Under the background of international financial crisis, the diagnostic and treatment instruments, as the uppermost export products in Chinese medical instrument industry, had kept two digital growths in the exports in 2008. The total imports and exports of the medical instruments in China reached 16.28 billion USD, up by 28.21% year on year, in which the export amounts were 11.067 billion USD, up by 31.46% and the import amounts were 5.216 billion USD, up by 21.81%, 5.851 billion USD of trade surplus, extended by 1.718 billion USD compared with the same period of previous years.

Generally speaking, the medical products belong to the inelasticity consumption products, less affected by the macro-economy situation. In the developed countries especially in European Union, the medical costs are paid by the state finance or social commercial insurance. The influences of international financial crisis on them are lagging. Therefore, the demands for Chinese diagnostic and treatment instruments in the global market remain strong.

Besides, the financial crisis also brings unexpected opportunities for Chinese medical instrument industry. In the 4-trillion-Yuan investments for expanding the domestic demands issued by Chinese government, near tens of billions of Yuan are specially used to perfect the medical conditions in the rural, which means the domestic medical instruments will enter the rural market where were not involved before. Also, the financial crisis makes the European and American equipment buyers have to choose Chinese medical instruments, which are low in price and good in quality.

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In 2008, there were 21,300 enterprises in China operating the exports of the medical instruments, and only eight of them exceeded the export amounts of hundred million US dollars, accounting for 0.04%, four companies more compared with 2007, five of which were joint ventures or wholly funded enterprises. There were 161 enterprises exceeding the export amounts of tens of millions of US dollars, accounting for 0.76%, 33 companies more compared with 2007. There were total 1,529 enterprises with the export amounts exceeding the millions of US dollars, accounting for 7.22%, newly added 320 enterprises compared with 2007. Near 92% enterprises were below the export amounts of million of US dollars, which means that Chinese medical instrument operation enterprises are small and sparsely distributed, the general scale of Chinese medical instrument industry is in the starting stage.

At present, most medical organizations in Chinese rural areas are short of the fundamental medical instruments and over 70% health centers in the towns need constructing. There are huge demands for the medical instruments in these areas.

In the end of 2008, GE, the international medical instrument production giant, announced that it would set up the Sino-Foreign joint ventures through GE China Company and Shandong Xinhua Medical Instrument Co., Ltd, which would be engaged in providing more and high quality universal medical scientific products for China and the global basic medical market. GE also announced that it would invest more in Chinese rural medical market and 5 new variety rural medical products will be released in 2010.

As a matter of fact, many multinational medical instrument production giants tried to enter Chinese medium and low-end medical instrument market. In June 2006, Philips had jointly established a medical equipment research and production organization with Neusoft Corporation, mainly aiming at Chinese local market. Carestream Health launched the digital diagnostic and treatment instrument exhibition in the rural areas all over the country from 2006 through integrating the medical instruments and solution plans in the new rural areas and communities. Siemens and Philips, the production giants of the radiography equipments, had started to extend towards the downstream products.

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Born in South Africa in 1955, no one ever imagined that a little boy, with an accent and a harmonica, could make such a presence in the music world. This world-renown artist has signed with recording companies in countries from Brazil to the United Kingdom, and has never ceased to amaze and inspire his fans, despite the difference of cultures and backgrounds of the people in the countless countries in which he performs. Although the peak of his career was decades ago, he recently won the Peter Whittingham Award for his irreplaceable contributions to the jazz genre of music. But even after this historic honor, Adam Glasser continues to create delightful music for fans across the world. His most recent album, Free at First, released in 2009, contains some of the most unique, inspiring, and enthusiastic music ever to hit the world of jazz.

Despite becoming an influential artist in the realm of American jazz, Glasser remains true to his South African roots and often incorporates native beats and rhythms into his modern music. In one particular track from Free at First, “Maos de Afeto,” which translates to “Day to Remember,” you can really feel the African culture and influences from Johannesburg, which sets Glasser apart from every other jazz artist in the world. These smooth and tribal beats only exemplify Glasser’s skill and ability to adapt to modern times while still maintaining parts of his heritage.

In addition to the influences of African culture in his music, Adam Glasser still maintains an independent musical personality through his unique choice of instruments. In addition to the piano, keyboard, trumpets and horns that are normally used when composing jazz music, Glasser has taken up playing the harmonica in his songs. This intriguing yet semi-odd choice of instrument adds another dimension to the songs he produces, giving the listener a new, multilateral approach to jazz music, taking the norm and turning it into to something exciting and revolutionary.

In numerous tracks on Free at First the harmonica provides new rhythmic elements not normally heard by jazz fans and has inspired many to find jazz composers that use international influences in their work. Indeed, the little boy with the harmonica from South Africa has changed the world of American jazz forever, permanently leaving his mark in the music industry.

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This year’s Chicago Underground Film Festival, September 10-17, follows past festival blueprint in which selected films often ignore limitations of genre, and which alternative music films, political agitprop, formal experimentation, and high camp are not uncommon elements of the Festival program. During the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, September 10-17, everyone is invited to Yonge-Dundas Square (YDS) for a playful and dynamic line-up of free screenings, concerts, performances, guest appearances, and special events. The TriMedia Film Festival has an innovative “tri-media” focus, with independent film, TV pilots/specials, and live theatre, rated a PG-13 or equivalent rating limit, and screenings and exhibit entries from all over the world. Festivities running September 11-13 in Fort Collins, open with a Double Feature and VIP Celebrity Party. At the West Coast Documentary and Reality Conference in Santa Monica, there are two areas of professional interest that are designated: The Documentary Village and The Reality Village. The third day of the conference, which runs September 14-16, will be entirely devoted to PitchFest, a live presentation for Documentary and Reality producers to pitch new concepts to network and development executives for potential acquisition. At a Film Finance Forum East, set to run September 16-17 in New York, speaking faculty discuss how to minimize risk when financing films; provide the latest updates on tax incentives and tax credits; address financing strategies and structures; and address effective distribution trends and brand integration resources to lower costs and increase revenue streams.

The Florida Media Market, September 16-20 in Orlando, is an annual market for film, documentary, television and media deal-making whose goal is to educate and build a platform where independent film and media makers meet with international buyers, distributors and production companies to buy, sell and network. Rosanne Cash will be the subject of the Americana Music Association’s Festival & Conference 2009 Keynote Interview, conducted by author/journalist Michael Streissguth, when the Convention gathers in Nashville, September 16-19. The First Annual Martha’s Vineyard Songwriters Festival, running September 18-19, will combine pop and country BMI hit makers in exclusive live music lineups and intimate settings, adopting the same approach of the Key West Songwriters Festival. Formerly known as IFP Market, Independent Film Week is an ongoing showcase in New York for the discovery of new projects in development and new voices on the independent film scene. From September 19-24, among conference highlights, are select scenes from IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs uncovering next year’s film festival circuit from IFP’s Documentary & Narrative Rough Cut Labs. The New York Television Festival is held annually each fall (September 21-26) in New York City, and along with the Independent Pilot Competition, the Festival features panel discussions, premiere screenings, and other special events designed to honor television as an institution and art form. The International Bluegrass Music Association presents its annual business conference for the bluegrass music industry with artist showcases, an exhibit hall with more than 100 booths, professional development seminars, member constituency meetings, and more, all happening September 28 through October 4 in Nashville. The Business of Entertainment is a two-part workshop on September 30 in Minneapolis that addresses: “Best Practices in Production Payroll Management,” outlining best practices in production payroll management; and “Before The Camera Rolls”, an interactive primer on production scheduling and budgeting.

The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, as well as on The Actor’s Checklist podcast blog. Follow the posting of the news summary on Twitter at: twitter.com/actorschecklist. This month on the video news summary you will again see a dynamic array of artists in performance of film and music. These videos are now available on the Free Home Video Showcase which now serves as an archive for all past video presentations but without the audio news narration. The Actor’s Checklist is proud announce the return of the photo gallery which you can visit to upload valuable head shots or other photos of your choice, create profiles, and use your pictures or others found on the gallery as ecards which you can email to friends and associates with messages.

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As the Aruba International Film Festival gets underway June 4, opening night will be “Island Chic” themed with a relaxed, lounge and chic ambiance on the beach surrounded by fire pits and torches, food stations, open bar and live entertainment that will include a screening of Hachiko, A Dog’s Tale, starring Richard Gere, who will also take part in the Festival’s “In Conversations With” series. Running until June 11, the festival will also include a Latin Night and a Bollywood Night, where the ballroom of the Aruba Marriott Resort in Santa Cruz will be converted in a Bollywood venue, decorated with draped ceilings, lounges and colorful mandalas, with an exotic menu served ” family style”, open bar with a noted Bombay DJ, and live performance drawn from Oscar winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, directed by the film’s choreographer. International Animated Film Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year during the festival which runs June 7-12 in Annecy. The International Animation Film Market (Mifa) runs alongside the Festival and opens with a cocktail sip at Brasserie du Parc de l’Impérial Palace. And at a DreamWorks master class, followed by a DreamWorks Animation recruitment session, Sion Otto and Kristof Serrand bring you behind the scenes of a atypical DreamWorks film.

The IFP Independent Filmmaker Narrative Lab is a program in Brooklyn, from June 7-11, supporting first-time feature directors with low-budget, independently produced films at the crucial rough cut/post production stage. The Labs are an intensive, free mentorship program providing professional and creative guidance to directors. CONNECTIONS: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase is an executive event taking place in Santa Clara, June 8-10, focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions, offering recommendations for new business models and opportunities in digital media/content, connected consumer electronics, broadband and value-added services, and home systems. SCENEPR is hosting a panel for Internet Week New York to explore Social Media’s influence on both on Film and Television, and how social media is used to launch films, build social communities around TV series and films. Following “The Socialization of Film,” the program of which is a panel/Q&A moderated by Brian Reich, a free (RSVP needed) after-party follows until midnight at SoHo restaurant/lounge, Delicatessen. The Billboard Country Music Summit opens June 7-8 in Nashville, and is co-presented by the Country Music Association. In a key event, Grammy Award-winning Kansas native Martina McBride takes part in a Keynote Q&A interview with Wade Jessen, Senior Chart Manager, Billboard, discussing her career, her take on the current state of the music business, and her personal observations about career longevity.

The Country Music Association actually begins it’s own CMA Music Festival a couple days later, opening June 10-13, also in Nashville. The festival is broken into activity zones with a lot to do, including the Greased Lightning Fan Fair Hall where fans can connect with the country music artists they admire. Taylor Swift will be hosting “Taylor Swift’s 13-Hour Meet & Greet” at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena during the Festival. Half of the proceeds from CMA Music Festival  have been earmarked as support for public school education, but the remaining 50% will aid flood victims from the recent flooding. The American Theatre Wing’s 2010 Tony Awards® honoring exemplary feats of the stage will be held in New York on June 13. The Black-Tie only ceremony will have a live telecast over the CBS Network starting at 8 pm ET, and Sean Hayes, the star of  Promises, Promises, and Will & Grace, will host the Awards. At the Banff World Television Awards, opening June 13-16 in Alberta, the Drama categories at this year’s Rockies Awards will now expand to include Soap Operas, and three Francophone categories will be added to the roster. And this year at Banff’s Canwest Showrunner Training Program, up to five experienced series writers will be chosen to participate in the program which provides further insight into the demands of producing series television.

Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York launches its SUMMERFEST 2010, where over 350 plays and over 1700 theatre artists have participated. Among selected playwrights offerings, Curveball, by Brendan Burke, is a one act play about a young couple, one of them a former star baseball player, coming to terms with the end of their youth amid the recent banking crisis. Another production of the play will be presented at the Strawberry One Act Festival at nearby St. Clements Church in August. There is an “Opening Twilight Reception” at Hotel Wallea, a “Starry Night MoonDance following at Tommy Bahama Tropical Cafe, and Zac Efron, the star of Disney’s “High School Musical” will accept the Maui Film festival’s Shining Star Award to open the Maui Film Festival in Kahului, June 16-20. As before, the Emerald Golf Course will be available to golfers, and one-on-one or small group private Maui surf lessons and adventures created especially for festival goers will be available. North by Northeast is celebrating its 16th year as an annual Toronto showcase and showcase for the best new music and music-related films — screening music movies, from concert classics to the latest indie docs. “FM USA” – The NXNE Music Meeting will offer insight into the inner workings of some of America’s most influential radio programs, and in “SOCAN – The Mountains and Revenue Streams”, a panel of experts will discuss their experiences in both writing songs, and making money from them.

Los Angeles Film Festival, organized by the non-profit Film Independent organization, runs June 17-27, and fields 200 features, shorts, and music videos, from more than 40 countries, including the Pat Tillman documentary, The Tillman Story, Focus Feature’s The Kids Are All Right, and Revolución,, a collaboration by ten renowned Mexican filmmakers. LAFF also carries over its usual offerings of the Filmmaker Retreat, Ford Amphitheater Outdoor Screenings, Poolside Chats. Eighth Film Palace Festival happens this year June 19-26, in the Black Sea town and resort of Balchik in Southern Dobruja, within the former summer residence of the Romanian queen Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh. Film Palace puts an emphasis on aiding the professional contacts between showcasing filmmakers and producers through workshops and Film Market: where submitters show their films to buyers and programmers via the Market Video Library. The Sexy International Paris Film Festival’s (SIPFF) opens in Paris, from June 20-27, and its goals are to discover, promote and screen the best independent films from around the world that explore the themes of “Sexy” — sexuality, love, marriage, divorce, lust, romance, seduction, relationships and the erotic — by both jury panel and audience voting. To be sure, The festival follows a code of ethic, with the festival being porn-free and smut-free.

Spike Lee will be on hand at this year’s American Black Film Festival in Miami, June 23-26, to discuss various aspects of developing a film from the vantage point of his 25+ years of experience as a writer/director. The Opening Night Party sponsored by BET Networks happens at Klutch Nightclub, a Film Life Tenth Anniversary Party occurs June 24  at the Fontainbleau Hotel, and there is a closing ABFF Honors Award After Party. As in years past, BET and HBO will have a strong presence at this year’s ABFF program. The JazzAscona New Orleans & Classics festival, devoted to classical and mainstream jazz, transforms the area of the Ascona lakefront with its Mediterranean climate into a European New Orleans, providing ten days of great jazz, running June 24 to July 4, with sprinkles of blues, R&B, soul, Latin rhythms, funk, played by 40 bands of 250 musicians from all over the world and especially from New Orleans. Noted bass player Gordon Edwards will debut at JazzAscona, joining with his New York-based band, “Stuff”, singer Roy Bennett, and introducing tenor saxophonist EZra Brown, performing R&B and soul music of the 1960s and 1970s.

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One can not only watch Guitar performances but may also attend a range of free and low cost workshops, artist’s talks, panel discussions, and master discussions. This festival promises to resonate with guitar devotees, curious spectators and fans of many musical styles from around the globe. This event is holding for the very first time in Australia and tickets can be purchased at official website of the festival. This show will provide an opportunity for emerging players to be heard and given exposure on an international stage. A large number of cheap flights to Adelaide will be reserved to join this event till the mid of November. This Guitar competition is one of the world’s most prestigious competitions.

Just like all other popular Adelaide festivals, Adelaide International Guitar Festival is produced and organized by the Adelaide Festival Centre. Hopefully it will be combining the very best of classical and fine art guitar festivals with a broad range of genres. All the audiences taken cheap Adelaide flights will be guaranteed of getting a unique experience of Classical, Brazilian, Flamenco, World, Roots, Contemporary Fusion and Songwriting. From classical to Flamenco, roots, jazz and world music, the best guitarists from around the globe will be gathering in at Adelaide Festival Center to honor “Guitar”. The facilities of bar, car park, first aid equipment, kiosk, and shop / kiosk will be provided on the venue. It will also welcome disabled persons with special facilities of Assistance, Dedicated Parking, Access, and Special Toilets. All the people including children and disabled taking flights to Adelaide from UK and all other world wide destinations will be able to attend this event. Various performances will be holding on different dates and times that can be confirmed in advance from website or Festival center.

Although the largest medical instrument markets are America, Europe and Japan now in the world, China is generally acknowledged the hugest potential market. In the developed countries, the output values between medical instruments and manufacture are 1: 19. It is only 1: 5 in China. There is a huge potential for medical instrument market in China.

The direction of Chinese medical system reform is fundamentally clear. The government will increase the investment in the constructions of public hygiene systems, community systems in urban areas and rural grass-root medical hygiene systems. It can be predicted that Chinese medical instrument market will be in a period of rapid growth in two to three years.

At present, the overall world faces the serious strikes of financial crisis. But investment opportunities still exist under international financial crisis. Because the developed countries are affected by the international financial crisis, they are bound to reduce the public welfare budgets and they have reached the agreements to find excellent quality and reasonable price substitutes, which provides growth opportunities for Chinese medical instruments.  

From the part of previous history, medicine industry showed their resistance to reduction in the economic depression period because of its fixed consumers. China was a large production and export country of medium and low quality diagnostic equipments, medical dressing and low and medium valued consumables in the world. Many varieties occupied comparative advantages in the international market. Some products had dominated a certain market share in the international market. It was impossible to replace them with substitutes from other countries in a short time. So far, Chinese medicine industry is comparatively steady under the influence of international financial crisis, keeping comparatively high profits in medical instrument industry. It is predicted that more attentions from domestic and international investors will be paid to Chinese medical instrument industry.

The author of this report paid attention to the development of Chinese Medical Instrument Industry for a long time and investigated into Chinese Medical Instrument Industry to write this report citing abundant valuable second -hand information.

More following information can be obtained in this report:

- Production of Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

-Analysis on the Domestic Demands of Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

- Imports and Exports of Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

- Development of Sub-sectors in Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

- Competitions in Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

- Major Competitive Manufacturers and Their Operations of Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

- Influences of International Financial Crisis on Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

- Development Trends of Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

Summary

At present, Chinese medical instrument industry is in its fast growth period, annual growth speed higher than the whole development level of medicine industry. China has been the third largest medical instrument market after America and Japan. In 2008, the market scale of Chinese medical instrument industry was about 10 billion USD, the annual growth speed past 10%, in which the sales growth speed of high quality medical instruments was over 20%.

But the market scale of Chinese medical instrument only accounts for about 10% of the whole medical manufactures, much lower than the international average level of 40%. Chinese medical instrument manufacturers are 13 thousand, most of which are medium and small companies. 

From the end of 2008, Chinese government increased the investments in basic public hygiene networks. Undoubtedly, it would bring development space for medical instrument producers. Government policies are preferential to fundamental medical organizations. Demands for low and medium quality medical instruments were rising by. The major points of medical reform were the perfection of fundamental medical hygiene service systems, speeding up the constructions of rural township clinics, county clinics and community hygiene service organizations in the cities. With more diagnostics in the community hygiene service organizations in the cities, the problems of difficulty and high cost of getting medical could be solved.

In recent years, not only patients but also medical sources would transfer from hospitals to community hygiene service centers and township clinics, driving the demands for low and medium quality medical instruments. During 2005-2008, the number of community hygiene service centers realized the growth speed of more than 20% under the circumstances of reduction in the total Chinese medical organizations. 

Under the circumstances of international financial crisis, diagnostic and cure instruments, as the major Chinese medical export instruments, kept a fast growth in 2008. The total export revenues of Chinese medical instruments were 11.07 billion USD with a YOY growth of 31.5%.

Medical products belong to inelastic consumption products. Generally speaking, they are comparatively less influenced by macro-economy, especially in developed countries, such as European Union. Most medical costs are paid by state revenues and social commercial insurance. Therefore, the demands for Chinese diagnostic and cure equipments are still high in the international market.

In 2008, the total import and export revenues of Chinese medical instruments reached to 16.28 billion USD, rising by 28.21% year on year. The export revenues were 11.067 billion USD, increased by 31.46%. The import revenues were 5.216 billion USD with a YOY growth of 21.81%. The medical instrument trade continually kept a trade surplus of 5.851 billion USD.

In 2008, Chinese medical instruments exported to 217 countries and regions. The top five trade partners of Chinese medical instruments were America, Japan, Germany, Hong Kong and Great Britain, accounting for 53.55%, turning down 1.58% compared with 2007. Among the top 20 export revenues of Chinese medical instruments in 2008, Brazil was the country with the largest export growth, reaching to 77.24%.

In 2008, China imported 5.216-billion USD medical instruments from 98 countries and regions, increased by 21.82% year on year. The import volumes from Europe were 2.009 billion USD, rising by 22.78% year on year. The import volumes from Asia were 1.545 billion USD with a YOY growth of 24.36%. The import volumes from North America were 1.543 billion USD, increased by 16.55% year on year. The import volumes from America were 1.5 billion USD, growing by 16.09%. The import volumes from Germany were 955 million USD, increased by 22.44%. The import volumes from Japan were 900 million USD, rising by 24.75%.

Among Chinese import medical instruments, the import volumes of 15 types were over billion USD, five more compared with 2007. 41 types passed the import volumes of hundred million USD, three more compared with 2007. China mainly imported high quality diagnostic equipments and lab equipments so as to fill the blank in Chinese high quality medical instrument market.

Chinese diagnostic and cure equipments, medical dressing and consumables had strong price advantages in the world market. In 2008, the export revenues of Chinese diagnostic and cure equipments reached to 3.616 billion USD, rising by 31.64% year on year. The export revenues of medical dressing were 3.113 billion USD, growing by 29.4% year on year. The export revenues of consumables were 1.854 billion USD, increased by 30.08% year on year.

Among the diagnostic and cure equipments, the export volumes over billion USD concluded: the export volumes of CT were 228 million USD, rising by 49.36% year on year. The export volumes of colored ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus were 203 million USD, increased by 51.54%. The export volumes of nuclear magnetic resonance therapy apparatus were 158 million USD, growing by 79.76%. The export volumes of type-B ultrasonic apparatus were 109 million USD, rising by 5.88%. The export volumes of patient monitoring apparatus were 154 million USD, rising by 26.39%.

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The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macau SAR Government presents the 22nd Macau International Music Festival (MIMF) from October 5th to November 2nd, 2008.

The Macau International Music Festival, since decades, has been bringing internationally renowned artists to Macau. Every year, performances at the Macau International Music Festival are of the highest order and offer a delicate balance of Eastern and Western forms of music. Along with promoting Macau tradition and culture, the Macau International Music Festival seeks to expose the communities in Macau to diverse musical forms, and in the process enrich the cultural experience in Macau. This year the focus is on opera, symphonic, choral and chamber music, as well as contemporary, folk, pop and jazz music.

The 22nd Macau International Music Festival will see none other than Britain’s National Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra giving the opening performance. This is their first performance at the Macau International Music Festival and it will be conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Leonard Slotkin. (5/10, at the Macao Cultural Center Grand Auditorium, 8pm). It is of course common knowledge that ever since its inception by Sir Thomas Beecham, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has, under his guidance and vision, been known to perform some of the greatest compositions the music world has ever heard.

The Macau International Music Festival will also see performances by the third largest symphony orchestra in Canada – The Grammy Award Winning (2008) Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its Music Director, the British conductor Bramwell Tovey. (14/10, MCC-GA, 8pm) Joining this orchestra is the 28 year old Grammy Award winning violinist Hilary Hahn. Hilary Hahn, today, is one of the most sought after and acclaimed performers on the concert circuit.

The Macau International Music Festival promises to be more colorful and louder than ever with over seventeen different artists performing across genres as diverse as traditional, classical, pop, jazz and opera from different countries like Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, the USA, Canada, Australia and Mainland China.

Music lovers all over the world, be ready to experience Macau from a different perspective. You can enjoy the music, atmosphere and glamor while staying at a luxury Macau hotel. Macau is well known for its sophistication, so you’ll find nothing but the best in hotels such as the Sands Macao Resort Hotel.

The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences holds its annual Career Day Seminar on March 14, for college students interested in television as a career and for young professionals looking to advance in their profession. Certainly on the cutting edge, U.K. based group Crossover Play explores new forms of entertainment for digital media: the relationship between play and narrative, formats dependent on user contributions, mobile or location based entertainment with a broadcast component. It engages all this at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, March 15-20, and the group has presence on Facebook and Myspace as well. At Cable Congress ’09 in Berlin, view tomorrow’s technology and discover the latest content available at the exhibition, in addition to panels featuring top executives from Europe and the world’s leading cable, technology and media companies. Then meet your peers at the exclusive Gala Dinner, Lounge Bar, buffet lunches or coffee breaks, all taking place March 18-20. The United States Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference & Stage Expo offers over 175 sessions featuring design, technology, costume, sound, architecture, management, engineering, and production. With over 150 exhibitors the Stage Expo provides conference attendees with the opportunity to see the newest products and services on the market today, when it runs March 18-21 in Cincinnati. Chicago Filmmakers Open Screening is back in operation, and it gets going again with a March 21 start date showing practically anything of a 20 minute duration that comes through the door, except of course, for X-rated material.

The upcoming Film/TV Production & Finance Summit taking place in Los Angeles, March 23-24, tackles current challenges attached to financing a film, television or online content in the current economy, as well as to address international co-ventures between the U.S. and Canada, how to make money through branding products with your content, online distribution, as well as, how to get the Film/TV production distributed and financed by studios. The Leadership Music Digital Summit, produced by Leadership Music, an educational 501(c)(3) focused on cultivating an educated, issue-oriented music community,  conducts the Summit, March 23-25 in Nashville to identify and explore new technology opportunities, innovations, and challenges, and to foster a knowledgeable, issue-oriented, vibrant community of music professionals. At this year’s 2009 Game Developers Conference, happening March 23-27 in San Francisco, some of the party and networking functions will include: Playstation Interactive Lounge; Intel Visual Adrenaline Lounge; Game Connection Reception; IGDA Members-Only Party; ISM Charity Poker Tournament; GDC World Mixer; Booth Crawl. NXT STAGE Online & Mobile Entertainment Conference & Market, is a market conference and networking forum to discover future trends and digital content, March 24-25 in Hollywood. This years IPTV World Forum 2009 in London will continue to address the key strategic issues for telcos deploying IPTV, and will also focus on the challenges facing satellite and internet broadcasters, when it runs March 25-27. This year’s South Beach International Animation Film Festival, running March 26 – April 5, offers screenings, parties and special events taking place at a variety of venues around Miami and the Beaches, along with art exhibits, hands-on demonstrations, seminars, and workshops about the newest technology and creative software. Film, Stage & Showbiz Expo will take place March 31 in New York, and will highlight some of the following areas: film festival, designer’s showcase, focus groups, round table meetings for networking, movie reel showcase, original music showcase, headshot lane, live audition recording, and much more.

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