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July 22 - 26, 2024 | Virtual

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Tuesday, July 23
 

9:00am MDT

ORI Encoding Guidelines - Sam Richards, Disney Imagineering
Tuesday July 23, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
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The Open Review Initiative (ORI) is an umbrella project at the Academy Software Foundation working to build a unified open source toolset for collaborative playback, review and approval of motion picture and related professional media. Join us for an update on the Video Encoding Guidelines, a subproject of ORI, including a proposal to adopt VP9 and AV1 in the VFX community.

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Sam Richards

VFX Manager, Disney Imagineering
Tuesday July 23, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
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10:00am MDT

MaterialX and OpenPBR - Jonathan Stone, Lucasfilm; Guido Quaroni, Adobe; Adrien Herubel, Nikola Milosevic & Orm Gunnarsson, Autodesk; Karen Lucknavalai, Pixar; Masuo Suzuki & Frankie Liu, NVIDIA & Mihail Djurev, Chaos Group
Tuesday July 23, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
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MaterialX is an open standard for the exchange of rich material and look-development content across applications and renderers. Join members of the MaterialX Technical Steering Committee as they share recent milestones, including the launch OpenPBR uber shader, future plans, and answer questions from the community.

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Guido Quaroni

Senior Dir. Engineering, Adobe
Guido Quaroni is the Sr. Director of Engineering for Adobe's 3D & Immersive team overseeing the engineers responsible for the Substance 3D product line and focusing on innovation and interoperability of 3D content across all Adobe’s creative tools. Before joining Adobe, Guido worked... Read More →
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Nikola Milosevic

PM, Autodesk
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Mihail Djurev

Chaos Group
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Jonathan Stone

Lead Rendering Engineer, Lucasfilm
Jonathan Stone is a Lead Rendering Engineer in the Lucasfilm Advanced Development Group and the lead developer of MaterialX. He has designed real-time rendering and look-development technology for Lucasfilm since 2010, working on productions including The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The... Read More →
Tuesday July 23, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
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3:00pm MDT

OpenTimelineIO - Eric Reinecke, Netflix
Tuesday July 23, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
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OpenTimelineIO (OTIO) is an open source interchange format and API for editorial timeline information. Join members of the OpenTimelineIO Technical Steering Committee and community as they share recent milestones, future plans and answer questions.

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Tuesday July 23, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
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4:00pm MDT

Open Shading Language - Chris Kulla, Epic Games & Larry Gritz, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Tuesday July 23, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
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Open Shading Language is a rich language for programmable shading in advanced renderers and other applications, ideal for describing materials, lights, displacement, and pattern generation. Join OSL Technical Steering Committee as they share recent milestones, future plans and answer questions from the community.

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Larry Gritz

Sony Pictures Imageworks
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Chris Kulla

Epic Games
Tuesday July 23, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
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Wednesday, July 24
 

9:00am MDT

Open RV - Guillaume Brossard, Alain Compagnat & Bernard Laberge, Autodesk
Wednesday July 24, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
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Join members of the OpenRV Technical Steering Committee as they share recent milestones, future plans and answer questions from the community.OpenRV is a native review and playback tool and is part of the Open Review Initiative at the Academy Software Foundation.

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Guillaume Brossard

Director of Engineering & ORI TSC Member, Autodesk
Guillaume Brossard has been with Autodesk for over 10 years and joined the ShotGrid team at acquisition as a DevOps Engineer, where he led the Infrastructure Team through its cloud transition. For the last couple of years, he has been building and leading multiple engineering teams... Read More →
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Wednesday July 24, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
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10:00am MDT

xSTUDIO - Ted Waine & Chas Jarrett, DNEG
Wednesday July 24, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
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Join members of the xSTUDIO Technical Steering Committee members as they share recent milestones, future plans and answer questions from the community. xSTUDIO is a playback and review application and is part of the Open Review Initiative at the Academy Software Foundation.

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Ted Waine

Expert Software Developer, DNEG
After studying physics and optics as an undergraduate Ted started his career in Medical Imaging before entering VFX in 2003, joining DNEG's R&D team. Since then Ted has worked on a wide variety of projects involving, among many things, computer vision, image based modelling, application... Read More →
Wednesday July 24, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
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11:00am MDT

OpenImageIO - Larry Gritz & Danny Greenstein
Wednesday July 24, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
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Join members of the OpenImageIO Technical Steering Committee as they share recent milestones, future plans and answer questions from the community. OpenImageIO is a widely used open source library and utilities for manipulating digital image files and is an Academy Software Foundation project.

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Larry Gritz

Sony Pictures Imageworks
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Wednesday July 24, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
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3:00pm MDT

OpenColorIO - Doug Walker, Autodesk & Carol Payne, Independent
Wednesday July 24, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
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OpenColorIO is an open source color management system. The OCIO Technical Steering Committee will review the new features in OCIO 2.4, config updates, the nanoColor project (light-weight OCIO), the progress of the ASWF Color Interop Forum, and take questions from the community.

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Doug Walker

Tech Lead, Autodesk
Doug is the Technology Lead for Color Science at Autodesk, working on products such as Flame, Maya, Arnold, and Shotgrid. He is also very active in open source projects, serving as the Chief Architect on the OpenColorIO Technical Steering Committee and as part of the Architectural... Read More →
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Carol Payne

Color & Imaging Expert, Consultant
Carol Payne has served as the Technical Steering Committee Chair for OpenColorIO since 2021. She started her career in VFX, working for six years at Industrial Light & Magic, most prominently as Color & Imaging Engineer, and moved to Netflix from 2019-2023 as an Imaging Technologist... Read More →
Wednesday July 24, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
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4:00pm MDT

OpenEXR - Cary Phillips, Industrial Light & Magic & Kimball Thurston, Wētā FX
Wednesday July 24, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
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Join members of the OpenEXR Technical Steering Committee as they share recent new features, discuss the direction of future development, and answer questions from the community. OpenEXR is the high-dynamic range image format of the motion picture industry and is an Academy Software Foundation project.

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Cary Phillips

R&D Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic
R&D Supervisor at ILM. OpenEXR Technical Steering Committee Chair. Member, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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Kimball Thurston

Chief Technology Officer, Wētā FX
Kimball has a long history creating technology for the motion picture industry. He has been at Wētā FX for 8 years, with previous engagement at Dolby Laboratories, Lowry Digital, Dreamworks Animation, Apple and Silicon Grail. He received the Academy Scientific & Engineering Award... Read More →
Wednesday July 24, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
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5:00pm MDT

Opencue - Diego Tavares, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Wednesday July 24, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm MDT
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Members of the OpenCue Technical Steering Committee will share project updates and a proposal to drop Python 2.7 compatibility. OpenCue is an open source render management system and an Academy Software Foundation Project.

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Diego Tavares

Software Engineer, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Diego is a Software Engineer at Sony Pictures Imageworks, where he leads the internal development of Opencue between other rendering pipeline solutions that require high availability and robustness to handle a big volume of data.
Wednesday July 24, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm MDT
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Thursday, July 25
 

10:00am MDT

OpenFX - Gary Oberbrunner, Dark Star Systems
Thursday July 25, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
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OpenFX is a popular open source plugin standard that allows interoperability between image processing tools in the VFX industry. OpenFX Technical Steering Committee members will discuss the new features in version 1.5 as well as future plans. We will moderate a discussion on community involvement and the direction of the standard, and answer questions from the attendees.

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Gary Oberbrunner

Dark Star Systems
Thursday July 25, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
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3:00pm MDT

D&I Working Group - Rachel Rose, Industrial Light & Magic & Carol Payne, Independent
Thursday July 25, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
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The Diversity & Inclusion Working Group at the Academy Software Foundation breaks down barriers to access and increases connections among participants in the Foundation’s projects, the larger community, and the VFX & Animation industry. Working Group chairs and members will share recent milestones, future plans and answer questions from the community.

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Rachel Rose

R&D Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic
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Carol Payne

Color & Imaging Expert, Consultant
Carol Payne has served as the Technical Steering Committee Chair for OpenColorIO since 2021. She started her career in VFX, working for six years at Industrial Light & Magic, most prominently as Color & Imaging Engineer, and moved to Netflix from 2019-2023 as an Imaging Technologist... Read More →
Thursday July 25, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
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