Bangkok--24 Apr--DC Consultants and Marketing Communications
Objectives :
1. To promote Thailand’s character industry from the upstream. The Bangkok Toy and Comic Convention will be the stage for the new generation of character designers to show their work, which can be applied commercially in the global market.
2. To be the place where domestic and international producers of toys, clothes, houseware and other goods as well as state organizations can find Thai characters that will be useful in their branding and communicating with the market and where they can negotiate trade with the makers.
3. To provide detailed information about graphic design and copyrights for young designers.
Location : Royal Paragon Hall 1-3
Period : 7 - 8 January 2010 (for the trade)
9 - 10 January 2010 (for the public)
Time : 10.00 - 20.00 hrs.
Number of Booths : 350
Space : 7,280 sqm.
Categories :
Toys, Characters, Comics, Games, Animation, Cosplay, Street Culture and Licensing
Exhibitors :
More than 300 companies from the United States, Europe, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Thailand, covering businesses as follow:
Manufacturers for garments and textiles for kids plus other related industry
Manufacturers for fancy and cosplay industry
Manufacturers and producers for animation and multimedia products
Manufacturers, producers and publishers in the press and media industry
Manufacturer and producers of video and audio visual plus VCD, DVD and etc.
Importers, exporters of character and related product
Manufacturers of technology in the software and digital contents industry
Manufacturers for related equipment and tools
Owners of character licensing
Character design, graphic design, visual effect compositor
Related government sectors
Related trade associations
Buyers of copyrights and intellectual property or designers of the related products
Visitors : 50,000 — 80,000 visitors from Asia, Europe and the Middle-East, consisting of:
Digital content and software operators
Character designers
Graphic designers
Students who are interested in character business
General people
Activities :
Integrated service for copyright contracting, consulting and related services
Showcasing of designers art works of the awarded characters
New creator corner
Historic character exhibition from the past up to the present
Animations product development exhibition from the past up to the present
Designers Hall of Fame
Sci-fi comic contest, Conceptual toy contest Cosplay costume contest, and character toy contest
Character fashion show & inspired photo booth
Fashion show on stage by renowned models and celebrities inspired by the well known characters
Animations films designed by Thai and international designers
Organiser : Bangkok Event and Exhibition Co.,Ltd (BEE)
2207 Veerawan Building, Charoenkrung, Road Bangkorlaem, Bangkok 10120
Tel. 662-291-3052-3, Fax. 662-291-3054
For more information, please contact:
DC Consultants and Marketing Communications Ltd
Dr. Wit Sittivaekin / Korakot Prakobkit / Patcharaporn Nipawattanawongsa /
Nitida Asawanipont
Tel. 0-2610-2336/2386/2326