SIGGRAPH 2008
Schedule of Programs & Events
Conference Registration Categories
Full Conference Access
Basic Access
Computer Animation Festival Pass
Computer Animation Festival can be purchased separately
One-Day registration includes access for one day to conference programs and events associated with that level of registration and all days of the Exhibition. One-Day access does not include technical documentation or tickets for the Reception.
Conference schedule subject to change.
Eight small symposia are being presented in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH, these small symposia are related to important aspects of computer graphics and interactive techniques.
| SUN 10 AUGUST | MON 11 AUGUST | TUE 12 AUGUST | WED 13 AUGUST | THU 14 AUGUST | FRI 15 AUGUST | ||
| Registration | 1–7 pm | 7:30 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–3:30 pm | |
| Merchandise Pickup | 1–7 pm | 7:30 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–3:30 pm | |
| SIGGRAPH Store | 1–7 pm | 7:30 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | |
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Classes | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | |
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Geek Bar | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | |
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Informal Forums | 10:20–11:30 am | 8:30 am–12:15 pm | ||||
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Panels | 3:45–5:30 pm | 1:45–5:30 pm | 8:30–10:15 am & 3:45–5:30 pm | 10:30 am–12:15 pm | 10:30 am–12:15 pm | |
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Reception | 7–10 pm | |||||
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Roundtables | 10:30 am–12:15 pm | 3:45–5:30 pm | 3:45–5:30 pm | 1:45–5:30 pm | ||
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Talks | 8:30–10:15 am & 3:45–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–3:30 pm | 10:30 am–5:30 pm | 1:45–5:30 pm | 10:30 am–5:30 pm | |
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Technical Papers | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–6 pm | 8:30 am–6 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | ||
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Art & Design Galleries Design & Computation |
8:30 am–6 pm | 9 am–7 pm | 9 am–6 pm | 9 am–6 pm | 9 am–2 pm | |
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Art & Design Galleries Slow Art |
8:30 am–6 pm | 9 am–7 pm | 9 am–6 pm | 9 am–6 pm | 9 am–2 pm | |
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Birds of a Feather | Throughout the week | |||||
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Featured Speakers | 1:30 pm | 1:30 pm | 1:45 pm | |||
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FJORG! | 9 am–midnight | 12:01 am–5 pm | ||||
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International Resources | 8:30 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–6 pm | 8 am–4 pm | |
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New Tech Demos | 8:30 am–6 pm | 9 am–7 pm | 9 am–6 pm | 9 am–6 pm | 9 am–2 pm | |
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Posters | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–noon | |
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The Studio | 1–6 pm | noon–11 pm | noon–11 pm | 9 am–6 pm | 9 am–2 pm | |
| SUN 10 AUGUST | MON 11 AUGUST | TUE 12 AUGUST | WED 13 AUGUST | THU 14 AUGUST | FRI 15 AUGUST | ||
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Computer Animation Festival | ||||||
| Competition Screenings |
1:45 and 5:45 pm | 10:30 am and 5:45 pm | 10:30 am and 5:45 pm | 10:30 am | |||
| Festival Awards Ceremony |
3:45 pm | ||||||
| Festival Talks | 8:30–10:15 am & 3:45–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | |||
| Production Sessions |
10:30 am–12:15 pm & 3:45–5:30 pm |
1:45–3:30 pm | 10:30 am–12:15 pm | ||||
| Production Studio Nights |
8–11 pm | 8–11 pm | 8–11 pm | ||||
| Invited Screenings | 12:30–11:00 pm | 10:30 am–11 pm | 10:30 am–11 pm | 10:30 am–3 pm | |||
| Stereoscopic 3D: Research, Applications, and Entertainment |
8:30 am–7:45 pm | 8:30 am–5:30 pm | |||||
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Exhibition | 9:30 am–6 pm | 9:30 am–6 pm | 9:30 am–3:30 pm | |||
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Exhibitor Tech Talks | 9:30 am–6 pm | 9:30 am–6 pm | 9:30 am–3:30 pm | |||
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Job Fair | 10 am–4 pm | 10 am–4 pm | 10 am–1 pm | |||
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Special Events | ||||||
| Fast–Forward Technical Papers Preview Session |
6–8 pm | ||||||
| FJORG! Viking Judging Ceremony |
6:30–8:30 pm | ||||||
| The Anti-Auteurs: User-Generated Content and the Evolving Video Game Ecosystem |
6–8 pm | ||||||
| SpeedLab | 3:45–5:30 pm | 1:45–3:30 pm | |||||
| Winners of the ACM Student Research Competition |
10:30 am–12:15 pm | ||||||
| SUN 10 AUGUST | MON 11 AUGUST | TUE 12 AUGUST | WED 13 AUGUST | THU 14 AUGUST | FRI 15 AUGUST | ||