Cascade SIGGRAPH Programming Meeting

August 30, 2006

Minutes by Fran Zandonella

Please send all corrections to Fran Z.

Location

Tektronix in Hillsboro

Time: 6:30pm – 8:30 pm

Attendees

Demetra Gilmore Arnett, Fran Zandonella, Jenny Orr (Willamette U.), Brian Larson (ASIFA),

Greg Walters (PCC), Patrick Coan, Kristen Pedersen, Chris Hale, Will Palumbo, Ann Marcus,

Michael Smith, Leo Frishberg (CHI FOO), David Stubbs (CHI FOO)

Proposed Program of Events

September 21, 2006

Electronic Theatre, Uncut

Producer: Jeff

Location: PCC

October TBD, 2006

A. Autodesk presentation (Maya / 3DS Product Launch)

B. History of CG

Producer: Chris

November TBD, 2006

IXDA /         CHIFOO / SIGGRAPH / ASIFA – Social

Producer: Will

December TBD, 2006

No meeting due to holidays.

January TBD, 2007

CG Social w/Showing the Space-Time Animation Competition (38 minutes)

Game Studio

Producer: Kristen

February 27, 2007

Sony Pictures Imageworks presents

Producer: Patrick

March 1 (First Thursday) or 29 (Last Thursday), 2007

BYOA

Producer: Michael

Location: Disjecta possible venue for First Thursday

April TBD, 2007

How to Get a Job in CG

Producer: Fran Z

Location: PCC (to be confirmed)

May TBD, 2007

Visual Communication

Producer: Greg

co-meeting with Chi Foo

June TBD, 2007

Gaming meeting

Producer: Pat & Kristen

in conjunction with NW Games Conference?

June 25-30, 2007

Platform Festival

Producer: Brian Larson

August 5-9, 2007

SIGGRAPH 2007

Location: San Diego, CA

October TBD, 2007

Travelling Art Show

Producer: Ann M. & Genny Orr

Brain Storming Ideas

Future of CG

visionaries

marketing

3ds

speculation

MS – gaming (Ann)

Hardware future

iris – laser

UofW HIT Lab

Holographic Art

CHIFOO

minding / selling

Leadership panel – collaboration

business process, startup

Visual Communications for Presentations / Techniques

Greg Walters

MP Gaming – Socialization

Ken Perlin, Jeff Han – Researchers / speakers

Technical Graphics

Process, theory

workshops, hands on

NW Games – June

Sony Bend (Kristen)

Game Coagulate 06

IGDA (speaker Susan Gold)

not during March (GDC) or April (E3)

Medical Imaging

OHSU

Feb brain mo

Google Earth / Sketch Up

OGI

Sports Medicine

Nike Lab?

Sports Physicists

Wacom

(tablet makers)

Ron Matoyer

OSU

Procedural spontaneous or sudden physics models

Feb meeting – animation meeting with ASIFA

to promote Platform Festival

John Knoll

ILM Visual FX Producer for Pirates of the Carribean II

(J.O.W.)

Traveling Art Show

Need to coordinate with LA, Vancouver, & Museums

Ann Marcus

Pixar

Ed Catmull – President of Pixar, CG Pioneer

John Lassetter – Vice President of Pixar

Larry Gritz – NVIDIA

Sandy Scoredos

Sony Pictures Imageworks – animated movie Open Season

William Gibson

Bruce Stirling

3D Rapid Prototyping

LAIKA

Information Visualization

data mining

AIM

Digimarc Watermarks

on DLs

Flir

underwater vision, night vision, remote vehicle

military

ACM-sponsored speaker

Speaker’s Bureau

Good Ideas (Process-wise)

Have a Speaker Contract,

that includes a speaker replacement responsibility

Have plans “A B C” in case first plan “A” falls through