June 1/New York: Media Services’ Commercial Production Software Seminar. (212) 366-9390….June 2/New York: Cannes Prediction Event hosted by Leo Burnett Co. (312) 220-4795….June 2-6/New York: docfest, New York International Documentary Festival. Susan Norget, (212) 477-3194….June 3-4/Chicago: 32nd Annual U.S. International Film and Video Festival awards. (630) 834-7773….June 8-9/New York: 8th Annual AICP Show & Lecture Series at MoMA. Jennifer Jacovsky and Ileana Montalvo, (212) 475-2600….June 9-12/San Francisco: PROMAX & BDA’s 1999 Conference & Exposition at the Moscone Convention Center. (310) 788-7600…. June 10-15/Montreux, Switzerland: Montreux Symposium ’99 looking at the challenges arising from digital and HD technology. 41 (21) 963-3220 or email message@symposia.ch…. June 15/New York: Freelance Producers Network meeting at Creative Management Partners. (917) 933-5566….June 15/Palo Alto, Calif.: Communication Arts magazine’s 40th annual juried competition for graphic design and advertising. Deadline for submitting entries is June 15. www.commarts.com….June 15/Los Angeles: Media Services’ Commercial Production Software Seminar. (310) 440-9654….June 16-19/Washington: American Advertising Federation’s 1999 American Advertising Conference. Speakers include Gen. Colin Powell, Lillian Vernon, Bob Kuperman, and Ed Wax. (800) 999-2231, ext. 356; www.aaf.org….June 17/Chicago: Chicago ADDY awards/ Chicago Show. (312) 321-9464….June 17/Short Hills, N.J.: Gianettino & Meredith (G&M) Workshop Series. Branding: Understanding Critical Bridges Between the Consumer, the Brand and the Company. Pat Tesman, (800) 497-0622, ext. 414; www.gandmagency.com….June 21-26/Cannes: 46th International Advertising Festival. (212) 752-5774….June 23/ Cannes: The New York Heads of TV Production Group holds international meetings for heads of TV production. (800) 525-0230….
June 24-27/New York: the Third women Filmmakers Symposium at the Lighthouse Conference Center. Kristina Nordstrom, (201) 689-2022….July 13-19/Sydney, Australia: SMPTE ’99 Conference at the Darling Harbour Exhibition and Convention Center. 61 (2) 99.77.08.88; www.exevents.com.au….July 21/New York: 1999 ITS Annual Forum at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Monica Mathis, (703) 319-0800….August 8-13/Los Angeles: SIGGRAPH 99 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Sheila Hoffmeyer or Ann Kilhoffer, (312) 644-6610; fax: (312) 245-1083; email media-s99@siggraph.org….September 16-18/Portland, Ore.: Portland Creative Conference at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. Speakers include Matt Groening, production designer Eugenio Zanetti, cartoonist John Callahan and Disney animation producer Don Hahn. (800) 597-0099/(503) 234-1641; www.cre8con.org….Sept. 24-27/New York: The 107th AES Convention at the Jacob K. Javits Center. (212) 661-8528; www.aes.org….Oct. 21-23/Mumbai (Bombay), India: Broadcast India ’99 Exhibition & Symposium at the World Trade Centre. (91-22) 215 1396, 215 2721; www.saicom.com/broadcastindia….Nov. 19-22/New York: 141st SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibition’s "Sprockets, Samples, and Satellites: Moving Images Into the Third Millennium," at the New York Marriott Marquis. Bryan Nella, (914) 761-1100; Website www.smpte.org….Jan. 25-27/New Orleans: 37th Annual NATPE Program Conference & Exhibition. (310) 453-4440; www.natpe.org….