Sunday, 21 July 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Artworks produced with wireless wearable tech sensors and motion capture to harness the subtle movements of performance artists. Discussion to follow.
Maziar Ghaderi
Sunday, 21 July 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Animations and interactive media for teaching and learning, and lessons learned from collaboration of artists with science and engineering faculty. Presented by the MIT ARTEMiS visualization group.
Violeta Ivanova Education Committee
Sunday, 21 July 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This session focuses on 15 trends in distance education to help strengthen your animation training programs, stay current, and foster better relationships with industry.
The ACME Network
Sunday, 21 July 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Representatives from various animation and visual effects production studios talk about what they look for in student demo reels.
Art Durinski
Education Committee
Sunday, 21 July 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Interested in the activities of the Los Angeles Chapter? Come to this session to talk with us, get our flyer for next season, or just talk about computer graphics.
Leonard Daly
Sunday, 21 July 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Blender is free and open-source 3D creation software for everyone. In this session, Blender Foundation chairman Ton Roosendaal reviews activities of the past year and discusses plans for 2014.
Blender Foundation
Sunday, 21 July 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Crafting the national conversation on innovation thinking: addressing cross-disciplinary learning across formal and informal experiences that engage the sciences and engineering with the arts and design.
Carol LaFayette
Education Committee
Sunday, 21 July 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join a discussion of year-round activities of the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community, including online curated exhibitions, and our virtual community. Bring announcements and ideas.
siggrapharts.ning.com
Cynthia Beth Rubin
Sunday, 21 July 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Game jams, hackathons, and other rapid experiences for studying game development or interactive entertainment. Join Global Game Jam Director Foaad Khosmood in a discussion about game jams and the classroom.
Foaad Khosmood
Education Committee - Global Game Jam
Sunday, 21 July 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Blender is free and open-source 3D creation software. In this session, artists, scientists, VFX studios, animators, and developers present work done with Blender. Visitors can participate, too!
Blender Foundation
Sunday, 21 July 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Do online programs provide the same quality training as on-ground schools? Which topics work; which don't? Does online level the field through easier access, or short-change and build unrealistic expectations?
Dori Littell-Herrick
Education Committee - ASIFA
Monday, 22 July 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
This session aims to exchange methods, approaches, and answers to programming with human senses in mind. The focus is on apps and experimentations with proccessing, Arduino boards, and other trends.
Anna Ursyn
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Hear from the experts about how 3D printing is changing the world and the value of particular technologies: David Cawley (Art Center College of Design) and John Miralles (Louisiana State University in Shreveport.).
Ryan Hayford
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This session encourages the use of interactive approaches and techniques in education. Join us to discuss ways to promote creative and technical collaboration for development of engaging educational projects.
Rejane Spitz
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Faculty and students from all institutions of higher learning are invited to join us as we discuss our undergraduate research efforts, our successes and failures, and future ideas.
William Joel
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Integrated Help: Delivering information to artists when they need it, to reduce onboarding and time-on-task.
Margaret Plumley
DreamWorks Animation
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The European Research Council is a funding organisation for frontier research aimed at stimulating scientific excellence in the European Union. Learn about our funding programmes and opportunities.
European Research Council (ERC)
Monday, 22 July 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
There are special challenges and responsibilities associated with being a graphics professional in government. This session discusses solutions designed to benefit you and your customer.
Steve Abbott
Monday, 22 July 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Software licenses are a major financial burden for computer graphics programs. Can using free and open-source software be a viable alternative to the "industry standard"? An open discussion.
Wobbe Koning
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
This session is for educators who wish to interact with the Khronos Institute for Training and Education by sharing educational materials and advising on certification.
Glenn Fredericks
Khronos Group
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
With music, procedural animation methodology allows for a unique level of synchronization and experimentation. This session looks at a range of assets created for music video and concert visual productions.
Aliza Sorotzkin and Scott Pagano
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Let's all check in with Marilyn and find out what she is up to following her amazingly productive 18 years with PDI and DreamWorks Animation.
John Tarnoff
Monday, 22 July 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Recent VFX students and interns showcase demo reels and break down their VFX and game projects, explaining techniques and sharing lessons learned during their progression to working professionals.
Aliza Sorotzkin
Side Effects Software
Education Committee
Monday, 22 July 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
An informal gathering for attendees interested in hearing about and discussing the latest trends for production pipelines.
Hannes Ricklefs
Monday, 22 July 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
For attendees interested in the CG Show of Yoichiro Kawaguchi, an established Japanese CG artist, and those who would like to reunite or socialize with other attendees.
Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Tuesday, 23 July 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Women In Animation International hosts this annual gathering to promote networking and camaraderie at SIGGRAPH. All are welcome to join this fun event.
Jan Nagel
Tuesday, 23 July 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
It seems that every day brings word of another studio or effects house in distress. A panel of industry veterans discusses the perception and the reality behind the news.
Rebecca A. Perry
Tuesday, 23 July 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
This session is for attendees interested in Web3D applications for CAD. Discussion topics include X3D CAD Profile, STEP, NURBS, B-REP, and CAD data conversion.
Anita Havele
Tuesday, 23 July 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cesium is an open-source 3D engine for creating virtual globes on the web with WebGL. This session presents an overview of the engine, user apps, and future plans.
Patrick Cozzi
Tuesday, 23 July 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
This ACM SIGGRAPH Cartographic Visualization (Carto) session explores how viewpoints and techniques from the computer graphics community can be effectively applied to cartographic and spatial datasets.
Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Tuesday, 23 July 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Learn more about the benefits of the Khronos Institute for Training and Education.
Khronos Group
Tuesday, 23 July 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
A meet-up for attendees interested in the scanning and other capabilities of the Kinect, ASUS Xtion, web cams, OpenNI, and PrimeSense.
Mike Amron
Tuesday, 23 July 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Learn more about the ISO X3D 3.3 standard and see a variety of application demonstrations. This session includes discussion of next-generation standardization efforts for reproducible rendering.
Anita Havele
Tuesday, 23 July 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Animating Diversity aims to educate and promote diversity within the arts and technology community. We want to change the landscape of the creative industry through cultural narrative and character development.
Sheriee Jackson
Tuesday, 23 July 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
A meet-up for attendees interested in the motion capture and other capabilities of the Kinect, ASUS Xtion, LEAP, web cams, OpenNI, and PrimeSense.
Mike Amron
Tuesday, 23 July 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
This session is for attendees interested in discussing creative projects and how to manage them, with a particular emphasis on agile methodologies.
Gil Irizarry
Tuesday, 23 July 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Overview and discussion of the open-source applications being developed by Projex Software to help production houses with shared problems like production tracking and asset management.
Eric Hulser
Tuesday, 23 July 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
This session is open to anyone interested in REST technology applied to 3D content.
Remi Arnaud
Tuesday, 23 July 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Learn more about the Web3D Consortium, its members, and its technology.
Anita Havele
Tuesday, 23 July 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
This event is for alumni of The Ohio State University and attendees who have studied at The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design (ACCAD).
Elaine Smith
Tuesday, 23 July 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Discussion of large-scale rendering: render farm infrastructure, software, queue management, reliability, and performance.
Mark Hills
Tuesday, 23 July 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
This session is for attendees interested in hearing about and discussing the latest trends in dynamic simulation (rigid, cloth, hair, fluids, etc.) in production. Come. Connect. Collaborate. Experience. Enjoy. Eat.
Mark A. McLaughlin
Wednesday, 24 July 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This session discusses the state of the OpenScenegraph open-source project. OSG is a premiere system for Scenegraph and simulation visualization. Hear the latest from the OSG community at SIGGRAPH 2013.
John F. Richardson
Wednesday, 24 July 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
X3D 4.0 with HTML5, X3DOM and AR. The X3D Standard is pursuing HTML5, X3DOM, augmented reality, and compressed binary to maximize use of interactive 3D models on the web.
Anita Havele
Wednesday, 24 July 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
A lively, engaging discussion on educating the next generation of animators that moves beyond the "principles" to discuss the process of discovery, confident problem-solving skills, creating memorable and exciting characters, and more!
Vancouver Film School
Wednesday, 24 July 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Learn more about how to extend X3D capabilities to support augmented-reality and mixed-reality applications. Also get an update on current AR standards activities.
Anita Havele
Wednesday, 24 July 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
OpenGL, OpenCL and Multimedia across devices using Java.
Showcasing CAD, games, video and UI. Backend of Ardor3D, Java3D, JME3 and libGDX.
Running on Android, Linux, Window, OSX, and Solaris.
Sven Gothel
Wednesday, 24 July 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Hear presentations from Leonardo Affiliate Member organizations regarding cutting-edge Art-Science educational programs and discuss future directions for Leonardo. Educators, students, working artists, and scientists encouraged to attend.
Pamela Grant-Ryan
Wednesday, 24 July 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
See cutting-edge DCC tools and applications for gaming, 3D web, and visualization, and artworks generated from COLLADA content-creation-supporting media.
Khronos Group
Wednesday, 24 July 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This session discusses the latest techniques for interoperability between CG and simulation. Topics include GPGPUs, simulation methodology, simulation visualization, VR/AR, massive simulations, and HCI. What can CG bring to simulation?
John Richardson
Wednesday, 24 July 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
This session is for Christians and others interested in Christianity who enjoy computer animation.
Andrew P. Smith
Wednesday, 24 July 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
This session is for attendees interested in motion graphics, video production and compositing. Come see cool projects, and exchange techniques and ideas!
Gil Irizarry
Wednesday, 24 July 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Meet designers and implementers of this significant new standard for heterogeneous parallel programming on GPUs and CPUs. Learn how OpenCL interoperates with OpenGL, enabling advanced, cross-platform, visual-computing applications.
Khronos Group
Wednesday, 24 July 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
HSAF has released the programmers' reference manua,l specifying the HSAIL intermediate language. This session is for people interested in GPU compute using HSA systems.
Peter McGuinness
Wednesday, 24 July 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WebGL is a cross-platform, royalty-free web standard based on OpenGL ES 2.0. WebGL is shader-based, uses GLSL, and brings plugin-free 3D to the web, directly into the browser.
Khronos Group
Wednesday, 24 July 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
OpenGL ES is a royalty-free, cross-platform API for full-function 2D and 3D graphics on embedded systems, including consoles, phones, appliances, and vehicles. Attend for the latest news and updates!
Khronos Group
Wednesday, 24 July 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
This session is for alumni of the Clemson University Digital Production Arts program to discuss current events and industry news.
Julie Brackett
Wednesday, 24 July 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Learn more about OpenGL, the most widely adopted 2D/3D graphics API, from the ARB and leading OpenGL companies.
Khronos Group
Wednesday, 24 July 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Come one and all, and check out who's in Anaheim this year representing the old Black and Gold!
Ray Hassan
Thursday, 25 July 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
This sessions shows the latest results of the European Research Project FINE, which creates 3D models and interactive camera views from multiple video feeds of live sports events.
Jorge Alonso Mendoza
Thursday, 25 July 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Get together with Khronos Chapter Leaders to hear about local meet ups and worldwide contests on Khronos APIs. Brainstorm over refreshments and help us define activities for local developer communities.
Khronos Group
