Imaging the future symposium 2011

This Tuesday, 3. of July I attend the Imaging the future symposium at the NIFF Festival in Neuchatel, Switzerland. If some of you happen to be there, let's grab a beer and have a geektalk. Just comment here and I'l get back to you by E-Mail.

Here a glance at the program:

PROGRAM TUESDAY July 5

VISUAL EFFECTS AND MEDIA FUTUROLOGY
10.00 CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY: UNIFYING TWO FORCES IN DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT

Nick Manning, Autodesk industry marketing manager, GB, www.swisscom.ch

10.30 TELEVISION PROSPECTIONS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION
Stéphane Dufour, Swisscom head of strategy & innovation, CH, www.swisscom.ch
                 
NEW MEDIA: AN OVERVIEW, KEY ACTORS AND MAIN SERVICES. WHAT STRATEGIES ARE NEEDED TO   
REACH NEW AUDIENCES?
Samantha Zurbuchen, RTS head of multimedia diversification, CH, www.rts.ch

NEW TRENDS IN TV CONTENT
Bertrand Villegas, The WIT founder, CH/FR, www.thewit.com

13.30 VISUAL EFFECT PRODUCTION AS A CREATIVE PROCESS – IN COLLABORATION WITH FOCAL (WWW.FOCAL.CH)
Nicolas Aithadi, VFX supervisor The Moving Picture Company, GB – X-Men: First Class (Vaughn, 2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Yates, 2010), www.moving-picture.com
        
Victor Müller, VFX supervisor Universal Production Partners, CZ – Inglorious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009), Perfume (Tykwer, 2006) www.upp.cz

Marc Umé, VFX supervisor Digital Graphics, BE – The Secret of Kells (Moore & Twomey, 2009), Home (Meier, 2008), www.digitalgraphics.be
        
Hugues Martin, independent VFX supervisor, writer & director, FR – Mirages (Selhami, 2010), Djinns (H. & S. Martin, 2009)

17.00 MASTERCLASS
Karen Goulekas, Independent VFX supervisor, US, www.kegfx.com

19.00 SHOWCASE SWISS VFX
David François, Founder Swiss Made VFX Association, CH