SIGGRAPH Asia returns in 2009 with a broader array of the latest innovations, technologies and techniques set to wow audiences in the region. The venue this time will be in Pacifico Yokohama, Japan.
Expecting more than 8,000 participating industry luminaries, practitioners and entrants, this year’s show aims to be the authoritative platform to showcase the future of computer graphics and interactive techniques in the region and beyond. There will be feature pieces within hot fields in the industry such as robotics, digital signage as well as gaming and interactive techniques.
In line with SIGGRAPH’s aim to provide opportunities to budding entrants and inspire creativity
within the digital domain, the Technical Papers program, a premier international forum for presenting new research in computer graphics and interactive techniques, will continue to focus on the hottest topics permeating the computer graphics world. Shortlisted from a total of 274 submissions, these include the conversion of sketches to realistic Internet image montage, shadow art and photo-realistic rendering, geometric and urban modeling, as well as GPU algorithms.
Now in further promoting breakthrough ideas, this year’s SIGGRAPH Asia will introduce Digital Bazaar which will carry new and transformational technology within the industry. Not unlike marketplaces found across Asia, this segment offers a hotpot of exploratory ideas and products from independent technopreneurs, start-ups and aspiring digital artists. This first ever edition will feature 13 exhibitors, 80 percent of which are from Japan. Innovations include:
directly controlled via Skype and the iPhone, by Hong Kong’s Globalactive.
Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. from Japan.
Amongst the multi-disciplinary programs at the show, attendees can also look forward to
three distinguished and internationally acclaimed featured speakers as part of the keynote
sessions of the conference program, each an award-winner in his field.
technology, while sharing his vision for future generations of computer graphics systems.
Kirk is the recipient of the California Institute of Technology’s Distinguished Alumni Award
in 2009, and was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 2006.
the Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Jun Rekimoto will deliver “Enhanced
Realities.“ An inventor of various innovative interactive systems and sensing technologies
such as NaviCam, a hand-held artificial-reality system, and SmartSkin, Rekimoto will
explain how ubiquitous computing is rapidly making its way into everyday lives.
will cover “Story Structure and Design Narrative Environments,” in which he will explain the
differences between storytelling in traditional linear forms and that applied to spatial
environments. Among his achievements, Rhode is credited for leading the
conceptualization, design and production of Disney’s Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney
World Resort in Orlando since its inception in 1990.
In addition to these notable keynote speakers, a highlight of SIGGRAPH Asia 2009’s Special
Sessions program this year is a talk by digital media trailblazer Scott Ross, who for more than 30
years has led companies to over 15 Academy Award nominations, winning seven of them. An
Executive Advisor to the Savannah College of Art and Design, Ross’ will deliver “Making Your Mark on the Digital Movie Business: The Road to Success.”
In its second edition, SIGGRAPH Asia continues to bring to Asia a global showcase of the latest
in computer graphics and animation, while also offering Asia’s best to the world.
“We are excited that Japan is hosting SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 this year. Japan’s thriving digital
media community as well as keen research work in the field of robotics and virtual reality has
certainly given a boost to SIGGRAPH Asia this year, allowing us to offer a wider breadth and
depth of content, in numerous fields within computer graphics and interactive techniques. I am
confident that several of the ideas and displays showcased at SIGGRAPH Asia this year will
translate into some of the hottest breakthroughs in the world of computer graphics and interactive techniques in the future,” said Masa Inakage, Conference Chair, SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, and Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University.
For complete information and schedules, visit www.siggraph.org/asia2009.
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