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RobertoOrtiz
06-14-2006, 09:51 PM
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"Joe Rohde is an Executive Designer and Vice President with Walt Disney Imagineering. He is currently in charge of design and development for Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Joe has led conceptualization, design, and production for Disney's Animal Kingdom since its inception in 1990.
An avid adventurer, Joe has traveled in Indonesia, Nepal, India, Bhutan, Kenya, Tanzania, and elsewhere, both on his own and in the process of designing Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Most recently, Joe has led the development and production of Expedition Everest, the new thrill attraction at Disney's Animal Kingdom. This project took him and other Imagineers to the far corners of the Himalayas, researching the background details to incorporate into the very authentic environment designed for Expedition Everest. As with many other projects at Disney's Animal Kingdom, a portion of the research focused on conservation. Joe accompanied the scientists who documented the biodiversity of these areas, while he explored oral traditions of the yeti that were integrated into the storytelling of the attraction. "

http://www.siggraph.org/s2006/main.php?f=conference&p=keynote

-R
jbradley
06-15-2006, 03:59 AM
Nothing against Animal Kingdom, cause it's quite a cool place but...I'm just trying to figure out how that all ties in with computer graphics.

Yay.
malducin
06-15-2006, 05:31 AM
I'm just trying to figure out how that all ties in with computer graphics.

Well the SIGGRAPH keynote is not about always being related directly to CG, but many times is about inspiration or how things relate to the field. They have had all sorts of speakers for the keynote including writers like Bruce Sterling (who talked about how technology might mold reality in the future) and Douglas Adams (of Hoitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame) among others.
albedo4800hp
06-15-2006, 08:53 AM
It hopefully will better than last year which nearly bored most people to death
sstreaker
06-15-2006, 02:15 PM
Yeah, the keynote last year did get pretty, uh, slow at times. Lucas' "You're the water guy! I don't know what you do, but you're the water guy!" remark was pretty good though. But I think this Mr. Joe Rohde sounds like he could be interesting, being such a traveler and explorer. He might not be working directly in the CG field, but there is relevance to art here, make no mistake. Wish I could go this year; it's so damn close to me.:sad:
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