Author: Kim Wallace

All,

DC_SIGGRAPH is planning to do something different for our March meeting.  Please join us for a film screening of Space Junk 3D at the Johnson IMAX Theater, Natural History Bldg at 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW on Friday, March 16.  A discussion with Andrew Johnston, a geoscientist at the Air and Space Museum, follows the screening. You can purchase tickets on line or call the number below.

We hope to see you there!
Information below:
Space Junk 3D. Evening Film Screening

Friday, March 16 @ 7pm

Presented by Smithsonian Resident Associate Program

$10-$13 buy tickets

Call 202-633-3030 to order

http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=224318&utm_source=CAGW&utm_medium=OAnonSI&utm_content=cagwEVfebruary2012&utm_campaign=CAGW&tmssource=184785
After 50 years of launching our dreams into space, we’re left a growing ring of orbiting debris that casts a shadow over the future of space exploration. Experience mindboggling collisions, soar from stunning depths to unprecedented views, and embark on a sensory expanding voyage into our now-threatened Final Frontier in visually explosive 3D. Join Andrew Johnston, National Air and Space Museum geographer, following the screening for discussion and Q&A.

Date:
Friday, March 16, 2012 @ 7:00 pm
Space, the final frontier— or ultimate, orbiting landfill? For more than 50 years, we’ve launched our dreams into space. We’ve successfully brought back astronauts, space shuttles, moon rocks, images of the universe, and massive amounts of data. At the same time, we’ve also left a lot behind. Countless pieces of metal, glass, and plastic from satellites, rockets, and other manmade objects are orbiting directly above us. These objects, which can be as large as a bus, travel at high speeds, often crashing into each other, natural orbiting objects, or falling back into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Space Junk 3D (38 min.), narrated by Tom Wilkinson, explores the potential dangers this extraterrestrial clutter presents as it gets in the way of our scientific orbits. The film also introduces potential initiatives to clean up space.

A discussion with Andrew Johnston, a geoscientist at the Air and Space Museum, follows the screening.

See the Space Junk 3D trailer now.
http://spacejunk3d.com/

LOCATION:
Johnson IMAX Theater, Natural History Bldg
10th & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

Quick Tix Code: 1P0-299

When: Thursday, September 8, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Where: US Patent and Trademark Office

RSVP:  robertoortiz1@yahoo.com

Please join DC_SIGGRAPH as our own Roberto Ortiz gives a talk about the Washington DC area computer graphics market and some of the activities carried out by the Washington DC ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter.  He will showcase work by our members via a show reel including work from NASA, the National Transportation Safety Board and Bully! Entertainment.

This encore presentation was given at the SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver in the International Theater to a full house. For those of you who were unable to attend the SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver, this is your opportunity to hear this presentation and see the amazing work done by members of our chapter!

After the presentation, DC_SIGGRAPH invites you to share your experiences with those who could not attend the conference this year. Bring your laptop and flash drives and exchange photos. Show off your coveted Pixar teapot!  Tell us about the cool parties we missed! Whether or not you attended the conference in Vancouver, please join us for this post-conference wrap-up!

See you on Thursday, September 8th from 7 to 9pm at the US Patent and
Trademark Office.  Look here for directions to the Patent and Trademarks Office: http://www.uspto.gov/about/contacts/locations/directions.jsp

Also note, to make admittance into the building easier, we strongly request an RSVP if you plan to attend the meeting. Please RSVP to robertoortiz1@yahoo.com.

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DC_SIGGRAPH will be showing the SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival (Part 2 with select animations from Part 1) on Thursday,
March 10th from 7 to 9pm at the US Patent and Trademark Office.  The
SIGGRAPH Video Reviews showcase some of the year’s most dazzling and
innovative collection of submitted works selected by a distinguished
jury of computer graphics experts and specialists.
Prior to showing the DVDs, DC_SIGGRAPH will have elections for ALL
positions.  You must be a member of DC_SIGRAPH to vote.  If you are
interested in running for office, send your name and position you wish
to run for to dc_siggraph@mail.com and you will be added to the
ballot.  Open positions include: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and
Treasurer.  You must be a member of ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH to hold one
of these positions.  Other positions include Communications Chair,
Membership Chair, Sponsorship Chair and Refreshment Committee members.

An RSVP is required if you plan to attend this event for admittance into the building.  Please RSVP to robertoortiz1@yahoo.com.

http://www.uspto.gov/about/contacts/locations/directions.jsp

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Happy New Year everyone!  DC_SIGGRAPH would like to make some exciting new announcements! 

This year Roberto Ortiz has agreed to step in as Chair of our Chapter.  I (Kim Wallace) will assume the responsibilities as Vice-Chair.  Evren Bilgihan will once again take the responsibilities as Secretary.  Tom Davis will remain as our Communications Chair.

We are currently planning some exciting meetings for this year and an announcement for our next meeting will be out shortly. 

Stay tuned!

Kim Wallace

Computer Animation Festival 2010 – Part 1

When: Thursday, October 21 from 7pm to 9pm
Where: C2 Technologies, 1921 Gallows Rd. Suite 1000 Vienna, VA 22182- however the road to the building and front entrance is Boone Blvd. (See below for important parking information!)

DC_SIGGRAPH will be showing the SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival on Thursday, October 21 from 7 to 9pm at C2 Technologies. The SIGGRAPH Video Reviews showcase some of the year’s most dazzling and innovative collection of submitted works selected by a distinguished jury of computer graphics experts and specialists.

For parking or other questions, contact Evren directly at ebillustration@gmail.com.  Please RSVP to dc_siggraph@mail.com so we can plan for refreshments.

PARKING INFORMATION:

The surface lot at C2 Technologies will be under construction.  So there will only be room for drop off, and underground parking.  Underground parking is open until 7pm – after 7pm the front gate shuts and only people with the sensor can get in. Evren has contacted parking management and made arrangements to have someone outside the gate for an hour after 7pm, for any late comers.  If you arrive past 7pm, inform the gate keeper that you are here for the SIGGRAPH meeting, and the guard will let you in.  The entrance for this gate is located on Boone Blvd. Parking is free for 2 hours, after it is a dollar for each additional hour.

Evren has spoken to the building managers at the building across the street from C2 and they stated that they have strict parking enforcement 24hrs a day.  Do not park across the street or do so at your own risk!

The office address is 1921 Gallows Rd. Suite 1000 Vienna, VA 22182- however the road to the building and front entrance is Boone Blvd.  Please be aware, the front doors of the building and elevators lock at 6:30pm.  Someone will be available to escort people up – and there will be a sign on an easel near the front doors informing people about the meeting. 

Conference Wrap-Up and Social Event

When: Thursday, September 23, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm
Where: O’Malley’s Pub Tysons Corner, 1960 Chain Bridge Road, McLean,
VA 22102
(703) 893-2100 (in the Crown Plaza Tysons Corner Hotel – next to the
BAE building in Tysons) BAE is located at 8201 Greensboro Drive,
McLean, VA

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When: July 20, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm

Where: O’Malley’s Pub Tysons Corner, 1960 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA 22102, (703) 893-2100 (in the Crown Plaza Tysons Corner Hotel – next to the BAE building in Tysons) BAE is located at 8201 Greensboro Drive, McLean, VA)

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