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Wednesday, May 05

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17:00 - 18:00 The People Behind The Pixels: SIGGRAPH 2010
Raum Karlsruhe Terrence Masson, Director of Creative Industries / Siggraph 2010 Conference Chair, Northeastern University, www.ci.neu.edu
SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles: Experience the WONDER, see, meet, and interact with the "People Behind the Pixels" who are creating the next wave of international excellence of computer graphics and interactive techniques. Conference Chair Terrence Masson will present a rare glimpse inside the 37 year history of SIGGRAPH and it's influence on the world; with images, video clips and rare behind the scenes stories.

Terrence Masson has served the computer graphics community for over 20 years. He created the original CG techniques to launch "South Park" in 1996 and recently published a revised 2nd Edition of “CG101: A Computer Graphics Industry Reference”. Terrence is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Visual Effects Society as well as ACM/SIGGRAPH for which he is serving as 2010 Conference Chair. You can also catch him on the History Channel's "UFO Hunters" as the resident image analysis expert. He is currently Director of Creative Industries (Games Design & Interactive Media) at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.



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10:00 - 11:00 Can Vikings Agree on Anything? Yep – Technical Pipelines!
Raum Mannheim Irene Sparre Hjorthøj, Producer and Co-founder, Nordic TD Forum & Sparre Prod., www.tdforum.eu
Jani Kuronen, Senior TD and Co-founder, Nordic TD Forum & Anima Vitae, www.anima.fi
Networks are for nerds... well, you might be right on that one! This session will give you a brief insight into the background of creating the network Nordic TD Forum. How we made technical directors stepping outside of the basements and studio lock-ups and into the woods of Finland to meet with soul mates from across the region, to share ideas and experiences, to learn and improve, and to make common ground for future pipeline consensus. Spicing it all up with great company, free beer and sauna. The first two years have shown us - the need for network is definitely there! Now we are inviting you all to join the talks on future visions of the network. Make the network yours! Make new connections, meet new colleagues. Keep in touch with old ones. Join us in the further development and expansion of NTDF. Your opinion matters!

Film making is constantly challenged creatively and technically. We need on-going research & development to deliver the best results. Networking, collaboration, sharing ideas and experiences are essential.



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11:00 - 12:00 Parisfx: Creative Ile de France
Raum Mannheim Yann Marchet, Marketing Manager, Ile de France Film Commission, www.parisfx.fr
France has acquired an international reputation for its booming post-production industry and its knowhow in the VFX sector. The French VFX companies offer cost effective and sophisticated post-production and, and for several years they have been relied on as valuable partners for US studios and international productions.
With the label “Parisfx Creative Ile de France”, the Ile de France Film Commission organizes promotional events in the key markets (USA and Asia) for France’s leading companies in VFX and animation.
Since 2007, the Ile de France Film Commission has been organizing the event Parisfx (December 15-16, 2010), two days dedicated to digital creation. Parisfx is a unique event in France focused on digital visual effects, CGI and 3D in cinema, television, advertising and video games.

1500 visitors attended in 2009 (producers; line producers; directors; post-production houses; cgi artists; animation schools etc…)

Parisfx proposes case studies and conferences on the major productions of the year or the upcoming year (in 2009: "Underworld 3"; "Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazar"; "GI Joe: the Rise of Cobra / From Paris with Love"; "Oceans" and "Splice", released in 2010.



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12:00 - 13:00 New Zealand Digital Industries and AnimfxNZ
Raum Mannheim Jos Ruffell, Business Development Executive, Sidhe, www.sidhe.co.nz
New Zealand is a small and isolated country at the bottom of the world. Despite extreme barriers and challenges, New Zealand has established itself as an International powerhouse for digital creativity and technology across film, animation and games. This talk will show that smaller can be better and how New Zealand’s quality over quantity approach to development is setting it apart from the rest of the world. This talk will come from the perspective of the New Zealand Games Animation and Visual Effects Trust, the organising Trust behind AnimfxNZ. You will learn about the current state of the New Zealand creative digital industries and AnimfxNZ.

Jos is the head of Business Development at New Zealand’s largest game production studio, Sidhe. Jos is the Chairman of the New Zealand Games, Animation and Visual Effects Trust, who hold AnimfxNZ, Australasia’s premiere digital convergence event covering Games, Animation and Film Visual Effects based in Wellington. Jos also sits on the Board of Trustees of Film New Zealand.