (Hong Kong, San Francisco)
- Michael Johnson - Moving Pictures Group Lead, Pixar Animation Studios (San Francisco)
- Duncan Brinsmead - Principal Scientist, Autodesk (Maya Software)
- Suresh Seetharaman - Founder and President, Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation
- Sue Erokan - Supervisor, Character Animation, Dreamworks
- Dan Scott - Head of Global Production, Nokia Games
- Masakazu Kubo - Executive Producer, Pokemon Film and TV Series (Tokyo)
- Xavier Nicholas - Managing Director, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore
- Heather Kenyon - formerly Director of Development, Original Animation at Cartoon Network
- Dale Herigstad - 5-time Emmy Award Winner, Schematic (LA)
- Nickson Fong - Founder, Egg Story (Singapore)
- Paul Steed - Founder, Exigent Studios (Los Angeles)
- Madhavan - Founder, Crest Animation (India)
- Michael Stevens - Board Member, Park Road Post (Wellington)
- Tatiana Kober - Founder, Bejuba Studios (LA and Toronto)
- Anand Gurnani - Founder, Animation ‘Xpress (India)
- Tim Brooke-Hunt - Head of Children’s TV, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Sydney)
- Alan Lindsay - CEO, Vue DC Group (Perth)
China participants include a ‘who’s who’ of the China animation industry including: the Dean of Animation, Beijing Film Academy; President, Great Dreams Cartoon Group; Executive Deputy Secretary General of China Animation Association, and Head of Digital Media Technologies, Beijing Institute of Technology; Executive Vice President of China Animation Association; Deputy Director of Digital Animation Creation R&D Centre, China Art Academy; Secretary General of Mobile Animation Industry Association; CEO of China Animation Association; Managing Partner of China Renaissance; the Vice President of ID Tech Ventures; and many others.
XML Suzhou will be the perfect place to make contact with some the best animation people from all over the world – whether you are interested in creative development, best practices, or business opportunities internationally or in China.
Suzhou is one of China’s animation centers of excellence, about 90 minutes north of Shanghai - and it exemplifies the “New China”: hundreds of huge new buildings springing up out of the ground, great vitality, and a commitment to developing the digital media industries.
Marketing partners the The China Business Network and International Online Reputation Management and Search Engine Marketing Agency Culturefish Media have a sign-up link here: Animation Workshop
从创意到财富——2008XML苏州动漫产业大会
5月8日-10日|苏州
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全球顶尖的动漫行业精英首次云集中国苏州, 从商业模式、创意研发、生产管理、国际合作等各个角度为动漫公司提供咨询服务和发展机会。
18位国际顾问嘉宾包括《怪物史莱克3》导演Raman Hui, 皮克斯工作室电影部 负责人Michael B. Johnson, Autodesk（Maya软件）首席科学家Duncan Brinsmead, 维基漫画与维基动画 创始人兼总裁Suresh Seetharaman, 梦工厂角色动画 总监Sue Erokan等。更多名单详见www.xmedialab.com.cn。
9位国内顾问嘉宾包括香港万宽数码有限公司总经理黄宏显, 宏梦（上海）卡通实业有限公司首席执行官/宏梦卡通集团首席运营官王敬, 哥伦比亚广播CBS户外传媒（中国）有限公司合伙人刘均海 ,水晶石影视动画科技有限公司副总裁陈明等。更多名单详见www.xmedialab.com.cn。
从创意到财富——2008XML苏州动漫产业大会包括向所有动漫行业专业人士开放的一天专业论坛，以及接下来的两天封闭式实验室环节。
业界公司在XML精心设计的结构中有充分的机会和主动权结识任何感兴趣的嘉宾，展示自己的项目和团队，并获得他们的私人建议和业务支持。这种XML为业界公司提供的机会在全球动漫会展中都绝无仅有。
跨媒体实验室（X|Media|Lab）是一个享誉全球的数字媒体智囊团与创意峰会，专注于正在崛起的数字媒体市场的行业发展服务。
跨媒体实验室承诺所有的参会公司将获得：
1、 项目发展： 获得帮助以实现自己的项目创意。
2、 专业发展： 通过与全球范围内最好的从业者一起工作，丰富专业知识，提
升专业技能
3、 高价值的国际人脉网络：获得无可挑剔的全球专业朋友圈
跨媒体实验室致力于通过分享借鉴全球最好的动漫专家的知识和经验，协助打造成功的国产品牌。
更多资讯详见 www.xmedialab.com.cn .
如希望采访请联系： 袁培丽+ 86 139 1169 4727
Posted 16 April, 2008 in Reputation Management, Chinese Media, SEM, Online Digital Marketing, Online Advertising, Suzhou China, Animation, SEO, Internet marketing China, China Business, China Cartoons, 中国, Censorship, Chinese Internet, The Internet, China SEO
2 comments to “What the Shrek?!: Animation in China”
Shea, April 18th, 2008 at 3:40 pm:
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Hey…dropping to say you’re blog has been a lot of help to me setting up here in China. I’m actually trying to start a chinese art blog….but many blog domains aren’t accessible from the mainland. How is wordpress working for you. Did sign up with wordpress.com or build you r own via wordpress.ORG? I’d appreciate any help you can give.
The Professor, April 19th, 2008 at 2:17 am:
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Happy to help a fellow artist do anything…
How about Starbucks next week sometime??