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  A Star Is Born -Scouting- Local television stations, major IT firms, and creative businesses will be participating in ISCA’s search for tomorrow’s stars.
  Here is a list of companies and organizations scheduled to participate (in no special order)
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  “An Explosion of Artistic Sensibilities”
  Global Panel Session International judges who are active in artistic and creative fields in the United States, Europe and Asia, will hold a discussion on the theme of creative business and art around the world.

  The chief judgeCynthia Beth Rubin Digital Artist / C B Rubin Studio / Art Gallery co-Chair SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Macao / past Chair ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Art Committee

  Gerfried Stocker Managing and Artistic Director of Ars Electronica

  Pat Lee Co Founder of Secret Lab Ltd. / Founder of Pat Lee Production Ltd.

  
  

  ●Facilitator
  Shuzo John Shiota　 President and CEO of Polygon Pictures Inc.

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  ISCA Special Talk
  “Can Computer Graphics Revolutionize the Medical Field?”

  “Can Computer Graphics Revolutionize the Medical Field?”
  What is the goal of SCIEMENT, which integrates the worlds of science and entertainment under the slogan “Fun and Factual Science”? How can computer graphics revolutionize the field of medicine? And is it actually possible? This talk will explore all that and more.

  
  

  Hirofumi Seo M.D. / CEO of SCIEMENT, Inc. / medical CG producer / scientific CG creator

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  ISCA Special Panel Session

  PART1 “Technology and Physical Expression” — Humans, Computers, and Nature Yoichi Ochiai × Naohiro Ukawa

  PART2 “The Concept of Open Culture” ～Ferment Media Research～ Dominick Chen × Naohiro Ukawa

  Yoichi Ochiai Media Artist / Assistant Professor at University of Tsukuba, Head of Digital Nature Group / Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. CEO

  Dominick Chen Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Information Studies) / Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University / Member of Board of Directors, Creative Commons Japan NPO / Co-founder of Dividual Inc.

  Naohiro Ukawa Contemporary Artist / Founder of DOMMUNE Professor of Kyoto University of Art and Design

＊Please note that the program content, times, and participants are subject to change.

Domestic Video Content Category

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  The chief judge Naohiro Ukawa Contemporary Artist / Founder of DOMMUNE
  Professor of Kyoto University of Art and Design

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  Shuzo John Shiota President and CEO of Polygon Pictures Inc.

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  Ryo Hirano Animation creator / Visual artists
  Member of FOGHORN.

• Yukiko Tasaki Producer of SUPERSTATION,Inc.
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  Toyonori Takahashi Director of Knowledge Capital Association

International Video Content Category

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  The chief judge Cynthia Beth Rubin Digital Artist / C B Rubin Studio
  Art Gallery co-Chair SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Macao
  past Chair ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Committee

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  Pat Lee Co Founder of Secret Lab Ltd.
  Founder of Pat Lee Production Ltd.

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  Gerfried Stocker Managing and Artistic Director of Ars Electronica

Digital Content Category

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  The chief judge Michitaka Hirose Professor The University of Tokyo

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  Yasuaki Miyashita President and CEO of AppBank inc.

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  Satoshi Endo Director, Senior Research Fellow
  of KADOKAWA ASCll Research Laboratories, Inc.

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  Yoichi Ochiai Media Artist /
  Assistant Professor at University of
  Tsukuba, Head of Digital Nature Group /
  Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. CEO

Naohiro Ukawa ｜ Shuzo John Shiota ｜ Cynthia Beth Rubin ｜ Pat Lee ｜ Gerfried Stocker ｜
Ryo Hirano ｜ Yukiko Tasaki ｜ Toyonori Takahashi