VIEW Conference 2026 takes place in beautiful Torino, Italy from October 12-16, 2026. Hope to see you there! 

Our speakers include:

• Brad Bird, Writer & Director, Ray Gunn
• Sir Roger Deakins, Academy Award Winning Cinematographer
• James Ellis Deakins, Creative Work Partner of Roger Deakins
• Joel Crawford, Writer/Director, Forgotten Island, Dreamworks Animation
• Januel P. Mercado, Writer/Director, Forgotten Island, DreamWorks Animation
• Kenna Harris, Co-Director & Co-Writer, Toy Story 5, Pixar Animation Studios
• Daniel Chong, Director, HOPPERS, Pixar Animation Studios
• Nicole Paradis Grindle, Producer, HOPPERS, Pixar Animation Studios
• Tyree Dillihay, Director, GOAT, Sony Pictures Animation
• Merlin Crossingham, Director, Aardman Animations
• Jerome Chen, Overall VFX Supervisor, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Marvel Studios
• Richard Kerris, Global Media and Entertainment Vice-President, NVIDIA
• Cristobal Valenzuela, Cofounder and Co-CEO, Runway
• Matthew E. Butler, Production VFX Supervisor, Disclosure Day
• Liz Bernard, Animation Supervisor, Disclosure Day, Digital Domain
• Joel Behrens, VFX Supervisor, Disclosure Day, Digital Domain
• Patrick Harboun, VFX Supervisor, DNEG Animation
• Yvett Merino, Producer, HEXED, Disney Animation Studios
• Andrew Jackson, Overall VFX Supervisor, DNEG VFX (Oscar winner)
• Steve Emerson, Production VFX Supervisor, LAIKA
• Robert Valley, Director, Animator, Character Designer
• Paul Lambert, VFX Co-Supervisor, Project Hail Mary
• Mag Sarnowska, VFX Co-Supervisor, Project Hail Mary
• Michelle Grady, President, Sony Pictures Imageworks
• Holly Edwards, President, Skydance Animation
• Janet Lewin, Senior Vice President, General Manager, and Head, ILM
• Ryan Carlson, Production Designer, Forgotten Island, DreamWorks Animation
• Sean Sexton, Head of Character Animation, Forgotten Island, DreamWorks Animation
• Hal Hickel, Animation Director, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (Oscar, BAFTA winner)
• Sanjay Jaju IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Telangana
• Mike Yatham, Secretary, TVAGA & Founder, Rotomaker VFX Studio & VFX Hollywood LLC
• Ed Douglas, VFX Supervisor, Backrooms
• Peter Timberlake, Overall Production VFX Supervisor, Obsession, Queen Studio
• Alessandro Ongaro, Overall VFX Supervisor, Resident Evil
• Eric Saindon, Senior VFX Supervisor, Avatar: Fire & Ash, Weta FX
• Noelle Triaureau, Production Designer, SWAPPED & BLUSH, Skydance Animation
• Alexander Seaman, VFX Supervisor, DNEG
• Ben Anderson, Animation Supervisor, DNEG
• Juan-Luis Sanchez, VFX Supervisor, SWAPPED & BLUSH, Skydance Animation
• Chris Hurtt, Animation Supervisor, Framestore
• Sylvain Salame, VFX Supervisor, Mikros Animation
• Michael McCusker ACE, Award-winning Editor
• Mohsen Mousavi, VP, Virtual Pioneering, Eyeline Studios
• Dadi Einarsson, VES, Bafta and Primetime Emmy Award-winning vfx effects supervisor, "The Witcher"
• Amelie Dillig, VFX Producer, Accenture Song VFX
• Emanuel Fuchs, Visual Effects Supervisor, Accenture Song VFX
• Joseph Kasparian, VFX Supervisor, Rodeo FX
• Julien Hery, VFX Supervisor, Rodeo FX
• Benjy Riehl, Global Head of Business Development, Proof Inc
• Chris McLaughlin, VFX Supervisor, DNEG
• Bruno Velazquez, Game Director, God of War Ragnarök, Sony Santa Monica Studio
• Brian Wyser, Senior Animation Director, Wolverine
• Brian Mullen, Senior/Lead Lighting Artist, Wolverine
• Hitesh Shah, Founder and Chairman, BOT VFX
• Scott Mann, Cofounder and Co-CEO, Flawless
• Gretchen Libby, Director, Amazon Web Services, Specialists, Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sport
• Gary Mundell, CEO & Co-Founder, LOFTAPPS
• Remko Noteboom, Co-Founder and CTO, LOFTAPPS
• Ron Frankel, Founder & CEO, Proof Inc
• Shawn Walsh, COO of VFX & GM of Image Engine, Cinesite Group
• Dylan Sisson, Head of RenderMan Creative Engagement, Pixar Animation Studios
• Chris Bremble, Founder & CEO, Base Media
• Jeff Dillinger, Creative Producer/Director
• Alex Boya, Animator and Filmmaker, National Film Board of Canada
• Jelena Popović, Producer, National Film Board of Canada
• Chris Browne, VFX Supervisor, Filmmaker
• Chris Lavis, Co-Founder, Clyde Henry Productions & Director, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, The National Film Board of Canada (Oscar winner)
• Eloi Champagne, Head, Technical Direction and Production Technology, National Film Board of Canada
• Habib Zargarpour, Virtual Production Supervisor, Interdimensional VFX, Co-head of Virtual Production, USC School of Cinematic Arts
• Setareh Samandari, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Interdimensional VFX
• Tim McLaughlin, Dean, School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, Texas A&M University
• Mayet Andreassen, Instructional Associate Professor, Visualization Industry Relations, Texas A&M University, College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts
• Junya Mochizuki, Senior Manager, Business Development, Sony Corporation, Visual Creation Division
• Jamie Raffone, Senior Manager, Virtual Production, Sony Electronics Imaging
• Jeff Kember, Principal Technical Evangelist for Media2, NVIDIA
• Wayne Miller, Executive Producer/Head of Production, Texas A&M University, Virtual Production Institute
• Marc St. Pierre, Collection Curator, National Film Board of Canada
• Jan-Bart van Beek, Studio Director & Studio Art & Animation Director, Guerrilla Games
• Scott Eaton, artist exploring figurative representation & abstraction by combining traditional mediums with machine learning and other digital tools
• Simone Silvestri, Art Director, Saros game, Housemarque
• Jochen Willemsen, Cinematic Director, Guerilla Games
• Thomas Schelesny, VFX Supervisor, Image Engine
• Simon Weisse, VFX Miniature Unit Supervisor and Props Designer
• Lucy Weisse, Prop and Model Maker
• Laurens Ehrmann, Founder & Creative Director, The Yard
• Henrik Fett, CEO, Opsis Studio
• Sarah Rumbley, Software Engineer & VFX Supervisor, Dear Upstairs Neighbors, Google
• Mark Ulano, Sound Engineer, CAS, AMPS (Oscar winner)
• Patrushka Mierzwa, Boom Operator & Author
• Kieran Belshaw, Concept Artist
• Heiko Burkardsmaier, VFX Executive Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Accenture Song VFX
• Ian Failes, Editor, befores & afters
• Carlos Vilchis Ph.D., Faculty, Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Simon Davies, Talent Acquisition Leader & Founder, DAX | Digital Arts Xchange
• Debra Coleman, Founder, Career and Leadership Coach, Open Frame Coaching
• David Li, Founder & Chairman of the Board, Dream Machine VFX
• Alessandra Sorrentino, Art Director, Head of Story, 2D Animator
• Chris Spry, Managing Director, FIN VFX
• Christian Tagliapietra, 3D Artist and Educator, Skyup Academy
• Priya Singh, Project Manager and Co-Director/Project Coordinator, Women in Concept Art
• Valeriia Konstantinova, Junior Concept Artist, Atomhawk Design Ltd, and Co-Director, Women in Concept Art
• Emily Bland, Junior Concept Artist, Industrial Light & Magic
• Isobel Hine, Mid Concept Artist, INT/Night , Founder/Director of WCAA
• Jessica Taylor, Senior Freelance Concept Artist and Illustrator, Community Manager of WCAA
• Bogdan Amidžić, FX Supervisor, Crater Studios
• Nikola Vučenović, 2D Supervisor, Crater Studios
• Daniel Burch, VFX Supervisor & Head of Compositing, Blackpoint Studio
• Juri Stanossek, VFX Supervisor, Accenture Song VFX
• Alexandra Stautmeister, VFX & Animation Producer, Lavalabs Moving Images
• Alexandre Poncet, Director, Composer, Film Historian
• Kevin Baillie, Executive, Visual Effects Supervisor, Director, Founder, Critical Period
• John Canning, Director Developer Relations - M&E, AEC, D&M, AMD
• Christina Caspers-Roemer, General Manager, Trixter, and Executive Producer, Cinesite Group
• Trent Claus, VFX Supervisor, Lola Visual Effects
• Tara DeMarco, Visual Effects Supervisor, Paramount Studios
• Simone Favarin, Professor & Multidisciplinary Designer, Co-Founder & CTO, Shorium
• Darren Frankel, Head of Film & Television, Adobe
• Kate Gabriel, Creative Director, The Mayda Creative Co
• Boyan Georgiev, Vice Chair, London ACM Siggraph, Lighting & Comp Artist, Creative Technologist, Chair, London ACM SIGGRAPH
• Carolyn Giardina, Entertainment and Technology Freelance Journalist
• Tom Gibbons, Animation / Stop-Motion Supervisor, Tippett Studio
• Alessandro Salis, VFX Supervisor, 22DOGS
• Larry Detwiler, Production VFX Supervisor, Netflix
• Ernst Janssen Groesbeek, Stylized Rendering Look Development Artist, 9to3animation
• Johnny Han, VFX Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director, The Penguin (HBO)
• Sachitha Kalingamudali, General Manager, Mogo Studios
• Delphine Coudray, Head of Operations, Animation Ireland
• Francisco "Pakko" De la Torre-Rocha, Founder/Chief Innovations Officer, AIM World & AIM Previz
• Siva Kumar Kasetty, Executive Producer & Partner, ZA Studios
• Heike Kluger, VFX Supervisor
• Jonas Kluger, Founder, Das Element
• Rob Konuch, Digital Supervisor
• Eva Krpanov, Treasurer, London ACM Siggraph, VFX Production Coordinator
• Beata Parczewska, Chair, London ACM SIGGRAPH, 3D Artist / Motion Designer
• Christine Resch, Strategic Development Manager for Video, Adobe
• Robert Hranitzky, Designer & Creative Director
• Masha Shugrina, Senior Research Scientist & Manager, NVIDIA
• Agata M. Soccini, Researcher, Head of the VR Lab, University of Torino
• Saint John Walker, Programme Leader, Postgraduate Media, University of Hertfordshire
• Sean Wallitsch, Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Visual Compute, Amazon Web Services
• Hayley Miller, Founder, World VFX Day
• Adele Khawli, Marketing Consultant
• Eugenie Poncet, Director, Campus Artisan de l’Image, and Producer, Walking with Animators
• Gaston Alvarez, Virtual Production & VFX Supervisor
• Phil Moss, Concept Artist & Illustrator
• Jamie Lang, Editor-in-Chief, Cartoon Brew
• Jonathan Harris, CEO / VFX Supervisor, Dupe Visual Effects
• Wieke Schrakamp, Researcher, Valsplat
• Dr. Oliver Mag Gingrich, Programme Lead, BA (Hons) Animation, University of Greenwich, School of Design & Creative Industries
• Standish Millennas, Executive Producer, Episodic, Framestore
• Thierry Levy, Executive Producer, Framestore
• Nicholas Cabana, Creative Director and Co-Founder, Claynosaurz
• Apollonia Hartmann, VFX Producer, Accenture Song VFX
• Anthony Giacchino, Filmmaker, Colette (Oscar winner)
• Maria Elena Gutierrez, CEO & Executive Director, VIEW Conference
• Alexis Wanneroy, Senior Animation Supervisor, Fortiche Production
• Rochele Gloor, Co-founder Emerging Technologist, Natural Realities and Researcher, rgloorLab
• Terrence Masson, Creative Technology & Media Executive