fmx/06 Begins May 3
fmx/06, the 11th International Conference on Animation, Effects, Realtime and Content, will take place May 3-6, 2006, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Under the leadership of Professor Thomas Haegele, director of the Institute for Animation, Filmakademie, Baden-Wuerttemberg, fmx has now become the central European meeting place for the Digital Community. In recognition of the international status of fmx, the conference language is English. Non-English contributions in fmx/conference will be translated simultaneously. With a lineup of more than 250 expert speakers from around the world, more than 300 lectures, demos, workshops and screenings will be presented about the actual status of Digital Content Creation. Also, with the convergence of games and movies, fmx/06 will explore the impact on vfx specialists and how the two crafts are changing.
The heart of fmx is fmx/conference, which has now been divided into three sections: fmx/essentials about the main points and general development of CGI, fmx/technologies about the latest technical innovations as well as fmx/talks with lectures and panels about animation, VFX, games and production.
fmx/essentials
* The Virtual Humans Forum will now take place annually. Moderated by Chistophe Héry (ILM), experts such as Paul Ekman, father of the Facial Animation Coding System, Mark Sagar (Weta Digital), Paul Debevec (USC) and George Borshukov (EA) will discuss artificial intelligence, autonomous behavior, robotics, avataren, skin rendering and the psychological basis for facial animation
* The global players will present themselves: The Weta Experience (KING KONG), the Sony Pictures Imageworks Special (OPEN SEASON, MONSTER HOUSE) and the French studio Films Action (THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT, in co-operation with HP).
fmx/talks with lectures & panels:
* Visual Effects with lectures about THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, SIN CITY and innovations in fire and water simulation.
* Animation with lectures about DreamWorks/Aardman’s Oscar-winning WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, Disney’s CHICKEN LITTLE, from Pixar and Terrence Masson, ACM SIGGRAPH. Another section will deal with animated commercials.
* Games with Joseph Olin, Academy of Interactive Arts & Science and the most important players in the international games market such as Electronic Arts, LucasArts, Sony Ent. and Streamline. The keynote will be held by Jordan Mechner (PRINCE OF PERSIA), who is directing the filming of his legendary game.
* Production gives an insight into the global market for digital pictures, with the sections European Producers, the prominent TV Buyers Panel with experts from Europe and China, mobile entertainment and Focus on Asia about the animation market in China and South-East Asia.
fmx/technologies:
* Jim Guerard (Adobe), Molly Connolly (HP) and Georges Dolbier (IBM) give their prognosis for “The Future of Content Creation”
* The revival of stereoscopic films with new technology
* Digital Cinema, from production to projection.
* At the workshop “Trends in Visualization Technology,“ fmx-partner MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg presents scientific and industrial possibilities in visualization in medicine, archaeology, the automotive industry and model making.
fmx/forum – Practical Experience
Hands-on training and very precise subject analysis, particularly in fmx/suites from Adobe Systems, Autodesk Media & Ent., Avid Technologies and Softimage. Always at the pulse of innovation are the presentations from students and lecturers who present outstanding projects and pass on user tips.
fmx/talents – The Section for Tomorrow’s Makers
* With the Recruiting event, fmx makes it easier for students, graduates and freelancers to meet and talk to potential employers. ·
Under the leadership of Professor Thomas Haegele, director of the Institute for Animation, Filmakademie, Baden-Wuerttemberg, fmx has now become the central European meeting place for the Digital Community. In recognition of the international status of fmx, the conference language is English. Non-English contributions in fmx/conference will be translated simultaneously. With a lineup of more than 250 expert speakers from around the world, more than 300 lectures, demos, workshops and screenings will be presented about the actual status of Digital Content Creation. Also, with the convergence of games and movies, fmx/06 will explore the impact on vfx specialists and how the two crafts are changing.
The heart of fmx is fmx/conference, which has now been divided into three sections: fmx/essentials about the main points and general development of CGI, fmx/technologies about the latest technical innovations as well as fmx/talks with lectures and panels about animation, VFX, games and production.
fmx/essentials
* The Virtual Humans Forum will now take place annually. Moderated by Chistophe Héry (ILM), experts such as Paul Ekman, father of the Facial Animation Coding System, Mark Sagar (Weta Digital), Paul Debevec (USC) and George Borshukov (EA) will discuss artificial intelligence, autonomous behavior, robotics, avataren, skin rendering and the psychological basis for facial animation
* The global players will present themselves: The Weta Experience (KING KONG), the Sony Pictures Imageworks Special (OPEN SEASON, MONSTER HOUSE) and the French studio Films Action (THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT, in co-operation with HP).
fmx/talks with lectures & panels:
* Visual Effects with lectures about THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, SIN CITY and innovations in fire and water simulation.
* Animation with lectures about DreamWorks/Aardman’s Oscar-winning WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, Disney’s CHICKEN LITTLE, from Pixar and Terrence Masson, ACM SIGGRAPH. Another section will deal with animated commercials.
* Games with Joseph Olin, Academy of Interactive Arts & Science and the most important players in the international games market such as Electronic Arts, LucasArts, Sony Ent. and Streamline. The keynote will be held by Jordan Mechner (PRINCE OF PERSIA), who is directing the filming of his legendary game.
* Production gives an insight into the global market for digital pictures, with the sections European Producers, the prominent TV Buyers Panel with experts from Europe and China, mobile entertainment and Focus on Asia about the animation market in China and South-East Asia.
fmx/technologies:
* Jim Guerard (Adobe), Molly Connolly (HP) and Georges Dolbier (IBM) give their prognosis for “The Future of Content Creation”
* The revival of stereoscopic films with new technology
* Digital Cinema, from production to projection.
* At the workshop “Trends in Visualization Technology,“ fmx-partner MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg presents scientific and industrial possibilities in visualization in medicine, archaeology, the automotive industry and model making.
fmx/forum – Practical Experience
Hands-on training and very precise subject analysis, particularly in fmx/suites from Adobe Systems, Autodesk Media & Ent., Avid Technologies and Softimage. Always at the pulse of innovation are the presentations from students and lecturers who present outstanding projects and pass on user tips.
fmx/talents – The Section for Tomorrow’s Makers
* With the Recruiting event, fmx makes it easier for students, graduates and freelancers to meet and talk to potential employers. ·
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