Why SIGGRAPH?

For more than four decades, SIGGRAPH conferences have been at the center of innovation in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Immerse yourself in a new generation of technology, trends and techniques at SIGGRAPH 2018.

Here’s how you (and your employer) can benefit by joining us in Vancouver.

Learn

The most accomplished minds in research, design and development gather at SIGGRAPH to share their discoveries and innovations. From VFX and animation techniques to VR and game design, SIGGRAPH 2018 features five days of courses, talks, sessions and panels that will blow you away.

Create

Roll up your sleeves for hands-on exploration in the Studio. Demo the latest in mixed reality in the Immersive Pavilion. Go behind the VFX of the latest blockbuster game at one of our Production Sessions. Let SIGGRAPH reignite your imagination and then take your inspiration back to your workplace.

Discover

Explore the latest software and hardware that’s changing the workplace for CG and VFX professionals. Learn from visionaries who are pushing the limits of VR and its application to games, healthcare and daily life. Join the brightest minds pushing the boundaries of computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Share

What’s your passion? SIGGRAPH gives you access to innovation and information that can’t be found anywhere else. Whether your interests are in research, production, new technologies or somewhere in between, you’re sure to find new ideas and technologies that will change the way you work and create.

Bond

Our community is diverse, curious, and passionate. We are artists and researchers, students and pioneers. We come from around the globe, from different disciplines, with various levels of experience and points-of-view. We gather at SIGGRAPH to create, discover and learn from one another.

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The Voice Of Generations

FirstSIGGRAPH1985

Brian Wyvill

Although my first SIGGRAPH was after the early Blinn papers, there have been many landmark papers that I have been privileged to hear presented.

The Voice Of Generations

FirstSIGGRAPH2014

David Verona

In Vancouver, I fell in love with the people that make up SIGGRAPH; a group of people that enthusiastically support and cheer each other on in the development of ever greater graphics and interactive techniques year after year.

The Voice Of Generations

FirstSIGGRAPH1975

Nelson Max

I heard about the second annual conference in Bowling Green and showed some of my computer animation there. I have attended every SIGGRAPH annual summer conference since, except for the one in 1977, when I was on a trek in Nepal.

Although my first SIGGRAPH was after the early Blinn papers, there have been many landmark papers that I have been privileged to hear presented.
In Vancouver, I fell in love with the people that make up SIGGRAPH; a group of people that enthusiastically support and cheer each other on in the development of ever greater graphics and interactive techniques year after year.
I heard about the second annual conference in Bowling Green and showed some of my computer animation there. I have attended every SIGGRAPH annual summer conference since, except for the one in 1977, when I was on a trek in Nepal.