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    Business Symposium

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    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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