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

OpenEXR - Kimball Thurston, Wētā FX

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

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

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

Open discussion with project maintainers about new features and future directions.

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

Kimball Thurston

Chief Technology Officer, Wētā FX

Monday July 20, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

11:00am PDT

MoonRay - Randy Packer & Jon Lanz, DreamWorks Animation

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

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

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

ASWF migration update, presentations and demos, roadmap and open discussion.

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

Jon Lanz

Sr. Software Engineer, DREAMWORKS ANIMATION

Randy Packer

Sr. Manager, Production Software, DreamWorks Animation

Randy is sr. manager of rendering, shading and machine learning teams at DreamWorks, having started in 2015 as his first foray into the animation and the film industry. Randy's led the efforts of advancing MoonRay and it's feature set and related technologies since prior to it's usage... Read More →

Monday July 20, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

12:00pm PDT

ASWF Diversity & Inclusion Working Group - Carol Payne, Academic Software Foundation

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

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

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

The Diversity & Inclusion WG at the Academy Software Foundation breaks down barriers to access and increases connections among participants in the Foundation’s projects, community, and the VFX & Animation industry. If you are passionate about the Entertainment industry and looking for a way to get involved, please consider attending! Our group members consist of engineers, students, faculty, and more. We'll provide group updates as well as save time for community discussion.

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

Carol Payne

Founding Color Science Lead, Wizard

Carol Payne has served as the Technical Steering Committee Chair for OpenColorIO since 2021. She started her career in VFX, working for six years at Industrial Light & Magic, most prominently as Color & Imaging Engineer, and moved to Netflix from 2019-2023 as an Imaging Technologist... Read More →

Monday July 20, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

1:00pm PDT

OpenTimelineIO - Eric Reinecke, Netflix

Monday July 20, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

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

OpenTimelineIO is an interchange format and API for editorial timeline information. Please join us for an overview of what OpenTimelineIO does and some updates from the past year.

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

Eric Reinecke

Sr. Software Engineer, Video Engineering, Netflix

Monday July 20, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

2:00pm PDT

ACES - Scott Dyer, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Monday July 20, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

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

Join ACES Technical Steering Committee members and fellow imaging professionals for an open, forward-looking discussion on the digital color workflows. Bring your feedback, challenges, and ideas as we discuss current feature support, cross-application interoperability, and what ACES should tackle next.

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

Scott Dyer

Senior Imaging Engineer, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Monday July 20, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

3:00pm PDT

Color Interop Forum - Carol Payne

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

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

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

Join us for a discussion about the Color Interop Forum specification work over the last year! Color Interop covers a broad area - beyond OCIO and ACES and into metadata, DCC best practices, color management in USD and broader 3D ecosystems, and more. We have three new specifications to share and discuss, and a few updates to previous specs. We will be walking through these docs, and leaving time for group discussion.

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

Carol Payne

Founding Color Science Lead, Wizard

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

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

4:00pm PDT

OpenColorIO - Carol Payne, Wizard & Doug Walker, AutoDesk

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

JW Marriott - Gold Ballroom 4

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

OCIO is an open source color management solution hosted at the Academy Software Foundation. Join us for an informal community discussion around current/planned OCIO development, implementation, and workflows.

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

Carol Payne

Founding Color Science Lead, Wizard

Doug Walker

Tech Lead, Autodesk

Doug is the Technology Lead for Color Science at Autodesk, working on products such as Flame, Maya, Arnold, and Shotgrid. He is also very active in open source projects, serving as the Chief Architect on the OpenColorIO Technical Steering Committee and as part of the Architectural... Read More →

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

SIGGRAPH BoF Session

10:00am PDT

11:00am PDT

12:00pm PDT

1:00pm PDT

2:00pm PDT

3:00pm PDT

4:00pm PDT

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