Quincy Jones to Make a Guest Appearance for the 2006 ACM CIE Scholarship Awards Reception at the AFI

Los Angeles, CA (IFERS/ www.ifers.org) - In association with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and ACM Computers in Entertainment, the Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS) https://www.ifers.org will present the 2006 ACM CIE Annual Scholarship Awards Reception with the special guest appearance of the legendary Quincy Jones.

Three students from the UK and Finland will be awarded the $15,000 scholarships. Co-sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI), the event will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at the American Film Institute https://www.afi.com in Hollywood, California.

Event tickets are on sale now for $50 each online at https://www.acm.org/pubs/cie/scholarships.html All proceeds go to benefit the 2007 ACM CIE Annual Scholarships.

The live auction on the day of the event includes 1-hour individual brainstorming sessions with Alan Kay, Seamus Blackley, and Seymour Papert. Alan Kay is one of the earliest pioneers of object-oriented programming, personal computing, and graphical user interfaces. A co-creator of the Xbox gaming platform at Microsoft, Seamus Blackley is an agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Seymour Papert is considered the world's foremost expert on how technology can provide new ways for children to learn.

All donations and event ticket purchases are 100% tax deductible in accordance with the United States tax laws. ACM and IFERS are 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity organizations. For more information, visit https://www.acm.org/pubs/cie/scholarships.html