British Columbia Innovation Council

September 8-12, 2010

Mark your calendars! Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH is pleased to announce its third annual celebration of animation, SPARK Animation '10. BCIC is happy to be a sponsor of this SPARK Conference & Festival, which is full of inspiring speakers, panels and films.

Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH has been hard at work for the last year putting together an exciting schedule to celebrate the incredible achievements and talent behind many of last year's groundbreaking films, covering technical and creative breakthroughs from a number of studios including Disney, Sony, Pixar and DreamWorks.

With the explosion of activity last year in Vancouver's computer animation community, SPARK Animation '10 is already set to be the biggest to date! The conference will open its 3-day run on September 9 with a keynote presentation from a celebrated speaker from the world of animation. Get ready to be inspired for the rest of the conference, full of informative panels and presentations as well as a special one-day track devoted to both the creative and technical elements of stereoscopic 3D. As always, there'll also be The Best of SIGGRAPH 2010.

Film aficionados will also get their fix during the 5-day festival with the best animated features from Annecy, Ottawa, SIGGRAPH and beyond to bring Vancouver and Canadian premieres to the city, as well as classic films that are rarely seen on the big screen.

And who doesn't like a party? Especially one where you get to rub shoulders with speakers from past and present conferences and a host of other industry professionals? SPARK will be hosting 2 during the event, so don't miss the chance to mingle with your peers at our celebrated mixers.

Join SPARK on opening night for the Opening Party September 8, then help say goodbye for another year September 11 at the Closing Reception with beer, wine, music and mayhem! (as well as a few special surprises!)

For info or to register, visit the event page.