X | Media | Lab and Web2Asia are happy to announce the "Wealth of Animation" event at Suzhou Industrial Park from May 8th to 10th, 2008.

X|Media|Lab Suzhou will bring together a stellar range of animation experts from all over the world. International participants include:

• Raman Hui - Director of Shrek 3
• Michael Johnson - Motion Picture Lead, Pixar Studios
• Duncan Brinsmead - Chief Research Scientist, Autodesk (Maya Software)
• Suresh Seetharaman - Founder and President, Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation
• Sue Erokan - Supervisor, Character Animation, Dreamworks
• Dan Scott - Head of Global Production, Nokia Games
• Masakazu Kubo - Executive Producer, Pokemon Film and TV Series (Tokyo)
• Dennis Conner - Head of Global Outsourcing Strategy, ILM, Lucas Arts (Los Angeles)
• Heather Kenyon - formerly Director of Development, Original Animation at Cartoon Network
• Dale Herigstad - 5-time Emmy Award Winner, Schematic (LA)
• Nickson Fong - Founder, Egg Story (Singapore)
• Paul Steed - Founder, Exigent Studios (Los Angeles)
• Madhavan - Founder, Crest Animation (India)
• Michael Stevens - Board Member, Park Road Post (Wellington)
• Tatiana Kober - Founder, Bejuba Studios (LA and Toronto)
• Anand Gurnani - Founder, Animation 'Xpress (India)
• Tim Brook Hunt - Head of Children’s TV, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Sydney)
• Alan Lindsay - CEO, Vue DC Group (Perth)

China participants include a ‘who’s who’ of the China animation industry including: the Dean of Animation, Beijing Film Academy; President, Great Dreams Cartoon Group; Executive Deputy Secretary General of China Animation Association, and Head of Digital Media Technologies, Beijing Institute of Technology; Executive Vice President of China Animation Association; Deputy Director of Digital Animation Creation R&D Centre, China Art Academy; Secretary General of Mobile Animation Industry Association; CEO of China Animation Association; Managing Partner of China Renaissance; the Vice President of ID Tech Ventures; and many others.

More details on this event at http://www.xmedialab.com/xml_suzhou.html (English) or here http://www.xmedialab.com.cn (Chinese).