Open Source Days 2026: Full Schedule

July 19| Los Angeles, California
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Please note that the BoFs on Monday, July 20, are held in-person during SIGGRAPH. Attendees must register through the SIGGRAPH website as ’Full Conference’ or ’Experience’ attendees.

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10:00am PDT

OpenVDB - Ken Museth, NVIDIA, Dan Bailey, ILM

Monday July 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

This BoF is a part of SIGGRAPH, and you must be registered for SIGGRAPH to attend.

Significant changes in the upcoming major release of OpenVDB.

This BoF is part of a full day of open source BoFs hosted by the Academy Software Foundation as part of Open Source Days. Learn more at opensourcedays.aswf.io.

Presenters

Dan Bailey

Senior Staff Software Engineer, ILM

Dan leads the FX/Crowds Engineering team at ILM where he has been for the past 9 years. He has been a member of the VDB Technical Steering Committee since the adoption of the project into the ASWF and an active contributor to the project since 2014. He won a SciTech Award in 2024... Read More →

Ken Museth

Sr Director of the High-Fidelity Physics Research, NVIDIA

Monday July 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

11:00am PDT

ASWF Machine Learning Working Group - Tommy Burnette, ILM, Cottalango Leon, Sony Pictures Imageworks & Cameron Target, Walt Disney Studios

Monday July 20, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

This BoF is a part of SIGGRAPH, and you must be registered for SIGGRAPH to attend.

Updates from the ASWF Machine Learning Working Group. Ongoing progress on the DNA development and feedback from early adopters. New initiative for mutual learning sessions on the topics of interest in the AI/ML domain in VFX/Animation industry.

This BoF is part of a full day of open source BoFs hosted by the Academy Software Foundation as part of Open Source Days. Learn more at opensourcedays.aswf.io.

Presenters

Cameron Target

VFX Coordinator, Walt Disney Studios

Fascinated by production team workflows, huge fan of Denis Villenueve movies, originally from Hong Kong.

Tommy Burnette

ILM

Cottalango Leon

Software Architect, Sony Pictures Imageworks

Cottalango Leon is a Distinguished Engineer at Sony Pictures Imageworks, leading the development of artist tools used in award-winning films including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Over the Moon, and Hotel Transylvania. He received an Academy Award® for Scientific and Technical... Read More →

Monday July 20, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

12:00pm PDT

Open Review Initiative, including OpenRV and xSTUDIO - Erik Strauss, Sohonet; Guillaume Brossard, Autodesk; Ted Waine, DNEG; Sam Richards, Independent; Will Wira, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Monday July 20, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

This BoF is a part of SIGGRAPH, and you must be registered for SIGGRAPH to attend.

Updates from the Open Review Initiative team. Demonstration of the latest work in live collaboration protocols including support for annotations. Progress and community updates from OpenRV and xSTUDIO, as well as our work on Encoding, and Plugin Development.

This BoF is part of a full day of open source BoFs hosted by the Academy Software Foundation as part of Open Source Days. Learn more at opensourcedays.aswf.io.

Presenters

Will Wira

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Erik Strauss

Chief Product Officer, Sohonet

I am a technology leader with experience in building organizations that develop creative content tools and media processing at scale. I'm passionate about computer graphics and distributed collaboration. I thrive in areas where innovation enables creators to tell incredible stories... Read More →

Guillaume Brossard

Director of Engineering, Autodesk

Ted Waine

Expert Software Developer, DNEG

After studying physics and optics as an undergraduate Ted started his career in Medical Imaging before entering VFX in 2003, joining DNEG's R&D team. Since then Ted has worked on a wide variety of projects involving, among many things, computer vision, image based modelling, application... Read More →

Sam Richards

Monday July 20, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

1:30pm PDT

MaterialX and OpenPBR - Jonathan Stone, Lucasfilm & Adrien Herubel, Autodesk

Monday July 20, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

This BoF is a part of SIGGRAPH, and you must be registered for SIGGRAPH to attend.

Join MaterialX and OpenPBR Technical Steering Committee members and contributors as they share recent milestones, future plans and answer questions from the community.

This BoF is part of a full day of open source BoFs hosted by the Academy Software Foundation as part of Open Source Days. Learn more at opensourcedays.aswf.io.

Presenters

Jonathan Stone

Lead Rendering Engineer, Materials and Shading, Lucasfilm ADG

Jonathan Stone is a Lead Rendering Engineer in the Lucasfilm Advanced Development Group and the lead developer of MaterialX. He has designed real-time rendering and look-development technology for Lucasfilm since 2010, working on productions including The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The... Read More →

Adrien Herubel

Director, Software Engineering, Autodesk

Monday July 20, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

3:00pm PDT

Adopting OpenUSD and MaterialX in Production Pipelines - Paolo Selva, 880 Productions NZ and Martin Davies, LAIKA

Monday July 20, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

This BoF is a part of SIGGRAPH, and you must be registered for SIGGRAPH to attend.

Presentations and open discussion about integrating OpenUSD and MaterialX in production pipelines, with successes and failures, possible how-tos.

This BoF is part of a full day of open source BoFs hosted by the Academy Software Foundation as part of Open Source Days. Learn more at opensourcedays.aswf.io.

Presenters

Martin Davies

VFX Pipeline Manager, LAIKA

Paolo Selva

Principal Engineer, 880 Productions NZ

Monday July 20, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

4:00pm PDT

The USD Collective Projects - Paolo Selva, 880 Productions NZ and Martin Davies, LAIKA

Monday July 20, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

This BoF is a part of SIGGRAPH, and you must be registered for SIGGRAPH to attend.

A BOF meet-up of The USD Collective Projects participants and anyone else interested in knowing the status of the projects and how to participate/contribute to this collective initiative.

This BoF is part of a full day of open source BoFs hosted by the Academy Software Foundation as part of Open Source Days. Learn more at opensourcedays.aswf.io.

Presenters

Paolo Selva

Principal Engineer, 880 Productions NZ

Martin Davies

VFX Pipeline Manager, LAIKA

Monday July 20, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 3

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

10:00am PDT

11:00am PDT

12:00pm PDT

1:30pm PDT

3:00pm PDT

4:00pm PDT

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