The annual SIGGRAPH conference is
almost here. As I grimly face another SIGGRAPH a series of
questions comes to mind. Often these questions repeat every year,
sometimes there is a new one or an old goes away, but usually these
questions are the same year after year.
I dont know who to address them to.
Who should I ask these questions of ? I dont know, but if you know,
please tell me and I am sure you will give me good advice.
But first, the disclaimer.
I
want to thank everyone who works so hard to put on SIGGRAPH every
year. SIGGRAPH is for the most part a volunteer organization, which
by definition means most of the people involved do not get paid for
their work. And I am sure that things are chaotic and there are many
points of view and that people are working hard and with integrity.
Therefore, nothing said in this or any other discussion of SIGGRAPH
on this blog should be taken as an attack or anything similar to
that. I appreciate the efforts of everyone involved and want to take
this opportunity to thank them.
The
first question(s) are about the Keynote Speaker.
1.
How is the Keynote Speaker chosen ?
2.
Does the Keynote Speaker have to know anything about computer
animation?
3.
Should the Keynote Speaker have attended SIGGRAPH at least once in
their life?
4.
I thought a Keynote Speaker was someone who was senior in the field,
someone who had spent a great deal of their career trying to build
the field, and/or possibly someone who had something to say about the
current state and potential future of our field.
I am sure that Jane McGonigal is an
interesting person. It may even be that SIGGRAPH should give her a
platform to speak to us. Maybe Jane is also qualified to be our
Keynote speaker, after all, since I have no clue how these speakers
are chosen, it is impossible for me to judge if she should be the Keynote speaker.
And then finally, since SIGGRAPH is
wildly over scheduled, is there a way to view the Keynote speech
after it is given, possibly remotely. Ideally I would want to do
that for all Keynote speeches given at SIGGRAPH in the past as well.
Does anyone know the answer to these
questions ?
Does anyone know who I should be asking
these questions of ?
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