13th Flashforward Features Digital Visionaries

13th Flashforward Features Digital Visionaries SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Flashforward and the Flash(TM) Film Festival (April 6-8), the world's first and largest gathering of Flash users, announced today more than 70 confirmed speakers for the San Francisco conference to be held April 6-8. Speakers include digital and design visionaries Matthew Carter, legendary type designer; Stefan Sagmeister, renown graphic designer; Laurence Lessig, digital rights attorney; and Ze Frank, Website humorist and developer. Flashforward, created by lynda.com and United Digital Artists, and sponsored by Macromedia, the creator of the Flash(TM) application, is the world's premier Flash event, and has been attended by more than 20,000 Flash developers and designers. The San Francisco conference, the 13th Flash event in five years, features three jam-packed days of workshops, seminars, technology showcases, exhibitions, networking receptions and the Flash(TM) Film Festival, honoring the best Flash creations in 15 categories including animation, video, 3D, original sound, and art. Among the Flashforward visionary presenters in San Francisco: - Stefan Sagmeister, brilliant New York City graphic designer whose clients have included Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Pat Matheny, Talking Heads and the Guggenheim Museum. - Matthew Carter, the legendary type designer who created scores of original fonts including the popular Helvetica, Bell Centennial and Microsoft's Verdana. - Ze Frank, the New York City comedian whose Website, zefrank.com, showcases irreverent and humorous writing, games, interactive toys, videos and collaborative online social spaces. - Laurence Lessig, the Stanford Law School professor is one of the world's leading legal experts on copyright and the Internet. The Flashforward line-up of Flash developers and designers includes Pete Barr-Watson (Pixelfury); Brendan Dawes (magneticNorth); John Davey (Develop Ltd.); Chris Harding (Hallmark Cards); Martin Hughes (wefail); Garrett Nantz (Big Spaceship); Nader Nejat (Omega Media); Noel Saabye (Cartoon Network); Grant Skinner (gskinner.com); Evan Spiridellis (JibJab Media); Jared Tarbell (levitated.net), and more... The entire program and list of speakers is posted on the Flashforward Website at < http://www.flashforwardconference.com/ >. Flashforward 2005 San Francisco sponsors include: GOLD SPONSOR: Macromedia BRONZE SPONSORS: Curious Labs, Electric Rain, IntroNetworks, Macromedia Press, Metaliq, New Riders Publishing, and Peachpit Press MEDIA SPONSORS: Animation Magazine and MX Developer's Journal To register for Flashforward 2005 San Francisco at early registration price of $599: online: < http://www.flashforwardconference.com/ > email: < registration@flashforwardconference.com > call: toll free 1-877-4-FLASH-4 (1-877-435-2744) - in the US and Canada (001-805-640-6679 outside the US and Canada) For press accreditation and other information contact Kevin Skoglund at < kevin@flashfowardconference.com >. Source: Flashforward CONTACT: Kevin Skoglund of Flashforward, +1-212-677-1858, kevin@flashfowardconference.com Web site: http://www.flashforwardconference.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment