MEET THE RTC APRIL 26, 27 & 28, 2021 SPEAKERS
RTC April 26, 27 & 28, 2021 is quickly taking shape.
Learn from and connect with the industry leaders and cutting-edge innovators who are forging the future of real-time engagement.
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April 26, 27 & 28, 2021 Speakers
George Allan
Lead Unreal Artist
Cinesite
Alexis Arragon
Founder & CEO
Stylé
Elizabeth Baron
Enterprise Solutions Executive at Unity Technologies & Chair-Elect of SIGGRAPH
Kim Baumann Larsen
Architect and VR Designer
Thomas Bedenk
VP Extended Reality
Endava
Tomasz Bednarz
Frontiers Program Chair
ACM SIGGRAPH
Maurice Benayoun
Professor
School of creative Media / City University of Hong Kong
Evan Binder
Senior Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
Grant Bolton
Lead Technical Director – Engine
Framestore
Steven Brightfield
CMO
SiliconArts
Jeff Burke
Professor
UCLA REMAP
Simon Carr
VFX Supervisor
Territory Studio
Shaun Carrigan
Director of Product & Experience
Intel Sports
Kathleen Cohen
XR Immersive Strategist, Tech Humanist
The Collaboratorium
Lynn Comp
VP & GM of Visual Infrastructure Division
Intel Corporation
Alex Coulombe
Co-Founder
Agile Lens
Arie Croitoru
Founder
VirtU Design and Motion
James Dean
UK CEO / Weavr Consoritum Lead
ESL Gaming UK Ltd / Weavr Consortium
Benoit Deschamps
Computer Graphics & Visual Simulation Specialist
Groupe Renault
Bill Desowitz
Crafts & Animation Editor
Indewire
Michael DiBenigno
Head of Business
Flow Immersive
James Dodson
Partner
SPINN Arkitekter
Matthew Drinkwater
Head of Innovation Agency
London College of Fashion
Phil Eisler
VP/GM Cloud Gaming
NVIDIA
Lars Engelhard
CEO
Unleash Future – International Think Tank of Highly Gifted
Noah Falstein
President
The Inspiracy
Teïlo Francois
Director of innovation – Partner
Vectuel
Paul Franklin
Creative Director
DNEG
Phil Galler
Co-CEO
Lux Machina Consulting
Jim Geduldick
Director, Virtual Production & SVP Dimension N.A.
Dimension Studios
Timmy Ghiurau
Innovation Leader, Virtual Experiences
Volvo Cars
Athomas Goldberg
Executive Director
Shocap Entertainment, Ltd.
Evan Goldberg
Manager, Technology Innovation Research
The Walt Disney Studios
Carlos Gonzalez-Ochoa
Games Chair
SIGGRAPH
Guillaume Gouraud
Co-Founder
Stylé
Richard Graham
CaptureLab Supervisor
Framestore
Eric Hanson
CEO
Blueplanet VR
Kerenza Harris
Director of Design Technology
Morphosis Architects
Christina Heller
CEO
Metastage
Christophe Héry
Research Scientist
Facebook Reality Labs
Callie Holderman
2021 Immersive Chair
SIGGRAPH
Sallyann Houghton
UE Business Development Fashion / M&E
Epic Games
James Jacobs
CEO / Co-Founder
Ziva Dynamics
Pol Jeremias-Vila
Lead Engineer
Pixar Animation Studios
Theo Jones
VFX Supervisor
Framestore
Carmen Kam
Extended Reality Project Lead
Accenture
Connie Kennedy
Los Angeles Lab Director
Epic Games
Paul Kruszewski
Founder & CEO
wrnch
Matthieu Labeau
COO
PresenZ
Ryan Laney
Founder
Teus Media
Øystein Larsen
Chief Creative Officer
The Future Group
Alex Lashko
3D Character Artist
Dario Laverde
Sr Developer Evangelist
HTC
Max Limper
CEO
DGG
Eli Lubitch
President
Beamr
Emma Lundberg
Professor
KTH Royal Institute of Technology / Mindforce Game Lab
Hayes Mackaman
CEO
8i
Matt Madden
Virtual Production Director
Epic Games
Jason Marsh
CEO
Flow Immersive, Inc.
Tupac Martir
Creative Director & Founder
Satore Studio
Mathieu Mazerolle
Director of Product, New Technology
Foundry
Alexa Meade
Artist
@alexameadeart
Joe Michaels
Chief Revenue Officer
HaptX
Craig Mitchell
Managing Director
LMG TOURING
Greg Mitchell
Cinematics Director
The Coalition – Microsoft
Jeff Mottle
CEO & Founder
CGarchitect
Nguyen-Anh Nguyen
Director
Second Tomorrow Studios
Christopher Nichols
Director of Chaos Labs
Chaos
Nikos Nikolopoulos
Founder / Creative Director
Creative Lighting
Thomas Orenz
Director of Interactive Digital Marketing
LUCID MOTORS
Patrick Osborne
Director
Nexus Studios
Priyam Parikh
Realtime Cinematic Director
The Walt Disney Company
Sylvain Paris
Technical Papers Program Chair
SIGGRAPH 2021
Issac Partouche
Head of Virtual Production
DNEG
Frank Patterson
President & CEO
Trilith Studios
Jon Peddie
CEO
Jon Peddie Research
Marc Petit
VP & General Manager, Unreal Engine
Epic Games, Unreal Engine
Jan Pflueger
Founder & Advisor
advisXR
Ed Plowman
Chief Technology Officer
disguise
Guillaume Polaillon
Senior Alliance Manager
NVIDIA
Nestor Prado
Realtime Supervisor
Framestore
David Prescott
Senior Vice President of Creative Production
DNEG Animation
Jean-Colas Prunier
Product Architect & Founder
PocketStudio
Chris Redmann
General Submissions Chair
SIGGRAPH 2021
Dan Ring
Head of Research
Foundry
Luke Ritchie
Head of XR and Interactive Arts
Nexus Studios
Christophe Robert
Head of
FURIOOS
Tom Rockhill
Chief Commercial Officer
disguise
Sol Rogers
CEO/Founder
REWIND
Gabriele Romagnoli
Head of Community
Tvori
JT Rooney
CCO
XR Studios
Miikka Rosendahl
Founder & CEO
ZOAN
Andreas Seitz Connellan
Head of Design for AR/VR
Logitech
Mike Seymour
Lecturer, Researcher Digital Humans & Writer : MOTUS Lab (DDGR) USYD & fxguide co-founder
Avishag Shemesh
Architect and BIM Expert
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
David Smith
SVP: Digital Production and VFX
Spire Animation Studios
Alan Smithson
Co-Founder
MetaVRse
Oluwaseyi Sosanya
Co-Founder and CEO
Gravity Sketch
Neil Schneider
Executive Director
The International Future Computing Association (TIFCA)
Leonard Teo
CEO
ArtStation
Marco Tempest
Creative Technologist
NASA
& Extended Reality Lead Consultant Accenture
Johnson Thomasson
Real-time Developer
THE THIRD FLOOR
Alistair Thompson
Head of Innovation Lab – London
Epic Games
David Tracy
Director of Creative Technology
LAB at Rockwell Group
Neil Trevett
Khronos Group President and VP of Developer Ecosystems at NVIDIA
Tim Webber
Chief Creative Officer
Framestore
Andrea Weidlich
Senior Researcher
Weta Digital Ltd
Karl Woolley
Global Real-Time Director
Framestore
Simon Windsor
Joint Managing Director
Dimension
Matthias Wittmann
VFX Supervisor
Digital Domain
Salvador Zalvidea
VFX Supervisor
Cinesite