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Sunday, October 22, 2000 (Continued from page 7) Oakville Beaver W eekend 9 V Beth El Synagogue. Tickets $45, call Janine Wilks, 815-19% or Bobbie Hill at synagogue, 849-6000. A rt Auction fo r Dog Guides, 7 p.m:, at Lions Foundation of Canada, 152 Wilson St. Auction of 50 painting donated by Dr. Michael Ostro of Toronto on view at cocktail reception before sale. Works val ued $250 to $1,000 by Chagall, Dali, Vibha, Miro, and Caroline Schultz. Tickets $10. Door prizes. All proceeds go to train dog guides. Call 842-2891. SATURDAY OCTOBER 28 F all Fair at Knox Prewsbyterian Church, Lakeshore and Dunn, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. English Cream Tea served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Antiques & collec tables, handcrafted Christmas items, home baking and gourment table. B ethel U nited Church, Trafalgar Road at Britannia, holds its annual bazaar from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Home preserves, bake table, deli, crafts, Christmas crafts, plants, vegetable, white elephant table and tea table. Bronte Creek Community Watershed Clean-Up rain or shine, at Bronte Creek Valley, for hike in the woods and creekside clean-up. Meet at Petro Canada Park at 9 a.m., Bronte Road north of Rebecca. Wear hiking books, waders, rubber boots, or old running shows, gloves, and old clothing. Bring lunch. Call Jonathan VaderBoom, 634-3279; Matthew Guglielmi, 637-7816; or Jennifer Mikkelsen, 637-7816, all between 5 and 9 p.m. All aboard the Holton County Radial Railways Halloween Streetcar from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Streetcar & Electric Railway Museum, 13629 Guelph Line, 15 km north of hwy. 401 exit 312. Call 1519-856-9802 or www.hcry.org NOTICE BOARD H alton Trauma Centre, formerly Halton Centre for Childhood Sexual Abuse, provides group therapy for for those who have suffered childhood trau ma - physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, and verbal abuse. Groups avail able for men, women, and children. Registration for Novemember. Call 8253242. The H alton Chapter H eart and Stroke Foundation is holding another CPR Blitz in march and are lloking for volunteers who would like to be a part of the planning committee. Involves occa sional meetings, recruiting sponsors, advertising and duties the day of the event. If interested call Lesley at 8252147. Wheels to Meals at Oakville YMCA has six openings for seniors 70-plus, screening by phone, transportation pro vided. Meals cost $2. Every Tuesday at the Y, 410 Rebecca, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Drivers needed from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Gas coupons given monthly, also servers needed. Call Heidi, 845-3417. Oakville Kiwanis Meals on Wheels needs volunteers to deliver hot or frozen meals to individuals in the community. Time involved is one day a week for about two hours, on either a regular or occasion al basis. Training provided. Call Judy or Connie, 842-1411 Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. G rieving the loss o f a pet? Confidential telephone support is avail able. If you have trouble couple with the loss of a pet and need to someone who understands your feelings, call the Halton/Peel Pet Loss Support Group: Oakville, 842-2252; Mississauga, 2724040; Burlington, 637-5233 and ask to leave a message for the pet loss support group. Email: petloss@idirect.ca. Message board: http://www.insidetheweb.cpp/mbs.cgi/mb892198. . . . . COMMUNITY UPDATE Animation 3-D Visualization Digital Journalism Multimedia Telecommunications Virtual Reality Sheridan Centre for Animation and Emerging Technologies (SCAEn Oakville Digital M edia Innovations Conference October 26 to 28,2000 SCHEDULE OC TO B ER 26 10:30 am - Noon Noon -1 :1 5 pm 1 :3 0 -3 pm 1 {/ i 3-D V IS U A L IZ A TIO N STR EA M M U L T IM E D IA T E L E C O M M U N IC A T IO N S CO NVER GEN CE STR EA M Sponsored by NATIONAL POST M a c r o m e d ia , In c . A N IM A T IO N STR EA M Registration B u ffe t Lunch: K e y n o te Speaker: Rob Burgess, D ig ita l Tech nolo gies in Classical A n im a tio n ? ? ? Francisco Dal Cueto, Toon Boom Technologies Scientific V is u a liza tio n Jay Ingram, ©discovery.ca Rob Harvie, University of Toronto Dr. Chad Gubala, University of Toronto Andrew Paskauskas, Sheridan College Lead in g -E d g e C o n tac t C entre M anagem ent Slavo Johnson, Beil Contact Centre Solutions Glenn Gray, Graycom Analysis Vu Ngo, Ardexus Corporation 3:15 - 4:45 pm 3 -D A n im a tio n S o ftw a re D e v e lo p m e n ts Kim Davidson, Side Effects Software, Catapult Productions Athomas Goldberg, Improv Technologies Kevin Tureski, Alias IWavefront V irtu a l R e a lity in E ducation a n d T rain in g Sarah Inkpen, PiWorks Dr. W.P. Olivier, Random Access Multimedia, Inc. Hat Swann, inspireinc.com. Zoom and Go Ltd. E m b e d d e d Technologies: T h e Fu tu re Bill Buxton, AliasIWavefront O C TO B ER 27 8:30 - 10 am Digital M ed ia Professionals: On th e Edge Peter Mosley, m a r c h F I R S T Luigi Ferrara, D e s i g n B lee d in g E dge o f D ig ita l Visual Effects Stan Szymnaski, Sony Pictures Imageworks Bob Munroe, CO.R.E. Digital Pictures Inc. Steve Williams, Pandemonium E xchange Plenary Session: Sponsored by The O n ta rio M in istry o f Energy, Science and Technology 10:15-11:45 am V is u a liz a tio n a n d S im u la tio n in E ngineering Narinder Bains, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. Jeff Brum, Fakespace Systems Inc. T h e In te rn e t: G ran d M e d iu m o f N e w s M e d ia Sandy McKean, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Martin Byrne, National Post Online 11:45 a m -1 :1 5 pm 1:30 - 3 pm Lunch CG 4 Kids' P ro g ra m m in g Rob Aitchison, TVA International Scott Dyer, Nelvana ltd. John Mariella. C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Inc. Mark Mayerson, Catapult Productions N e w M e d ia a n d M e d ic in e Nicholas Woolridge, Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto Jodie Jenkinson, Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto W e b D esign: Users, Uses a n d U s a b ility Sean Patrick, CyberSight Ltd. Catharine Devlin, Devlin Applied Design Karin Trgovac, Integrated Communications and Entertainment (ICE) Gail Leija, i2 3:15-4:45 pm Tools fo r A n im a tin g th e W e b Francisco Del Cueto, Toon Boom Technologies Ted lannuzzi, Cycore Canada In te ra c tiv e D a ta Exchange: Faster T h a n th e S peed o f Light Mario Trivieri, Cisco Systems Canada C o lla b o ra tiv e A u th o rin g fo r N e w M e d ia David Reid, e-Motion Inc. 5 pm R e c e p tio n fo llo w e d b y D in n e r a n d S c re e n in g * . O C TO B ER 28 8 :3 0 - 10 a.m. S to ry te llin g fo r th e D ig ita l A g e Geoffrey Shea, Unscrambled David Hewlett Darkyi New Media Stacey Spiegel. Immersion Studios Eric Armstrong, Sony Pictures Imageworks Enabling th e A rchitects and D esigners o f th e Future Douglas Birkenshaw. Bregman Hamann Architects Scott Grant Hetherington Welch Design e-Business In cu b atio n Kathrine Brown, Liberty Village New Media Centre Sabaa Quao, X Corporation Jerry Garcia, Andersen Consulting 10:15-11:45 a.m. Fu tu re O p p o rtu n itie s in N e w M e d ia Scott Merrett, Ecards.com Inc. Greg Rubidge, RareMedium HDTV, In te ra c tiv e Television a n d D ig ita l Television Phil Keeling, Cocos & Keeling Inc. Richard Leiterman, Sheridan College Patrick Whittingham, Sony of Canada Ltd. N e tw o rk A rc h ite ctu re fo r e-Business Roberta J. Fox. Fox-Hoey Consulting Inc. Mauro Lollo, Unis Lumin Inc. 11:45-1:30 p.m. C ap sto n e Speaker: Paul H o ffe rt F u ll C o n fe re n c e Fee: $ 4 00* ` D in n e r F rid a y N ig h t O p tio n a l, a d d S50 To Register or For More Information w w w .sh erid an c.o n .ca/scaet/d ig italm ed ia.h tm l Call 905.845-9430, ex t. 2783 Fax 905.815-4042 Em ail: bernice.fehr@ sheridanc.on.ca -s t f 2000 Canada Part of the Great Canadian Animation and Multimedia Celebration