S2004 News

SIGGRAPH 2002 was a great conference from what Vicki and I saw. I confess, I was in a room much of the time talking with potential program chairs and subcommittee members for the 2004 committee. But I did get out for a few events, including the Web Graphics session I chaired on "Standards". The speakers in the "Standards" session were excellent, it was well-attended, the audience was engaged, and I learned new things. I think Simon Allardice put together a great inaugural Web Graphics program.

I am in the process of putting together a committee from all the fantastic volunteers who have applied. I feel I am really fortunate in that my difficult decisions currently revolve around picking chairs for each program from all of the intelligent and enthusiastic candidates I met in San Antonio.

In other 2004 news, the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee approved the CAG recommendation to move the 2004 conference to the West Coast. We are still negotiating location and will hopefully have an update in the next newsletter.

Dena slothower@siggraph.org