flashconference ^® press info
May 05 - 06, 2006 - Stuttgart

The 8th flashconference is the eldest European conference with regard to Flash (fromerly Macromedia now Adobe).

Flash is the name of a authoring tool platform and the flash player. It has become famous through the web (everybody knows the animations in browsers)
and is used to create rich media applications, games and movies.
Flash supports vector and raster graphics, bidirectional streaming of audio and video, and has its own scripting language, Actionscript.
It can be used to generate frame by frame animation as well as tweenings (a special flash feature) and realtime technology.
During the last years, flash films have changed the internet, business applications, games, film and animation (industries) radically. Flash plays a major role in today's business applications, film- and game development.

So you want to know what's new in animation and effects? What's going on in the US, India, or China? What are broadcasters looking for?
Or you're simple looking for co-authors, interview appointments, news, and pictures?

As part of the fmx , – the flashconference will take place May 05 and May 06 in Stuttgart – Germany. It brings together the best flash developers and designers of the animation, effects-, sound-, multimedia-, film-, video- and realtime community scene. It focuses on innovative topics and offers knowlegde, inspiration and networking for everyone in the flash community. In addition the conference is becoming ever-more integrated with the fmx – the leading European congress for animation, effects, realtime and content.

The flashconference has a lively atmosphere : Colleagues give each other a hearty welcome – because it's good to meet in Stuttgart! Professionals contact producers and self-assured newcomers make their first contacts. For around three thousand filmmakers, industry experts , media representatives, programmers , and artists, the fmx is a sure mark in their calendars. They come from many countries to see familiar faces, meet friends again, hear the latest news and information, and get the ball rolling on new projects.
You will make contacts with people from renowned companies... and the list is long!

Listen to Jörn Buchholz, Nina Paley, André Michelle, Dirk Primbs, Ron Jagodzinski, Mario Klingemann, Gerd Hilgemann,
Matze Kannengießer, Gary Stasiuk, Holger Eggert, Frederik Ring... Jung von Matt and das werk...

Boring?

Then just have a look at the whole fmx congress with people like Eric Armstrong, George Borshukov, Paul Ekman, Christophe Héry, Jeff Kleiser, Jerzy Kular, Terrence Masson, Jordan Mechner, Marv Newland, Loren Nielsen, Shelley Page, Peter Plantec or Lee Sheldon and learn from companies like Disney, DreamWorks,
Electronic Arts, Grass Valley, Industrial Light and Magic, Kleiser-Walczak Studios, LucasArts, Oddworld Inhabitants, Quantel, Rhythm & Hues, Scanline, Sony Broadcast, Sony
Pictures Imageworks, The Orphanage or Weta FX.

Need more?

Then take the next stop at the realtime film festival on the fmx, where you can see films made in flash, as cut-scenes, machinimas, demos and visuals/VJings...

and don't forget to mark the realtime film festival award – on thursday May 04 – in your calendar...
and tell your hotel receptionist that the realtime party after the award will cause your late return ;-)

downloads:

8th flashconference press information no. 1 (doc) format - (pdf) format

8th flashconference recap (doc) format - (pdf) format

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