Event agenda
Tuesday, 14 April 2026
08:30 - 09:15
Welcoming - Check in - Tea & coffee - Networking
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
09:15 - 09:35
Carlos Pereira Santos - Opening Keynote
Opening keynote speech of VPG 26 by Carlos Pereira Santos, the founder of the Virtual Production Gathering.
1 speaker
09:35 - 10:15
VP in Practice and Education: Skill Profiles Across Industry and the Classroom (AVENUE COVE)
2 speakers
10:15 - 10:40
Networking break
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
10:40 - 11:20
From Classroom to Control Room: Mentorship in Entertainment Technology
1 speaker
11:20 - 12:00
Education for an Expanding VP Ecosystem: Preparing Talent for Real-Time Industries
1 speaker
12:00 - 13:10
Networking lunch
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
13:10 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:40
From Classroom to Virtual Sets, Navigating Early Careers in Virtual Production
4 speakers
14:40 - 15:00
Networking break
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
15:00 - 15:40
Free Your Imagination: Welcoming the next generation of cinematographers
1 speaker
15:40 - 16:20
Virtual Production Strategy in Post-Secondary Education
1 speaker
16:20 - 16:40
Networking break
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
16:40 - 17:20
Animated Gaussian Splatting for Virtual Production
1 speaker
17:20 - 18:00
Portals/Traces - Potentialities of Transnational and Transcultural VP collaboration in real-time
1 speaker
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
08:30 - 09:15
Welcoming - Check in - Tea & coffee - Networking
- Atrium (Horizon Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
09:15 - 09:35
Zoltan Batho G - Opening Keynote
Opening keynote speech of VPG 26 by Carlos Pereira Santos, the founder of the Virtual Production Gathering.
1 speaker
09:35 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:40
Networking break
- Atrium (Horizon Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
10:40 - 11:20
Motion base usage in the VP Environment
1 speaker
11:20 - 12:00
Iterative Virtual Production: A DCC-First Workflow from Concept to LED
2 speakers
12:00 - 13:30
Networking Lunch
- Atrium (Horizon Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
13:30 - 14:10
Virtual Production: Where the Real Risk Lives
14:10 - 14:50
14:50 - 15:10
Networking break
- Atrium (Horizon Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
15:10 - 15:50
Stage Tech Foundations: Camera Tracking, Lens Data, and Hybrid Systems in VP
1 speaker
15:50 - 16:30
16:30 - 16:50
Networking break
- Atrium (Horizon Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
16:50 - 17:10
Next-Generation Broadcast Volumes - Innovation Driving Live Multi-Camera Production
1 speaker
17:10 - 17:30
High-end image fidelity with workflow efficiency without post production
2 speakers
17:30 - 18:00
Sustainability in Virtual Production: Myth or Reality?
1 speaker
Thursday, 16 April 2026
08:30 - 09:00
Welcoming - Check in - Tea & coffee - Networking
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
09:00 - 10:45
Metahuman Digital Characters for Previsualization
1 speaker
The Problem with Perfect - Why Cinematography Needs Imperfection in the Age of VP
1 speaker
10:45 - 11:05
Networking break
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
11:05 - 12:50
Presentation and Collaboration using Unreal Engine Pixel Streaming
1 speaker
Writing characterful dynamic scenes (that are still easy to film)
1 speaker
12:50 - 13:30
Networking Lunch
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
13:30 - 15:15
Cinematic Lighting with Unreal Engine: Real-Time Techniques for Virtual Production
1 speaker
Reinventing Tabletop Cinematography with Virtual Production
1 speaker
15:15 - 15:35
Networking break
- Innovation Square (Frontier Building)
Meeting duration:10 minute time slots
15:35 - 17:20
Beyond the Silos: Building Talent for Convergent Technologies
1 speaker
Deploying 3D Gaussian Splatting in Professional VP
1 speaker