Preliminary Schedule Announced for IMERSA Summit 2014

Professional Development sessions, March 6-7 (Thurs-Fri)

Click here for descriptions and details of the professional development sessions.
Venues: SIE film center & DMNS

Professional Development session chairs: Michael Daut of Evans & Sutherland (photo at right) and Mike Murray of Clark Planetarium

Tools & Techniques – Thurs March 6
Overview of the production tools available for fulldome and immersive media. Exploration of some techniques used to apply these tools in filmmaking.

• 8:30 – 9:00 am Welcome, coffee and registration
• 9:00 -10:00 am The Tools of Pre-rendered Fulldome Production
• 10:00 – 11:00 am Harnessing the Power of Real-time Production
• 11:00 am – Noon Breaking the CGI barrier with DSLR
• 12:00 noon -1:00 pm Lunch break
• 1:00 – 2:00 pm Live Action Photography for Fulldome
• 2:00 – 3:00 pm Skip Final Cut and use your AfterEffects tools instead
• 3:00 – 4:00 pm Maya/3D Max/Blender/Softimage Workshop
• 4:00 – 5:30 pm
• Dinner on your own / shuttle to DMNS
• 5:30 – 6:00 pm Storage and Render Farm Issues: Data Management and Archiving
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm Importance of Audio and Audio Production
• 7:00 – 7:30 pm Screening: selected clips that summarize the day’s discussions
• Shuttles to Hotel

Case Studies – Friday March 7

• 8:30 am coffee and registration
• 9:00 – 10:00 am Live Action Shooting for Green Screen Compositing: Dinosaurs at Dusk
• 10:00 – 11:00 am Storytelling for Fulldome: Dream to Fly
• 11:00 am – Noon Managing Workflow for 4K, 8K and beyond: To Space and Back
• 1:00 – 2:00 pm From Giant Screen Film to Digital Fulldome: Flight of the Butterflies
• 2:00 – 3:00 pm Fulldome Stereography – Best Practices Panel
• 3:00 – 3:30 pm Directing Animation: The Life of Trees
• 3:30 – 4:30 Break; shuttle to DMNS

Summit kickoff – Friday evening

• 4:30 – 5:30 pm Panel discussion – Lessons learned from award winning producers
• 5:30 – 6:00 pm IMERSA Fulldome highlights reel – the aesthetics and language of fulldome
• 6:00 pm Keynote address: The art of scientific visualization – Donna Cox
• 6:30 – 8:30 Opening Reception Dinner with welcome remarks from Ian McLennan, and acknowledgments
• 8:30-9:00 Screening: Dream to Fly
• 9:00 – 9:30 Screening: Dinosaurs at Dusk
• 9:30 LIVE Demos / dessert bar and coffee

Summit conference day 1 – Saturday, March 8

Principal organizers for Sat-Sun conference days: Dan Neafus & Judith Rubin

• 8:30 am Coffee and registration
• 9:00 am Welcome to IMERSA!
• 10:00 am Convergence roundtable with Paul Fraser
• 11:00 am Research Bites: Industry Data Snapshots
• 12:00 noon lunch
• 1:00 pm The fulldome theater as a community space: Brian Wirthlin, Ian McLennan and others
• 2:00 pm International Innovators forum, produced by Ed Lantz, Ethan Bach & Markus Beyr
• 4:00 pm Short films and trailers
• 6:00 pm Reception
• 6:30 pm Banquet – Lifetime achievement honors to Jeri Panek
• 8:00 pm Screening: To Space and Back
• 8:30 pm Screening: Flight of the Butterflies
• 9:15 pm Screening: MUSICA
• 9:45 pm Screening: short films
• 10:00 shuttles to Hotel

Summit conference day 2 – Sunday, March 9

• 8:30 am -1:00 pm Marketplace and Brunch
• 10:00 am Facility budget workshop with Ian McLennan and Mike Murray
• 11:00 am IMERSA Dome Standards update
• 1:00 Virtual realities and game changers – session producer, Patrick McPike of Adler Planetarium (photo at right)
• 2:00 Great Storytelling in the immersive space – session producer, Patrick McPike
• 3:30 Future Immersion, future opportunities
• 5:30 trip to Fiske Planetarium
• Dinner, demos and 8K discussion at Fiske