 
			PROGRAM APRIL 6 & 7, 2020
Check out the full RTC April 6 & 7, 2020 Program below.
Topics covered included The Art & Science of Virtual Architecture, Real-Time in Automotive, Visualization in the Design Environment, Cloud-Based Visualization, Virtual Production, LED Lighting Reproduction, TelePresence, Avatars, Intelligent Agents, Digital Humans, Virtual Teleportation, and more…
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| REALTIME CONFERENCE PROGRAM APRIL 2020
 
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 (Full presentation available on demand) | 
| 2:45 > 2:55 | 7:45 > 7:55 | 10:45 > 10:55 | 15h45 > 15h55 | 16h45 > 16h55 | Architecture Carlos Cristerna – Principal | Rad Lab Director – NeoScape (Boston) | Automotive Jeff Meyers – Former Head of Visualization & Technology – Fiat Chrysler Automobile | 
| 3:00 > 3:10 | 8:00 > 8:10 | 11:00 > 11:10 | 16h00 > 16h10 | 17h00 > 17h10 | Architecture Justin Benjamin – Design Applications Manager & Associate – Perkins + Will (NY) | Automotive Laura Longworth – Innovation and Emerging Technology Lead AR/VR – Daimler Trucks North America | 
| 3:15 > 3:40 | 8:15 > 8:40 | 11:15 > 11:40 | 16h15 > 16h40 | 17h15 > 17h40 | Architecture Panelists Mengyi Fan – Director of Visualization – SHoP Architects (NYC) Carlos Cristerna – Principal | Rad Lab Director – NeoScape (Boston) Justin Benjamin – Design Applications Manager & Associate – Perkins + Will (NY)Crafting Real and Virtual Architecture in Real-Time (Part 2) | Automotive Panelists Jeff Meyers – Former Head of Visualization & Technology – Fiat Chrysler Automobile 
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| 3:45 > 4:00 | 08:45 > 9:00 | 11:45 > 12:00 | 16h45 > 17h00 | 17h45 > 18h00 | Networking Break & Chat | Networking Break & Chat | 
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|  |  |  |  |  | Monday, April 6, 2020 | Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | 
| 4:00 > 4:10 | 9:00 > 9:10 AM | 12:00 > 12:10 | 17h00 > 17h10 | 18h00 > 18h10 | Architecture Welcome West Coast 
 Alex Coulombe – Co-Founder – Agile Lens Kim Baumann-Larsen – CEO – Dimension Design 
 Summary of European & East Coast presentations – Introduction to West Coast presentations | Automotive Welcome West Coast 
 Jan Pflueger – Founder & Advisor – AdvisXR Elizabeth Baron – Vice President, Immersive Solutions – Silverdraft | Former Immersive Realities Technical Specialist – Ford Motor Company 
 Welcome to RTC Automotive Track Summary of European & East Coast presentations – Introduction to West Coast presentations & panelists
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| 4:15 > 4:25 | 9:15 > 9:25 | 12:15 > 12:25 | 17h15 > 17h25 | 18h15 > 18h25 | Architecture Kerenza Harris – Director of Design Technology – Morphosis Architects | Automotive Synergy of media & entertainment previz for automotive design and production | 
| 4:30 > 4:40 | 9:30 > 9:40 | 12:30 > 12:40 | 17h30 > 17h40 | 18h30 > 18h40 | Architecture Digital Mitosis: Architectural design in a digital age | Automotive François de Bodinat– Chief Product Officer – Zero LightThe Dawn of Cloud-Based Visualisation in Automotive (Full presentation available on demand) | 
| 4:45 > 5:15 | 9:45 > 10:15 | 12:45 > 1:15 PM | 17h45 > 18h15 | 18h45 > 19h15 | Alex Coulombe – Co-Founder – Agile Lens Kim Baumann-Larsen – CEO – Dimension Design Panelists Cobus Bothma – Director – KPFAndreea Ion Cojocaru – Geschaftsfuhrerin / Co-Founder – Numena GmbH Adam Chernick – Director, Interactive Visualization – SHoP Architects (NYC) Mengyi Fan – Director of Visualization – SHoP Architects (NYC) Carlos Cristerna – Principal | Rad Lab Director – NeoScape (Boston) Justin Benjamin – Design Applications Manager & Associate – Perkins + Will (NY) Integrating lessons learned today into architects’ daily practice | Automotive 
 Panelists Andrey Golubinskiy – CEO – Apostera Jacob Loewenstein – Vice President, Business Development and Strategy – Spatial (NY) Jeff Meyers – Former Head of Visualization & Technology – Fiat Chrysler Automobile Integrating lessons learned today into automotive specialists’ daily practice | 
| 5:20 > 5:30 | 10:20 > 10:30 | 1:20 > 1:30 | 18h20 > 18h30 | 18h20 > 19h30 | Architecture 
 Alex Coulombe – Co-Founder – Agile Lens Kim Baumann-Larsen – CEO – Dimension Design Architecture session Closing Words | Automotive Automotive session Closing Words
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| 05:30 AM | 10:30 AM | 1:30 PM | 18h30 | 19h30 | End of Architecture Session | End of Automotive Session | 
| 5:30 > 6:00 | 10:30 > 11:00 | 1:30 > 2:00 | 18h30 > 19h00 | 19h30 > 20h00 | Networking Break & Chat | Networking Break & Chat | 
| NZT + 1 | PT | ET | BST | CEST | ||
|  |  |  |  |  | Monday, April 6, 2020 | Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | 
| 6:00 > 6:10 | 11:00 > 11:10 AM | 2:00 < 2:10 PM | 19h00 > 19h10 | 20h00 > 20h10 | RealTime Conference 2020Opening Address – Virtual Production track 
 Jean-Michel Blottiere – Founder & CEO – RealTime Conference Welcome to RTC 2020 Opening Keynote and Virtual Production Track |  RealTime Conference 2020 Opening Address – Virtual Jean-Michel Blottiere – Founder & CEO – RealTime ConferenceWelcome to RTC 2020 Opening Keynote and Digital Human Track | 
| 6:15 > 6:40 | 11:15 > 11:40 | 2:15 > 2:40 | 19h15 > 19h40 | 20h15 > 20h40 | Inspiring KeynotePaul Debevec – Adjunct Research Professor – USC Institute for Creative Technologies
 | Inspiring KeynoteThe Futur Present of 3D Digital Content Creation | 
| 6:45 > 6:55 | 11:45 > 11:55 | 2:45 > 2:55 | 19h45 > 19h55 | 20h45 > 2055 | Inspiring KeynoteKeynote 
 | Inspiring KeynoteKeynote 
 Sebastien Deguy – Vice-President, 3D&I – Adobe | 
| 7:00 > 7:30 | 12:00 > 12:30 | 3:00 > 3:30 | 20h00 > 20h30 | 21h00 > 21h30 | Networking Break & Chat | Networking Break & Chat | 
| NZT + 1 | PT | ET | BST | CEST | Monday, April 6, 2020 | Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | 
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| 7:30 > 7:40 | 12:30 > 12:40 | 3:30 > 3:40 | 20h30 > 20h40 | 21h30 > 21h40 | Virtual ProductionVirtual Production Introduction Dave Gougé – Head of Marketing – Weta Digital | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Digital Humans Introduction 
 Hosts Cedric Guiard – Founder & CEO – Eisko / PolywinkChristophe Héry – Research Scientist – Facebook Reality LabPresentation of the whole Digital Human Track | 
| 7:45 > 8:10 | 12:45 > 1:10 PM | 3:45 > 4:10 | 20h45 > 21h10 | 21h45 > 22h10 | Virtual Production RealTime for all Markets – and Virtual Production in Film & TV – with a special section on “The Mandalorian” 
 | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Vladimir Mastilović – Founder / Owner, CEO – 3Lateral Studio 
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| 8:15 > 8:25 | 1:15 > 1:25 | 4:15 > 4:25 | 21h15 > 21h25 | 22h15 > 22h25 | Virtual Production 
 | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Opening Keynote 
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| 8:30 > 8:55 | 1:30 > 1:55 | 4:30 > 4:55 | 21h30 > 21h55 | 22h30 > 22h45 | Virtual Production (Full presentation available on demand)
 | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Shahram Izadi – Director – Google 
 (Full presentation available on demand)
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| 9:00 > 9:15 | 2:00 > 2:15 | 5:00 > 5:15 | 22h00 > 22h15 | 23h00 > 23h15 | Networking Break & Chat | Networking Break & Chat | 
| NZT + 1 | PT | ET | BST | CST | Monday, April 6, 2020 | Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | 
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| 9:15 > 9:25 | 2:15 > 2:25 | 5:15 > 5:25 | 22h15 > 22h25 | 23h15 > 23h25 | Virtual Production Brett Ineson – President & CTO – Animatrik Film Design Real-Time animation in film production and live events | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Guy Williams – VFX Supervisor – Weta Digital | 
| 9:30 > 9:40 | 2:30 > 2:40 | 5:30 > 5:40 | 22h30 > 22h40 | 23h30 > 23h40 | Virtual Production Lara Cawsey – Business Development Manager – The Third Floor | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans | 
| 9:45 > 9:55 | 2:45 > 2:55 | 5:45 > 5:55 | 22h45 > 22h55 | 23h45 > 23h55 | Virtual Production Finalizing in Real-Time | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Panelists Presentation | 
| 10:00 > 10:10 | 3:00 > 3:10 | 6:00 > 6:10 | 23h00 > 23h10 | 00h00 > 00h10 | Virtual Production  Mo Davoudian – Executive Creative Director / Executive Producer – Brain Zoo Studios | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Cedric Guiard – Founder & CEO – Eisko / Polywink 
 (Full presentation available on demand) | 
| 10:15 >10:25 | 3:15 > 3:25 | 6:15 > 6:25 | 23h15 > 23h25 | 00:15 > 00:25 | Virtual Production | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Doug Roble – Senior Director of Software R&D – Digital Domain | 
| 10:30 > 11:10 | 3:30 > 4:10 | 6:30 > 7:10 | 23h30 > 00:10 | 00:30 > 1:10 | Virtual Production | Tele Presence / Avatars / Intelligent Agents / Digital Humans Mike Seymour – Lecturer, Researcher Digital Humans & Writer : MOTUS Lab (DDGR) USYD | Co-Founder – FXguide
 
 Panelists Christophe Héry – Research Scientist – Facebook Reality Lab  Vladimir Mastilović – Founder / Owner, CEO – 3Lateral Studio Cedric Guiard – Founder & CEO – Eisko / Polywink Greg Maguire – CEO & Co-Founder – Humain James Jacobs – Co-Founder & CEO – Ziva Dynamics Guy Williams – VFX Supervisor – Weta DigitalDoug Roble – Senior Director of Software R&D – Digital Domain 
 Digital Humans: Facing the Future   | 
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| 11:15 > 11:30 | 4:15 > 4:30 | 7:15 > 7:30 | 00h15 > 00h30 | 1:15 > 1h30 | Networking Break & Chat | Networking Break & Chat | 
| 11:30 > 12:10 | 4:30 > 5:10 | 7:30 > 8:10 | 00h30 > 1h10 | 1h30 > 2h10 | Virtual Production Bill Desowitz – Crafts Editor – IndieWire
 Panelist Ben Grossmann – Founder & CEO – Magnopus | Virtual Production Hosts Pol Jeremias-Vila – Lead Graphics Engineer – Pixar Animation Studios | SIGGRAPH 2021 Chair
 Panelists J.J. Blumenkranz – Executive VP – PiSquarePaul Debevec – Senior Staff Engineer – GoogleVR (Virtual Light Consultant)Habib Zargarpour – Head of Film Development – Digital Monarch Media, a division of Unity TechnologiesAlberto Menache – CEO – Ubica | CTO – Pi SquareKim Libreri – CTO – Epic Games | 
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| 12:15 > 12:30 | 5:15 > 5:30 | 8:15 > 8:30 | 1h15 > 1h30 | 2h15 > 2h30 | Networking Break & Chat | Networking Break & Chat | 
| 12:30 > 1:15 PM | 5:30 > 6:15 | 8:30 > 9:15 | 1h30 > 2h15 | 2h30 > 3h15 | Virtual Production 
 
 
 Host Ed Ulbrich – Producer, Media and Entertainment Executive, Business Advisor/Consultant, Lecturer 
 
 Panelists Rick Stringfellow – Principal Art Director – EA CREATE | Virtual Production 
 Hosts Pol Jeremias-Vila – Lead Graphics Engineer – Pixar Animation Studios | SIGGRAPH 2021 Chair
 
 Panelist J.J. Blumenkranz – Executive VP – PiSquarePaul Debevec – Senior Staff Engineer – GoogleVR (Virtual Light Consultant)Habib Zargarpour – Head of Film Development – Digital Monarch Media, a division of Unity TechnologiesAlberto Menache – CEO – Ubica | CTO – Pi SquareKim Libreri – CTO – Epic Games | 
| 1:20 > 1:25 | 6:20 > 6:25 | 9:20 > 9:25 | 2:20 > 2:25 | 3:20 > 3:25 | RealTime Conference 2020Closing Address Day 1 
 Jean-Michel Blottiere – Founder & CEO – RealTime Conference Closing word RTC 2020 Day 1 | RealTime Conference 2020 | 
| 1:30 PM + 1 day | 6:30 PM | 9:30 PM | 2:30 AM | 3:30 AM | End of RTC 2020 Day 1 | End of RTC 2020 Day 2 | 




