The Star Challenge 2008 experts forum October 22, 2008

If you think the last 10 years of Google was revolutionary, you'll absolutely love this! Here's your chance to pick the brains of the world's top researchers as they explore the cutting edge in video and image search technology.

The Digital Movement (TDM) and The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) invites you to join us for a global technology event at the brand new science and technology hub, Fusionopolis. On the evening of 22 October 2008, TDM & A*STAR will be hosting an exclusive experts forum with the finalists of A*STAR's global multimedia search technology competition, The Star Challenge 2008, who will be in Singapore to compete in the grand finals.

Hot off the press from A*STAR, the five finalists (in alphabetical order) are teams:

1. LIG from Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France
2. LMS CTS from National University of Singapore
3. NII-KAORI from National Institute of Informatics, Japan
4. SHRC from China (includes members from Peking University)
5. UIUC-YX from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)

Join us for an exciting evening of discussion and demonstrations with the world's visionaries in multimedia search. Admission to the event is FREE so bring your friends along for a brilliant time! A networking session with free food and beverage will be made available after the event.

For inquiries please contact TDM at audience@thedigitalmovement.org