Conference Schedule

Sunday, June 23

Time Event Venue
2:00 - 4:30pm Registration Check-in SCA, Lucas Lobby
3:30 - 4:30pm USC Hench-DADA Alumni Screening: Part One 1999-2006 SCA 108
4:45 - 5:45pm USC Hench-DADA Alumni Screening: Part Two 2007- 2012 SCA 108
6:30pm Welcome Cocktail Reception with opening remarks by DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and Chief Creative Officer Bill Damaschke SCA 108 and Muybridge Park

Monday, June 24

Time Event Venue
8:00 - 9:00am Registration Lucas Lobby
9:00 - 10:00am THE HARVEY DENEROFF KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Tom Sito SCA 108
10:00 - 10:30am Morning Coffee Break Spielberg Lobby
10:30 - 12:30pm Session 1 PANELS SCA 108, 110, 112
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch provided Spielberg Lobby
1:30 - 2:00pm Sessions 1 and 2 MICRO-TALKS SCA 110, 112
2:30 - 4:00pm Session 2 PANELS SCA 108, 110, 112
4:00 - 5:00pm Afternoon Tea Spielberg Lobby
5:00 - 6:00pm KEYNOTE: Davide Quayola SCA 108
6:00 - 8:00pm Dinner on your own
8:00 - 9:30pm SCREENING: "Blur + Sharpen" - Curated by Holly Willis and Steve Anderson Norris

Tuesday, June 25


DOME SCREENINGS ON TUESDAY ONLY on the Redstone Stage 2: Dome works by Clea T. Waite, Diana Reichenbach, and Eric Hanson will be screened during coffee breaks, lunch, and after the keynote speech at 6pm. Don't miss this special opportunity to see these amazing works in the 180 degree format they were meant to be screened!
Time Event Venue
8:00 - 9:00am Registration Lucas Lobby
9:00 - 10:00am KEYNOTE: Tracy Fullerton SCA 108
10:00 - 10:30am
  • Spielberg Lobby
  • Redstone Stage 2
10:30 - 12:30pm Session 3 PANELS SCA 108, 110, 112
12:30 - 1:30pm
  • Spielberg Lobby
  • Redstone Stage 2
1:30 - 2:30pm Dome Talks SCA 108
2:30 - 4:00pm Session 4 PANELS SCA 108, 110, 112
4:00 - 5:00pm
  • Spielberg Lobby
  • Redstone Stage 2
5:00 – 6:00pm KEYNOTE: Michael Fink SCA 108
6:00 - 7:00pm 180° Dome Screenings Redstone Stage 2
7:00 - 8:00pm Dinner on your own
8:00 - 9:30pm SCREENING: "Animating the Unconscious" - Curated by Christine Panushka Norris

Wednesday, June 26

Time Event Venue
8:00 - 9:00am Registration Lucas Lobby
9:00 - 10:00am KEYNOTE: David Hanson SCA 108
10:00 - 10:30am Morning Coffee Break Spielberg Lobby
10:30 - 12:00pm Session 5 PANELS SCA 108, 110, 112, & SCB 104
12:15 - 12:45pm KEYNOTE: Geena Davis SCA 108
12:45 - 1:30pm Lunch provided Spielberg Lobby
2:00 - 2:30pm Sessions 3 and 4 MICRO-TALKS SCA 110, 112
2:30 - 4:00pm Session 6 PANELS SCA 108, 110, 112
4:00 - 4:30pm Afternoon Tea Spielberg Lobby
4:30 - 6:00pm ANNUAL SAS BUSINESS MEETING SCB 104
6:00 - 7:30pm Closing Wine and Cheese Reception Spielberg Lobby
7:30 - 8:00pm Dinner on your own
8:00-9:30pm SCREENING: "Lotte Reiniger Dance of the Shadows" - The 2012 documentary directed by Susanne Marschall, Rada Bieberstein, and Kurt Schneider Norris

Thursday, June 27

9:00am - 2:00pm Optional Day Trip: DreamWorks Animation Studio. Cost $35.00
DreamWorks Animation will host 25 attendees of the 2013 SAS Animation Conference for an in-depth tour of their beautiful Glendale studio campus. This exclusive event will include a walking tour of the 11-acre campus, Animation 101, a visit to the Mo-Cap Stage, and sneak peeks at artwork and the inner-workings from some of their current and upcoming releases. Following the tour, guests will be treated to lunch at their beautiful on-site commissary.

Additional fee $35. Bus departs from and returns to USC. Space is limited to 25 people only, so make your reservations NOW!