Your GDC 2018 schedule

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#1

I’m trying to list what would be interesting to attend at GDC 2018. (and specifically related to VFX)
Here’s my list so far. Anything you’ve spotted and I’m missing on?

Tuesday (20th)
VFX bootcamp
Party: Victory Hall40 in the Parlor room from 7 -10pm

Wednesday (21st)
Real-Time VFX: A Visual Language Spectrum
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Speaker: Sarah Grissom (FXVille)
Location: Room 2014, West Hall

Realtime VFX: Designing Practical and Efficient Simulation Node Graphs (Presented by PopcornFX / Persistant Studios)
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Sponsor Speakers:
Julien Bilalte (Lead Programmer, Persistant Studios)
Romeo Incardona (Programmer, Persistant Studios)
Location: Sponsored Session Theater, South Hall

Visual Effects Artist Roundtable Day 1
Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Speaker: Drew Skillman (Google)
Location: Room 207, South Hall

Programmable VFX with unreal engine’s Niagara (Presented by Epic)
Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Speaker: Wyeth Johnson
Location: YBCA Theater

Thursday (22nd)
Visual Effects Artist Roundtable Day 2: Artistic Lens
Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Speaker: Jason Keyser (Riot Games)
Location: Room 215, South Hall

Friday (23rd)
Visual Effects Artist Roundtable Day 3: Technical Lens
Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Speaker:Drew Skillman (VR Technical Artist, Google)
Location: Room 215, South Hall

And I need to check what Houdini has in store:

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#2

There’s a bunch of nice VFX/Tech Art Bootcamp stuff during the summits/bootcamp days.

#3

Unfortunately the Technical Artist Bootcamp takes place the same day as the VFX Bootcamp.

#4

I would recommend the Frostbite GPU Emitter Graph System Presentation, I’m sure it’ll have a lot of interesting tidbits for artists and techies alike

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#5

ah, found these ones as well:
http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/the-visual-effects-technology-of-destiny/851910

http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/beyond-emitters-shader-and-surface-driven-gpu-particle-fx-techniques/855018

#6

Knowing parts of what’ll be in that presentation, and who is presenting it I can VERY much recommend checking it out.

#7

My current schedule looks alot like yours mkalt0235, more 'er less. Here are a few exceptions.

Monday, March 19 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Advanced Graphics Techniques Tutorial: Water Rendering in 'Far Cry 5’
Speakers: Branislav Grujic (Ubisoft Toronto), Cristian Cutocheras (AMD)
Location: Room 3020, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access, GDC Conference + Summits, GDC Summits
Topic:Programming
Format: Tutorial

Tuesday, March 20 | 2:40pm - 3:40pm
Visual Effects Bootcamp: How VR is Going to Break All the Rules in VFX
Speakers: Shen-Ming Spurgeon (Drifter Entertainment), Wyeth Johnson (Epic Games)
Location: Room 2001, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access, GDC Conference + Summits, GDC Summits
Topic:Visual Arts
Format: Tutorial

Tuesday, March 20 | 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Technical Artist Bootcamp: Identifying Technical Art by Its Habits
Speaker: Robbert-Jan Brems (Unity Technologies)
Location: Room 2006, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access, GDC Conference + Summits, GDC Summits
Topic:Visual Arts
Format: Tutorial

Wednesday, March 21 | 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Applying AAA Techniques on Mobile Games: Understanding Flow Maps and Its Applications
Speaker: Shaoyong “Abel” Zhang (NetEase Games)
Location: Room 2005, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access, GDC Conference + Summits, GDC Conference
Topic: Visual Arts
Format: Session

Wednesday, March 21 | 3:30pm - 4:30pm → (Same time as “Visual Effects Artist Roundtable Day 1” :tired_face:)
Translating Art into Technology: Physically Inspired Shading in 'Destiny 2’
Speakers: Alexis Haraux (Bungie), Nate Hawbaker (Bungie)
Location: Room 2010, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access, GDC Conference + Summits, GDC Conference
Topic: Programming, Visual Arts
Format: Session

Friday, March 23 | 11:30am - 12:30pm → (Same time as “Visual Effects Artist Roundtable Day 3 :weary:”)
Killer Portfolio or Portfolio Killer Part 1: Advice from Industry Artists
Speakers: Greg Foertsch (Firaxis Games), Alison Kelly (Independent), Wyeth Johnson (Epic Games), Shawn Robertson (Ghost Story Games), Gavin Goulden (Insomniac Games), Darren Bacon (343 Industries), Claire Hummel (Campo Santo)
Location: Room 3007, West Hall
Pass Type: All Access, GDC Conference + Summits, GDC Conference, GDC Summits, Expo Plus, Expo, Audio Conference + Tutorial, Educators Summit, Indie Games Summit, Student Expo Pass
Topic:Game Career Seminar
Format: Session

There are some other things too but I haven’t yet ironed out the… conflicts. There is too much cool stuff and I can’t go to all of it. Alot of the Substance Designer things happen at the same time as VFX Stuffs for example. :frowning:

I have to choose between Daniel Thiger (Bungie) who is really good with Substance or some fellow forum mates Fred Hooper (NVIDIA), Jamie DeRuyter (Ringling College of Art and Design), Ashley Pinnick (Google), Martin LaLand Romero (ILMxLAB), Bill Kladis (Epic Games). GAAA! :dizzy_face:

#8

I got some conflicts too, but I’m lucky enough to also have access to the vault.
Since I will be able to watch the ones I will miss, I will favour roundtables or the talks where maybe I want to talk to the people afterwards. Priority goes to what matters more being seen live.

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