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