Welcome from the Conference Chair, personal message and thanks.

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Welcome from the Conference Chair
SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
Tomasz Bednarz

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How is everybody feeling?

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About Tomasz
• SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Conference Chair
• Director, the Expanded Perception and Interaction
Centre (EPICentre), UNSW Art & Design.
• Team Leader (Visual Analytics) at the CSIRO Data61.
• Individual Member at the Khronos Group.
• Adjunct A/Professor at UniSA and QUT.
tomasz.bednarz@siggraph.org | @tomaszbednarz
@tomaszbednarz

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Early years
• My first computer Commodore C64
• Learning Assembly x86 by coding computer viruses (1994)
– harmless, I promise (except huge memory leaks)
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My demoscene nickname: Warlock
• Viruses NOT GOOD, so converted to computer graphics
• Discovered local demoscene Amiga 1993, but had PC –
became swapper, coder and demoscene party organiser
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WARLOCK
AMNESTY

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Voodka by Absence, 1996
https://github.com/tomaszbednarz/demoscene-absence-voodka
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-0JvJDDnA

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My life for Computer Graphics
• … and math tricks became a daily routine
• Discovered SIGGRAPH looking how to do phong shading
(no internet those days)
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SIGGRAPH
• My first SIGGRAPH was SIGGRAPH Asia 2009
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International Resources Committee
• That’s how I started to volunteering for SIGGRAPH
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Brisbane Marketing Team
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Back to Japan in 2015 and 2018
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Logo

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DREAM ZONE
“ For artists and scientists, SIGGRAPH Asia is a very special and unique
place. It is a second home where all passions driven by computer graphics
and interactive techniques converge.
Be part of the experience and join the unique DREAM ZONE - connect with
the SIGGRAPH Asia community, make new friends and create new business
opportunities”
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Invitro
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cW3DsjRwM`

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My very special person
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My parents allowed me to code pixels
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SACAG
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Programs
• ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Doctoral Consortium & Thesis Fast Forward – Brian Wyvill, Alyn Rockwood, Bruce Thomas
• ACM SIGGRAPH Frontiers Workshops – Mashhuda Glencross
• Art Gallery & Art Papers – Sarah Kenderdine, June Kim
• Computer Animation Festival – Pol Jeremias, Jinny H.J. Choo
• Courses – Sai-Kit Yeung
• Demoscene Party & Talks – John Doolan, Joe Cincotta
• Emerging Technologies – Matt Adcock, Yuta Sugiura
• Featured Sessions – Mark Elendt
• Real-Time Live! – Mike Seymour
• Technical Briefs & Posters - Xin Tong, Belen Masia
• Technical Papers – Karen Liu
• XR & VR Theatre – Mark Billinghurst, Arindam Dey
• Student Volunteers – Norbert Drage, Daniel Filonik
• Local Committee – Luc Betbeder-Matibet, Ian Failes, Crag James, John McGhee
• Local Global Committee – Ayumi Kimura, Diana Arellano, Rick Xu

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Student Volunteers
Subcommittee
Subcommittee ( Top-Right): Daniel Filonik, Juyeon Hong, Rebecca Ko,
Patience Lee, Meredith Brindley, Mike Geisler, Caroline Beyne, Norbert Drage

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EPICentre and Data61 Team(s)

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Super Super Special Team
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Super Special thanks to you too.

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Selected SA2019 Facts
• First time ever in the Southern Hemisphere
• NEW Programs at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
• Demoscene, BIS and ACM SIGGRAPH Frontiers Workshops
• Is it true? SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 beer?
• Tech Papers: 1398 Authors from 36 different countries
• XR Program had record numbers of submissions
• CAF success ratio was the lowest of all programs: 3%
• Posters program included VRCAI and VRST besties
• Inclusion and Diversity implementation

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4 Chairs and 2 Tables

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I wish you all a fantastic SIGGRAPH Asia
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