Wellesley Native Brings 25,000 International CG Experts to Massachusetts.BOSTON -- John C. Finnegan, a long-time Wellesley resident and a 1980 graduate of Wellesley High School Wellesley High School is a public high school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, educating grades 9 through 12. Its current principal is Dr. Andrew Kehough, who assumed the position in 2007 after the retirement of Ms. Rena Mirkin [1]. , is bringing an estimated 25,000 leading computer graphic professionals to Boston for SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community 2006, July 31-August 3rd at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]SIGGRAPH is the industry's most respected technical and creative program, and the world's largest exhibition focusing on research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and the Web. Newsweek recently decreed SIGGRAPH as the "Woodstock of computer graphics and interactive techniques." E[acute accent]Finnegan, the SIGGRAPH 2006 Conference Chair, attended the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. in Amherst as an undergraduate and is now associate professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. . He has authored two books on Web design and development and is currently co-authoring a third book on Acting for Animators: Storytelling, Imagination and Analysis. E[acute accent]"SIGGRAPH is returning to Boston for the first time since 1989," stated Finnegan. "Having grown up here, I'm thrilled to bring the conference back home, and given the Northeast's commitment to science, research, art, and industry, it is a natural fit for SIGGRAPH. We are excited to bring the best in film, art, science, research and production under one roof with a common goal of making tremendous leaps for the benefit of technology and the public as a whole." E[acute accent]For more information or to schedule an interview with John Finnegan, contact Brian_Ban@siggraph.org or visit www.siggraph.org/s2006. E[acute accent]SIGGRAPH 2006 will bring an estimated 25,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals from six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. to Boston, USA for the industry's most respected technical and creative programs focusing on research, entertainment, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and the web from 30 July to 3 August 2006. SIGGRAPH 2006 includes a three-day exhibition of products and services from the computer graphics and interactive marketplace from 1-3 August 2006. More than 250 international exhibiting companies are expected. Registration for the conference and exhibition is open to the public. E[acute accent]ACM SIGGRAPH
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