The 12th international computer graphics conference, ‘VIEW Conference 2011’ will be held in Turin, Italy, October 25th – 28th, 2011. The event covers Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 3D Animation, Gaming, and VFX, and will be immediately followed by the digital movie festival, ViewFest.
Key Speaker – Tom Wujec
This year’s key speaker is Tom Wujec,a world renowned expert on innovation in the field of visualization. He is a fellow at Autodesk, and is a pioneer in the field of business visualization.Tom has worked with some really cool people, including Kevin Richards of Autodesk, whom I had the pleasure of meeting last year.
Do you remember the book ‘Imagine, Design, Create’? Wujec wrote that.
Additional Guests
Numerous notable figures will attend the conference as well: Sharon Calahan, Director of Photography/ Lighting for Cars 2, @ Pixar Animation Studios; Glenn Entis, Academy Award Winner, Co-Founder and General Partner @ Vanedge Capital; Lucia Modesto, Character Technical Director Supervisor for Kung Fu Panda 2, @ PDI/Dreamworks Animation; Erminio Pinque, Artistic Director at BIG NAZO LAB; Kris Piotrowski, Co-Founder and Creative Director @ Capy Bara Games; Joshua Grow, 2011 Siggraph Computer Animation Festival Chair; Dylan Brown, Creative Director @ Pixar Canada aka Glenn McQueen Pixar Animation Center; Roger Gould, Creative Director @ Pixar’s Theme Park Group.
Links and Source Information
Sections of this information were taken from the View Conference Press Release, as well as the following:
Conference Site: www.viewconference.it
Tom Wujec Site: http://www.tomwujec.com/
The Lavin Agency (Wujec’s Promoter): http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-tom-wujec.html
