Organization

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Walt Disney Animation Studios
Contributors
Ricky Arietta
Bret Bays
Cecilia Berriz
Sucheta Bhatawadekar
Rehan Butt
Rob Dressel
Darin Hollings
Norman Joseph
Avneet Kaur
Mark Lee
Hubert Leo
Yining Karl Li
Kendall Litaker
Alberto J. Luceño Ros
Adolph Lusinsky
Behzad Mansoori-Dara
Nachiket Pujari
Lea Reichardt
Jacob Benjamin Rice
Jeff Sullivan
Nathan Zeichner
Rong Zhuang
Session Chairs
Maryann Simmons
Presentations
Talk
A Texture Streaming Pipeline for Real-Time GPU Ray Tracing
10:06am - 10:28am PDT Sunday, 10 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 211-214
Gaming & Interactive
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Not Livestreamed
Recorded
Not Recorded
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Augmented Reality
Capture/Scanning
Digital Twins
Dynamics
Games
Generative AI
Modeling
Performance
Real-Time
Rendering
Simulation
Virtual Reality
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Sunday
Talk
Choreography of Hair and Cloth in Disney’s "Moana 2"
10:45am - 11:07am PDT Sunday, 10 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 211-214
Arts & Design
Gaming & Interactive
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Not Livestreamed
Recorded
Not Recorded
Animation
Art
Dynamics
Geometry
Industry Insight
Modeling
Pipeline Tools and Work
Rendering
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Sunday
Talk
Creating the Mudskipper Pile in Disney’s "Moana 2": A Slippery Problem Space
4:29pm - 4:51pm PDT Thursday, 14 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 301-305
Arts & Design
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Research & Education
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Art
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Dynamics
Games
Lighting
Math Foundations and Theory
Pipeline Tools and Work
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Thursday
Course
Path Guiding in Production and Recent Advancements
3:45pm - 5:15pm PDT Tuesday, 12 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 220-222
Production & Animation
Research & Education
Livestreamed
Recorded
Graphics Systems Architecture
Industry Insight
Lighting
Rendering
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Tuesday
Birds of a Feather
State of Animation Tools in the industry
9:00am - 11:00am PDT Monday, 11 August 2025 East Building, Room 13
Production & Animation
Not Livestreamed
Not Recorded
Full Conference
Experience
Birds of a Feather
State of Rigging Tools in the industry
9:00am - 11:00am PDT Tuesday, 12 August 2025 East Building, Room 15
Production & Animation
Not Livestreamed
Not Recorded
Animation
Full Conference
Experience
Talk
Steerable Perlin Noise
9:00am - 9:22am PDT Sunday, 10 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 301-305
Arts & Design
Production & Animation
Research & Education
Livestreamed
Not Livestreamed
Recorded
Not Recorded
Animation
Art
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Capture/Scanning
Computer Vision
Industry Insight
Lighting
Modeling
Pipeline Tools and Work
Real-Time
Rendering
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Sunday
Talk
The Art of Crowds Animation
4:07pm - 4:29pm PDT Thursday, 14 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 301-305
Arts & Design
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Research & Education
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Art
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Dynamics
Games
Lighting
Math Foundations and Theory
Pipeline Tools and Work
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Thursday
Talk
The Cinematography of Songs in Disney's "Moana 2"
4:51pm - 5:13pm PDT Thursday, 14 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 301-305
Arts & Design
Gaming & Interactive
Production & Animation
Research & Education
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Art
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Dynamics
Games
Lighting
Math Foundations and Theory
Pipeline Tools and Work
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Thursday
Talk
The design opportunities of moving to Houdini for lighting within the world of Animation
4:51pm - 5:13pm PDT Wednesday, 13 August 2025 West Building, Ballroom C
Arts & Design
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Art
Geometry
Industry Insight
Lighting
Modeling
Pipeline Tools and Work
Rendering
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Wednesday
Course
USD in Production
2:00pm - 5:15pm PDT Sunday, 10 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 220-222
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Geometry
Pipeline Tools and Work
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Sunday
Production Session
You Can Fly! The Making of “Peter Pan’s Never Land Adventure”
11:15am - 12:15pm PDT Tuesday, 12 August 2025 West Building, Ballroom AB
Production & Animation
Not Livestreamed
Not Recorded
Animation
Art
Pipeline Tools and Work
Virtual Reality
Full Conference
Tuesday
Sessions
Talk
Emotions, Explosions, and Epic Simulations
9:00am - 10:30am PDT Wednesday, 13 August 2025 West Building, Ballroom C
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Research & Education
Livestreamed
Not Livestreamed
Recorded
Not Recorded
Animation
Dynamics
Geometry
Pipeline Tools and Work
Rendering
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Wednesday