CAG News -

SIGGRAPH 2002 was yet another great conference and a tremendous technical and creative success. Tom Appolloni and the 2002 committee did a spectacular job and the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee passed a formal resolution commending them for their role in producing the conference. San Antonio was a beautiful city and there were many positive comments from attendees who would like to return. Being able to walk to the conference along the river with all of the lovely plants and flowers was a great experience. San Antonio is definitely one of my favorite all time SIGGRAPH conference cities!

While onsite I had the opportunity to speak to many different people and gathered input on the strategic direction of the SIGGRAPH Conference. In addition, the Future of the SIGGRAPH Conference BOF was very well attended and we discussed many important issues regarding the changes SIGGRAPH is facing. While it was successful in many ways, SIGGRAPH 2002 was not a financial success. This means that we need to retrench for SIGGRAPH 2003. There are some difficult decisions to be made in the next few months. To keep the community aware of our plans, we will post a statement on these decisions on the CAG site (www.siggraph.org/conferences/cag/) so be sure to check that site.

At the EC Meeting on Saturday after the conference Alain Chesnais, newly elected ACM SIGGRAPH President, outlined his vision for the SIGGRAPH Hub. This will be the central place on the Web for people interested in Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques to learn and interact with one another. The content of the SIGGRAPH Conference will be an important part of the Hub, so we will be deeply involved with this exciting new project.

As noted previously, we are looking for candidates for S2005 Chair. If you or someone you know are interested, please contact me or visit: www.siggraph.org/volunteering. The deadline for applications is Sept 17th.

Scott owen@siggraph.org