View Conference 2019 - Update!

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View Conconference 2019 - Complete Program Update

“I’m thrilled to confirm our biggest and most diverse line-up ever. VIEW brings together the world’s best and brightest minds across multiple disciplines, in a uniquely intimate and collaborative place where creatives can incubate and celebrate. One of the special reasons to attend VIEW is that our speakers like to stay for the entire week and attend talks given by the other speakers, so our attendees have many opportunities to interact, and enjoy.”

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Unique Conference Hosts Biggest Line-Up Ever Including Presentation of ‘Visionary Award’ to Oscar^©–Winning Pixar Production Designer and Filmmaker Ralph Eggleston

LOS ANGELES/TURIN, ITALY (October 11, 2019) – VIEW Conference, Italy’s annual event celebrating VFX, Computer Graphics, Animation, Visual Effects, Games, VR, AR, Mixed Reality and more is proud to confirm the event’s complete line-up — its biggest ever. Including KEYNOTES, MASTERCLASSES, WORKSHOPS and PANELS, the unique conference hosts many of the industry’s top talents in small sessions, offer inspiring and practical content to artists, animators, game developers, storytellers, content creators, students and other professionals. In addition to traditional sessions, VIEW Conference is proud to continue a new tradition of featuring a special musical performance. This year the event will host a concert conducted by prolific composer Michael Giacchino, who has scored countless hit films including the Oscar-winning score for the 2009 Pixar film “Up.”

VIEW conference is also proud to present a ‘Visionary Award’ to Oscar-winning Pixar production designer and filmmaker, Ralph Eggleston. Eggleston will be recognized for his contributions to the industry working on many of Pixar Animation Studios’ biggest films, including the industry’s first computer-animated feature, Toy Story and the studio’s delightful 2001 animated short, For the Birds, for which he won an Oscar. The unique conference will also host an exciting ‘Women in Animation’ lunchtime panel, featuring a host of industry leaders sharing their experiences, moderated by award-winning journalist and author Carolyn Giardina of The Hollywood Reporter and including panelists Maureen Fan, CEO Baobab Studios; Angie Wojack, Director of Career Development, School of Visual Arts NYC; Wieke Schrakamp, Research Manager Health & Behavior, IJsfontein; Janelle Croshaw Ralla, VFX Supervisor, Framestore; and Jill Culton, Writer/Director Dreamworks Animation’s Abominable.