VFXRIO LIVE: SIGGRAPH DAY.
SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) is the most important event in computer graphics (CG), animation, innovation, and research since 1974. It's a true community of artists, programmers, educators, filmmakers, designers, thinkers, pioneers, researchers, and producers. Leading studios, production companies, universities, and technology companies participate in the event, whose objective is to foster innovation, create technology, and encourage the exchange of ideas, diversity, and knowledge. In this edition of VFXRIO, you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at what happens there, as well as the Siggraph 2022 program and how to participate. VFXRIO has been a partner of Siggraph since its inception in 2015.

Saturday, March 26 (Brasilia time)
15:30 INTRODUCTION – Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav (SIGGRAPH CHAIR 2022)
15:40 PROGRAM – Miho Aoki (ACM SIGGRAPH E SIGGRAPH ASIA)
15:50 Diversity and Inclusion – Diana Arellano (SIGGRAPH Student Volunteer Chair)
16:00 LIVE Q&A moderated by Luiz Velho – senior researcher at IMPA – National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics and leader of the VISGRAF Laboratory.

Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav (SIGGRAPH CHAIR 2022)
After receiving my bachelor's degree in computer graphics technology from Purdue University and my MFA in animation from Savannah College of Art and Design, Munkhtsetseg has worked and collaborated with a number of organizations and clients. Since 2008, I have served the SIGGRAPH community through the annual conferences: in 2017 as president of the student volunteers, in 2018 and 2019 as director of creative development, and in 2020 as director of the Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater.

Miho Aoki (ACM SIGGRAPH E SIGGRAPH ASIA)
She is an associate professor of Computer Art at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is currently a member of the ACM SIGGRAPH committees, including the External Relations Committee. She chaired the SIGGRAPH Asia Education Symposium from 2015 to 2017. She is co-director of the Massive Collaborative Animation Project.

Diana Arellano (SIGGRAPH Student Volunteer Chair)
Diana serves as CGI-Development Chapter Lead and Scrum Master at Mackevision, part of Accenture Interactive in Stuttgart, Germany. She works with teams across disciplinary and organizational aspects. Diana co-organizes panel discussions on Women in CG and Visual Arts at conferences such as SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, FMX, and Ars Electronica. She has been involved with SIGGRAPH and ACM SIGGRAPH since 2007, where she began as a Student Volunteer, served as Chair of the International Resources Committee (IRC), Chair of the External Relations Committee, and currently holds the role of Chair of SIGGRAPH CARES. She is an active member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Luiz Velho is a senior researcher at IMPA – the National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics – and leader of the VISGRAF Laboratory.
One of the pioneers of Computer Graphics in Brazil, he made the first Brazilian computer-animated film in 1978 and was a visiting researcher at the National Film Board of Canada in 1982. He was also a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research Asia. He earned a master's degree from the MIT Media Lab and a doctorate from the University of Toronto. He worked at Fantastic Animation Machine in New York and at TV Globo in Rio de Janeiro developing 3D graphics systems and visual effects.