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Unleashing Talents and Creation: A Key Issue for Animation Creation

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In an extremely competitive industry, producers, platforms and studios vie with ingenuity to attract and keep hold of the best talent. As creative freedom is more than ever the core focus, how is the animation industry adapting and anticipating the future?

  • 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.

 

Speakers

  • Jennifer LEE
    Jennifer LEE

    Chief Creative Officer
    Walt Disney Animation Studios

  • Julien MEESTERS
    Julien MEESTERS

    SVP, Head of Creative
    Mikros Animation

  • Louis-Philippe VERMETTE
    Louis-Philippe VERMETTE

    Producer
    The Happy Producers

  • Tiffany FEENEY
    Tiffany FEENEY

    Founder / Recruiter
    Talent Outpost GmbH

  • Camille EDEN
    Camille EDEN

    VP Recruitment, Talent Development and Outreach
    Nickelodeon Animation Studio

  • François NARBOUX
    François NARBOUX

    Réalisateur
    MIAM ! animation

  • Haz DULULL
    Haz DULULL

    Director
    HaZimation

  • Taylor MOLL
    Taylor MOLL

    VFX Supervisor
    DNEG Animation

  • Jean-Baptiste SPIESER
    Jean-Baptiste SPIESER

    CTO
    TEAMTO

  • Olivier STAPHYLAS
    Olivier STAPHYLAS

    Directeur Général - Réalisateur
    2 OAKS PRODUCTIONS

  • Anja KOFMEL
    Anja KOFMEL

    Director/ Producer
    Asako Film

Moderator

  • Yann MARCHET
    Yann MARCHET

    Président
    Print The Legend