Keynote speaker:
Mireille Soria, President Paramount Pictures Animation Soria is responsible for all operations of the animation group from creative development to release and also works closely with the Viacom teams to develop animated feature films. Soria was co-president of Feature Animation at DreamWorks Animation, where she oversaw creative development and production on films including “Trolls” and “Boss Baby,” and produced “Captain Underpants” and the “Madagascar” franchise. Her other producing credits include “Home,” “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas,” and the Fox/DWA animated television series “Neighbors From Hell” for TBS. Before that, she was a producer at Fox Family pictures, with films including “Ever After: A Cinderella Story.” Before that she was a Disney vice president, overseeing such films as “The Mighty Ducks” and “Cool Runnings.” Before Disney, she was at the Steve Tisch Company, which followed a stint at ABC. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America.
Rob Bredow, visual effects supervisor and co-producer for Solo: A Star Wars Story. In addition to supervising the visual effects for this second film in the Star Wars anthology, Bredow was recently appointed senior vice president, executive creative director& head of ILM. Bredow will be in charge of all four of ILM’s global studios. Bredow joined Industrial Light & Magic as a visual effects supervisor in 2014. He helped launch ILMxLAB in 2015 to develop, create, and release story-based immersive entertainment. In 2016, Bredow was promoted to chief technology officer of Lucasfilm.
Don Greenberg, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics at Cornell University
Glenn Entis, Academy Award winner, co-founder PDI
Phil Rynda, Director Kids and Family, Netflix
David Misch, Producer, stand-up comedian and screenwriter
Roger Gould, Creative Director, Theme Parks at Pixar Animation Studios & Walt Disney Animation Studios
Mike Ford, overall vfx supervisor, Hotel Transylvania 3
Bill Watral, Winner of Annie and VES awards, VFX supervisor of "Incredibles 2” from Pixar Animation Studios
Dadi Einarsson, VFX supervisor for "ADRIFT", co-founder RVX
Jay Worth, VFX supervisor for HBO’s “Westworld”
Kim Davidson, Academy Award winner, Computer Scientist, Founder
Vincent Morisset, Winner of a Primetime Emmy for Best Interactive Program, director and founder of studio AATOAA, known for multiple interactive films with Arcade Fire and the National Film Board of Canada.
Jan-Bart Van Beek, Studio art director for Guerrilla Games
Henry LaBounta, Studio Art Director at EA Ghost Games, BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee
Aaron Allport, Senior art director at King
Veselin Efremov, creative director at Unity Technologies, the creator of the “Book of the Dead “ Interactive Realtime Demo and “ADAM,” a CGI 3D Animated Short
Milan Jovovic, Co-founder, partner and chief creative officer at Nordeus