Affiliates

ACM SIGGRAPH has affiliate agreements with a number of sister societies. Descriptions of these societies with links to their web sites can be found here.

Eurographics — by Alain Chesnais — last modified 05 October 2008 01:45 PM

Eurographics is a Europe-wide professional Computer Graphics association. The association supports its members in advancing the state of the art in Computer Graphics and related fields such as Multimedia, Scientific Visualization and Human Computer Interfaces. Through a world-wide membership, EG maintains close links with developments in the US, Japan and other countries, promoting the exchange of scientific and technical information and skills on a global scale.

FMX — by Alain Chesnais — last modified 05 October 2008 01:48 PM

FMX is a primary European meeting of the digital community. Presenting cutting edge digital entertainment, the conference addresses the interests of professionals in creation, production and distribution from all corners of the industry. Innovative approaches in the animation, visual effects and gaming industries create a focus for discussions about the convergence and future of digital entertainment.

Laval Virtual — by Erin Butler — last modified 30 October 2008 10:48 AM

The 11th International Conference on Virtual Reality will be held on April 22-26, 2009, in Laval, France. Virtual reality users share the latest techniques from their fields of expertise.

Digital Content Association of Japan (DCAJ) — by Erin Butler — last modified 28 October 2008 04:22 PM

DCAJ is a government-approved non-profit organization that promotes the Japanese digital-content industry. It organized the Digital Content Expo 2008 (www.dc-expo.jp) at the Miraikan Museum in Tokyo in October.

China Cartoon Industry Forum (CCIF) — by Erin Butler — last modified 30 October 2008 10:46 AM

Supported by the Chinese government, CCIF was founded by the Cartoon Commission of the China TV Artists Association. As the most influential Chinese animation conference, CCIF promotes industrialization, internationalization, and market development. It operates two projects: the Asian Youth Animation & Comics Contest and the China Animation & Comics Game. The youth contest is positioned to be the top annual award for Asian original animation and comics. The game project is building an animation-training system to provide vocational animation and comics training courses.

IMAGINA — by Erin Butler — last modified 30 October 2008 11:17 AM

IMAGINA is the major European 3D Community event, centered on solutions that assist in designing and reaching decisions through visualisation and simulation. IMAGINA 2009 will be held February 4-6 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte-Carlo.

China National Center for Developing Animation,Cartoon and Game Industry (NCACG) — by Erin Butler — last modified 30 October 2008 11:26 AM

Sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, the purpose of NCACG is to help develop the computer gaming industry in terms of education and industrial applications, focusing on cartoons, games, and animation.

Computer Graphics Arts Society (CG-ARTS) — by Erin Butler — last modified 31 October 2008 02:35 PM

CG-ARTS, officially recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 1992, is a publicly funded body dedicated to promoting Japanese computer graphics education. Its projects range from drafting curricula to development and publication of teaching materials, nurturing instructors, and providing certification tests to evaluate the ability of each individal.