Breaking News: 28,400+ Fill the Halls of SIGGRAPH Conference

LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
SIGGRAPH 2008, the 35th International Conference on Computer
Graphics and Interactive Techniques, announced today that 28,432
(pre-audit) artists, research scientists, gaming experts, developers,
filmmakers, students, and academics from 87 countries joined together
for the annual conference and exhibition in Los Angeles this week.
Plus, more than 230 international companies exhibited - an increase in
exhibits from the previous year.

"When we began planning for SIGGRAPH 2008 three years ago, the
vision was to enhance the attendee experience and evolve along with
the changing needs of the industry," said Jacquelyn Martino, SIGGRAPH
2008 Conference Chair from IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. "The
result was a dynamic, multi-sensory, and cutting-edge event."

Highlights from SIGGRAPH 2008:

-- Industry pioneers and leaders offered Featured Speakers
presentations:

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-- Ed Catmull, President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
-- Catherine Owens, Artist/Director and co-director of "U2 3D"
-- Takeo Kanade, Professor of Computer Science and Robotics, and
Director of the Quality of Life Technology Engineering
Research Center at Carnegie Mellon University.
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-- The newly expanded Computer Animation Festival was open to the
public for the first time ever. In addition to competition and
invited screenings, production sessions, and discussion panels
with filmmakers/artists/producers, the Festival featured three
all-star production studio nights hosted by Pixar Animation
Studios, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and Lucasfilm. The SIGGRAPH
2008 Best in Show Award and Audience Prize went to Gobelins
l'ecole de l'image in France for the film "Oktapodi."

-- The return of the FJORG! "Viking Animator" competition, where
16 three-person teams of CG animators competed for 32 hours
straight to create the best overall animation of at least 15
seconds in length. Team Grojf won the competition for their
animation "The Red Truck." All animations are available here:
http://www.siggraph.org/s2008/attendees/fjorg/

Network Your Senses in 2009: Join SIGGRAPH in New Orleans

SIGGRAPH 2009, the 36th International Conference on Computer
Graphics and Interactive Techniques, will be held in New Orleans,
Louisiana, 3 - 7 August 2009. Visit http://www.SIGGRAPH.org/s2009

SIGGRAPH 2008
Brian Ban
+1.773.454.7423
media@siggraph.org

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