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Graphics designers meet attracts media bigwigs

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CHENNAI: India’s only get-together conference for graphic designers,

Entertainment Graphics Organization (EGO) 2001, jointly organized by Pentamedia

Graphics and IBM, is set to commence in Chennai on Thursday. Big wigs from the

entertainment industry such as Sony, 20th Century Fox, Reliance Entertainment,

ESPN/STAR, Indian Broadcasting Foundation, Television Asia Magazine are expected

to attend the function. This apart, technologists, computer animators and

entrepreneurs will also converge for the second annual symposium.

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About 300 to 500 delegates from a wide spectrum of the entertainment graphics

industry such as motion picture, TV, media executives, video game developers,

leading television advertisers and animators will be represented at the meet.

Animator and producer of The Simpsons, Garfield and Tom and Jerry show Phil

Roman, will be bestowed with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Some of his works

would also be screened on the occasion. Panel discussions on various topics such

as animation, special effects for motion pictures and television, the

globalization of entertainment, film making in 21st century, new media and

Indian and international markets will be taken up in the next two days, as part

of the EGO 2001 meeting.

"This meet will discuss the increasing importance of technology in the

entertainment graphics industry and where the industry is headed for," said

V Chandrasekharan, Chairman, Pentamedia Graphics. IBM, the sponsors for EGO

2001, will showcase its workstation IBM IntelliStation at the meet. "IDC

has estimated the digital content creation market to be around $80 million this

year, with a compounded growth rate of 82 per cent," said IBM vice

president (personal systems) Shashi B Mal.

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