Production Sessions

Content
The Production Sessions presentations may cover a broad range of topics and project types. Consider some of these topics: a retrospective discussion, challenges in techniques and pipeline, new advances and collaborative approaches, client and cross-studio interaction, or a significant milestone/project for the company.

For SIGGRAPH 2024, the Production Sessions Jury aims to design a full program of sessions that provide high-level, behind-the-scenes insight and discussion of the methods of production for a project. Our large community benefits greatly from candid discussions about all types of productions and content. These kinds of conversations show the true character of a production and provide an honest look at the challenges faced and solutions created along the way.

In order to submit a presentation proposal for SIGGRAPH 2024, please be aware there are several elements that will be needed for a proposal. As a brief overview, the following items must be completed before the submission deadline.

• Finalize your submission within the SIGGRAPH Submissions Portal.
• Submit the ACM Permission Release Form.*
  • Once your submission is complete and submitted, you will then receive an email from rightsreview@acm.org with instructions for how to access the form.
  • We recommend adding rightsreview@acm.org to your contacts to ensure the email doesn’t end up in spam folders!
  • *Please note, the Permissions Release Form will only be accessible after you have finalized your submission on the portal.

HOW TO SUBMIT DETAILS:

PORTAL SUBMISSION

In order to start a submission, please log into the SIGGRAPH Submissions Portal, select the “Make a New Submission” tab, and select the Production Sessions form. For quick reference on the information you may need, you can preview the sample submission form.

Production Sessions Submission Requirements:

• Production Sessions Description
  Please provide an overview of your proposed 60-minute presentation including background information and highlights to what your speakers would share. When preparing your session description, consider information relating to the what, why, and how of your project and topics. The Production Sessions Jury reviews and considers the submitted descriptions, additional information, and materials when determining the final program for the conference. We understand that some session details are sensitive, based on the late-breaking content you hope to share at SIGGRAPH 2024. If this is the case, please make a special note and contact the Production Sessions Chair.
• Panelist Information
  Please submit the appropriate professional information about your proposed speaker list. We suggest no fewer than two and no more than six panelists, with three to five speakers being the optimal panel size.
• A Representative Image
  Please include an image that illustrates the nature of your project. It is recommended that these be 3 x 2 in landscape ratio and at least 1,500 x 1,000 pixel resolution. If the submission is accepted, this image will be used for various public-facing promotional materials.
• Supplementary Materials (Optional, but encouraged.)
  You may choose to include a short demo reel, additional images, or other pertinent materials that may support your submission.
• Permissions Release Form
  The ACM Rights Management Form (also known as the Permissions Release Form) is required to be signed and returned before the submission deadline. Once you complete your SIGGRAPH Portal Submission, you will receive an automated email from rightsreview@acm.org with instructions for how to access the form.We recommend adding rightsreview@acm.org to your contacts to ensure the email doesn’t end up in spam folders! As a reminder, the form will only be accessible after you have finalized your submission on the portal.In addition to granting permission for your content to be shown at the SIGGRAPH conference, the form gives you, as the submitter, the option to grant or deny ACM permission to do the following:
  • Record your Production Sessions presentation.
  • Livestream your Production Sessions presentation during the conference.
  • Distribute the recording of your Production Sessions presentation after the conference.

  If you have questions about any of these options, please contact Stephen Spencer, ACM SIGGRAPH Publications Committee Chair.

  The form also asks for permission to use your submission’s representative image(s), video, and text for conference promotions. If accepted to the Production Sessions program, the SIGGRAPH marketing team will pull the images and text directly from stage two of your submission form.

A diverse panel of carefully selected professionals review content submitted to Production Sessions. The jurors are asked to evaluate submissions using five criteria: innovation, perspectives, production and visual aesthetics, interest, and submission quality. See additional detail below on the questions jurors are asked to consider when reviewing submissions.

Examples of accepted Production Sessions from past conferences can be accessed on the ACM SIGGRAPH Archives page here.

Please note, the SIGGRAPH staff and jurors treat your submission with absolute discretion.

Innovation
How groundbreaking were the concepts and approaches for the production or content? Are the topics new? If already explored, do they share additional or unique developments in those areas? Does the presentation proposal incorporate stories of challenges and novel techniques, a new take to an old problem, or describe an existing method with a slightly new twist?

Perspectives
Is there a diversity of voices and concepts seen in the content and proposed panelists? Are the panelists limited to pioneers in the industry, or are there also new voices? Will this presentation or content have an impact on the computer graphics and interactive techniques community or world at large?

Production and Visual Aesthetics
What is the overall outcome and quality of the production? What degree of complexity and collaboration was required to achieve the results of the project and/or content?

Interest
Will the proposed presentation be appealing to a broad audience at SIGGRAPH? Is it engaging and inspiring to the conference attendees?

Submission Quality
How coherent is the submission proposal overall? The proposal must effectively communicate the concepts and presentation structure in enough detail and with enough clarity and supporting materials that the jury can evaluate the submission.

1. You will be notified of acceptance or rejection of your presentation in early May 2024.
2. Complete Stage 2: Program Materials by Monday, 13 May 2024, which includes:
   Update submission information, including the final panelist names, affiliation, and emails (unique emails per panelist are required). “Stage 2” in the SIGGRAPH submission portal will allow you to update information about your session and upload any final materials for inclusion on the website.
3. In-Person Presentation
   If your Production Session presentation is accepted, the Production Sessions contributors must:
   • Attend and present your Production Session in-person at SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver.
   • Contributors should plan to present from their own personal laptops. SIGGRAPH will provide the adapters needed to connect personal computers to the session projector.
4. Presenter Recognition
   Contributor Registration Benefit: Up to six contributors per accepted Production Session receives a 25% discount on Full Conference registration.You will receive an email by early June explaining how to access the registration discount code as well as instructions for registering. The contributor using the discount code is eligible for the early-bird registration rate regardless of when registration is completed. Any additional contributors that will be attending the Production Session program are also required to register at the appropriate registration level for the program, and prevailing registration rates will apply.

21 February 2024, 22:00 UTC/GMT
Submission deadline.

Early May 2024
Acceptance or rejection notices are sent to all submitters.

13 May 2024
Deadline to make any changes to materials (i.e., approved session title changes, final panelists names, descriptions) for publication on the website.

28 July–1 August 2024
SIGGRAPH 2024
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado