BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:19721003T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19721003T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240214T070250Z LOCATION:Meeting Room C4.4\, Level 4 (Convention Centre) DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231215T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231215T130000 UID:siggraphasia_SIGGRAPH Asia 2023_sess308_educur_103@linklings.com SUMMARY:Framing the Future: How collaboration between Higher Education and Industry is empowering graduates DESCRIPTION:Educator's Forum\n\nMiho Aoki (University of Alaska Fairbanks) ; Gregory Bennett (Auckland University of Technology); Mark Flanagan and C aitlin Procter (Animal Logic); Alwyn Hunt (Adobe, The Rookies); Egan Wesen er (Rising Sun Pictures); and Ben Cooke (DNEG Sydney)\n\nAustralia and New Zealand have faced unique challenges in growing their VFX and Animation i ndustries. Not least of these are their geographical isolation and a small er talent pool from which to hire. In this panel, we will discuss how comp anies across the region have built courses in collaboration with higher ed ucation in order to fill their needs for production-ready graduates. We lo ok at the different approaches, analyse challenges, successes and where we might still improve.\n\nRegistration Category: Full Access, Enhanced Acce ss, Trade Exhibitor, Experience Hall Exhibitor URL:https://asia.siggraph.org/2023/full-program?id=educur_103&sess=sess308 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR