VIEW Conference 2019: Schedule & Speakers Announced
VIEW International Computer Graphics Conference is gearing up to present some of the most relevant and respected practitioners from across the CG industries in their 20th year programme.
Between 21st and 25th October Turin will again play host Italy’s premiere event for Computer Graphics, Interactive and Immersive Storytelling, Animation, Visual Effects, Games, VR, AR and Mixed Reality, where leading professionals will present talks, presentations and workshops and where industry will be hoping to recruit new talent.
Over the course of the week, confirmed speakers including Brad Bird (Incredibles, Ratatouille, Incredibles 2), Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Dean DeBlois (How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden Kingdom) and, most recently announced, Jill Culton, writer and director of Dreamworks Animation and Pearl Studios upcoming animated feature “Abominable”, will join many other big hitters from film, game and animation industries to make their Keynote presentations.
Talks sessions will introduce a more technical perspective towards current and future practice within VFX, Games and Animation. With the programme presenting speakers from Weta, Pixar, Google VR and Pixomondo, discussion will consider The Visual Effects of Marvel Studios, The Evolution of the Toy Story World, Digital Performance and Animating Daenerys’ Dragons.
Finally, practical Masterclasses are set to include technical sessions ranging from Digital Makeup to Procedural Material Creation and Dinosaur Locomotion alongside a more theoretical consideration of Storytelling, Acting for Animation, Public Speaking and Existential Slapstick.
With a full programme, this year’s conference looks set to be an interesting, entertaining, informative and no doubt very tiring week for anyone who holds an interest in computer generated imagery, storytelling and animation, I for one can’t wait!
Information for all presentations and accreditation is available on the VIEW Conference website: viewconference.it