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The article offers information on the 2009 Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (EGPGV 2009) from March 29 to March 30, 2009 in Munich, Germany. The papers accepted for the symposium covered topics on computer graphics and visualization. Peter Shirley highlighted how desktop parallelism allows ray tracing to be an alternative to the traditional status quo of rasterization for interactive rendering while Matt Pharr identified how to control the parallel computing power of graphical architectures.

The article offers information on the Education Programme at Eurographics 2009 in Munich, Germany from March 31 to April 1, 2009. There were 12 presentations which range from a new method of teaching quaternions to teaching computer graphics in the context of theatre. W. Muto from the Drexel University presented the paper "Applications of Multitouch & Gaming Technology for the Classroom" in the games in education session. C. Larboulette of the University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain presented the "Computer Animation Curriculum: An Interdisciplinary Approach."

The article discusses the highlights of the Thirtieth General Assembly of the EUROGRAPHICS Association held at the Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany on April 1, 2009. The Chairman, Doctor Roberto Scopigno, reported that the new membership categories approved in 2008 by the General Assembly were being implemented. He also gave a report of the activities of the Association. Internal accounts and audited accounts are discussed.