Events

April 10
Advanced E-mail Marketing Seminar, Toronto: www.the-cma.org

April 11
GDC Vancouver Island Rock Awards 2008 entry deadline: www.gdc.net

April 13 to 17
Splice, Toronto York / Sheridan Design Graduate Show: www.splicetogether.ca

April 14 to 15
Design Thinking: New Challenges for Designers, Managers and Organizations, International DMI Education Conference, Paris, France: www.dmi.org

April 16
Ian Brignell, The Drawn Letter, Toronto. A Type Club of Toronto event: www.typeclub.com

April 18
Rock Awards 2008 Breakfast with the Judges, Victoria, B.C.: www.gdc.net

April 20 to 22
FITC Toronto 2008 (formerly Flash in the Can), the design and technology festival: www.fitc.ca

April 24 to 25
Sheridan 2008 Illustration Grad Show, Toronto: sheridanheadlines.ca

April 25
The Art of the Pitch workshop, Toronto. Presented by the Institute of Communication Agencies: www.ica-ad.com

April 29
Patrick Griffin, Canada Type, Toronto. Presented by the Type Club of Toronto: www.typeclub.com

April 29 to May 1
InDesign and Creative Suite conferences, Toronto: www.mogo-media.com

April 30 to May 1
Cre8 Conference, Orlando. Presented by Aquent Graphics Institute in coordination with the sixth annual Adobe Acrobat and PDF conference: www.cre8summit.com

May 2
Adobe Design Achievement Awards submission deadline: www.adobe.com/education/adaa

May 6
Portfolio Night 6, various locations internationally. Junior portfolios reviewed by the world’s top creative directors: www.portfolionight.com

May 7
Workshop: Adobe Flash for Designers, presented by RGD Ontario, Toronto: www.rgdontario.com

May 8
Stefan Sagmeister, Edmonton. Presented by GDC Alberta North chapter: www.gdcabnorth.net

May 9
Workshop: Gourmet Typography, presented by RGD Ontario, Toronto: www.rgdontario.com

May 12 to 14
Canadian Marketing Association National Convention and Trade Show, Toronto: www.the-cma.org/convention

May 15 to 18
European Design Week, Stockholm. A series of design exhibitions, presentations, awards and receptions: www.ed-awards.com

May 18 to 21
How Design Conference, Boston: www.howconference.com

May 20
Wolda, the worldwide logo design annual entry deadline: www.wolda.org

May 20 to 22
Mesh08 web conference and workshops, Toronto: www.meshconference.com

May 21
From Print to Pixel, Toronto. Type Club of Toronto Speakers’ Night, moderated by Dan Brill of Graphic Exchange magazine: www.typeclub.com

May 24
Rock Awards Gala and Awards Presentation, Victoria, B.C.: www.gdc.net

May 26
Lecture: Why Are There 284 Holes In My New Shoes? RGD Ontario, Toronto: www.rgdontario.com

June 2 to 4
Mags University 2008, Toronto. Magazine publishing and design conference: www.magsu.com

June 7 to 8
Power to Empowerment: Critical Literacy in Visual Culture. Presented by the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts & Design, Dallas: www.nsead.org

June 7 to 15
World Washi Summit, Japanese paper festival, Toronto:
www.worldwashisummit.com

June 11 to 13
20th DMI International Brand Design Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio: www.dmi.org

June 17 to 20
CGOverdrive computer graphics event, Singapore: www.cgoverdrive.com

July 15 to 20
TypeCon 2008, Buffalo, New York: www.typecon.com

October 8
AIGA Design Conference, Memphis, Tennessee: www.aiga.org

October 23 to 25
Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference, New York: www.aiga.org

October 28 to 30
DesignThinkers 2008, Toronto: www.rgdontario.com

November 22 to 24
Design City Show, Toronto. Canada’s expo for graphic designers: www.designcityshow.com

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