- The 18th version of ACM SIGGRAPH Asia shall be held from 15–18 December 2025 on the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
- Hong Kong set to welcome over 7,000 attendees from greater than 50 nations
- “Generative Renaissance” theme spotlights AI’s transformative position in artwork, science, and creativity
HONG KONG, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Koelnmesse, the organiser of SIGGRAPH Asia 2025, has unveiled the 2025 theme, Generative Renaissance, a distinguished lineup of internationally acclaimed keynote audio system, featured periods, and exhibition highlights in the lead-up to the December convention in Hong Kong.
“SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 reflects the extraordinary creativity and technical expertise flourishing in Hong Kong, alongside a convergence of the world’s leading researchers, studios, and creators,” mentioned Taku Komura, Conference Chair and Professor at The University of Hong Kong. “With our theme, Generative Renaissance, this edition will showcase groundbreaking work in AI, animation, and immersive technologies, highlighting both local talent and international innovation. We look forward to an inspiring conference that pushes the boundaries of creativity and technology.”
Shaping Tomorrow: Keynotes on AI Transforming Art, Design, and Media
SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 will function three visionary keynote audio system whose work are redefining AI, pc imaginative and prescient, and generative expertise:
- Harry Shum, Council Chairman of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and former Executive Vice President of Microsoft AI & Research. At SIGGRAPH Asia, he’ll highlight his work on the Low Altitude Economy (LAE) and current the Smart Integrated Low Altitude System (SILAS), an working system constructed to join operations, laws, and end-users.
- Jamie Shotton, Chief Scientist at Wayve, a pacesetter in pc imaginative and prescient and AI for autonomous automobiles. His pioneering analysis on real-time human pose recognition has reshaped AR/VR purposes and now drives the following frontier in clever mobility.
- Dr. Chunchao Guo, Head of Hunyuan 3D Generation and World Modeling at Tencent, whose groundbreaking work in generative AI and large-scale 3D modeling is advancing world simulation, digital twins, and artistic AI throughout industries.
Oscar-Winning Innovators and Pixar Visionaries Headline Featured Sessions
Each 12 months, the Featured Sessions highlight main work in animation, visible results, and digital manufacturing. The 2025 version options Paul Debevec, Chief Research Officer at Eyeline Studios (Netflix) and Richard Chuang, Founder of d1n0. Also becoming a member of this 12 months is a gaggle from Pixar Animation Studios—Claudia Chung Sanii, David Luoh, Emron Grover, Jordan Rempel, Renee Tam, and Sajan Skaria—presenting Alien Abduction! The Truth Behind the Making of Pixar’s Elio.
They shall be joined by Momo Wang, award-winning animation director, artist, and creator of Tuzki; Scott Ross, Founder of Digital Domain and former GM of ILM and SVP of Lucasfilm; Raman Hui, acclaimed director of Monster Hunt and longtime DreamWorks animator, greatest recognized for his work on the Shrek franchise; and Chris Bremble, Founder & CEO of Base Media, spotlighting the studio’s triumphant return with Ne Zha 2 and its groundbreaking visible results work.
World Experts on the Helm of SIGGRAPH Asia’s Innovation Programs
SIGGRAPH Asia 2025’s core packages are curated by a world-class lineup of chairs, every main a singular side of the convention. Conference Chair Taku Komura units the imaginative and prescient for the occasion, whereas Technical Papers Chairs Michael Wimmer and Hongbo Fu spotlight groundbreaking analysis. Art Gallery Chair Isaac Leung and Art Papers Chair Kian Peng Ong showcase the newest intersections of artwork and expertise.
The Computer Animation Festival (CAF), SIGGRAPH Asia’s iconic program, is led by Chair Tim Cheung and Producer Jennifer Lee. Each 12 months, CAF’s Electronic Theater and Animation Theater showcase the world’s greatest CG animation, providing audiences entertaining and thought-provoking works. An worldwide jury of high consultants may even choose the very best entries and award 4 prestigious honors: Best Student Project, Jury Special, Best in Show, and Audience Choice.
In addition, Courses Chair Mélina Skouras, Emerging Technologies Chair Kening Zhu, XR Chair Evan Yifan Peng, and Games Chair Eric Liu present hands-on studying and immersive experiences for attendees.
Educator’s Forum Chair Meili Wang, Featured Sessions Chair Baoquan Chen, Posters Chair Junyong Noh, Real-Time Live! Chair Bent Stamnes, Technical Communications Chair Yuting Ye, Workshops Chair Ruizhen Hu, and Publications Chair Stephen Spencer present platforms for data sharing and experimentation. Supporting the group is Student Volunteers Chair Patience Lee.
SIGGRAPH Asia Exhibition Stage: Where Innovation Debuts
Running 16–18 December, the SIGGRAPH Asia Exhibition will function greater than 70 main firms showcasing breakthroughs in {hardware}, software program, and interactive applied sciences. With over 7,000 professionals anticipated, it’s the area’s premier platform to join with innovators, uncover new expertise, and expertise applied sciences shaping the longer term.
This 12 months’s exhibition will showcase main sponsors together with FORUM8, Tencent, Huawei Technologies, Morpho, Vicon, NVIDIA, and Foundry.
Visitors can even look ahead to participation from a few of the trade’s most influential gamers resembling Adobe, Chingmu Motion Capture, CLO Virtual Fashion, Meta’s Reality Labs Research, NOKOV, Pixar Animation Studios’ Renderfarm, and Qualisys. Adding to the range of innovation, the exhibition will function two nation pavilions – South Korea and Malaysia – spotlighting rising applied sciences and artistic expertise from throughout Asia.
For full SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Conference and Exhibition particulars, go to
https://asia.siggraph.org/2025/.
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16 December, Tuesday, 11:15am-12:15pm (HKT) – A press convention shall be hosted onsite at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) by SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Chair, respective Program Chairs, convention audio system, and exhibition companions, who will showcase every side of this system, and describe the immersive experiences and technological improvements that guests can discover. Media that attend shall be given an unique tour of the exhibition as nicely. Please register immediately by emailing: [email protected].
About ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH is a world group of researchers, artists, builders, filmmakers, scientists, and enterprise professionals with a shared curiosity in pc graphics and interactive methods. A particular curiosity group of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s first and largest computing society, our mission is to nurture, champion, and join like-minded researchers and practitioners to catalyze innovation in pc graphics and interactive methods.
ACM SIGGRAPH presents two of the premier expertise conferences in the world, one in North America and one in Asia. Attended by tens of 1000’s of pc graphics professionals, SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia are extremely revered venues for the presentation of recent pc graphics expertise and analysis. For extra data, please go to www.siggraph.org.
About Koelnmesse
Koelnmesse Pte Ltd is likely one of the world’s largest commerce honest firms. Its greater than 80 commerce festivals and exhibitions have the broadest worldwide scope in the trade, as 60 % of the exhibitors and 40 % of the guests come from outdoors Germany. The Koelnmesse occasions embody main world commerce festivals for 25 sectors, resembling Imm Cologne, Anuga, IDS, INTERMOT, Interzum Cologne, gamescom, and the International Hardware Fair Cologne. Koelnmesse is ACM SIGGRAPH’s occasion organizer for the final 17 editions of SIGGRAPH Asia.
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