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SUMMARY:Alliance for OpenUSD Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join us in San Francisco at the Autodesk Gallery on November 21st for the second AOUSD  Member Summit\, where open source & standards experts\, 3D pioneers\, and industry leaders will discuss the next era of innovation made possible by Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD). \nThe summit will feature: \n\nOpening remarks from the Steering Committee\nInteractive presentations from the Technical Advisory Council\, Interest Groups\, and Working Groups\nDynamic discussions  sparking collaboration and progress\n\nOur goal is to bring collaboration across all our members and fuel new ideas that will drive the future of OpenUSD.  \nThis is a hybrid\, free event open to AOUSD General Members\, Interest Group\, and Working Group Contributors. Travel and accommodations will be at personal expense\, and venue space is limited. Registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendees. RSVP by November 14\, 2025. \nNot an AOUSD member? Join the Alliance to attend. \nDetails\n\nStart: November 21\, 2025\, at 9:00 AM PT\nEnd: November 21\, 2025 at 5:00 PM PT\n\nAddress: Autodesk Gallery\, 1 Market St # 200\, San Francisco\, CA 94105\n\nRSVP: Register here by Friday\, November 14\, 2025
URL:https://aousd.org/event/alliance-for-openusd-summit-2025/
LOCATION:Private: Autodesk Gallery\, 1 Market St # 200\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
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SUMMARY:SIGGRAPH Asia 2025
DESCRIPTION:SIGGRAPH Asia 2025\, the 18th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia\, will take place from 15 – 18 December 2025 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). \nAs a premier event in computer graphics\, interactive techniques\, AI\, XR\, animation\, and gaming\, SIGGRAPH Asia brings together researchers\, developers\, creators\, and industry professionals to exchange ideas and showcase innovations shaping the future. \nRegister today. \n  \nSchedule\nTuesday\, December 16\n2:00 – 2:20 p.m. | EDUCATOR’S FORUM\nOvercoming Facial Animation Hurdles by Leveraging Interdisciplinary Knowledge and AI-Assisted Creative Process\nAdobe \n2:50 – 3:55 p.m. | TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATION\nAnimation\, Simulation & Deformation\nMeta \n3:15 – 4:45 p.m. | EXHIBITOR TALK\nAdobe Substance 3D Keynote and Demo with our Guests from More VFX and Rising Sun Pictures\nAdobe \n4:51 – 5:02 p.m. | TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATION\nControl Operators for Interactive Character Animation\nEpic Games \n5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | SESSION\nFrom Gaussian Splats to GeoAI: Powering the Next Generation of Digital Twins\nEsri \nWednesday\, December 17\n10:00 – 12:00 p.m. | LAB\nAdvancing World Simulation With 3D Gaussian Splatting for Large-Scale Environment Reconstruction\nNVIDIA \n1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | LAB\nApplying AI Weather Models With NVIDIA Earth-2\nNVIDIA \n1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | FEATURED SESSION\nFrom Pixels to Physics: How Advancements in Graphics Are Accelerating Physical AI\nNVIDIA \n1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | FEATURED SESSION\nPixar Animation Studios – Panel: Alien Abduction! The Truth Behind the Making of Pixar’s Elio (VFX\, Photography\, Character\, etc)\nPixar Animation Studios \n2:45 – 4:15 p.m. | LAB\nAccelerating ROS 2 Workloads With NVIDIA GPU-Powered Libraries and Generative AI Models\nNVIDIA \n4:30 – 6:00 p.m. | LAB\nSynthetic Data Generation for Robot Learning Pipelines With NVIDIA Cosmos\nNVIDIA
URL:https://aousd.org/event/siggraph-asia-2025/
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SUMMARY:ASWF Open Source Forum
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SUMMARY:NVIDIA GTC 2026
DESCRIPTION:GTC 2026 will take place from March 16–19\, 2026 in San Jose\, California and online. From physical AI and AI factories to agentic AI and inference\, GTC 2026 will showcase the breakthroughs shaping every industry. \nExplore the catalog of OpenUSD sessions and trainings featuring AOUSD members at this year’s show\, and register now with code AOUSD20 for 20% off.  \nWe are excited that so many AOUSD members are exhibiting and presenting this year\, including Cadence\, Foxconn\, Lightwheel\, Microsoft\, PTC\, Schneider Electric\, Siemens and NVIDIA.  \nFor a limited time at GTC\, attendees can complete the OpenUSD Development Certification for free. Join our onsite prep session and livestream community office hours to ensure you’re exam-ready. \nSunday\, March 15       \n8:30-4:30 p.m. | Workshop\nOpenUSD Crash Course: Build 3D Data Pipelines for Physical AI\nNVIDIA partnered with UME Studio \nMonday\, March 16      \n11:00-1:003:45 p.m.  |  Keynote\nNVIDIA GTC 2026 Keynote with Jensen Huang\nNVIDIA \n2:00-3:45 p.m.  |  Lab\nAssembling Industrial Digital Twins with OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse Libraries\nNVIDIA \nTuesday\, March 17   \n8:00-9:45 a.m. | Lab\nBuild Robot-Ready Assets for Physically Accurate Simulations \nLightwheel \n9:00-9:40 a.m. | Talk\nBeyond the Basics: OpenUSD for Advanced Physical AI Simulation\nNVIDIA \n9:00-9:40 a.m. | Talk\nAutonomous AI Factories: A Technical Preview of Agent-Native Production\nMicrosoft \n10:00-10:40 a.m. | Talk\nA New Standard for Unified Power and Infrastructure Design With OpenUSD\nSchneider Electric \n10:00-11:30 a.m. | Tutorial\nDeep Dive: Streaming Immersive Robotics Teleoperations\nLightwheel \n1:00-2:45 p.m. | Lab\nAdvance World Simulation With 3D Gaussian Splatting for Large-Scale Environment Reconstruction \nNVIDIA \n3:00-3:40 p.m. | Talk\nHow Open World Models are Powering the Next Breakthroughs in Physical AI\nNVIDIA \n4:00- 4:40 p.m. | Panel\nHow to Build Planetary-Scale AI Infrastructure\nCadence\, PTC\, Schneider Electric\, NVIDIA \n4:00- 5:00 p.m. | Lightning Talk\nBuilding the Next Wave of AI-Enabled Robots\nLightwheel \nWednesday\, March 18  \n8:00–8:45 a.m. | Certification\nYour Path to Physical AI and OpenUSD Certification at GTC\nNVIDIA \n10:00-10:40 a.m. | Talk\nDevelop Physical AI Applications and Build Data Factories With the Robotics Ecosystem\nFoxconn \n11:00-11:40 a.m | Talk\nAI-Driven Digital Twins Optimize Facility Simulation and Autonomous Driving\nDelta Electronics \n4:00-4:40 p.m. | Panel\nAutonomous Networks: The New Brain of Telco Operations\nAccenture \n5:40- 5:55 a.m. | Talk\nMaximize Tokens-per-Watt With AI Factory Digital Twins\, From Chip to Grid\nSiemens \n7:30–9:30 p.m. | Meetup\nPhysical AI Developer Meetup\n*Must be registered with a conference pass for day of event \n 
URL:https://aousd.org/event/nvidia-gtc-2026/
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