SIGGRAPH 2011

Program	Date & Time	Focus
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Vancouver Studios & Artists Panel East Building, Room 19 Details This session is for attendees who want to know more about Vancouver and its animation, film, VFX, and games industries. Come and join us! info (at) vanas.ca Mario Pochat Vancouver Animation School	Thursday, 11 August 5-6:00 pm
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Using Processing and G-Speak as Tools Within a Foundations Program at a School of Art and Design East Building, Room 18 Details Teaching design with Processing, drawing with G-Speak: how the Rhode Island School of Design's Division of Foundation Studies is expanding the envelope of introductory digital concepts for students of art and design. mmilloff (at) risd.edu Mark Milloff and Clement Valla	Wednesday, 10 August 2:45-4:15 pm	Education
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Undergraduate Research Alliance West Building, Room 102 Details The Undergraduate Research Alliance was created to foster and support computer graphics research by undergraduates. Faculty and students are encouraged to attend. joelw (at) wcsu.edu Undergraduate Research Alliance	Wednesday, 10 August 5-6:00 pm	Education
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather The New Media and the Industry in China International Center, Harbour Concourse (Southeast corner of West Building) Details Representatives from Chinese industry and universities discuss how their digital media programs are developing to meet the needs of their exploding economy. mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu SIGGRAPH Education Committee, Marc J. Barr	Wednesday, 10 August 1:30-3:00 pm	Education
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather The New Media and the Academy in China International Center, Harbour Concourse (Southeast corner of West Building) Details Representatives from Chinese academic digital media programs discuss how their programs are developing to meet the needs of their exploding economy. mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu SIGGRAPH Education Committee, Marc J. Barr	Thursday, 11 August 9am-12:00 pm	Education
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather The New Media and the Academy in China International Center, Harbour Concourse (Southeast corner of West Building) Details Representatives from Chinese academic digital media programs discuss how their programs are developing to meet the needs of their exploding economy. mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu SIGGRAPH Education Committee, Marc J. Barr	Thursday, 11 August 9am-12:00 pm	Education
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather The 24th Anniversary CG Show/SAKE Barrel Opening Party at SIGGRAPH 2011 Ballroom 1 Details 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. k-yoshida (at) iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp Yoichiro Kawaguchi	Monday, 8 August 6-7:30 pm
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Taipei ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter Reunion Hastings Details This session is for attendees from Taiwan and everyone interested in graphics research or the computer graphics industry in Taiwan. robin (at) ntu.edu.tw Bing-Yu Chen	Sunday, 7 August 8:30-11:00 pm	Research
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Studio Views of Student Demo Reels West Building, Room 122 Details Industry professionals from various computer animation and visual effects facilities explain what they (and their studios) look for when reviewing demo reels and portfolios of students and recent graduates. mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu Marc J. Barr (SIGGRAPH Education Committee) and Craig Slagel	Tuesday, 9 August 9-10:00 am	Education Production Communities
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather StudioSysAdmins West Building, Room 122 Details This session encourages sharing of all non-proprietary information to maintain open discussions among studios, vendors and VARs to determine standards that will improve studio infrastructures. john.hickson (at) studiosysadmins.com John Hickson	Tuesday, 9 August 1-3:00 pm	Production Communities
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Starting a New, Remote Studio East Building, Room 18 Details Studio heads from Pixar Canada, Digital Domain (Vancouver), and Sony Imageworks (Vancouver) host an interactive panel session on setting up new remote studios in Vancouver. smcnair (at) pixarcanada.com Sarah McNair	Wednesday, 10 August 11am-12:00 pm	Production Communities
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community International Center, Harbour Concourse (Southeast corner of West Building) Details Join us to discuss the year round activities of the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community, including online curated exhibitions, our virtual community, and discussions. Bring announcements and ideas. rubin (at) siggraph.org Cynthia Beth Rubin	Sunday, 7 August 4-6:00 pm	Art
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather SIGGIG: Gays In Graphics Beluga Details SIGGIG: Gays In Graphics is a social event for attendees involved in, interested in, or supportive of the GLBT community. siggig.info (at) gmail.com Mark Lieberman	Tuesday, 9 August 7-9:00 pm	Education
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Ringling College Alumni Reception Ambleside Details A gathering for alumni and friends of the Ringling College of Art and Design. lfoss (at) ringling.edu Lucy Foss	Wednesday, 10 August 5-7:00 pm
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather rest3d BOF West Building, Room 102 Details This session is for attendees interested in creating a RESTful web service for 3D content. More information: rest3d.org remi (at) acm.org Remi Arnaud	Wednesday, 10 August 12-2:00 pm
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Purdue University Alumni Reception Terrace Room Details Come Boiler Up with the Purdue crew! Purdue alumni, students, professors, and friendlies welcome. rhassan (at) purdue.edu Raymond P. Hassan	Wednesday, 10 August 6:30-8:30 pm
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Practical integration of Alembic Tweedsmuir Details A dialogue with the Alembic development team focused on pipeline integration and optimization of the format. Topics include API usage, collaboration with studio partners, and standardization of the format. estrauss (at) imageworks.com Erik Strauss	Wednesday, 10 August 10-11:30 am
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather OpenSG East Building, Room 19 Details This session is for attendees interested in the OpenSG Open Source scenegraph system for interactive 3D and virtual reality applications. mail (at) dirkreiners.com Dirk Reiners	Tuesday, 9 August 5-6:00 pm
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather OpenSceneGraph BOF West Building, Room 102 Details This discussion of the OpenSceneGraph open-source system includes new developments, how to use the software, and how people are using it. richards (at) spawar.navy.mil John Richardson	Wednesday, 10 August 10-11:00 am	Art
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather OpenGL BOF Crystal Ballroom B & C Details Learn more about OpenGL, the most widely adopted 2D/3D graphics API, from the ARB and leading OpenGL companies. marketing (at) goldstandardgroup.com Khronos Group	Wednesday, 10 August 4-6:00 pm	Education
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather OpenColorIO Meetup West Building, Room 102 Details OpenColorIO is an open-source color management framework for visual effects and animation, sponsored by Sony Pictures Imageworks. Meet the developers, ask questions, and learn about upcoming developments. jeremys (at) imageworks.com Jeremy Selan	Tuesday, 9 August 2:30-3:30 pm
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather OpenCL BOF Crystal Ballroom B & C Details Meet designers and implementers of this significant new standard for heterogeneous parallel programming on GPUs and CPUs. Learn how OpenCL inter-operates with OpenGL to enable advanced, cross-platform, visual-computing applications. marketing (at) goldstandardgroup.com Khronos Group	Wednesday, 10 August 1:30-3:30 pm	Education
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Multi-Projector Auto-Calibration Standards (MPACS) Garibaldi Room Details A opportunity to meet people in the field of projector auto-calibration. The session reviews the current market landscape and what's coming in the future. bei.yang (at) disney.com Bei Yang	Tuesday, 9 August 2-4:00 pm	Production Communities
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Motion Graphics West Building, Room 122 Details This session is for attendees interested in motion graphics. Come and see cool projects, and exchange techniques and ideas! gil (at) conoa.com Gil Irizarry	Tuesday, 9 August 3-5:00 pm	Production Communities
Full Conference Basic Conference Computer Animation Festival Birds of a Feather Motion Capture Society East Building, Room 19 Details This session is open to everyone who has an interest in motion capture. Topics and presentations include various hardware and software solutions, pipelines, and techniques for getting the best data. troy.mcfarland (at) gmail.com Troy McFarland	Wednesday, 10 August 10am-12:00 pm	Production Communities

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

Vancouver Studios & Artists Panel

East Building, Room 19

Details

This session is for attendees who want to know more about Vancouver and its animation, film, VFX, and games industries. Come and join us!

info (at) vanas.ca

Mario Pochat
Vancouver Animation School

Thursday, 11 August
5-6:00 pm

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

Undergraduate Research Alliance

West Building, Room 102

Details

The Undergraduate Research Alliance was created to foster and support computer graphics research by undergraduates. Faculty and students are encouraged to attend.

joelw (at) wcsu.edu

Undergraduate Research Alliance

Wednesday, 10 August
5-6:00 pm

Education

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

The New Media and the Academy in China

International Center, Harbour Concourse (Southeast corner of West Building)

Details

Representatives from Chinese academic digital media programs discuss how their programs are developing to meet the needs of their exploding economy.

mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu

SIGGRAPH Education Committee, Marc J. Barr

Thursday, 11 August
9am-12:00 pm

Education

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

The 24th Anniversary CG Show/SAKE Barrel Opening Party at SIGGRAPH 2011

Ballroom 1

Details

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.

k-yoshida (at) iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Yoichiro Kawaguchi

Monday, 8 August
6-7:30 pm

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

Studio Views of Student Demo Reels

West Building, Room 122

Details

Industry professionals from various computer animation and visual effects facilities explain what they (and their studios) look for when reviewing demo reels and portfolios of students and recent graduates.

mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu

Marc J. Barr (SIGGRAPH Education Committee) and Craig Slagel

Tuesday, 9 August
9-10:00 am

Education

Production Communities

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

Starting a New, Remote Studio

East Building, Room 18

Details

Studio heads from Pixar Canada, Digital Domain (Vancouver), and Sony Imageworks (Vancouver) host an interactive panel session on setting up new remote studios in Vancouver.

smcnair (at) pixarcanada.com

Sarah McNair

Wednesday, 10 August
11am-12:00 pm

Production Communities

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

SIGGIG: Gays In Graphics

Beluga

Details

SIGGIG: Gays In Graphics is a social event for attendees involved in, interested in, or supportive of the GLBT community.

siggig.info (at) gmail.com

Mark Lieberman

Tuesday, 9 August
7-9:00 pm

Education

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

rest3d BOF

West Building, Room 102

Details

This session is for attendees interested in creating a RESTful web service for 3D content. More information: rest3d.org

remi (at) acm.org

Remi Arnaud

Wednesday, 10 August
12-2:00 pm

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

Practical integration of Alembic

Tweedsmuir

Details

A dialogue with the Alembic development team focused on pipeline integration and optimization of the format. Topics include API usage, collaboration with studio partners, and standardization of the format.

estrauss (at) imageworks.com

Erik Strauss

Wednesday, 10 August
10-11:30 am

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

OpenSceneGraph BOF

West Building, Room 102

Details

This discussion of the OpenSceneGraph open-source system includes new developments, how to use the software, and how people are using it.

richards (at) spawar.navy.mil

John Richardson

Wednesday, 10 August
10-11:00 am

Art

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

OpenColorIO Meetup

West Building, Room 102

Details

OpenColorIO is an open-source color management framework for visual effects and animation, sponsored by Sony Pictures Imageworks. Meet the developers, ask questions, and learn about upcoming developments.

jeremys (at) imageworks.com

Jeremy Selan

Tuesday, 9 August
2:30-3:30 pm

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

Multi-Projector Auto-Calibration Standards (MPACS)

Garibaldi Room

Details

A opportunity to meet people in the field of projector auto-calibration. The session reviews the current market landscape and what's coming in the future.

bei.yang (at) disney.com

Bei Yang

Tuesday, 9 August
2-4:00 pm

Production Communities

Full Conference

Basic Conference

Computer Animation Festival

Birds of a Feather

Motion Capture Society

East Building, Room 19

Details

This session is open to everyone who has an interest in motion capture. Topics and presentations include various hardware and software solutions, pipelines, and techniques for getting the best data.

troy.mcfarland (at) gmail.com

Troy McFarland

Wednesday, 10 August
10am-12:00 pm

Production Communities