TALKS MENTORING NETWORKING AFTERPARTY
June 6 - LONDON - SE1 7RY
CG101 IS A DAY LONG FREE EVENT THAT AIMS TO CONNECT HUNDREDS OF CG PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS FROM THE VIDEO GAME, ADVERTISMENT, ANIMATION AND MOVIE INDUSTRY
SPEAKERS
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TALK - "The Art of Expressive Sculpting" Vimal Kerketta
Capturing emotion and character is key to great head sculpting. This presentation explores techniques to go beyond form, bringing life and expression into your work through proportion and detail.
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TALK - SIDEFX - Project Violet: From Rig to Ragdoll
An introduction to some of the exciting new features of KineFX in Houdini. Sam will provide an overview of a full character rig from Project Violet that is leveraging the power of APEX. He will walk through what makes this approach unique and particularly powerful compared to more traditional pipelines, highlighting its flexibility, performance, and efficiency. He'll also dive into some of the ragdoll setup and features that enable us to achieve dynamic results in our animation quickly.
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PANEL - DEVELOPING GAMES
This panel explores the diverse world of game development, featuring insights from professionals across the industry—from indie developers to AAA studios. Panelists will share their journeys, discussing the technical challenges, creative processes, and unique experiences working with engines like Unreal Engine, Unity, Custom engines, Fortnite Creative, and more!
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PANNEL - Recruiters Tips 101
Chair - Simon Davies - DAX
Panelists:
Harriet Edge-Partington - Union
Bridget Dash - DNEG Animation
Ian Landmann - Framestore
Matt Walsh - Trailmix Games
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Ask us anything about recruiting! VFX, Feature, Games and much more!
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CHARITY FUNDRAISER RAFFLE
Throughout the day, visit the Games Aid booth in our exhibitors area to check out some fantastic prizes, including donations from our participant studios and partners. Don’t miss your chance to buy a raffle ticket and support an amazing cause!
At the end of the conference, we’ll be drawing the winners—so you could walk away with some awesome prizes while making a difference.
This raffle is a charity fundraiser for Games Aid, a charity supporting UK organizations that help children and young people through the power of the games industry.
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COMPETITION AWARDS
Join us as we celebrate the next generation of creative talent. At the start of the conference, we’ll be screening the top three short films and top three demo games pre-selected by our incredible jury.
Throughout the event, attendees will have the chance to cast their votes by scanning QR codes around the venue. At the end of the conference, we’ll reveal the winner and present the award live on stage!
A huge thank you to our incredible competition sponsors for providing amazing prizes. Want to learn more? Check out the competition page to participate
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MENTORING - BOOKABLE AT THE EVENT
Gianluca Dentici
VFX Supervisor / Compositing Supervisor
Award-winning VFX Supervisor with over 25 years of experience, has contributed to 85+ films, including Gladiator II, The Lion King, and The Marvels.
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Visual Effects Society Co-Chair.
Ricardo Ferreira
Compositor Supervisor / Professor
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Ricardo Ferreira is a Compositor Supervisor who worked on three Oscar-winning movies for Best Visual Effects: Gravity, Interstellar, and Ex Machina.
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Board Member at VES
Adele Khawli
​Marketing & PR Strategist
Former Head of Marketing at Axis Studios.
Animated Woman UK and Board of Directors Animation Scotland
Victor Perez
Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist who has worked on a number of Hollywood films, including Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Pirates of the
Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, plus many more
Jahirul Amin
CAVE Academy Founder
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Computer Animation and Visual Effects Teacher and Consultant. He specializes in designing and delivering courses to create solid and diverse production-ready skills in all 3D-related departments and across a number of facilities worldwide.
Callum Harwood
Surfacing Artist / 3D Generalist
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Kung Fu Panda 4, Dogman, Superworm Netflix: Wolf Kin,g and more. Passionate about mentoring, Callum has guided aspiring artists through Blue Zoo’s Bootcamp, BFX competitions, and networking events.
Hugo Guerra
Award-winning Director, VFX Supervisor and former Head of Nuke Compositing at the Mill London.
Member of the Visual Effects Society. YouTube channel Hugo's Desk
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Klaudija Cermak
VFX Compositing Lecturer + VES London Board Manager
Phoebe Hurst
Groom TD
DNEG
Kev McCrae
Founder & Creative Director
REVENANT
Charles Chorein
VFX Supervisor and ArtFx UK
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VFX Supervisor with 16 years of experience, has worked on iconic films such as The Hobbit, Prometheus, The Hunger Games 2, and Harry Potter 7
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Vice-Chair and Treasurer VES London
Vladislav Solovjov
Creative Director & Artist
With over 15 years of experience in the CG and motion design industry, Vladislav has collaborated with different clients and agencies like Apple, Google, L'Oreal, Audi, Lotus, AKQA, Saatch & Saatchi, Ayzenberg, Downtown Paris and Dix Sept Paris.
Iki ikram
VFX Director / Art Manager / Co-Founder
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Game industry veteran with 30+ years of experience across 20+ titles, including The Last of Us, Uncharted, God of War, and League of Legends.Bard member VES and a recipient of the VES award for Best Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project for Uncharted 4,
Simone Giampaolo
Director
Directed and Written over ten multi-award-winning original short films, including the Oscar®-shortlisted and BAFTA-nominated 'Only a Child'. Experience with clients such as Netflix, Google, Cartoon Network, Disney, LEGO, Nickelodeon, Marvel, and more!
Lucia Alvarez Cisneros
Surfacing Artist/ CGI generalist
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Surfacing Artist with experience in both film and commercial work. I had the opportunity to contribute to the feature film DogMan for DreamWorks, and I’m currently part of the 3D department at Ford, where I work on renders for their advertising campaigns.
Rodrigo Roldan Romero
Programmer - Games Development
Specializing in engines, performance, platforms, and optimization. AAA projects like Minecraft Dungeons, Hogwarts Legacy, F1 Manager 24, and Quidditch Champions
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TANGLEWOOD GAMES
Amy Ash
Character Supervisor/Vis Dev Sculptor
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With over 20 years of experience. Former Head of Characters at Axis Studios, worked on renowned productions, including the Tales of Runeterra series (Riot Games), Love Death and Robots (Netflix), and the Blizzard. Now working as a Freelance Character Visual Development Sculptor with Netflix Animation.
Ana Maria Savastre
Senior Rigger
Over five years of experience in award-winning productions. Passionate about solving technical problems using advanced algorithms and mathematical principles.
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BLUE ZOO
Camille Fourniols
Groom/Creature Supervisor
With 12 years of experience, Camille Fourniols, the former groom/creature supervisor at Axis Studio, is now the co-founder of CG Flickers, a studio where she uses all her experience and skills to bring the best fluff to any CG universe.
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CG Flickers
Rebecca Meilak
Feature Animator
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With over nine years of Feature, VFX, and TV experience. She has been worked on titles such as The Addams Family 2, How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, Dog Man, Nautilus, and Man Vs Bee. She recently Twits for Netflix.
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DNEG Animation
Benjamin Le Febre
CFX TD
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CFX TD for feature VFX, with a particular focus on costuming. His recent work includes Wicked and Paddington in Peru
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FRAMESTORE
Sam Taylor
Head of Innovation & Development
Over 10 years of experience in game trailers, cinematics, and advertising projects. His experience has seen him take on a variety of Roles. Established REALTIME's junior training scheme to help new junior artists get their first job in the industry.
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REALTIME
Sian Warren
Senior Character/Creature Modeler
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I have worked on a wide variety of creatures for large VFX Films, TV productions, Advertising, and games, from big cats, dinosaurs, sea creatures, insects, and monsters, both real, imagined, and extinct.
TRIXTER
Henning Sanden
Co-Founder of FlippedNormals
I'm the co-founder of FlippedNormals, a marketplace for 3D artists. I used to work as a character artist in the VFX industry (MPC, DNEG), and now I make YouTube videos and premium tutorials and mentor students.
FlippedNormals
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BOOTHS AND EXHIBITORS
Framestore
ETC
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SideFX
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Bournemouth University
Games Aid
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Foundry
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Chaos
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Renderboxes
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AccessVFX
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VENUE
THE EVENT IS HELD IN THE HEART OF LONDON AT 26 LEAKE STREET ON THE 30TH OF AUGUST FROM 9 AM.
THE AFTERPARTY WILL BE HOST DIRECTLY AFTER THE LAST TALK AT THE VENUE'S BAR UNTIL LATE IN THE NIGHT.
A HUGE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!!!
More announcements coming soon..
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WANT TO SPONSOR?
As a non-profit event we are entirely dependent on the goodwill of sponsors who are helping us make this event possible. If you would like to contact us to help sponsor or would like to learn more about the benefits of sponsoring then please email us here: cg101conference@gmail.com or via the button below:
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