The conference of the IAMC will bring the international animation community together to discuss the state of the industry and topics of concern to the industry. Your company is encouraged to host a conference session on a topic of community interest. This year, the focus will be on international communication, how business is conducted between overseas companies, and what can we do to expand the relationships in order to evolve the course of animation itself. Your session can be conducted in one of several ways:

*Keynotes: With an extensive industry background and a well known reputation, these keynote speakers are the main events at the conference. The topics revolve around the overall theme of improving international communication and cross-culture promotion of animation concepts and styles. There will be a few keynote speakers selected each year.

*Lectures: These brief sessions focus on a particular topic containing practical information. It is recommended that the lecture should be kept within an hour with no more than one speaker at each session. There should be no more than one speaker for the lecture sessions.

*Panels: Discussions that encourage attendee feedback on the topic at hand. Panels will have one moderator and up to three speakers participating.

*Roundtables: Attendees delve into thought provoking topics presented by the speaker, work with peers to solve a problem, speak one-on-one with knowledgeable presenters, and share thoughts and ideas that are common to their ultimate goal of expanding the animation industry. These particular sessions help the exchange of ideas between their peers so that valuable information can be used by your company. The speaker is there to present the topic, and moderate the feedback.

*Other: There are a few sessions that do not follow the same format as listed above. Tutorials, sponsored product, service promotions or group gatherings that cater to a specific set of attendees are encouraged, however spaces are very limited in those areas, and are reserved on a first-come first-serve basis.

All sessions are in either one or two hour time blocks, with limits for the longer topics. To reserve a time block during the conference, please submit a proposal with the topic of your session, the type of session, who will be speaking, and what tools you will be utilizing. Please justify any additional time that you require in your proposal if your topic goes over the two hour maximum limit.

Send all proposals to: confproposal@iamc.com
Fax : 480-452-0959
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