Tag "SIGGRAPH Asia"

SIGGRAPH Asia: CG Platform Attracts Innovation

January 3, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Last month the fifth edition of SIGGRAPH’s growing Asia event wrapped up in the island city-nation of Singapore after four days of talks, papers, exhibits and industry hobnobbing, furthering its goal of advancing its position as a global platform to showcase the region’s best digital innovations and breakthrough concepts to [...]

SIGGRAPH Asia Reveals Sessions, Speakers

October 9, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

The 2012 SIGGRAPH Asia event, set to take place in Singapore this November 28 thru December 1, will bring together leading names from the animation, graphics, digital art and tech worlds for a series of informative sessions and presentation. The Special Sessions will feature Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Paul Franklin (Double [...]

SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Set for Nov. 28-Dec.1 in Singapore

August 8, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

SIGGRAPH Asia will return to the city where it started, with the five-year-old confab scheduled to take place Nov. 28-Dec. 1 in Singapore. The annual convention for the best artists working in animation, digital art, graphics and technology industries also announced its first speakers: Karlheinz Brandenburg, creator of the MP3 format; [...]

‘Kung Fu Panda 2′ Director to Speak at SIGGRAPH Asia

October 24, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Jennifer Yu Nelson, the acclaimed director of DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 2 and the film’s production designer Raymond Zibach are two of the featured speakers at SIGGRAPH Asia, which takes place Dec. 12-15 at the Hong Kong Convention Center this year. Nelson and Zibach will take attendees through the [...]

SIGGRAPH Asia Preps Papers, Prizes for 2010

November 30, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

South Korea is set to play host to more than 8,000 people from the computer animation and interactivity world by hosting SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 Dec. 15-18 in Seoul. The conference will screen more than 100 animations and present nearly 170 research papers, technical sketches and posters for discussion. The third [...]

SIGGRAPH Asia Fest Bestows Three Awards

November 11, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The jury in SIGGRAPH Asia’s Computer Animation Festival has named winners in three categories: Best of Show, Best Technical and Best Student. The Best of Show award goes to Poppy, a short film about two soldiers who find a baby on the battlefield. The film is directed by James Cunningham [...]