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Max Liani is senior lead engineer for RenderMan at Pixar Animation Studios, where he leads rendering technology research. Before joining Pixar, he was lighting technology lead at Animal Logic, where he created the Glimpse production renderer used in the Lego movie franchise. Earlier, he worked in the film industry as a CG artist, lighting supervisor, and engineer for two decades.

Hanzhi Tang is a Digital Effects Supervisor and Head of Lighting at Digital Domain. He received an MSci in Physics from Imperial College, University of London and has been with Digital Domain for 16 years working with many different production renderers on 23 feature films. He was recently inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has also received a Visual Effects Society Awards nomination. He has most recently completed visual effects on Captain Marvel for Marvel Studios.

Jos Stam is a graphics researcher who is fascinated by art, mathematics, and computers. Since 2018, he’s been with NVIDIA, working on the future of graphics and AI. His work has been published in leading journals like SIGGRAPH and he has given many invited and keynote talks around the world. He’s also received many prestigious awards, including the 2005 SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award and three Academy Awards for the impact his work has had on the movie industry: in 2006 and 2019 for his work on subdivision surfaces and in 2008 for his work on fluid dynamics.

Danielle Costa is the VP of Visual Effects at Marvel Studios, and has been with Marvel Studios since 2009 working on 20 of their films. She has over 18 years experience in visual effects, production and post-production. Besides spending long hours on set and in visual effects reviews, Danielle has spearheaded the creation of multiple studio-side pipelines for streamlining visual effects, stereo, post-production and the digital intermediate process at Marvel. She is also involved in new technologies, including virtual reality.

Dan Ring is head of research for award-winning visual effects software company Foundry. He directs the investigations and initiatives of the research team, from undertaking funded projects to productization of Foundry IP into flagship product NukeX. Dan's work has been recognized in several publications and blogs, including 3D World, Digital Arts, and fxguide. His work on planar tracking was nominated for a Scientific & Technical (SciTech) Academy Award. Dan received his PhD in image processing from Trinity College, Dublin, in 2008.

Robert Slater is a GPU software engineer and video game industry veteran, with a vast amount of experience in and passion for the field of programming. As a programmer, Rob has worked for companies such as Electronic Arts, Acclaim, and Double Helix Games (now Amazon Games). He was responsible for the core rendering technology at each studio, driving their creative and technical development. Rob's graphics engine programming experience and know-how ensures that Redshift is always at the forefront of new trends and advances in the industry.