Hello Pipeline Folks,
We have planned a busy Spring full of exciting and relevant DPPA & TPC Pipeline events. I hope that you will join us for one or all of our events.
Fran Zandonella Benjamin
Founder, The Pipeline Conference
Board Member, Digital Production Pipeline Association
Experiential Pipelines:
An Intro to Technical Direction for Special Venues
Link: Experiential Pipelines: An Intro to Technical Direction for Special Venues
Speaker: Will Muto, Lead Technical Artist & CG Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic
Executive Host: Eric Shamlin, CTO , Firebringer.AI
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Time: 9am Pacific Time
Cost: Free
Tickets available now!
Location-Based Experiences: The Plural Pipeline Challenge
Link TBD: Location-Based Experiences: The Plural Pipeline Challenge
Speaker: Arnaud Grosjean, Moment Factory
Executive Host: Mark Petit, Moment Factory
Date: April 16, 2026
Time: 11am Pacific Time
Cost: Free
Tickets will be on sale soon (by March 24th)
Upcoming events
Strategies for Pipeline R&D
Link TBD: Strategies for Pipeline R&D
Speaker: Jonathan Gagnon, Pitch Black
Date: TBD
Time: 2pm Pacific Time
Cost: Free
Watch for tickets to come on sale in early April
Pipelines Outside of M&E
Link / Speakers / Date / Time: TBD
Pipeline BoF series at SIGGRAPH 2026
We’re planning on repeating our popular day of Pipeline Birds of a Feather, and in a bigger room than last year!
Speakers / Date / Time: TBD
In Person
Cost: SIGGRAPH Experience or higher registration
Pipeline Beers of a Feather
Cost: Free
Date / Time: TBD
In Person
The Pipeline Conference
We’re planning an in-person TPC for this year, targeted for mid-September in Vancouver, BC, Canada. If you are interested in helping out, please let us know on our Discord channel #volunteer-here.
Keep in touch through the year
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