While most of this year is history, I hope you are ready, willing and able to celebrate the best days yet to come. Are you focused on sharpening your skills for the new year ahead? If so, some of the world's most stellar organizers are readying to unleash spectacular events guaranteed to blow minds and expand horizons, from all points on the globe. Indeed, festivals celebrating mankind's greatest achievements in science, entertainment and fun are just around the corner, if you dive into 2018's last batch of Ultimate Events while the getting is good.

Follow this link to learn about the official parties set for Rise Festival, kicking off 15 Dec.: Rise Festival 2018

December Events
. 28-30 | Asian Animation Summit, Seoul
. 28-30 | Experiential Designers & Producers Association Access Conference & Summit, Naples, Florida
. 28 Nov. - 9 Dec. | Singapore International Film Festival
. 29 Nov. - 3 Dec. | Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest
. 29 Nov. - 2 Dec. | Polaris Festival, Verbier
. 30 Nov. - 1 Dec. | StartCon, Sydney
. 1 | Spotlight: React 2018, Toronto
. 1 | zoukOut Festival, Siloso Beach
. 1 | World AIDS Day
. 3-5 | CMO Insight Summit, Hilton Head
. 3-4 | Ignition: Media, Tech & Transformation, NYC
. 4-7 | SIGGRAPH Asia Conference & Exhibition, Tokyo
. 5-7 | Social Fresh, Winter Park
. 5 | Variety Innovate AI & Data Science in Media, LA
. 5-9 | UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami Beach
. 6-9 | Art Basel, Miami Beach
. 6-9 | Fête des Lumières, Lyon
. 6 | Most Contagious, London
. 7-9 | WordCamp US, Nashville
. 9-12 | XLIVE, Las Vegas
. 10 | Digiday Hot Topic: Influencer Marketing, Tokyo
. 10-12 | Digiday Brand Summit, Palm Springs
. 12 | CDO Summit, San Francisco
. 12-16 | Holidaze, Puerto Moreles, Mexico
. 12 | Most Contagious, NYC
. 12-14 | TNW Hard Fork Decentralized, London
. 13-16 | Wonderfruit, Pattaya
. 15-22 | Rise Festival, Les 2 Alpes
. 28-29 | Lights All Night, Dallas
. 29-31 | Rhythm and Vines, Gisborne
. 29-31 | SnowGlobe Music Festival, South Lake Tahoe
. 30 Dec. - 1 Jan. | Edinburgh's Hogmanay
. 31 | Marina Bay Singapore Countdown

Featured Video: Bientôt la Fête des Lumières 2018 - Ville de Lyon

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