Pioneers Reception - SIGGRAPH 2012
Event Date: August 8th, 2012 - 18:30 -
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center
The Pioneer’s reception will be in a meeting room in the Convention center. There will be a buffet and will start around 18:30 and end after the speaker is finished around 20:00.
TBD
Jon Peddie Research’s Press Luncheon 2012
Event Date: August 8th, 2012 - Time: 11:45 – 14:00
Location: JW Marriott, L.A. Live - 900 W Olympic Blvd, in room PLAZA 1
Overview
Jon Peddie Research is hosting an informational luncheon for press and analysts at SIGGRAPH 2012
We’ll serve the buffet around 11:45 and open the doors a little earlier. The talks will begin at 12:15 to 12:30 depending on the dynamics of the room. It will last 45 to 60+ minutes depending on the level of questions. Then we’ll do a raffle. Afterwards there will be networking and demo time.
We have a room PLAZA 1 in the JW Marriott L.A Live, which is at 900 W Olympic, a couple of blocks away from the convention center.
Panelists
TBD
Press signup
Khronos Pan Pacific Road Show 2012
Event Date: 2012
Location: Asia
Event homepage: http://www.khronos.org/news/events
Khronos Group growth continues to be significant and demonstrates the huge opportunity we share as members of this highly specialized industry. Throughout 2012, Khronos is hosting a series of media events, educational sessions and F2F meetings for consortium members and prospective clients. The Khronos Pan Pacific Road Show 2012 is devoted to our members and colleagues in the Pan Pacific region with a focus on education and training. The cornerstone of our tour will be the launch of a major educational initiative with worldwide support, including web based collaboration and certified education. In addition to the educational sessions about technology, participants will hear from leaders and guest speakers from within the industry. We are very pleased to include Dr. Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher, industry leading analysts from JPR, as a guest speakers at most of these events.
Jon and Kathleen will be speaking at many of the stops on the tour. See the official schedule at Khronos.org for more information.
Multicore Developers Conference
Event Date: March 27th, 2012
Location: San Jose, McEnery Convention Center
Event homepage: http://www.multicoredevcon.com/common/session.php?expo_seq=12&track_seq=0&pres_seq=976
Jon Peddie leads an all-star panel at the 2012 Multicore Developers Conference March 27.
Six computer industry thought leaders will explore the possibilities that come from obtaining computing power equivalent to the human brain in a panel discussion at this year’s Multicore Development Conference, March 27 in San Jose, California. Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research, will lead the panel discussion.
The premise before the panel is simple: If you project Moore’s Law, using x86 architecture, you can predict we will have the equivalent computational processing power of the human brain by 2020-2030. If you add in single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) devices such as graphics processing units and Knightsbridge-class processors, the curve bends upward and we hit equivalency by 2015-2020. What’s the ultimate forecast? What does it mean to have that much compute power – will it be used for good or ill?
Joining Peddie on the panel will be:
- Jem Davies, Fellow and VP of Technology, Media Processing Division, ARM
- Pradeep Dubey, Parallel Computing Labs, Intel
- Ramesh Kumar, General Manager, Multicore/Media Infrastructure, TI
- Peter McGuinness, Director of Business Development, Imagination Technologies
- Mike Rayfield, VP/GM Mobile Business Unit, NVIDIA
Special discount to attend Multicore Developers Conference
Click on the link to the Multicore Development Conference website and use the promo code “EEMBC” when you register to get an automatic 20% discount.
Khronos Group Pan Pacific Road Show 2012
Event Date: Feb 13 - March 17, 2012
Location: Taiwan & China
Event homepage: http://www.khronos.org/news/events/
Khronos Group growth continues to be significant and demonstrates the huge opportunity we share as members of this highly specialized industry. Throughout 2012, Khronos is hosting a series of media events, educational sessions and F2F meetings for consortium members and prospective clients. The Khronos Pan Pacific Road Show 2012 is devoted to our members and colleagues in the Pan Pacific region with a focus on education and training. The cornerstone of our tour will be the launch of a major educational initiative with worldwide support, including web based collaboration and certified education. In addition to the educational sessions about technology, participants will hear from leaders and guest speakers from within the industry. We are very pleased to include Dr. Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher, industry leading analysts from JPR, as a guest speakers at most of these events.
| Location | *DEVU TRACK DATES* | Cost to guests | *KITE TRACK DATES* | Cost to guests | *VARIABLE TRACK DATES* | Cost to guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsinchu, Taiwan | Feb 14 Hsinchu DevU |
Free | - | Free | - | - |
| Taipei, Taiwan | Feb 17 Taipei DevU |
Free | Feb 16 Taipei KITE Chapter |
Free | Feb 17 KITE Press Conference |
Free |
| Beijing, China | Mar 14 Beijing DevU |
Free | - | - | Press Conference TBD | - |
| Shanghai, China | Mar 17 Shanghai DevU |
Free | - | Press Conference TBD |
The Intersection Event - Where Innovation meets social change
Event Date: January 14, 2012
Location: Pixar Studios, Emeryville, CA
Event homepage: http://intersectionevent.com/
The Intersection Event is an unparalleled day-long event where the most respected innovators in the world converge with leading social change agents to tackle some of the greatest issues of our time inside the prestigious Pixar Headquarters.
The Intersection reflects a change in how philanthropy is being delivered to the world, and how innovation can drive your bottom line, improving the businesses who participate and the world around them. This exciting event will take a limited group of 350 participants inside Pixar Animation Studios to enjoy riveting presentations from such experts as:
The Presenters
THE INTERSECTION event will forge an “intersection” of ideas and commentary between these leading innovators from academia, entrepreneurship, technology, and entertainment. Speakers will spend the prior day together as a group, considering topics that will be shared with the audience at The Intersection.
- “the ENTERTAINER” - Susan Sarandon - Academy Award-winning Actress
- “the NOURISHER” - Lauren Bush - CEO, FEED Projects
- “the COLLABORATOR” - Dr. Ed Catmull - President, Pixar Animation Studios
- “the PASSIONATE LEADER” - Marissa Mayer - VP, Google
- “the ENTREPRENEUR” - Steve Case - Founder, AOL & The Case Foundation
- “the GLOBAL CHANGE AGENT” - Diana Wells - President, Ashoka
- “the SOCIAL ACTIVIST” - Dr. Chris Pitt - SVP, World Vision International
- “the TECHNOLOGIST” - Greg Brandeau - CTO, Walt Disney
- “the EDUCATOR” - Linda Hill - Professor, Harvard Business School
- “the DESIGNER” - Tim Brown - CEO, IDEO
- “the AUTHOR” - Frans Johansson - Author, The Medici Effect
- “the TEACHER” - Guru Singh - Teacher, Minister, 3rd generation yogi
- “the STRATEGIST” - John Hagel III - Director, Deloitte Center for the Edge
- “the CATALYST” - Benjamin Wald - Chief Executive Partner, Ashoka Changemakers
- “the ADVOCATE” - Paul Rieckhoff - Founder, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)
- “the FACILITATOR” - Gregg Fraley - Chief Solver, KILN
- “the ORCHESTRATOR” - Randy Haykin - Haykin Capital & The Gratitude Network
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011
Event Date: December 12 & 13 2011
Location: Hong Kong
Event homepage: http://www.siggraph.org/asia2011/
Schedule
Siggraph Pioneers
Date: 18:30 Monday, 12 December
Location: Convention hall foyer
Jon Peddie Research Press luncheon
Date: 12:00 Tuesday, 13 December
Location: “Drawing Room” at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road Hong Kong Tel: 852.2588.1234
Panelists
Justin Boitano
Company: Nvidia
Justin Boitano heads up product marketing for the Workstation Business at NVIDIA, the Industry leader in visual and parallel computing. His career in the technology industry has spanned a range of innovative fast paced companies in emerging industries such as new media content distribution, interactive television, and high tech consumer products. Before joining NVIDIA he was Director of Product Management at Sportvision, a nine time Emmy award winning sports and entertainment Technology Company most known for pioneering the 1st and Tenô line. Since joining NVIDIA in 2008 he has held several key product management and marketing roles and most recently he was responsible for the launch of the latest flagship workstation solution - NVIDIA Maximus.
David Forrester, CEO
Company: Lightworks
41 year old Dave Forrester is CEO of Lightworks. Joining the company
fourteen years ago, Dave rose to become a member of the Board of Directors
in 2000 and subsequently lead a management buy-out from the original
founders in 2006 - an event that lead to him being nominated as one of the
most influential young business entrepreneurs in the North of England.
Although his background is from within finance, Dave has a passion for
seeing the creation of high quality renderings using the company's industry
leading software products.
Ping Fu
Company: Geomagic
Honored by Inc. Magazine as “The Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2005, Ping Fu describes herself as an artist and a scientist whose chosen expression is business. Ping co-founded Geomagic, a leading US software company which pioneers 3D technologies that fundamentally change the way products are designed and manufactured around the world. From repairing vintage cars atJay Leno’s garage to preserving US treasures and digitally recreating the Statue of Liberty, Geomagic enables design and production of one-of-the-kind products and services at a cost less than mass production. Since 2010, Ping has been serving on the NACIE (National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) board at the White House and is a member of NCWIT (National Council on Women in Technology.)
Before co-founding Geomagic, Ping Fu was Director of Visualization at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, where she initiated and managed the NCSA Mosaic software project that led to Netscape and Internet Explorer. She has more than 20 years of software industry experience in database, networking, geometry processing, and computer graphics.
Learn more about Ping Fu in Business Leader. Listen to her 2011 interview at WUNC, 2006 interviews for National Public Radio, and The National Center for Women & Informational Technology.
Rob Hoffman, Head of 3D Entertainment
Company: Autodesk Media & Entertainment
Rob Hoffmann comes to Autodesk, Inc. with over 16 years of experience in the digital media market, working with both hardware and software products.
Rob started his career as 3D Product Manager for NewTek, Inc., developing a strong understanding of the digital content creation space. After four years at NewTek, Rob moved on to Intergraph Computer Systems as the Director of Worldwide Business Development for TV, Film and Entertainment. Two years later, he returned to NewTek where he served as the Worldwide Marketing Director for 3D. In 2002, Rob joined Alias as Product Marketing Manager. Having joined Autodesk Media & Entertainment through the acquisition of Alias in January 2006, Rob brings with him Product Marketing Management experience with the Alias 3D products: Maya, MotionBuilder, FBX and HumanIK and now oversees 3D entertainment marketing for Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage, Suites, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, FBX and mental ray for the Media and Entertainment division of Autodesk.
LA Mobile Entertainment Summit
Event Date: September 20-21, 2011
Location: Hollywood and Highland Center
Event homepage: http://www.lamobilesummit.net/
Overview
The Mobile Entertainment Summit® was created to attract attendees from all facets of the industry to gain insight, education and a vision of how mobile entertainment will evolve over time,” says John Golicz, CEO of Unicomm. “Positioning the LA Mobile Entertainment Summit® in association with Variety, presented by Ortsbo at this intersection of technology and content will allow our attendees to gain market awareness and most importantly, educate the relevant stakeholders in the entertainment and mobile industry about their products.”
3D Gaming Summit
Event Date: September 20-22, 2011
Location: Hollywood & Highland Center Hollywood CA
Event homepage: http://www.3dgamingsummit.com/
Overview
Jon Peddie Research is an Industry Partner at the upcoming 3D Gaming Summit to be held September 20-22, 2011, at Hollywood & Highland Center Hollywood CA. Jon Peddie will be moderating the “What the Consumer Wants – Recent Findings on 3D Gaming and Consumer Interest” panel.
Panelists will include:
To be announced.
Jon Peddie Research’s Press Luncheon
Event Date: August 10th 2011 - Time: 12:00 – 14:30
Location: Pan Pacific Vancouver 300-999 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 3B5 - The Ocean room (mezzanine level)
Event homepage: http://www.panpacific.com/Vancouver/Overview.html
Overview
Jon Peddie Research is hosting an informational luncheon for press and analysts at SIGGRAPH 2011
There will be a panel of experts in the field to give their views and answer your questions. This panel features the people who are designing the hardware, software, and tools along with the people who are using the tools in their every day work. Questions get asked, and questions get answers. There will also be opportunities for exclusive one-on-one interviews that you won’t be able to get elsewhere, and you’ll get a damn fine lunch.
The topic we will be discussing this year is Virtual Moviemaking. Virtual Production, or Virtual Moviemaking, is a new, visually dynamic, non-linear workflow. It blends virtual camera systems, advanced motion and performance capture, 3D software and practical 3D assets with real-time render display technology, enabling filmmakers to interactively visualize and explore digital scenes for the production of feature films and game cinematics.
As it becomes more commonly used there are interesting questions raised.
- What do you visualize the virtual movie on: a workstation, a tablet, a phone?
- Where is the rendering load going to be handled: software, GPU, CPU, hybrid, cloud?
- When does CG replace live actors; all actors, or just stand-ins and secondary?
- How will the scene models be made: from scratch, point-cloud scans, photo simulation?
Panelists
Steve Cooper, Poser Product Manager
Company: Smith Micro Software
Steve Cooper is the Poser Product Manager for Smith Micro Software. Working with the core Poser development team, content developers and end users, Cooper is responsible for determining the feature set for the product family and shepherds the delivery of those features to their diverse and active customer base. He is also responsible for brand-centric business development and establishing strategic partnerships to further integration of 3D characters and Poser content within a variety of applications.
Cooper has been working with 3D characters and Poser since 1996 and with 3D tool developers since 1991. His early work with the brand transitioned it from an interesting niche product into the defacto standard for 3D storytelling, complete with a virtual stage and ready to pose 3D characters. He brings both executive skills and sleeves-rolled-up experience to the Poser family of products.
Prior to working with Smith Micro, Cooper was president of Curious Labs, an early publisher of Poser. Before co-founding Curious Labs he filled senior product management and evangelism roles at Fractal Designs and Metacreations and has driven a variety of 3D initiatives with Strata 3D, Havok and Futuremark. Cooper holds a BA in illustration and design from the Art Institute of Boston.
Darin Grant, Head of Production Technology
Company: Dreamworks
Darin Grant is Head of Production Technology for DreamWorks Animation, where he is responsible for collaborating with the studio’s visual effects supervisors and department heads to establish and manage production priorities for technology development, acquisition, adoption and integration for multiple film projects in various stages of development, pre-production and production across multiple geographic locations. Darin is responsible for strategic leadership in studio-wide production initiatives such as stereoscopic 3D, motion-capture, pre-visualization, and numerous department-specific efforts in pipeline, effects animation, texturing and lighting. Darin is also the production point person on the validation and integration of our upcoming next generation tool set, the most significant technology program the studio has ever undertaken. His credits include DreamWorks Animation feature films such as How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda 2 and the upcoming Puss in Boots.
Prior to joining DreamWorks Animation in 2005, Darin was at Digital Domain for ten years in various positions, concluding as Director of Technology. Notably during his tenure, the studio won numerous accolades for technical achievement, including a Scientific and Technical Academy Award for volumetric techniques and the commercialization of Nuke, a proprietary compositing tool, which is now the industry standard. He received multiple film credits, contributing to software and technical development for the studio’s work on Academy Award-winning visual effect triumphs, including Titanic and What Dreams May Come, as well as special effects-laden action films such as Fight Club, Robot and The Day After Tomorrow.
Darin has served in many leadership and review roles for SIGGRAPH, the world’s largest computer graphics organization. He is a member of the Visual Effects Society and serves on the Digital Imaging Technology Sub-Committee of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Darin holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California.
Brian Pohl
Company: Autodesk
A veteran of George Lucas’ JAK Films’ previsualization team and ILM
Brian Pohl has 16 years of experience as a designer, VFX artist and previs
supervisor. A veteran of George Lucas' JAK Films previs team and multiple
VFX companies, Pohl is credited for creating or supervising previs on over
22 films including Star Wars Episode II, I,Robot, Star Trek, and Battle: Los
Angeles.
Pohl recently joined Autodesk to apply his past production experience
towards product design. In 2009 he participated in the formation of the
Previsualization Society and acts as secretary and chairman of its web and
educational committees. In his spare time Pohl teaches classes at Gnomon
School of Visual Effects.
Ping Fu, Chairman and CEO of Geomagic
Company: Geomagic
Honored by Inc. Magazine as “The Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2005, Ping Fu describes herself an artist and a scientist whose chosen expression is business. Ping co-founded Geomagic, a leading US software company which pioneers 3D technologies that fundamentally change the way products are designed and manufactured around the world. From repairing vintage cars at Jay Leno’s garage to preserving US treasures and digitally recreating the Statue of Liberty, Geomagic enables design and production of one-of-the-kind products and services at a cost less than mass production.
Before Geomagic, Ping was Director of Visualization at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), where she initiated and managed the NCSA Mosaic browser that led to Netscape and Internet Explorer. While at Bell Labs, she led the development of data mining and digital telephony.
She is actively involved in promoting entrepreneurship and women in mathematics and sciences. She is on the Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the Kenan Institute at the University of North Carolina and an advisor to President Obama serving on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship She is also a mentor for The Clinton Foundation’s Entrepreneur Mentoring Program, she participated in the kick-off for the White House’s 2011 Startup America initiative, is the author of two books and inventor of five US and international patents.
Ping has received numerous awards for her leadership as an entrepreneur, including Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. magazine, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Carolinas, Woman’s Compass award and Life Time Achievements award by Business Leader magazine. She was invited as a guest of the First Lady Michelle Obama at her box for the President’s first State of Union Address in Jan. 2010.
Coming straight to the US from a Chinese prison, Ping’s journey to entrepreneurship is a remarkable American dream by itself. Her childhood dream was to be an astronaut. Today her company’s software is used to ensure safe return of every NASA space shuttle. “I would like to find a way for engineering to transcend humanity” she says. Ping has one daughter and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Rob Powers, Vice President of 3D Development
Company: Newtek
Worked on Avatar and other films.
Rob Powers is the vice president of 3D Development at NewTek. Powers was the first CG artist to join James Cameron’s team as Animation Technical Director for “Avatar,” eventually creating and supervising the Virtual Art Department (VAD) for “Avatar.” Powers was also the Virtual Art Department Supervisor for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s “Tintin,” scheduled for release December 2011.
As supervisor of the Avatar Virtual Art Department, Powers and his team developed all the real-time environmental assets for the production and many innovative virtual workflow tools and techniques to define the process. He continued his efforts as Virtual Art Department Supervisor on “TinTin” where he organized and built a team of artists in Los Angeles working directly with the Weta Digital Team in New Zealand.
Powers is a graduate of the University of Southern California Cinema Production. After graduation, he continued his formal film school education at the American Film Institute. At the time, the digital side of filmmaking didn’t exist and no schools offered programs in computer graphics (CG) animation. Self-taught in digital filmmaking methodologies, Powers is among the pioneers of the CG revolution.
He has created animation and effects for a wide range of projects such as James Cameron’s stereoscopic IMAX film “Aliens of the Deep,” Disney’s “Honey I Shrunk the Kids”, and Jet Li’s “The One.” Powers was also the lead animator for the 3D-dancing baby that debuted on the Emmy-Award winning “Ally McBeal” television show in the mid-90s.
Rob Powers on IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm0694610/
SIGGRAPH Pioneer’s cocktail party meeting
Event Date: August 9th, 6PM 2011
Location: Room 302, Vancouver Convention Centre
Event homepage: http://www.siggraph.org/programs/pioneers/home-page-and-announcements/
Overview
Our guest speaker will be Turner Whitted from Microsoft who will speak about People, Pixels, and the Past. He’s scanning in some old 35mm slides to show us. Most of you know Turner, and in addition to be being a great guy, smarter than your average bear, and having a deadly wit, he’s also a fascinating speaker - you won’t want to miss this.
If you’re not a Pioneer and have been active with CG since 1991 then now’s a great time to become a member. Sign up here.
6-sight - The Future of Imaging
Event Date: June 20-22, 2011
Location: San Jose CA
Event homepage: http://www.pmai.org/6sight11.aspx
Overview
6Sight is made up of three components all focused on enhancing the future of imaging through bringing the interested parties together at conferences, informing the imaging ecosystem about the advances in imaging technology and business models and establishing online networking communities for leaders to meet and share opportunities.
AMD Fusion Developer Summit
Event Date: June 13 - 16 2011
Location: Meydenbauer Center - Bellevue, WA
Event homepage: http://developer.amd.com/afds/pages/default.aspx
Heterogeneous computing is moving into the mainstream, and a broader range of applications are already on the way. As the provider of world-class CPUs, GPUs, and APUs, AMD offers unique insight into these technologies and how they interoperate. We’ve been working with industry and academia partners to help advance real-world use of these technologies, and to understand the opportunities that lie ahead. It’s time to share what we’ve learned so far.
With tutorials, hands-on labs, and sessions that span a range of topics from HPC to multimedia, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your view of what heterogeneous computing currently offers and where it is going. You’ll hear from industry innovators and academic pioneers who are exploring different ways of approaching problems, and utilizing new paradigms in computing to help identify solutions. You’ll meet AMD experts with deep knowledge of hardware architectures and the software techniques that best leverage those platforms. And you’ll connect with other software professionals who share your passion for the future of technology.
You are at the vanguard of important technology movements.
You actually care about programming paradigms.
You are a champion of open standards.
You advocate community collaboration for the benefit of all.
You should be at the AMD Fusion Developer Summit.
GPU Technology Summit Israel
Event Date: May 30 2011
Location: Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv, Israel
Event homepage: http://tegradeveloper.nvidia.com/content/gpu-technology-summit-israel
Overview
NVIDIA, The World Leader In Visual And Parallel Computing, Will Host On 30 May The Year’s Most Important Event Dedicated To Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Technology In Israel.
Tech Panel: “The Role Of The GPU In Modern Computing”:
A panel comprised of Jon Peddie, a world-renown expert on graphics processing and president of Jon Peddie Research; CEOs; and prominent investment firms will discuss how GPU technology is changing the industry.
Registration
Registration for this summit is located here.
Dimension 3 - International S-3D & New Images Forum
Event Date: May 24-26 2011
Location: Dock Pullman / Seine Saint Denis / Paris area
Event homepage: http://www.dimension3-expo.com
Overview
A little over five years ago, when we presented our Forum project to professionals in France and abroad, we were sometimes met with puzzlement and defiance, but there was also a great deal of enthusiasm: Dimension 3 was born…
Today, 3D is on everyone’s mind and its proponents are in ever-increasing numbers, much to our pleasure! We are responding to this evolution with changes of our own for Dimension 3’s third edition, starting with a change of location: the department of Seine-Saint-Denis will be hosting the event, with the support of its local government, from June 2 to 4 at the Centre National de la Danse in Pantin.
For 5 years, Dimension 3 has been the only European event fully dedicated to 3D images. A place for sharing, discovering and networking, Dimension 3 is now a must-attend event for designers, producers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers and researchers who include 3D into their development strategy.
