Moving Forward With Full Speed on SIGGRAPH 2022

For almost half a century, SIGGRAPH and you, our community, have collaborated to propel computer graphics and interactive techniques forward. Each year, we gather our global community of individual innovators to showcase new technologies and applications.

Although our world is ever-changing, SIGGRAPH’s commitment to you and your goals is unwavering — even amid the most challenging of circumstances the world has experienced in the last two years. I had one of the most unique opportunities to observe and participate in behind-the-scenes work where the teams worked tirelessly to solve problems, connect our community, and showcase some of the best works from each year. I also had the pleasure of witnessing how the community came together to support one another and continue to learn and be inspired. You and your fellow participants are an impassioned force that tirelessly overcomes creative, technological, and worldwide challenges time and time again. And this year, we celebrate you.

SIGGRAPH 2022 seeks to celebrate your passion, pro-action, and resolve, inviting you to raise your voice to help shape this conference so that the experience, the community, and the industry continue to grow. Each member of our community has a unique story, perspective, skillset, and goals that add to a multifaceted experience and diversify, enhance, and transform our industry. My own story within this community started more than a decade ago as a Student Volunteer where I was astonished to have such a unique experience to interact with people from all walks of life. Interacting with these diverse groups of people and having shared interest and passion in growing personally, professionally, and in creating and pushing the boundaries of computer graphics and interactive techniques are what made me feel right at home. Over the years, seeing the perspectives of many allowed me and countless others to grow in many ways, which as a result significantly impacted our work, communities, and the world.

Therefore, we want to showcase diverse thinking, diverse ideas, and diverse perspectives to help us walk toward the next big evolution. SIGGRAPH 2022 is committed to celebrating these perspectives by supporting diversity and inclusion and elevating all voices and content. Both in person in Vancouver and in our virtual venue, we offer an experience designed with you in mind, where every detail reflects our collective pursuit of excellence.

We invite you to share your voice and contribute your latest innovations in computer graphics, digital art, animation, visual effects, new realities, artificial intelligence, and more at SIGGRAPH 2022. Join us in celebrating our industry’s evolution and the SIGGRAPH community that has made it all possible.

Sincerely,