The listing on this page will be expanded as more information becomes available.
As in years past, we are also presenting student work in a competition and as submitted by faculty, including the assignments:
- SpaceTime Gallery 2026
- Faculty Submitted Student Work (coming soon)
Please note that all times listed are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
Sunday, 19 july 2026
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:15am – 10:15am | ACM SIGGRAPH: Opportunities and Programs for Educators – Part 1* | Glenn Goldman, Richard Lewis, Kevin McNulty | Room 404 AB |
| 10:30am – 11:30am | ACM SIGGRAPH: Opportunities and Programs for Educators – Part 2* | Glenn Goldman, Richard Lewis, Kevin McNulty | Room 404 AB |
*SIGGRAPH Education Committee Overview, Presentation of SpaceTime Winners, Premiere of Faculty Submitted Student Work Show Reel
Monday, 20 July 2026
Educator’s Day
Room 411
| Time | Company | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | 9:00am-10:00am | Adobe Substance 3D | <coming soon> |
| Session 2 | 10:15am-10:45am | Maxon | <coming soon> |
| Session 3 | 11:00am-12:00noon | NVIDIA | <coming soon> |
| 12:15pm-1:00pm | Lunch | NVIDIA sponsored lunch | |
| Session 4 | 1:00pm-1:30pm | Epic Games | <coming soon> |
| Session 5 | 1:45pm-2:15pm | SideFX | <coming soon> |
| Session 6 | 2:30pm-3:00pm | Foundry | <coming soon> |
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Educator’s Forum – Code & Dev 1
9:00am – 10:30pm
Room 501 ABC
Session Chair: TBD
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am – 9:20am | No Engine Required: Teaching Game Programming (Mostly) From Scratch | Sanjay Madhav, Matthew Whiting |
| 9:20am – 9:40am | Teaching Building Game Engines: An Entry-Level Course on Game Programming Without Pre-Built Game Engines | Michael Shah |
| 9:40am – 10:00am | Sew and Code! Understanding How to Construct Bezier Curves | Brittany Morago |
Educator’s Forum – Practical Applications
10:45am – 12:15pm
Room 501 ABC
Session Chair: TBD
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 10:45am – 11:05am | Engineering Empathy: A Blueprint for Interdisciplinary Art and Engineering in K-12 Education | Matt Dombrowski, Peter Smith, Albert Manero, Emely Benjamin |
| 11:05am – 11:25am | Learning Computer Graphics via Authentic Engineering Challenges | Lei Yang |
| 11:25am – 11:45am | From Studio Set to Render: A Collaborative Framework for Hybrid Media Education | James Porto |
| 11:45am – 12:05pm | Rolling Through the Pipeline: A Course Model for Virtual Production Education | Flip Phillips, David Long, Aidan Montag, Chao Peng |
Education Birds of a Feather
Room 510
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Computer Graphics & Animation Research Projects | Bill Joel |
Educator’s Forum – Performance Focus
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Room 501 ABC
Session Chair: TBD
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm – 2:20pm | Live from LA! Facilitating Personal and Political Storytelling through Immersive Youth Theater | Ana Cardenas Gasca, Payton Croskey, Xin Xin, Jennifer Jacobs |
| 2:20pm – 2:40pm | Light Filed Cinematography (and the Birth of a Volumetrics Lab) | C.K. Olsen |
| 2:40pm – 3:00pm | Stranger Forces: Enhancing Virtual Production with Gen-AI in Real-World College Sponsored Studio Collaborations | Christopher Maraffi, Jedidiah Gent, Ryan Khan |
| 3:00pm – 3:20pm | Developing Spatial Reasoning Skills Using Virtuality Puppets | Aline Normoyle, Bronwen Densmore |
Educator’s Forum – Pedagogy
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Room 501 ABC
Session Chair: TBD
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 3:45pm – 4:05pm | Digital Arts Program – Combining Art and CS in a 50/50 Balance in Undergraduate Curriculum | Brittany Morago |
| 4:05pm – 4:25pm | Animating Engagement: Connecting Technology, Artistry, and Purpose in a Small Public University | Damian Thorn-Hauswirth |
| 4:25pm – 4:45pm | Bridging Artistic Expression and Game Design through Cross-Cultural Collaboration: An Educational Framework from a Seven-Year Japan-U.S. Program | Nahomi Maki, Mitsuko Okamoto, Takashi Kiriyama, Peter Brinson, Andreas Kratky |
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Educator’s Forum
Room 501 ABC
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30am – 10:30am | Current Hiring Trends in the Animation & VFX Industry | C.K. Olsen, Kathleen Ruffalo, Tiffany Purkeypile, Caitlin Dietz, Benjamin Noble |
Educator’s Forum – Code & Dev 2
10:45am – 12:15pm
Room 501 ABC
Session Chair: TBD
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 10:45am – 11:05am | Teaching OpenGL 4.5/4.6 in Introductory Computer Graphics: A Hidden Sweet Spot in Graphics API Education Accessibility | Michael Shah |
| 11:05am – 11:25am | Art + Code: A Case Study in Expanding Access with p5.js | Alex Avila, Xin Xin, Roxana Hadad, Kit Kuksenok |
| 11:25am – 11:45am | Mixing Colors: Exploring Digital Images through the Bayer Filter | Brittany Morago |
| 11:45am – 12:05pm | CollabXR: An Open-Source Platform for Immersive Spatial Communication of Learning Materials | George Takahashi, Jake White |
Education Birds of a Feather
Room 512
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Neurodiversity in Computer Graphics, Games, and Interactive Media | Cheryl Briggs, Shoko Kimura |
Educator’s Forum – Culture & Heritage
3:45pm – 5:15pm
Room 501 ABC
Session Chair: TBD
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 3:45pm – 4:05pm | Simulating Memory: Teaching Gullah-Geechee Heritage through Virtual Performances by Community Leaders at a Reconstruction-Era Historical Site | Christopher Maraffi, Iyare Oronsaye, Ryan Khan |
| 4:05pm – 4:25pm | Coding Wagara: Fostering Motivation through Generating Japanese Patterns Using SF Symbols | Shinya Nishide |
| 4:25pm – 4:45pm | Beaver World: Integrating Indigenous Wisdom and Ecological Simulation in a 3D Educational Game | Yuanyuan Xu, Chi Zhen, Obiajulu Nwosisi, Amir Rahsaz, Tenhab Sarker, Miles Thorogood, Patricia Lasserre, Aleksandra Dulic |
Thursday, 23 July 2026
Education Birds of a Feather
Room 510
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00am – 12:00noon | AI in Education: Continuing Conversations on Disruptive Trends | Nandhini Giri, Ginger Alford, Glenn Goldman, Derek Ham, Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav, Dave Shreiner |
Educator’s Forum
Room 409 AB
| Time | Session / Presentation | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Education Committee Townhall | ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee Members |