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Design and film school events

Learn about upcoming conventions, training opportunities, festivals, online panel discussions, and other events that focus on film and design. Mark your calendar if you see an event that could help you in your work as a faculty member or student in a higher education design or film program. Be sure to check the list of all Adobe events under Resources at right.

Upcoming events

Society for Photographic Education
March 4-7, 2010
Philadelphia, PA 
This conference for photographic educators, artists and scholars explores how issues of diversity are being discussed in the art world and in the photography classroom today.

Game Developers Conference
March 9-13, 2010
San Francisco, CA
Learn about the latest trends in game design or game art, or see what’s happening in mobile games.

SXSW 2010
March 12-16, 2010
Austin, TX
An incubator of new, cutting-edge technologies, the SXSW Interactive Festival is ground zero for the world's most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators and new media entrepreneurs. Stay ahead of the curve by attending this annual gathering of the brightest minds in emerging technology.

Pictoplasma Festival
April 9-10, 2010
Berlin, Germany
The Pictoplasma Berlin Festival offers a unique forum for all those working with - or simply loving - the visualization and application of contemporary character design. Join artists, directors, designers and agencies to celebrate the importance of characters in contemporary visual culture.

See OnDemand panel discussions by and for design and film educators

Introduction to Color Management

Howard Simkins of Sheridan Institute of Technology and Higher Learning and Tom Ashe of the School of Visual Arts discuss the fundamentals of color management.

Digital Print in Project-Based Design Education

Lorraine Donegan of California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and Michael Josefowicz of Parsons The New School for Design share how digital print facilitates project-based learning in their design courses.