The Creative Cow West 2003 Conference & Expo is the result of the great sponsor support that we've had in our previous efforts in other events and conferences we've been a part of. We'd like to thank the many manufacturers and publishers who've encouraged us to take the plunge and make the first-ever Cow Conference & Expo a reality!

EVENT PRODUCERS:

Creative Cow is known as the  media professionals support and training site. Creative Cow's success is the outcome of over seven years of building "pro focused" forums communities on the Net, with a committment to fair play, professionalism and a standard that gives the Cow it's trademark "High Signal, Low Noise" reputation. Creative Cow's leadership team is the benchmark against which all other forum sites are compared.

MeVMedia's team of event professionals have been developing trade shows, conferences and expos since the mid-1990's. They have produced shows with attendence in the 50,000+ range and have seen gross sales through their events that ranged into many millions of dollars. The MeVMedia team is concerned that their shows serve the needs of the visitor, the expo partners and the sponsors -- that's their measure for success.

PLATINUM SPONSORS:

Adobe Systems is the maker of such highly used and innovative tools as After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, LiveMotion and GoLive -- tools that are the creative center of many studios around the globe. More creative professionals use Adobe products than any other manufacturer in the world.

Pinnacle Systems industry-leading products span a wide range of tools from the very highest levels of broadcast installation services, to powerful desktop tools like the Pinnacle Liquid and CinéWave systems. From DV to HD, Pinnacle's products empower communicators to be their best and look their best.

GOLD SPONSORS:

Promax Systems: Promax has long been one of the most respected names in digital video and is today one of the largest systems integrators in the world. From DV to HD, Promax has the tools, the experience and the support to insure that your system is right everytime.

Media 100's 844/X delivers real-time image processing - along with internal precision to support the arrangement and editing of complex audio-visual content incorporating many layers - to broadcast designers, visual effects artists, and online editors. Strikingly versatile, 844/X delivers quality and speed, at an affordable price. Freeing you to create without waiting. Enabling change and experimentation.

WEBCASTING PARTNER:

VitalStream provides services to customers wishing to broadcast audio and video content and other communications over the Internet. The Company's unique mix of services and technology enables customers to focus on their core business by outsourcing complex streaming and hosting functions to VitalStream.

MEDIA PARTNER:

eMedia is the recognized leader in the field of DVD authoring and encoding. Now, with their recent expansion into audio and video design and compositing technologies, eMedia is "The Digital Studio Magazine" for serious content creators. If you aren't receiving eMedia each month, you can visit their site and register for a free subscription.

MEDIA SPONSORS:

Filmmaker Magazine is a joint publication of the Independent Feature Project (IFP) in New York and the Independent Feature Project/West (IFP/West) in Los Angeles -- and has helped foster the growing independent film movement worldwide.