Tomasz Bednarz is the conference chair of SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 being held in Brisbane, Australia from November 17-20. He discusses his background in computer graphics from an early interest in programming and demoscene art. Bednarz has been involved with SIGGRAPH for many years through volunteering and previous roles in Japan and Australia. He introduces some of the programs and people involved in SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 and expresses his excitement for the conference.

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Welcome from the Conference Chair
SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
Tomasz Bednarz

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How is everybody feeling?

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About Tomasz
• SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Conference Chair
• Director, the Expanded Perception and Interaction
Centre (EPICentre), UNSW Art & Design.
• Team Leader (Visual Analytics) at the CSIRO Data61.
• Individual Member at the Khronos Group.
• Adjunct A/Professor at UniSA and QUT.
tomasz.bednarz@siggraph.org | @tomaszbednarz
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Early years
• My first computer Commodore C64
• Learning Assembly x86 by coding computer viruses (1994)
– harmless, I promise (except huge memory leaks)
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My demoscene nickname: Warlock
• Viruses NOT GOOD, so converted to computer graphics
• Discovered local demoscene Amiga 1993, but had PC –
became swapper, coder and demoscene party organiser
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WARLOCK
AMNESTY

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Voodka by Absence, 1996
https://github.com/tomaszbednarz/demoscene-absence-voodka
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-0JvJDDnA

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My life for Computer Graphics
• … and math tricks became a daily routine
• Discovered SIGGRAPH looking how to do phong shading
(no internet those days)
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SIGGRAPH
• My first SIGGRAPH was SIGGRAPH Asia 2009
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International Resources Committee
• That’s how I started to volunteering for SIGGRAPH
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Brisbane Marketing Team
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Back to Japan in 2015 and 2018
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Logo

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DREAM ZONE
“ For artists and scientists, SIGGRAPH Asia is a very special and unique
place. It is a second home where all passions driven by computer graphics
and interactive techniques converge.
Be part of the experience and join the unique DREAM ZONE - connect with
the SIGGRAPH Asia community, make new friends and create new business
opportunities”
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Invitro
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cW3DsjRwM`

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My very special person
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My parents allowed me to code pixels
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SACAG
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Programs
• ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Doctoral Consortium & Thesis Fast Forward – Brian Wyvill, Alyn Rockwood, Bruce Thomas
• ACM SIGGRAPH Frontiers Workshops – Mashhuda Glencross
• Art Gallery & Art Papers – Sarah Kenderdine, June Kim
• Computer Animation Festival – Pol Jeremias, Jinny H.J. Choo
• Courses – Sai-Kit Yeung
• Demoscene Party & Talks – John Doolan, Joe Cincotta
• Emerging Technologies – Matt Adcock, Yuta Sugiura
• Featured Sessions – Mark Elendt
• Real-Time Live! – Mike Seymour
• Technical Briefs & Posters - Xin Tong, Belen Masia
• Technical Papers – Karen Liu
• XR & VR Theatre – Mark Billinghurst, Arindam Dey
• Student Volunteers – Norbert Drage, Daniel Filonik
• Local Committee – Luc Betbeder-Matibet, Ian Failes, Crag James, John McGhee
• Local Global Committee – Ayumi Kimura, Diana Arellano, Rick Xu

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Student Volunteers
Subcommittee
Subcommittee ( Top-Right): Daniel Filonik, Juyeon Hong, Rebecca Ko,
Patience Lee, Meredith Brindley, Mike Geisler, Caroline Beyne, Norbert Drage

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EPICentre and Data61 Team(s)

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Super Super Special Team
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Super Special thanks to you too.

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Selected SA2019 Facts
• First time ever in the Southern Hemisphere
• NEW Programs at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
• Demoscene, BIS and ACM SIGGRAPH Frontiers Workshops
• Is it true? SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 beer?
• Tech Papers: 1398 Authors from 36 different countries
• XR Program had record numbers of submissions
• CAF success ratio was the lowest of all programs: 3%
• Posters program included VRCAI and VRST besties
• Inclusion and Diversity implementation

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4 Chairs and 2 Tables

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I wish you all a fantastic SIGGRAPH Asia
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