It’s not too late to register for the Academy Software Foundation’s (ASWF) annual Open Source Forum, happening on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, CA. This half-day event is a fantastic opportunity for professionals in the motion picture and media industries to come together, share insights, and discuss the future of open-source software and new technologies impacting studios.
Open Source Forum 2025 features a new format to better enable open dialogue and interactive discussion. The theme of the event is “Open Source and New Technologies Impacting Studios.” The Forum kicks off with several presentations around emerging technologies impacting studios and open source opportunities, followed by an in-person only moderated discussion to dive deeper into these topics. We’ll wrap up with our well-known “Beers of a Feather” reception.
The full schedule is available here. Highlights include:
- Anatomy of a Studio: Nick Cannon, CTO, Walt Disney Animation Studios and David Morin, Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation
- New Technologies Impacting Studios: Lincoln Wallen, CTO, Framestore
- Accelerating Workflows and Supporting Creativity with ML: Richard Kerris, GM and Vice President of Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA
- Open Source at Stability AI: Hanno Basse, CTO, Stability AI
- Open Source Opportunities: Mike Dolan, SVP and GM of Projects, The Linux Foundation
- Model Openness Framework: Matt White, GM of AI and Executive Director of PyTorch Foundation at The Linux Foundation
This event is open to anyone currently working at an ASWF member organization or its parent/sister companies. If you need the registration code, please reach out events@aswf.io. If you’re not part of a member organization but would like to attend virtually or in-person, please reach out to events@aswf.io with your name, company, and interest in the forum for consideration.
See you there!
