Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2024
2024-03-18 - 2024-03-22
March 18-22, 2024
San Francisco, CA
Come to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) to discover how the latest generative AI, RTX, and OpenUSD technologies are accelerating game development.

FMX - Film & Media Exchange 2024
2024-04-23 - 2024-04-26
The next edition of FMX – Film & Media Exchange will take place from April 23 to 26, 2024.
Register here.
Talks about OpenUSD coming soon

AWE USA 2024
2024-06-18 - 2024-06-20
AWE USA will take place from 18 – 20 June 2024 in Long Beach, California. Augmented World Expo (AWE) is the world’s largest spatial computing event. It brings together an inspiring community of XR professionals including developers, creators, product leaders, startups, enterprise end users, investors, and more.
Register here.
Panel at AWE USA
State of 3D Asset Interoperability Using USD & glTF
AOUSD & The Metaverse Standards Forum 3D Asset Interoperability Domain Group
Thursday, June 20 at 2:30 p.m.
Room 101A – Developer Track
Speakers:

Aaron Luk, NVIDIA
Ashley Crowder, VNTANA
Henrik Edstrom, Autodesk
Neil Trevett, Metaverse Standards Forum

The Metaverse Standards Forum 3D Asset Interoperability Domain Group along with the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) are enabling cooperation between the USD and glTF communities to build synergies and reduce overlaps, gaps, fragmentation, and industry confusion. Developers building tools and platforms with USD and integrating the popular glTF standard will share the state of these 3D initiatives and how they can benefit each other. Join us to explore expanding the scope of 3D asset definitions to include behaviors, sound, physics, and scene composition and discuss how different standards organizations, open source projects, and commercial companies are converging towards a shared material representation for the open metaverse.

SIGGRAPH 2024
2024-07-28 - 2024-08-01
SIGGRAPH 2024 will take place from 28 July – 1 August 2024 in Denver, Colorado. 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.

Conference: 28 July – 1 August
Exhibition: 30 July – 1 August
Virtual Access: 28 July – 1 September

Register here.
There will be many OpenUSD activations and sessions at this year’s show, including from AOUSD members. Keep checking this page for updates!
Schedule
Sunday, July 23
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | TOWN HALL
MaterialX Virtual Town Hall
Academy Software Foundation
Adobe, Autodesk, Chaos, Lucasfilm, NVIDIA, Pixar
Sunday, July 28
9:30 a.m. – 5:20 p.m. | SESSION
Open Source Days Main Program
Academy Software Foundation
6:30 p.m – 8:30 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Beers of a Feather Evening Reception
Academy Software Foundation
Monday, July 29
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | LAB
How to Build an OpenUSD Configurator Experience for Apple Vision Pro NVIDIA
12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Alliance for OpenUSD + Academy Software Foundation USD Working Group
Academy Software Foundation
Apple, NVIDIA, Pixar
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Seamless Rendering Interchange in OpenUSD
Academy Software Foundation
Adobe, Autodesk, ILM, NVIDIA
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
SIGGRAPH 2024 Keynote Speaker: Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO Fireside Chat: AI and Graphics for the New Computing Revolution
NVIDIA
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
AI and the Next Computing Platforms With Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg
NVIDIA, Meta
Tuesday, July 30
8:30 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
NVIDIA Research Presents AI and the Next Frontier of Graphics
NVIDIA
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. | SESSION
Advancing OpenUSD for the Era of Industrial Digitalization and Physical AI
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA

10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | SESSION
Scaling Avatars to Billions: Leveraging OpenUSD for Dynamic Character Assembly and Personalization
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
Meta Reality Labs
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | SESSION
Bringing RTX to OpenUSD: Ultra-Realistic Spatial Experiences From the Cloud
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
Apple

11:07 a.m. – 11:29 a.m. | SESSION
Sony Imageworks Animation Layout Workflow With Unreal Engine and OpenUSD
Sony Pictures Imageworks
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | SESSION
Beyond Hollywood: Expanding 3D Skills Into New Frontiers in AI and Digital Twins
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | LAB
Learn OpenUSD: Foundations With ChatUSD (Self-Paced)
NVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. | SESSION
Accelerating Autonomous Vehicle Development With OpenUSD Virtual Worlds
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | SESSION
Robotics, Generative AI, and OpenUSD: How WPP is Building the Future of Creativity
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
WPP
3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | SESSION
Remastering Classic Games With OpenUSD
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | SESSION
Autodesk Vision Series: Harnessing OpenUSD and Virtual Production for Efficiency
Autodesk Vision Series
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | SESSION
Breathing Life Into Disney’s Robotic Characters With Deep Reinforcement Learning
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
Disney Research Studios
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
glTF: Innovations in 3D Content Delivery and Us
Cesium, DGG, The Khronos Group
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Metaverse Standards Forum: The Road to an Open Metaverse
Cesium, Metaverse Standards Forum, NVIDIA
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | SESSION
Narrowing the Gap Between Simulation and Reality With OpenUSD
OpenUSD Day by NVIDIA
Ansys
Wednesday, July 31
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | LAB
Learn OpenUSD: Creating Composition Arcs
NVIDIA
9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | COURSE
USD in Production
Animal Logic, Autodesk, Pixar, SideFX, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Weta FX
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Learn OpenUSD: Asset Structuring and Content Aggregation
NVIDIA
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Learn OpenUSD: Foundations with ChatUSD
NVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Autodesk Vision Series: Open Standard in Action: VFX Workflow Behind ‘The Creator’
Autodesk Vision Series, Fin Design + Effects

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHER
USD, Hydra and OpenSubdiv: Pixar’s Open Source Meetup
Pixar Animation Studios
Adobe, AOUSD, Autodesk, Epic, Foundry, ILM, Meta, NVIDIA, Remedy, SideFX, Ubisoft, WDAS, Wētā
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | LAB
Learn OpenUSD: Developing Data Exchange Pipelines
NVIDIA

AOUSD Exhibitors at SIGGRAPH

AU 2024: The Design & Make Conference
2024-10-15 - 2024-10-17 | San Diego Convention Center (SDCC)
AU 2024 gathers the brightest across industries – from VFX, architecture, animation, product design, and more – to advance industry practices, explore opportunities for the future, and share ideas and insights on emerging technology like AI and open standards.
Register today.
There will be many OpenUSD activations and sessions at this year’s show, including from AOUSD members.
Tuesday, October 15
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | INDUSTRY TALK
Unifying and Optimizing AECO Workflows with OpenUSD
NVIDIA, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | PRODUCT DEMO
What’s Cool in VRED 2025: A Comprehensive Review of the Past Year’s Exciting Developments
Autodesk
Wednesday, October 16
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | INDUSTRY KEYNOTE
Media & Entertainment Industry Keynote
Autodesk
Thursday, October 17
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | CASE STUDY
CIMIC brings your largest ACC AEC models into Unity and Esri ArcGIS
Autodesk, IDD Tech
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | PANEL
OpenUSD: The Path to Interoperability in VFX and Beyond
Ansys, Autodesk, Bright Machines, DigitalFish, Pixar

Alliance for OpenUSD Summit
2024-11-15 | Private: Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market St # 200, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join us in San Francisco at the Autodesk Gallery on November 15th for the inaugural Alliance for OpenUSD Summit, where open source & standards experts, 3D pioneers, and industry leaders will converge to discuss the next era of innovation made possible by Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD).
The summit will feature:

Opening remarks from the Steering Committee
Interactive presentations from the TAC, Interest, and Working Groups
Dynamic breakout sessions

The ultimate aim is to foster collaboration across all our members and fuel new ideas that will drive the future of OpenUSD.
This is a hybrid, free event open to Founding Members, General Members, Liaisons, and Interest Group Contributors of AOUSD. 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 Friday, November 1.
Not a part of the AOUSD community? Join the Alliance to attend.

Supercomputing
2024-11-17 - 2024-11-22
Hosted in Atlanta, GA, SC24 is the international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis. SC24 is an unparalleled mix of thousands of scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, and developers who intermingle to learn, share, and grow.
Register today to engage with AOUSD members at the show, including:

Ansys, Booth 2741
Cadence
Intel Corporation, Booth 1704, ES15
Microsoft, Booth 1905
NVIDIA, Booth 2523

SIGGRAPH Asia
2024-12-03 - 2024-12-06
SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 will take place in Tokyo, Japan, at Tokyo International Forum. The annual event, which rotates around the Asian region, attracts technical and creative people from all over the world who are excited by research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and emerging technologies.
Register today.
For resources on OpenUSD, attend the instructor-led Learn OpenUSD courses at SIGGRAPH Asia on December 3.
Engage with AOUSD members at the show, including: Adobe, Ansys, Apple, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, SideFX, and Sony.

GTC 2025
2025-03-17 - 2025-03-21
GTC 2025 will take place from March 17-21 2025 in San Jose, California and online. Join thousands of developers, innovators, and business leaders to experience what’s next in agentic AI, physical AI, accelerated computing, and more.
Explore the catalog of OpenUSD sessions and trainings featuring AOUSD members at this year’s show, and register now with code AOUSD20 for 20% off.
We are excited that so many AOUSD members are exhibiting and presenting this year, including Ansys, Apple, Bright Machines, Cadence, Delta Electronics, Foxconn, Homestyler, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Trimble, and Worley. See all sessions:
Monday, March 17
10:00 – 11:45 a.m. | LAB
Developing an OpenUSD Configurator Experience for Apple Vision Pro
NVIDIA
1:00 – 1:40 p.m. | SESSION
An Introduction to OpenUSD
NVIDIA
2:00 – 2:50 p.m. | CONNECT WITH EXPERTS
OpenUSD Best Practices for Developing With NVIDIA Omniverse
NVIDIA
3:00 – 3:40 p.m. | SESSION
Photorealistic Digital Twin at Scale in Product Design
Siemens
Tuesday, March 18
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | KEYNOTE
GTC 2025 Keynote
NVIDIA
3:00 – 3:40 p.m. | SESSION
How to Use Omniverse on Smart Factory Design: The Fii Omniverse Digital Twin Project on GB200 Production Line
Foxconn Industrial Internet
4:00 – 4:40 p.m. | SESSION
Develop the Future of Photoreal Spatial Computing With Apple Vision Pro and Omniverse
Apple, NVIDIA
Wednesday, March 19
9:00 – 9:40 a.m. | SESSION
Designing and Simulating Next Generation Data Centers & AI Factories With Cadence and NVIDIA
Cadence, NVIDIA
10:00 – 10:40 a.m. |SESSION
Refreshing Manufacturing Operations at Coca-Cola Consolidated With Digital Twins
Microsoft
10:00 – 11:45 a.m. | LAB
Developing OpenUSD Applications for Controllable Generative AI
NVIDIA
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. | BOOTH
Using Robotic Automation Insights to Revolutionize Server and GPU Design with Omniverse Kit App Streaming on Azure Cloud
Bright Machines, Microsoft
1:00 – 2:45 p.m. | LAB
Software-in-the-Loop Testing for Robots With OpenUSD, Isaac Sim, and ROS
NVIDIA
3:00 – 3:40 p.m. | SESSION
Visualizing California’s Infrastructure With Caltrans’ State-Scale Digital Twins
Trimble
4:00 – 4:40 p.m. | SESSION
From Rendering to Reality: Using Visualization tools and GenAI to Improve Customer Decision Making Online
Homestyler
7:30 – 9:30 p.m. | MEETUP
Physical AI Developer Meetup
NVIDIA
Thursday, March 20
11:00 – 11:40 a.m. | SESSION
Exploring Factory-Scale Digital Twin Simulation With Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation
2:00 – 2:40 p.m. | SESSION
Transforming Engineering Documentation: AI-Driven Specs for Enhanced Quality
Worley
3:00 – 3:40 p.m. | SESSION
AI-Driven Digital Twins: Real-Time Physics and Accelerated Simulation Using the Omniverse Platform
Ansys Inc.
3:00 – 3:40 p.m. | SESSION
Delta’s AI-Integrated Robot and D-Bot With Omniverse
Delta Electronics
Friday, March 21
8:00 – 9:45 a.m. | LAB
Learn OpenUSD: Robotics Best Practices
NVIDIA
10:00 – 11:45 a.m. | LAB
Learn OpenUSD: Foundations to Applied Concepts
NVIDIA
1:00 – 2:45 p.m. | LAB
Connecting Industrial Data to Digital Twins With Microsoft Power BI, NVIDIA Omniverse, and OpenUSD
NVIDIA

SIGGRAPH 2025
2025-08-10 - 2025-08-14
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.

Schedule
Sunday, August 10
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 FEATHERBeers of a Feather Evening ReceptionAcademy Software Foundation
Monday, August 11
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | LABDeveloping an OpenUSD Configurator Experience for Apple Vision ProNVIDIA
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHERAlliance for OpenUSD + Academy Software Foundation USD Working GroupOpen Source Days by Academy Software Foundation880 Productions, Apple, Laika, NVIDIA, Pixar Animation Studios
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | LABDeveloping Industrial Digital Twin Applications for Apple Vision ProNVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHERUSD, Hydra and OpenSubdiv: Pixar’s Open Source MeetupPixar Animation Studios
Tuesday, August 12
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | LABLearn OpenUSD: Preparing 3D Assets for Simulation and Physical AINVIDIA
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | WORKSHOPTown Hall: Gaussian Splats – Ready for StandardizationBentley Systems, NVIDIA
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | PANELFrom Pixels to Possibilities: OpenUSD’s Role in Next-Gen Content CreationAutodesk Vision SeriesAutodesk, Digital Fish, Epic Games, Pixar Animation Studios
12:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | LABLearn OpenUSD: Asset Modularity and InstancingNVIDIA
1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | SESSIONHigh-Fidelity Rendering for Physical AI With NVIDIA Omniverse RTXNVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | BIRDS OF A FEATHERState of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTFAutodesk, Bentley Motors Limited, Bentley Systems, Khronos Group, NVIDIA, Pixar Animation Studios
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | OFFICE HOURSUSD Office HoursNVIDIA
Wednesday, August 13
9:00 a.m. – 4:50 p.m. | DAYOpenUSD DayNVIDIA
9:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. | SESSIONBeyond Rendering: Why Graphics Are Needed For Physical AIOpenUSD Day by NVIDIANVIDIA
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. | SESSIONIntroduction to OpenUSD for Physical AIOpenUSD Day by NVIDIANVIDIA
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. | SESSION3D Gaussian Splatting for Realistic Physical AI SimulationsOpenUSD Day by NVIDIANVIDIA
12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. | SESSIONBeyond Hollywood: Expanding 3D Skills into New Frontiers in AI & Digital TwinsOpenUSD Day by NVIDIAAurora, Meta, NVIDIA
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | SESSIONAutomating 3D Content at Scale With Digital Twins and OpenUSDOpenUSD Day by NVIDIAINDG
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | SESSIONAccelerating Creature Animation Workflows With Boxel StudioAutodesk Vision SeriesBoxel Studio
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | SESSIONAdvancing Humanoid Robots With Simulation-First ApproachOpenUSD Day by NVIDIAHexagon
4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | SESSIONHow Disney Droids Come to Life With Physics SimulationOpenUSD Day by NVIDIADisney Research, NVIDIA
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | MEETUPOpenUSD Developer MeetupNVIDIA
Thursday, August 14
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

Alliance for OpenUSD Summit
2025-11-21 | Private: Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market St # 200, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
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).
The summit will feature:

Opening remarks from the Steering Committee
Interactive presentations from the Technical Advisory Council, Interest Groups, and Working Groups
Dynamic discussions sparking collaboration and progress

Our goal is to bring collaboration across all our members and fuel new ideas that will drive the future of OpenUSD.
This 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.
Not an AOUSD member? Join the Alliance to attend.
Details

Start: November 21, 2025, at 9:00 AM PT
End: November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM PT

Address: Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market St # 200, San Francisco, CA 94105

RSVP: Register here by Friday, November 14, 2025

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025
2025-12-15 - 2025-12-18
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).
As 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.
Register today.

Schedule
Tuesday, December 16
2:00 – 2:20 p.m. | EDUCATOR’S FORUM
Overcoming Facial Animation Hurdles by Leveraging Interdisciplinary Knowledge and AI-Assisted Creative Process
Adobe
2:50 – 3:55 p.m. | TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATION
Animation, Simulation & Deformation
Meta
3:15 – 4:45 p.m. | EXHIBITOR TALK
Adobe Substance 3D Keynote and Demo with our Guests from More VFX and Rising Sun Pictures
Adobe
4:51 – 5:02 p.m. | TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATION
Control Operators for Interactive Character Animation
Epic Games
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | SESSION
From Gaussian Splats to GeoAI: Powering the Next Generation of Digital Twins
Esri
Wednesday, December 17
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. | LAB
Advancing World Simulation With 3D Gaussian Splatting for Large-Scale Environment Reconstruction
NVIDIA
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | LAB
Applying AI Weather Models With NVIDIA Earth-2
NVIDIA
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | FEATURED SESSION
From Pixels to Physics: How Advancements in Graphics Are Accelerating Physical AI
NVIDIA
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | FEATURED SESSION
Pixar Animation Studios – Panel: Alien Abduction! The Truth Behind the Making of Pixar’s Elio (VFX, Photography, Character, etc)
Pixar Animation Studios
2:45 – 4:15 p.m. | LAB
Accelerating ROS 2 Workloads With NVIDIA GPU-Powered Libraries and Generative AI Models
NVIDIA
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. | LAB
Synthetic Data Generation for Robot Learning Pipelines With NVIDIA Cosmos
NVIDIA

ASWF Open Source Forum
2026-02-26
The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) Open Source Forum is an annual event that gathers business and technical leaders to share ideas, insights, and experiences to drive the future of open-source software across the motion picture and media industries.
Several AOUSD members will be attending, including ASWF, Autodesk, Sony, Epic Games, and NVIDIA.
Register here by February 13, 2026.

Details
Address: Netflix, 1455 N Van Ness Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Date: Thursday, February 26
1:35 -1:45 PM | WELCOME
Welcome to Open Source Forum 2026
Academy Software Foundation
3:15 – 3:35 PM | SESSION
AI Dailies Notes Assistant
Sony Pictures Imageworks
4:50 PM- 5:00 PM | LIGHTNING TALK
An Approach To Scalable, High-performance Video: Tiled Mipmapped Video (TMV) With OpenAPV
Epic Games
5:05- 5:25 PM | SESSION
Gaussian Splatting in OpenUSD: Collaboration Between the ASWF and the Alliance for OpenUSD
NVIDIA
5:55 – 6:15 PM | SESSION
fVDB: Fusing OpenVDB, NanoVDB, PyTorch for Spatial Intelligence
NVIDIA
6:15 – 8:00 PM | RECEPTION
Beers of a Feather

NVIDIA GTC 2026
2026-03-16 - 2026-03-19
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.
Explore the catalog of OpenUSD sessions and trainings featuring AOUSD members at this year’s show, and register now with code AOUSD20 for 20% off.
We are excited that so many AOUSD members are exhibiting and presenting this year, including Cadence, Foxconn, Lightwheel, Microsoft, PTC, Schneider Electric, Siemens and NVIDIA.
For 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.
Sunday, March 15
8:30-4:30 p.m. | Workshop
OpenUSD Crash Course: Build 3D Data Pipelines for Physical AI
NVIDIA partnered with UME Studio
Monday, March 16
11:00-1:003:45 p.m. | Keynote
NVIDIA GTC 2026 Keynote with Jensen Huang
NVIDIA
2:00-3:45 p.m. | Lab
Assembling Industrial Digital Twins with OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse Libraries
NVIDIA
Tuesday, March 17
8:00-9:45 a.m. | Lab
Build Robot-Ready Assets for Physically Accurate Simulations
Lightwheel
9:00-9:40 a.m. | Talk
Beyond the Basics: OpenUSD for Advanced Physical AI Simulation
NVIDIA
9:00-9:40 a.m. | Talk
Autonomous AI Factories: A Technical Preview of Agent-Native Production
Microsoft
10:00-10:40 a.m. | Talk
A New Standard for Unified Power and Infrastructure Design With OpenUSD
Schneider Electric
10:00-11:30 a.m. | Tutorial
Deep Dive: Streaming Immersive Robotics Teleoperations
Lightwheel
1:00-2:45 p.m. | Lab
Advance World Simulation With 3D Gaussian Splatting for Large-Scale Environment Reconstruction
NVIDIA
3:00-3:40 p.m. | Talk
How Open World Models are Powering the Next Breakthroughs in Physical AI
NVIDIA
4:00- 4:40 p.m. | Panel
How to Build Planetary-Scale AI Infrastructure
Cadence, PTC, Schneider Electric, NVIDIA
4:00- 5:00 p.m. | Lightning Talk
Building the Next Wave of AI-Enabled Robots
Lightwheel
Wednesday, March 18
8:00–8:45 a.m. | Certification
Your Path to Physical AI and OpenUSD Certification at GTC
NVIDIA
10:00-10:40 a.m. | Talk
Develop Physical AI Applications and Build Data Factories With the Robotics Ecosystem
Foxconn
11:00-11:40 a.m | Talk
AI-Driven Digital Twins Optimize Facility Simulation and Autonomous Driving
Delta Electronics
4:00-4:40 p.m. | Panel
Autonomous Networks: The New Brain of Telco Operations
Accenture
5:40- 5:55 a.m. | Talk
Maximize Tokens-per-Watt With AI Factory Digital Twins, From Chip to Grid
Siemens
7:30–9:30 p.m. | Meetup
Physical AI Developer Meetup
*Must be registered with a conference pass for day of event

Adobe Summit 2026
2026-04-20 - 2026-04-22
Adobe Summit will take place April 20-22 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
As the premier annual Digital Experience Conference, Adobe Summit is where AOUSD members are exploring how AI and emerging workflows — including digital twins — are shaping the future of content creation at scale.
We are excited to see several AOUSD members will be presenting, including Adobe, Accenture, Coca-Cola, and NVIDIA.
Keynote

Tune in for the Opening Keynote featuring Adobe and NVIDIA.

Adobe

Adobe Digital Twins: Making Every Product a Content Pipeline

Accenture

How SAP Is Rebuilding the Content Supply Chain for AI-Powered Scale

Coca-Cola

Velocity at Scale: How Coca Cola Deaveraged Its Content Supply Chain

Register today.

Hannover Messe 2026
2026-04-20 - 2026-04-24
Hannover Messe will take place April 20-24 in Hannover, Germany.
As the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology, Hannover Messe is where AOUSD members are exploring how physical AI, simulation, and digital twin workflows — including OpenUSD-based solutions — are shaping the future of industrial automation.
We are excited to see several AOUSD members will be presenting, including Microsoft, NVIDIA, PTC, and Siemens.
Microsoft

Bringing Humanoids to Production
Physical AI in Practice – How do we move from fixed automation to adaptive systems?
Accelerating Physical AI and Robotics for Autonomous Manufacturing

NVIDIA

Beyond the Pilot: Scaling Industrial AI in the Cloud

PTC

Powering Industrial Organizations with AI: Strategies for Data-Driven Innovation

Siemens

Enabling High Fidelity CFD for the Next Industrial Revolution
From Data Silos to Living Factory: Scaling the Industrial Metaverse with Siemens Digital Twin Composer on AWS

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Monday, April 20
2:30-3:00 p.m. CEST | Panel
Powering Industrial Organizations with AI: Strategies for Data-Driven Innovation
NVIDIA, Siemens
4:00-5:00 p.m. CEST | Panel
Physical AI in Practice – How do we move from fixed automation to adaptive systems?
NVIDIA, Siemens
Wednesday, April 22
1:30-2:15 p.m. CEST | Panel
Powering Industrial Organizations with AI: Strategies for Data-Driven Innovation
PTC, NVIDIA, MSFT
2:35-3:15 p.m. | Panel
Bringing Humanoids to Production
Hexagon, NVIDIA, MSFT, BMW
