Organization

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Pixar Animation Studios
Contributors
Eric Anderson
Alexis Angelidis
Ozgur Aydogdu
Eric Bermender
Gary Bruins
Andrew Butts
Hosuk Chang
Trent Crow
Fernando de Goes
Francisco De La Torre
Gus Dizon
Daniela Dwek
Ravindra DWIVEDI
David Eberle
Tolga Goktekin
Jae Jun Yi
Mallory Kohut
Maria Lee
Catherine Luo
David Luoh
Anna-Christine Lykkegaard
Laura Murphy
Anthony Muscarella
Juan Carlos Olmos Guerra
Nick Porcino
David Quirus
Krzysztof Rost
Ferdi Scheepers
Kevin Singleton
Nate Skeen
Lan Tang
Julian Teo
Colin Thompson
Christine Waggoner
Jessica Wang
Patrick Yu Wang
Florian Zitzelsberger
Presentations
Birds of a Feather
Alliance for OpenUSD + Academy Software Foundation USD Working Group
11:00am - 12:00pm PDT Monday, 11 August 2025 Pinnacle Ballroom I, Marriott Pinnacle Downtown
Gaming & Interactive
New Technologies
Animation
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Dynamics
Graphics Systems Architecture
Image Processing
Performance
Pipeline Tools and Work
Rendering
Virtual Reality
Full Conference
Experience
Talk
Bringing Life to the Communiverse: Procedural Look Development in Pixar’s Elio
4:29pm - 4:51pm 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
Talk
Code To The Cosmos: Animation Outside the Box, in Pixar's Elio
9:00am - 9:22am PDT Thursday, 14 August 2025 West Building, Ballroom C
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Art
Dynamics
Geometry
Modeling
Pipeline Tools and Work
Rendering
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Thursday
Talk
Crafting Expressive, Non-Humanoid Alien Characters
4:51pm - 5:13pm PDT Tuesday, 12 August 2025 West Building, Rooms 301-305
Arts & Design
Gaming & Interactive
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Not Livestreamed
Recorded
Not Recorded
Animation
Art
Augmented Reality
Computer Vision
Digital Twins
Education
Fabrication
Games
Geometry
Modeling
Real-Time
Spatial Computing
Virtual Reality
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Tuesday
Talk
Directing Cloth Draping through Blended UVs
11:07am - 11:29am 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
Fine Tuning Every Grain on the Beach
9:22am - 9:44am 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
Talk
Making the Stream of Consciousness in Pixar’s Inside Out 2
9:00am - 9:22am 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
Talk
Metaball Madness - The Rigging Of An Implicit Surface Character
9:22am - 9:44am PDT Thursday, 14 August 2025 West Building, Ballroom C
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Art
Dynamics
Geometry
Modeling
Pipeline Tools and Work
Rendering
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Thursday
Talk
Metaball Madness: Look Development For A Shapeshifting, Implicit Surface Character On Pixar’s Elio
9:44am - 10:06am PDT Thursday, 14 August 2025 West Building, Ballroom C
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Art
Dynamics
Geometry
Modeling
Pipeline Tools and Work
Rendering
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Thursday
Talk
OOOOO Energy: Adding Dynamic Shading and Lighting to Environments on Pixar's Elio
3:45pm - 4:07pm 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
Talk
Ooze Control: Procedural Shapeshifting FX in Pixar’s Elio
10:06am - 10:28am PDT Thursday, 14 August 2025 West Building, Ballroom C
Production & Animation
Livestreamed
Recorded
Animation
Art
Dynamics
Geometry
Modeling
Pipeline Tools and Work
Rendering
Simulation
Full Conference
Virtual Access
Thursday
Talk
Out of This World Shading: Look Development for Aliens in Pixar's Elio
4:07pm - 4:29pm 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
Birds of a Feather
State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF
1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT Tuesday, 12 August 2025 East Building, Room 15
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Animation
Digital Twins
Games
Modeling
Simulation
Full Conference
Experience
Birds of a Feather
Studio Storage: This is an annual discussion of VFX & Animation studios' Large-Scale Storage experiences
2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT Tuesday, 12 August 2025 East Building, Room 13
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Not Livestreamed
Not Recorded
Animation
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Dynamics
Simulation
Full Conference
Experience
Birds of a Feather
USD, Hydra and OpenSubdiv: Pixar’s Open Source Meetup
2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT Monday, 11 August 2025 East Building, Room 8
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Not Livestreamed
Not Recorded
Pipeline Tools and Work
Real-Time
Rendering
Full Conference
Experience