The Energon Pub

found this on the back of a broadway cinema brochure i picked up last week.

on february 15th 2007

held in honour of john grace, pioneering creator of reboot, the first fully computer generated television series for children.

the john grace memorial conference will feature lectures, panels and demonstrations of the best of british computer animation, including phil mitchell from infinite frameworks singapore, co creator of 'reboot' and 'beast wars', mike uden, talking about gerry andersons 'captain scarlet', and the best of contemporary independant work in the figures of marc craste (jo jo in the stars), johnny hardstaff (the future of gaming), dave mousley (titanic, birth of a legend) and andy macnamara (condor studios)

the day will also feature a tribute to john grace, looking at '64 zoo lane' and 'reboot' with ken anderson from red kite animation and leading childrens book illustrator and animator, an vrombaut, and a look back at pioneering computer animation by the halas &bachelor studio.

the conference programme includes:

john grace tribute: writer, director, teacher

the significance of reboot + screening

talking cgi seminar

captain scarlet inc Q&A

reboot and beyond inc Q&A
phil mitchell (infinate frameworks, singapore)

reclaiming british art and animation

halas and batchelor / south bank publishing reception

tickets cost:

delegate - £25
student - £15

and can be bought from the broadway box office on:

0115 952 6611

or a booking form can be found at:

http://www.animationacademy.co.uk

Broadway media centre
Nottingham
United kingdom

Hah! The bloke responsible for Beast Wars was a Brit- all suddenly becomes very clear!

Matrix. wrote:Hah! The bloke responsible for Beast Wars was a Brit- all suddenly becomes very clear!

I can only apologise for the rest of my country... BWs was rubbish...

well if u want to vent your anger or summat feel free to go along to the broadway in nottingham lol