We’re doing it again! The Pipeline Conference is bringing you another full day of pipeline-related “Birds of a Feather” sessions at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Our sessions will be held on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 starting at 9am in the East Building, Room 13.
NOTE: Attendees must register for a SIGGRAPH Experience or Full Conference pass to attend.
These sessions are in person and will not be recorded. Photos and notes will be taken.
We will be ending the day with our traditional “Beers of a Feather” event sponsored by AWS.
To get an invite to our “Beers of a Feather” evening event, you must attend at least one our “Birds of a Feather” sessions.
NOTE: Entry to the event is first come, first served if you are registered for our event. Our event space is limited and an RSVP does not guarantee entry to this event.
We hope to see you at SIGGRAPH this year!
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors | Location |
| 9:00am – 10:00am PDT | VFX Reference Platform – A Common Platform for VFX Software | Francois Chardavoine, Jean-Francois Panisset | East Building, Room 13 |
| 10:00am – 11:00am PDT | Renderfarming: This is an annual discussion of VFX & Animation Large-Scale Rendering, On-prem and Hybrid Farm | Joe D’Amato, Scott Allen, Eddie Nolan | East Building, Room 13 |
| 11:00am – 1:00pm PDT | Going Cloud Native | Doug Sherman, Liviu Constantinescu | East Building, Room 13 |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm PDT | MLOps in the Pipeline | Liviu Constantinescu, Ryan Bottriell, Jesse Lehrman | East Building, Room 13 |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm PDT | Studio Storage: This is an annual discussion of VFX & Animation studios’ Large-Scale Storage experiences | Eric Bermender, Chris Banal, Joe D’Amato | East Building, Room 13 |
| 3:00pm – 4:00pm PDT | Global CG Pipelines | Ryan Bottriell, Jesse Lehrman, Fran Zandonella Benjamin | East Building, Room 13 |
| 6:00pm – 8pm PDT | Beers of a Feather Social | Sponsored by AWS | Location to Be Announced! |
If you are interested in volunteering with The Pipeline Conference, please join us at the Organizer Meetup on Wednesday, August 13, 2025:
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors | Location |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm PDT | The Pipeline Conference – Organizer Meetup | Ryan Bottriell, Fran Zandonella Benjamin | East Building, Room 9 |