Jon Peddie Research’s Press Luncheon

Event Date: Wednesday July 28th, 2010, starting at 11:30am
Location: The Palm Restaurant, 1100 South Flower Street Los Angeles CA, in the Screening Room (two blocks from the convention center)
Event homepage: http://www.thepalm.com/sitemain.cfm?site_id=36

Overview

Jon Peddie Research is hosting an informational luncheon for press and analysts at Siggraph, July 28th.

There will be a panel of experts in the field to give their views and answer your questions. This panel features the people who are designing the hardware, software, and tools along with the people who are using the tools in their every day work. Questions get asked, and questions get answers. There will also be opportunities for exclusive one-on-one interviews that you won’t be able to get elsewhere, and you’ll get a damn fine lunch.

This year the focus will be on new graphics processor technologies and the software being designed for them.

The impact of the new HPU processors — CPUs with integrated powerful graphics (HPU — heterogeneous processor units — AMD calls them APUs, Intel uses Corei5) are they up to the task?
Changing the workflow. The impact of real time ray tracing from the user's perspective.
How is stereo affecting the CG production pipeline?
Is the cloud good enough to really deliver CG?

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The Prizes

HP workstation and monitor	HP EliteBook 8740w mobile workstation	One ATI FirePro V7800 & One ATI FirePro V8800	Autodesk Mudbox
Two subscriptions to TechWatch	Two Nvidia Quadro AIBs	Luxology Modo 401	Everyone will receive a great looking bowling shirt, a 2GB pen from LightWorks and JPR’s glossary and market forecast for computer graphics.
	MachStudio Pro MachStudio Pro by StudioGPU is real-time 3D nonlinear workflow and rendering software	3D Content from DOSCH Products for 3D design, advertising, print publishing, architectural visualizations, animation, motion design and multimedia presentations

Panelists

Eric Demers, GPG Chief Technology Officer Company: AMD Eric Demers is the GPG Chief Technology Officer at AMD. He is responsible for AMD GPU core strategy and roadmap planning as well as AMD strategic planning. Prior to this role, he was an AMD Fellow, where he focused on next generation graphics architecture for personal computers and consoles. Eric came to AMD by way of the acquisition of ATI Technologies in 2006. He joined ATI Technologies as a graphics hardware design and architect when the company bought ArtX in 2000. Eric holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, specializing in computer architecture and signal processing. He is a member of the Association of Computer Machinery and SIGGRAPH.

Brian Harrison, Director at SolidWorks Labs Company: SolidWorks Brian Harrison has been in the CAD industry for over 20 years. As CTO of Dassault Systemes SolidWorks, he leads the research and prototyping of new technologies and product directions for the SolidWorks brand. Previous to this role, Brian held a number of roles in development of the SolidWorks product since 1994, including graphics, drafting, eDrawings, and Labs.

Brian joined SolidWorks in 1994 after leaving Parametric Technology Corporation, where he was a member of the systems development group. Prior to that, he spent a number of years at CADKEY. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Connecticut.

Rolf Herken, CEO and CTO Company: mental images Rolf Herken is the founder of mental images and the driving force behind its innovative technologies and products as well as its successful establishment as the global leader in core component technology for 3D modeling, collaboration and visualization. Trained as a Theoretical Physicist with a strong interest in Computer Science he established the company in 1986. Since then he has been serving as the company's CEO and CTO with primary responsibility for Research, Development, Technology Strategy, and the company's OEM business.

Bill Mark, Senior Research Scientist Company: Intel Bill Mark leads the advanced graphics research group at Intel. Prior to joining Intel he was on the computer sciences faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where his group investigated flexible real-time 3D graphics techniques and architectures. From 2001-2002 Bill worked at NVIDIA as the technical lead for the design of the Cg language. Bill received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and did postdoctoral research at Stanford University.

Paul Stallings, Vice President of Development Company: Kubotek Dr. Paul Stallings provides the strategic direction for Kubotek USA's engineering software products and oversees the company's development team. As a technology innovator with 20 years of engineering and software development experience, Paul understands the value of delivering quality solutions to the marketplace.

Prior to joining the company, Dr. Stallings led a core development team for ACIS, a product of Spatial Corp., the first commercially available 3D modelling kernel and one of the engineering industry's most widely used 3D component modellers. He is the principal author of the ACIS Space Warping patent. While working for Spatial, he was also able to leverage the experience he gained through his prior work with EDS Unigraphics, Pipkins, Inc. and the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground.