Doug Chiang Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director, Lucasfilm keynote Old and New: How Star Wars Shaped My Art and Design Keynote
Doug Chiang Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director, Lucasfilm masterclass A Masterclass Conversation about Art and Star Wars: A fireside chat with Doug Chiang Masterclass
Hal Hickel Animation Director, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Oscar, BAFTA winner Dylan Sisson Artist & Designer, RenderMan, Pixar Animation Studios Eloi Champagne Production Technology Strategist, National Film Board of Canada Jan-Bart Van Beek Studio Director & Studio Art & Animation Director, Guerrilla Games Trent Claus VFX Supervisor, Lola Visual Effects Wieke Schrakamp Researcher, Valsplat panel How to Break into a Career in Animation, VFX and Games
Michael Coldewey Professor of Concept Art, Drawing & Design, Media Design University of Applied Sciences in Munich Mock Interviews
Alwyn Hunt Head of Education, Partnerships, Adobe, Co-Founder, The Rookies Saint John Walker Dean & Director of Industry Engagement, Escape Studios Simon Devereux Founder/Director of ACCESS: VFX and Director, Global Talent Development, Framestore Tim McLaughlin Interim Dean, School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, Texas A&M University Mauro Baldissera Founder, Skyup Academy panel The Future of Education: Spaghetti and Icebergs
Apollonia Hartmann VFX Producer, Accenture Song VFX Amy Ash Head of Characters, Axis Studios Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor, The Hollywood Reporter Lotte Kronborg Head of Studies for BFA Animation, The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, Denmark Osnat Shurer Co-CCO, Baobab Studios panel Women in Animation: 2023 Vision
Simon Devereux Founder/Director of ACCESS: VFX and Director, Global Talent Development, Framestore workshop Inclusive Hiring with ACCESS: VFX, Fostering Diversity and Equity in the VFX Industry
Giacomo Mineo Visual Effects Supervisor, DNEG Becoming a Creative Problem Solver: Crafting High-End Visuals for Movies
Chris Nichols Director, Chaos Labs, Host of CG Garage Podcast My History with Ray Tracing, Or: How I learned to stop waiting and love Vantage
Claudio Meireles Head of Communities & Influencer Marketing, Chaos Group The Heartbeat of Creativity: Empowering Community Collaboration