Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are for attendees who think and work in similar technologies and environments. Special Interest Groups are open to all attendees. They are usually informal. At some, general subjects are discussed; others convene around topics related to specific product vendors. To schedule a SIG, call: +1.312.321.6830 or send email to sigs@siggraph.org to request a sign-up form.

Birds of a Feather are impromptu gatherings.They can be scheduled at any time, to discuss any subject. To organize your own impromptu meeting, simply use the sign-up board in the South Lobby, where late additions and revisions to the Special Interest Groups and Birds of a Feather are posted.

SIGs schedule as of 25 June 1997

Saturday, 2 August

SIGGRAPH Professional Chapters Leadership Workshop
8 am to 5:30 pm
Wilshire B/C, Omni Los Angeles
Scott Lang
+1.201.343.6000

Sunday, 3 August

Hardware Workshop
8 am to 4:30 pm
Golden State Room, Omni Los Angeles
Bengt-Olaf Schneider
+1.914.945.1585

Kinetix Developer Conference
8 am to 8 pm
Garden Room, Omni Los Angeles
Jill Baradat
+1.415.507.6505

Component-Based Visualization and Interaction Environments
5 pm to 6 pm
Los Angeles Room, Omni Los Angeles
Michael Pique
+1.619.784.9775

Kinetix Developer Conference Reception
5:30 pm to 8 pm
Poolside, Omni Los Angeles
Jill Baradat
+1.415.507.6505

SIGGRAPH Round the Clock
9 pm to 4 am
Board Room, Omni Los Angeles

Monday, 4 August

Hardware Workshop
9 am to 5 pm
Golden State Room, Omni Los Angeles
Bengt-Olaf Schneider
+1.914.945.1585

3D Benchmarks
5 pm to 6:30 pm
Sierra Room, Omni Los Angeles
Greg Passmore
+1.206.861.9422

Massively Parallel Rendering SIG
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Omni Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Patricia Crossno
+1.505.845.7506

VRML Demo SIG
6 pm to 8 pm
Room 151, LACC
Don Brutzman
+1.408.656.2149
Note: No busing from the LACC will be provided after 6:30pm

SIGGRAPH Round the Clock
9 pm to 4 am
Board Room, Omni Los Angeles

Tuesday, 5 August

OpenGL
10 am to 11 amv Malibu A, Hyatt Regency
John Schimpf
+1.415.933.3062

OpenGL for Game Developers
noon to 3 pm
Malibu AB, Hyatt Regency
Lisa Vieira
+1.415.933.4063

Large Model Visualization API Consortium (LMVAC)
1 pm to 3 pm
San Francisco Room, Holiday Inn City Center
Larry McDonough
+1.415.933.6165

Numerical Algorithms Group Inc. Iris Explorer User Group
4 pm to 5 pm
DelMar/Verdugo, Omni Los Angeles
Tony Nilles
+1.630.971.2337

IMAX Computer Animation
5 pm to 8:15 pm
Garden East, Omni Los Angeles
Steve Welch
+1.415.730.5037

SIGGRAPH Education Committee Visualization Education Meeting
5 pm to 6 pm
Glenwood Room, Omni Los Angeles
Marc Barr
+1.615.898.5628

SGI IRIS Performer
6 pm to 8:30 pm
Manhattan A, Hyatt Regency
Chrysa Caulfield
+1.415.933.6549

VRML Tech SIG
6 pm to 8 pm
Petree Hall D, LACC
Don Brutzman
+1.408.656.2149
Note: No busing from the LACC will be provided after 6:30 pm

Java 3D and Java Media SIG
7 pm to 9:30 pm
Sierra Room, Omni Los Angeles
Barton Fiske
+1.508.442.2560

Performance Animation Roundup
8 pm to 10 pm
Monaco Room, Beverly Hilton
Linda Jacobson
+1.415.933.6398

IMAX Computer Animation - Screening
10 pm to midnight
California Museum of Science and Industry
700 State Drive
Steve Welch
+1.415.730.5037

SIGGRAPH Round the Clock
9 pm to 4 am
Board Room, Omni Los Angeles

Wednesday, 6 August

Binary Biker Artists Exploration of Motorcycles, Art & Technology
8 am to 10 am
Fernwood Room, Omni Los Angeles
Rick Barry
+1.718.686.3693

OpenGL Developments Over the Past Year
9 am to noon
Malibu AB, Hyatt Regency
Lisa Vieira
+1.415.933.4063

Graphics Performance Characterization Group
noon to 2 pm
Delmar/Verdugo Rooms, Omni Los Angeles
Jennifer Gangi
+1.919.481.4599

ACM SIGGRAPH Carto Project
1 pm to 2 pm
Room 305, Los Angeles Convention Center
Dave Taylor/Theresa-Marie Rhyne
+1.919.541.0207

Molecular Graphics
1:30 pm to 3 pm
Malibu Rooms AB, Hyatt Regency
Michael Pique
+1.619.784.9775

SIGGRAPH Education Committee - Annual Meetings
2 pm to 3 pm
Del Mar/Verdugo Rooms, Omni Los Angeles
Marc Barr
+1.615.898.5118

SIGGRAPH Education Committee Breakout - Art
3 pm to 4 pm
Del Mar/Verdugo Rooms, Omni Los Angeles
Marc Barr
+1.615.898.5118

SIGGRAPH Education Committee Breakout - Computer Science
3 pm to 4 pm
Balboa Room, Omni Los Angeles
Marc Barr
+1.615.898.5118

SIGGRAPH Education Committee Breakout - K-12
3 pm to 4 pm
Sawtelle Room, Omni Los Angeles
Marc Barr
+1.615.898.5118

Tokyo ACM/SIGGRAPH Reception
4 pm to 5:30 pm
Sierra Room, Omni Los Angeles
Masa Inakage
+81.467.32.7941

Sun Microsystems Inc. Developing Visual Applications
5 pm to 7 pm
Redondo A Room, Hyatt Regency
Alexandra Ohlson
+1.415.336.1004

SIGGRAPH Get Involved -
Meet the SIGGRAPH 98 Committee and Executive Committee
5:30 pm to 7 pm
Room 301, LACC

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Graphics Reunion
6 pm to 8 pm
Ciao Trattoria, The Galleria
815 West 7th Street
Sherry Palmer
+1.919.962.1740

Computer Graphics Pioneers Reception
6 pm to 9 pm
Los Angeles Room, Omni Los Angeles
Sherry Keowen
+1.818.347.2210

Stony Brook Center for Visual Computing Visualization Lab Reunion
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Rexford Room, Omni Los Angeles
Arie Kaufman
+1.516.632.8441

SIGGRAPH Round the Clock
9 pm to 4 am
Board Room, Omni Los Angeles

Thursday, 7 August

SIGGRAPH T-Shirt Contest
noon to 1 pm
Room 407, LACC
Joe Lohmar
+1.217.244.5573

SIGGRAPH Public Policy Activities
1 pm to 3 pm
Room 305, LACC
Judy Brown
+1.319.335.5552

CG-CHAIR (Computer Graphics Character Animation)
2 pm to 4:30 pm
Manhattan ABC, Hyatt Regency

Production Management Frameworks
2 pm to 3:30 pm
Rexford Room, Omni Los Angeles
Roger Rohrbach
+1.510.649.9711

Annual SIGGRAPH Business Meeting
5:30 pm to 7 pm
Room 502A, LACC

IEEE Trans. on Visualization & Computer Graphics
6 pm to 8 pm
Larchmont Room, Omni Los Angeles
Arie Kaufman
+1.516.632.8441

Ray Tracing Roundtable
6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
Cocker Room, Hotel InterContinental
Eric Haines
+1.607.266.7000

Avatars and the Virtual Worlds They Live In
7:30 pm to 10 pm
Garden East/West, Omni Los Angeles
Bruce Damer
+1.408.338.9400

SIGGRAPH Round the Clock
9 pm to 4 am
Board Room, Omni Los Angeles