Conference 3 Dec - 6 Dec Exhibition 4 Dec - 6 Dec

Attendees

Business Symposium

01 Full Conference1 - Full Conference One Day
 
Schedule

Wednesday, 03 December

09:00 - 18:00

Jasmine Hall

The original mission statement of the SIGGRAPH Business Symposium in 2011 was "The Business of the Business." Since that year, the vast majority of the major visual effects houses have been acquired or taken on additional owners with a majority of the investment coming from Asia. In addition, film revenue in China and Japan is now over half that of North America. Those who have taken safe harbor in the biggest animation studios have discovered they are not immune to the challenging business climates and practices of their former industry. Even the games industry has gone through an upheveal with several major studios going out of business.

The "business of the business" is more important now than it was before. Companies are no longer run by creative or industry visionaries but rather those focused on success in a mature marketplace by running businesses by the numbers. It's not the end of the industry, it's the beginning of the industry run as a business instead of a startup. EBITDA, cloud strategies, intellectual property and, of course, tax incentives will be key points of discussion alongside industry-specific topics like creative management, production efficiency, and best practices.

So please join us at this year's Business Symposium to hear conversation, advice, and prediction from both local and international industry leaders and learn what you need to know for success in the business of the future.

Business Symposium Chair
Darin Grant
Consultant
USA

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Opening Remarks

Business Symposium Chair
Darin Grant
Technical Operations Manager,
Google

09:00 - 09:30

Experiences in Asian Expansion

Moderator:
Mike Seymour
Founder,
FX Guide

Panelists:
Jan Heinze
COO / Executive Producer,
Pixomondo

Christopher Bremble

Founder and CEO,
Base Media Group LTD / Base FX

Shuzo Shiota

CEO,
Polygon Pictures

Prashant Buyyala

Head of Animations Studio,
Oriental Dreamworks

09:30 - 10:45

BREAK

10:45 - 11:00

Asian Games Market Strategy

Speaker:
Adam Lang
General Manager,
Crytek Shanghai Studio

11:00 - 11:30

Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur

Speaker:
Charles Forman
Co-Founder,
OMGPOP

11:30 - 12:00

LUNCH

12:00 - 13:00

One-on-One with Scott Ross

Moderator:
Darin Grant
Technical Operations Manager,
Google

Speaker:
Scott Ross
Founder,
Digital Domain

13:00 - 14:15

BREAK

14:15 - 14:30

Success in Asia by Asia

Moderator:
Richard Chuang
CEO,
Cloudpic Global

Panelists:
Frankie Chung
Founder,
Studio P3

Harley Zhao

Founder,
Original Force

Ashley Liu

Founder,
Mindwalk Studios

Sing-Choong Foo

VFX Supervisor

14:30 - 15:45

BREAK

15:45 - 16:00

U.S. Intellectual Property Law for Asia

Speaker:
Robert Hulse
Partner
IP Group, Fenwick & West LLP

16:00 - 16:30

Question & Answer

16:30 - 16:45

Future of Cloud and Production

Speaker:
James CH Song
Director,
Cloud Solution Research Center

16:45 - 17:15

Question & Answer

17:15 - 17:30

Closing Remarks

Business Symposium Chair
Darin Grant
Technical Operations Manager,
Google

17:15 - 17:30

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