SIGGRAPH 2025 will take place from August 10-14 2025 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The annual event is the premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques worldwide. The show covers five key official Interest Areas: Arts & Design, Gaming & Interactive, New Technologies, Production & Animation, and Research & Education.
Several AOUSD members will be attending, including Pixar Animation Studios, ASWF, Autodesk, and NVIDIA.
Register today here.
This year’s show will include several OpenUSD sessions, trainings, and networking opportunities. Stay tuned for more details.
10:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. | SESSIONS
Open Source Days Main Program
Academy Software Foundation
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | LAB
Learn OpenUSD: Robotics Best Practices
NVIDIA
2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | LAB
Digital Twin Robotics: Immersive Software-in-the-Loop Testing With OpenUSD and Isaac Sim
NVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | LAB
USD in Production
880 Productions, Autodesk, Netflix Animation Studio, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wētā FX
5:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. | SESSIONS
Physical Lighting in OpenUSD
Open Source Days by Academy Software Foundation
NVIDIA
6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Beers of a Feather Evening Reception
Academy Software Foundation
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | LAB
Developing an OpenUSD Configurator Experience for Apple Vision Pro
NVIDIA
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Alliance for OpenUSD + Academy Software Foundation USD Working Group
Open Source Days by Academy Software Foundation
880 Productions, Apple, Laika, NVIDIA, Pixar Animation Studios
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | LAB
Developing Industrial Digital Twin Applications for Apple Vision Pro
NVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
USD, Hydra and OpenSubdiv: Pixar’s Open Source Meetup
Pixar Animation Studios
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | LAB
Learn OpenUSD: Preparing 3D Assets for Simulation and Physical AI
NVIDIA
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | WORKSHOP
Town Hall: Gaussian Splats – Ready for Standardization
Bentley Systems, NVIDIA
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | PANEL
From Pixels to Possibilities: OpenUSD’s Role in Next-Gen Content Creation
Autodesk Vision Series
Autodesk, Digital Fish, Epic Games, Pixar Animation Studios
12:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | LAB
Learn OpenUSD: Asset Modularity and Instancing
NVIDIA
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | SESSION
High-Fidelity Rendering for Physical AI With NVIDIA Omniverse RTX
NVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF
Autodesk, Bentley Motors Limited, Bentley Systems, Khronos Group, NVIDIA, Pixar Animation Studios
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | OFFICE HOURS
USD Office Hours
NVIDIA
9:00 a.m. – 4:50 p.m. | DAY
OpenUSD Day
NVIDIA
9:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. | SESSION
Beyond Rendering: Why Graphics Are Needed For Physical AI
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
NVIDIA
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. | SESSION
Introduction to OpenUSD for Physical AI
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
NVIDIA
10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | SESSION
Accelerating Embodied AI With Simulation
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
Lightwheel
11:30 p.m. – 11:55 p.m. | SESSION
3D Gaussian Splatting for Realistic Physical AI Simulations
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
NVIDIA
12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. | SESSION
Beyond Hollywood: Expanding 3D Skills into New Frontiers in AI & Digital Twins
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
Aurora, Meta, NVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | SESSION
Automating 3D Content at Scale With Digital Twins and OpenUSD
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
INDG
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | SESSION
Accelerating Creature Animation Workflows With Boxel Studio
Autodesk Vision Series
Boxel Studio
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | SESSION
Advancing Humanoid Robots With Simulation-First Approach
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
Hexagon
4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | SESSION
How Disney Droids Come to Life With Physics Simulation
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
Disney Research, NVIDIA
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | MEETUP
OpenUSD Developer Meetup
NVIDIA
8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | CERTIFICATION
OpenUSD Developer Certification Exam
NVIDIA
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | LAB
Synthetic Data Generation for Robot Learning Pipelines With NVIDIA Cosmos
NVIDIA
1:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | FORUM
glTF Ecosystem Forum
Khronos Group
