Hong Kong once again plays host to one of the most important events for the international computer graphics and interactive techniques community, SIGGRAPH Asia 2013, taking place from November 19-22, 2013 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Now in its sixth year, SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 is both a conference and trade exhibition that attracts attendees from all over the world and invites them to enter the arena of creativity, innovation, education and technology, and leave them inspired.
Discuss the industrys direction at the inaugural Business Symposium New at SIGGRAPH Asia 2013, the Business Symposium will spark an interactive dialog between stakeholders in the content creation industries. Spanning one full day, attendees will be able to focus on interesting and topical issues occurring in the industry. The Business Symposium will be split into three segments; Hito, Mono and Kane.
The first of these segments, Hito, recognizes that the most important asset and resource of the industry are its people and looks at how to get the best out of them. Specially selected Symposium speakers and panelists will discuss the needs of the industry and how they can be met through schools, educational programs and enterprises.
Continuing with the subject of people, Mono explores the ways that people are reaching out to the market, and ways that content creation must adapt to constantly evolving market trends. Finally, Kane will sum up the Business Symposium by examining how the initiatives looked at in Hito and Mono could be funded by either corporate or government financial schemes.
Each part of the Business Symposium features experts and opinion leaders as speakers, including Shuzo Shiota, the curator of the Symposium and President and CEO of Polygon Pictures Inc., Sen Lai, Principal and CEO of 3dsense Media School, and Richard Chuang, founder and CEO of Cloudpic Global.
Experience industry advancements before anyone else with the Exhibitor Sessions & Talks The Business Symposium is not the only way attendees can gain insight into the mechanisms of the computer graphics and interactive techniques industry. The business focus of SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 is further complemented through the Exhibitor Sessions & Talks. The Exhibitor Talks and Sessions will give attendees the opportunity to experience hands-on presentations and learn all about new developments in product innovation.
Some of the highlights from this program include talks from Side Effects Software. Their talk, entitled Houdini and the Houdini Engine, will explore how Houdini can be applied across various fields, from feature film visual effects to procedural game art to impressive and effective commercials. Side Effects Software will also showcase the new Houdini Engine that allows for integration of its technology into a wide range of digital content creation apps, including the upcoming experimental plug-ins for Autodesk Maya and the Unity game engine.
Another technological advancement that has enjoyed recent success will be discussed in Stratasys talk, 3D Printing - The Future is Now. Following 3D printings recent transitioninto the mainstream, the trends of 3D printing in areas such as mass customization, rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing will be explored, demonstrating how the process helps drive innovation and business value in Asia.
In what will undoubtedly prove one of the most popular talks of the entire event, PIXAR Animation Studios will reveal how their latest feature film, Monsters University, delivered new levels of visual sophistication. Learn how RenderMan Studio 18s lighting and shading tools made that possible as part of the Monstrous Advancements in CGI: RenderMan Studio 18 talk. This session also features a special screening of The Blue Umbrella, which features these new techniques of photorealistic lighting, shading and compositing.
For those attendees that want to speak directly to exhibitors and other professionals, as well as understand more of the general computer graphics industry in the region, the Hong Kong ACM SIGGRAPHProfessional Chapter will host a networking event that also gives a comprehensive overview with presentations on computer graphics in advertising, 3D productions and feature animation films.
Celebrate the best of computer-generated animation with the Computer Animation Festival The SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival is a hugely popular program that gives attendees the chance to acquaint themselves with a myriad of computer-generated animation clips and visual effects. This year the Computer Animation Festival received a total of 506 submissions from 51 countries. Of these, the top three submissions have been hand-picked by the jury and will be awarded Best of Show, Jury Award and Best Student Project Award.
The prestigious Best of Show Award goes to 5 Meters 80, a film by Nicolas Deveaux and produced by French production house Cube Creative Productions. The film follows a herd of giraffes that decide to embark on a series of adventurous high-flying acrobatics, with humorous effect. It was selected for its incredible use of CGI, which, combined with excellent animation creates genuine affection and emotion.
Nadia Micaults film, Sonata, made in collaboration with another French production company, Autour de Minuit Productions, won over the jury to win the Jury Award. Set in an imaginary musical world that seamlessly marries artistic movement and expressive emotions, the film revolves around the story of a young woman who wishes to escape and in order to do so must open up and reinvent herself.
Bringing the awards to a close is Wedding Cake, directed by Viola Baier and produced by Germanys Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. Awarded Best Student Project for 2013, Wedding Cake strikes the perfect balance between storytelling and visual image rendering, as its
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Hong Kong once again plays host to one of the most important events for the international computer graphics and interactive techniques community, SIGGRAPH Asia 2013, taking place from November 19-22, 2013 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. 
