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Keynotes

Yoshiyuki Miyamae

Design Director, Designer,
A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE

Hiroaki Kitano

Executive Deputy President and CTO,
Sony Group Corporation

Jinko Gotoh

Producer and Vice President,
Women in Animation

Featured Sessions

Koki Nagano

Principal Research Scientist
NVIDIA

Masaki Takahashi

VFX & CG Director / Senior Computer Graphics Artist
SHIROGUMI INC.

Stuart Adcock

Head of Facial Motion Department
Wētā FX

Kingdom of The Planet of the Apes (R)Evolutionary Facial Animation

Allison Orr

Lead Facial Motion Animator
Wētā FX

Kingdom of The Planet of the Apes (R)Evolutionary Facial Animation

Hayden Jones

VFX Supervisor
Industrial Light & Magic

Ultraman: Rising - How ILM brought this iconic hero to screens large and small

Alex Fry

Senior Colour & Imaging Production Engineer
Industrial Light & Magic / Lucasfilm Ltd

Display Transformers : The Development of ACES 2.0 and it's Implementation on Transformers One

Keith Miller

Creative Director & VFX Supervisor
Wētā FX

WAR IS OVER! Wētā FX Gets Animated

Aidan Martin

Animation Supervisor
Wētā FX

WAR IS OVER! Wētā FX Gets Animated

Daniel Macarin

VFX Supervisor
Wētā FX

Wētā FX takes on Alien: Romulus

Michael Chrobak

Effects Supervisor
Wētā FX

Wētā FX takes on Alien: Romulus

Philippe Lierena

CTO
Fortiche Production & Riot Games

Ian Failes (Moderator)

VFX & Animation Journalist
befores & afters

Netflix manga series Yu Yu Hakusho: How Megalis Created the Show’s Most Complex Shot

Shinji Aramaki

Director
SOLA DIGITAL ARTS Inc.

Utilizing Generative AI for Look Dev in CG Anime Production

Yuichi Saito

Director
LVM Inc.

Utilizing Generative AI for Look Dev in CG Anime Production

Yuta Takayasu

Engineer
SOLA DIGITAL ARTS Inc.

Utilizing Generative AI for Look Dev in CG Anime Production

Kotaro Sakamoto

Researcher
Matsuo Lab, University of Tokyo

Utilizing Generative AI for Look Dev in CG Anime Production

Itsuro Sasakura

Design Engineer
SOLA DIGITAL ARTS Inc.

Utilizing Generative AI for Look Dev in CG Anime Production

Stay tuned for more speakers to be announced.