Every year, I attend the Siggraph conference (I'm a computer science professor, with a research focus in computer graphics). This is the largest graphics conference, and though it maintains its academic roots, it now has a huge participation from the graphics industry in all its forms. Each year there's a keynote speaker, usually someone pretty interesting (last year was George Lucas). This year, they've chosen Joe Rohde, a VP from Imagineering, who is in charge of development for Animal Kingdom. A blurb is below.
The talk will be on Monday July 31, in Boston. Even the "lowest level" registration gets you in to the talk, but that's still $75 before June 23, or $95 after. But, some people might find the conference interesting, if you'd be around anyway - there's an art show, an animation theater, as well as a large trade show (that's only Tuesday-Thursday). See: the Siggraph website.
The talk will be on Monday July 31, in Boston. Even the "lowest level" registration gets you in to the talk, but that's still $75 before June 23, or $95 after. But, some people might find the conference interesting, if you'd be around anyway - there's an art show, an animation theater, as well as a large trade show (that's only Tuesday-Thursday). See: the Siggraph website.
