#ANIMFX09 is a conference for the Film, Animation, Visual Effects, and Game Industries. It's hosted by one of the world's leading cities for Digital Media creation - Wellington, New Zealand.

#ANIMFX09 brings together a mix of filmmakers, animators, vfx supervisors, game developers, and digital artists to discover new talent, network with leading industry executives and learn about the exciting trends in the rapidly changing landscape of the digital media industry.

Back by popular demand, #ANIMFX09 features a formidable lineup of speakers including Weta Workshop Founder and vfx supervisor Richard Taylor, Capcom Vice-President and game developer Christian Svensson, District 9 vfx supervisor Matt Aitken, Black Sheep writer-director Jonathan King and Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson.

If you're unable to attend the conference, 

1. Starting at 9:00AM GMT on Friday the 6th of November, @SiobhanBulfin and @LewisBostock will live-tweet the #ANIMFX09 conference.
2. Using CoverItLive's software, our live-tweets from the conference will live-stream into this web page, so you can hear from us immediately without refreshing the web page.
3. If you search #ANIMFX09 and click the Save a Search feature, Twitter puts a link into your right hand sidebar, so you can execute that search anytime.
4. If you subscribe to this blog's RSS feed, our blog posts, interviews, photos and videos from the conference will appear in your RSS reader.

If you're able to attend the conference,

1. If you follow @SiobhanBulfin and @LewisBostock on Twitter, you can get our tweets sent directly to your mobile phone or instant messenger. We will notify you of keynote speeches, workshops, masterclasses and networking opportunities.

The highlight of #ANIMFX09 is the Creating Digital Connections keynote stream on Friday the 6th of November. This is complemented with a series of Master Classes on Thursday the 5th of November. A two-day pass to both days represents the best value for money.