This years Siggraph 2008 is held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles:

The Shrine Auditorium
649 West Jefferson Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007

Presentations from industry visionaries:

* Ubisoft on the convergence of film and games
* Industrial Light & Magic on Iron Man and
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
* Lucasfilm Animation on The Clone Wars
* LucasArts on The Force Unleashed
* DreamWorks Animation on Kung-Fu Panda
* Blizzard Entertainment on StarCraft II and Diablo III
* The Third Floor on previsualization
* Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Rob Engle presenting
a sampling of the SIGGRAPH stereoscopic 3D screening

To register:

Register here

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And since I do not live in LA, how about those attending this event to give their presentation and what they thought about it? Just a suggestion. I’d like to see what they’re going to show those present.

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I signed up, but are people under 18 allowed?

-Austin: Using Maya 2009
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IRC Nick: AustinZ

I think that if you’re a minor (as in legally under 18), you have to get a signed permission from your legal guardian (mother or after) if you want to attend this event.

Since you live in California (from your description), you should be able to get to L.A quite easily (I think). Good luck, and if you have time, get some pictures, if allowed. :)

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You might want to clarify that this is the User Group party, not the SIGGRAPH convention. SIGGRAPH is being held at the LA Convention Center as usual.

Max Design 2012, Win 7 Pro 64, 6x2.8 Xeon, 12 GB RAM, Quadro 5000

John Hostick 24 July 2008 03:07 PM

You might want to clarify that this is the User Group party, not the SIGGRAPH convention. SIGGRAPH is being held at the LA Convention Center as usual.

When is the convention?

-Austin: Using Maya 2009
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IRC Nick: AustinZ

2nd week of August.

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I’m at Shrine Auditorium :D .....

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John Hostick 24 July 2008 07:18 PM

2nd week of August.

How do you sign up, I think I’ll want to attend the convention rather then the User Party.

-Austin: Using Maya 2009
My CGSociety Portfolio
IRC Nick: AustinZ

Everything about the Siggraph convention can be found here http://www.siggraph.org/s2008/

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