The Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment (http://ieconference.org/ie2008/), in its fifth year, is a cross-disciplinary conference that brings together researchers from artificial intelligence, audio, cognitive science, cultural studies, drama, HCI, interactive media, media studies, psychology, computer
graphics, as well as researchers from other disciplines working on new interactive entertainment specific technologies or providing critical analysis of games and interactive environments.

The conference will accept innovative submissions that present new ideas, improvements to existing techniques or provide new ways of examining, designing and using interactive entertainment technologies. All full paper and short paper submissions will be peer-reviewed by an international
program committee.

Key Note Speakers: John Passfield and Kenneth D. Forbes.

Key dates:
*   Long (up to 10 pages) and short papers (up to 6 pages) submission:
18th July
*   Demonstration abstracts (up to 3 pages): 1st August

General inquiries should be forwarded to:
ie2008@ieconference.org
Conference dates: 3 – 5 December
http://ieconference.org/ie2008/

Touring Victoria supports and enables touring activity that provides
regional and outer-metropolitan communities with access to professional
arts and cultural experiences.
Deadline: 1 August

http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/arts/funding/programs/2009/Touring_Victoria.htm

Nicolas Krassik
(The Daily Planet: Thursday 10 July 2008)
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet/stories/2008/2292599.htm
Caçuá, a word with Tupi (Indigenous Brazilian Language) origins, is a wicker or vine basket used to carry provisions. It’s also the title of Parisian-born, Rio de Janeiro-based violinist Nicolas Krassik’s fine CD with a choro trio and special guests.

Two-Faced Friday
(The Daily Planet: Friday 11 July 2008)
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyplanet/stories/2008/2294927.htm
Listening back over the last week, and forward to what’s on The Daily Planet next week.

Thierry ‘Titi’ Robin and Band from Womadelaide 2008 plus Cesaria Evora at the 1997 Brisbane Biennial
(Music Deli: Friday 11 July 2008)
URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicdeli/stories/2008/2293067.htm
In this week’s Music Deli more from the Womadelaide Festival that happened in Botanic Park Adelaide in March. From that festival, Titi Robin and his quartet. In the second part of the program, the Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora recorded in Brisbane in 1997 during her first Australian tour.
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