University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK

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Animex Awards

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The Animex International Festival of Animation (http://www.animex.net/) takes place in Middlesbrough in the North East of England annually to celebrate the Art of Computer Animation. A special session is incorporated with the EGUK’06 conference program to showcase the highlights of the Animex Student Animation Awards. The Awards are chosen by a prestigious finalist panel which have included representatives from DreamWorks, Aardman, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Ballistic Media to name but a few. The Awards have been showing the best of student animation from across the world for the past seven years

Conference Dinner

The Conference Dinner will be held at Walworth Castle, one of the country's finest historic hotels. Nestling in the idyllic countryside of County Durham, the castle is set in 18 acres of grounds and dates back to the 12th Century. One famous visitor to the Castle was King James I who, on April 14th 1603, spent the night there whilst travelling south from Scotland to London for his coronation. Featuring magnificent round towers, arrow slits and a dungeon together with stylish interiors which span from 1189 to the modern day, the castle offers a unique opportunity to sample England’s living history.