Unleashing Talents and Creation: A Key Issue for Animation Creation

• 9:00 am - Fireside Chat with Jennifer Lee, Creative Director at Walt Disney Animation Studios

When animation studios challenge creators to conceive new, more diverse and inclusive storylines on screen.

• 9:40 am -Recruitment, management, diversity, and integration: animation addressing the talent challenge

To meet the growing demand for content, animation studios have been extensively recruiting for several years. Securing the services of top talents and keeping them in the long-term has therefore been a critical concern for studios. Between artistic project and personal development, how do you unite teams and make integration easier for unique profiles, all in the service of a common goal?

Speakers: Julien Meesters, Louis-Philippe Vermette, Tiffany Feeney and Camille Eden

• 10:30 am - Real-time/AI: restoring freedom and power to creation

At the same time, new solutions such as real-time or AI are emerging and now providing animation directors and artists with great creative freedom and new opportunities to tell stories. What are the impacts, opportunities and risks that these new technologies raise regarding the industry’s future?

Speakers: François Narboux, Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull, Taylor Moll and Jean-Baptiste Spieser

•  11:30 am - Creator and entrepreneur: how do you manage this dual role?

Director and business owner: how and why do you suddenly decide to take the plunge? Discussion between two artists who chose artistic freedom by creating their own production company.

Speakers: Olivier Staphylas, Anja Komfel and Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull

Bring your personal earphones with you to benefit from the simultaneous translation.