Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd.
[Recruiting speakers] SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 ｜We are looking for alumni and current students who can participate in screenings and pitch sessions.
Exhibition period: December 4th to 6th, 2024 | Venue: Tokyo International Forum ……
As a joint-stock university approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, we have the Faculty of Digital Communication (4-year university), which studies digital content, planning, and communication, and the Graduate School of Digital Content (professional graduate school), which bridges theory and practice and creates new businesses. ), Digital Hollywood University (located in Ochanomizu, Tokyo, president: Tomoyuki Sugiyama) will hold the world’s largest conference on CG and interactive technology at the Tokyo International Forum for four days from December 3rd to 6th, 2024. We will participate in SIGGRAPH Asia 2024, an international conference and exhibition, as a gold sponsor, and will have a booth as Digital Hollywood at the exhibition. Therefore, we are looking for alumni, current students, teachers, and instructors who would like to screen their own 3DCG works or present their products and ideas at the Digital Hollywood booth at SIGGRAPH Asia.
[Image 1: https://prtimes.jp/i/496/2428/resize/d496-2428-1cf609bda31bdf30afb2-0.jpg&s3=496-2428-e4fd5ed6447bcc3f39443eb7d48ef6ae-1200×800.jpg] (At the SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Digital Hollywood booth)
SIGGRAPH Asia is an international conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive technology. It started in 2008 as the Asian version of SIGGRAPH, the world’s largest computer graphics conference.
Held every year in countries across Asia, it brings together researchers, artists, developers, and industry experts to present the latest technology, research results, artwork, animation, gaming technology, and more. SIGGRAPH is a place to share cutting-edge knowledge in the CG industry, entertainment, art, and academic research, making it an important platform for understanding industry leaders and new technology trends.
“SIGGRAPH Asia 2024” will be held in Japan for the first time in three years. Would you like to present your works and products at the Digital Hollywood booth? We look forward to seeing you all.
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At the previous event, “SIGGRAPH Asia 2021,” alumni and current students from all over Digital Hollywood exhibited educational and research software, entertainment content in the XR field,
installations, three-dimensional modeling, and more, allowing visitors to experience a variety of outputs. We have provided you with an opportunity.
This October, Digital Hollywood will celebrate its 30th anniversary. In this year, which marks the 30th anniversary, we will be attending the Digital Hollywood booth at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 together with alumni who studied at Digital Hollywood and are active in various industries, as well as current students who are currently studying at Digital Hollywood. We hope to create.
■Message from President Tomoyuki Sugiyama
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Digital Hollywood, we will be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH Asia. Digital Hollywood is proud to have produced the largest number of graduates into the community of CG production professionals in Japan.
Please join us at SIGGRAPH Asia. Our booth will represent the current state of digital Hollywood. We are waiting for you!
■Recruitment requirements
We are looking for graduates and current students who can cooperate in the following two departments.
-Category 1 “Theatre Session” -Summary: Works by people involved in Digital Hollywood will be screened at the Digital Hollywood booth within the SIGGRAPH ASIA2024 venue.
Eligible works: Videos that use 3DCG and are approximately 15 minutes or less in length and can be played on a flat screen display. Genres such as entertainment and art do not matter. However, this is limited to works for which the rights belong to you.
-Division 2 “Pitch Session” – Overview: We will provide Digital Hollywood stakeholders with the opportunity to make a pitch at the Digital Hollywood booth within the SIGGRAPH ASIA2024 venue.
Target audience: Please take about 10 minutes to share with visitors about the innovative things you are currently working on. We are targeting creators, startups, students and student organizations, etc. -Category 1 and 2: Common matters-Date: December 4th (Wednesday) to December 6th (Friday), 2024 *Pitch session is scheduled for December 5th (Thursday)
Venue: Tokyo International Forum (Yurakucho)
Cost: Free
*If you are applying for the “Theater Session” and would like to see the site, please prepare your own pass.
*Exhibitor passes will be provided to those who will be presenting at the “Pitch Session”.
Target audience: – Current students and graduates of each educational institution operated by Digital Hollywood.
・Those who have served as a teacher or lecturer at the relevant educational institution since 2023.
Advantages of participation: SIGGRAPH Asia is one of the largest 3DCG and technology exhibitions held in Japan in terms of scale and presence. The last time (2021) was due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the time before last (2018) about 10,000 people gathered at the same venue. At such places, you can let visitors from Japan and abroad learn about your works and initiatives.
How to apply: Please fill in the required information and send to the URL below. https://www.secure-cloud.jp/sf/business/1723615903fhSzVWjP Deadline: Monday, September 30, 2024
Announcement of screening results: Applicants will be contacted in October. Notes: – Applicants are limited to those who own the copyright to their work or presentation content. Even if a third party makes a claim for infringement of rights or compensation for damages, the applicant shall take responsibility for dealing with it at his or her own risk, and our company cannot be held responsible. ・If any costs are incurred for the application itself, Our company will not cover the cost. – Data submitted at the time of application will not be returned. – Depending on the content of the application, we may ask for details. – Although it is possible to submit unfinished works, Depending on the situation as of mid-November, we may decline your screening or presentation. ・We will not respond to any inquiries regarding the screening process or results. ・We may photograph the inside of the booth and post it on various media at a later date. Please note that
■Contact information regarding the above recruitment
Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd. Public Relations Office
kouhou@dhw.co.jp
■SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 event overview
Date and time:
・Conference: December 3rd (Tuesday) to December 6th (Friday), 2024 ・Exhibition: December 4th (Wednesday) to December 6th (Friday), 2024 Venue: Tokyo International Forum (3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005) Official website: https://asia.siggraph.org/2024/ja/
[About Digital Hollywood University [DHU]]
https://www.dhw.ac.jp/
In April 2005, it opened in Akihabara, Tokyo as a joint-stock university approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (currently located in Ochanomizu, Tokyo). It has the Faculty of Digital Communication (a four-year university) and the Graduate School of Digital Content Studies (a professional graduate school).
At the School of Digital Communication, students acquire the ability to survive in an uncertain and unpredictable future in their own way. Working at the forefront of industry in digital content (3DCG/VFX, VR/AR, games, video, graphics, web design, media art, programming, etc.) and planning/communication (business plans, marketing, PR, etc.) We have adopted a one-faculty, one-department system where you can learn a wide range of things from our instructors. Furthermore, in order to develop global human resources, we have a focused study program in foreign languages and promote study abroad. With students from 45 countries and regions around the world, we operate a diverse campus located in front of Ochanomizu Station.
The Graduate School of Digital Content balances the four elements of emergent academic fields [SEAD (Science/Engineering/Art/Design)] in order to produce leaders who will make full use of digital
communication and bring about social change in a super-advanced information society. We will develop human resources who can acquire and integrate knowledge well and bridge theory and practice. Due to the implementation of graduate students’ ideas and startup support, including new business planning and prototyping, we were ranked 13th among universities nationwide and 5th among private universities in the 2020 University Venture Survey (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). It has produced many entrepreneurs.