This year’s Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Technologies conference, known as SIGGRAPH 2013, features a number of B.C.-based programmers and digital artists offering high-profile talks and workshops.
The conference, being held at the Anaheim Convention Centre July 21-25, is considered a major event for the digital media industry.
Vancouver will host SIGGRAPH 2014, the conference’s 40th installment.
Among the B.C.-based presenters and exhibits at this year’s event is Amair Nasrabandi, vice-president and general manager of Pixar Canada, who is speaking at a breakfast for 100 digital media executives.
In addition, the B.C. media booth is showing a “Life of Pi Storm Sequence” by MPC Film’s Guillame Rocheron, “The Visual Effects of the Pacific Rim” by Industrial Light and Magic’s Hal Hinckel and “Made in Kelowna: British Columbia’s Digital Hotspot” by Corrie Griffiths.
“Digital media and computer animation are growing industries in our province that provide thousands of jobs for British Columbians,” said Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Shirley Bond. “As we continue to grow this critical industry, the SIGGRAPH event will allow us to showcase the skills that British Columbians have in this field.
“We look forward to welcoming programmers, researchers and artists to Vancouver in 2014.”
Vancouver previous hosted SIGGRAPH in 2011. That year, the conference drew 15,872 artists, developers and filmmakers from 74 countries. The 2011 event broke previous conference attendance records and, according to a B.C. government press release, generated approximately $38.5 million in local spending.
