The Render Network's First In-Person Conference is Here!
Join Jules Urbach, the founder of the Render Network, for the inaugural one-day Render Network conference - RenderCon - exploring the future of media, technology, and art happening on April 15, 2025, at Nya Studios in Hollywood, California.
This is your chance to hear from OTOY founder and CEO Jules Urbach in a keynote address on the future of GPU Rendering, joined by an incredible lineup of speakers from the media, technology and art world including:
Ariel Emanuel, Executive Chairman, WME Group; CEO and Executive Chair, TKO
Richard Kerris, VP and General Manager Media & Entertainment at NVIDIA
Rod Roddenberry, Executive Producer of Star Trek (Paramount+)
Emad Mostaque, Founder of Intelligent Internet
Expect a full day of talks and panels covering emerging trends in GPU rendering for motion graphics, film making, product design, VFX, games, virtual production, immersive media and more - with deep dives on the latest frontier AI technologies, workflows and IP provenance tools supporting the Render Network’s community of artists and content creators.
Attendees will have hands-on access to tech demos - plus free swag, food, and drinks throughout the event.
Schedule
Main Stage
9:30 AM - Keynote: The Future of Rendering - Jules Urbach with Ariel Emanuel
10:40 AM - AI at the Frontier of Art, Science and Society - Jules Urbach, Emad Mostaque, Richard Kerris
11:45 AM - Creating "Unification": A deep dive on the future of filmmaking - Speakers: Sam Witwer, Lawrence Selleck, Robin Curtis, Carlos Baena; Moderator: Jules Urbach
1:25 PM - The Artist's Journey in the age of AI - Beeple (remote) and Jules Urbach
2:10 PM - Roddenberry and Nimoy: Legendary Legacies - Speakers: Rod Roddenberry, Adam Nimoy, Lawrence Selleck; Moderator: Jules Urbach
2:45 PM - Non-human Intelligence and ASI: Into the Unknown - Speakers: Jeremy Corbell, George Knapp; Moderator: Jules Urbach
3:20 PM - Render Foundation Updates - Tristan Relly, Trevor Harries-Jones
3:55 PM - Exploring New Mediums: Immersive and Spatial 3D - Speakers: Annibale Siconolfi, Blake Kathryn, Wren Weichman (Corridor Digital), Ness Graphics & M99 Studios; Moderator: Matt Milstead
4:45 PM - Solana and Render In 2025 - Raj Gokal and Jules Urbach
5:07 PM - Closing Remarks - Jules Urbach
Cinema Stage
10:30 AM - Unification Showing
10:50 AM - Render Network Development Updates
11:25 AM - Artist Panel: Early Adopters - Speakers: Nick DenBoer (Smearballz), Davy Force, David Brodeur (Brilly); Moderator: Phil Gara (OTOY)
12:00 PM - Artist Panel: Emerging Applications - Speakers: Kyle Gordon, Josh Pierce, Will Selviz; Moderator: Edgar Irizarry (OTOY)
12:35 PM - Experiments with Render Agents - The Render Labs Team
1:00 PM - GPU Markets and Compute - Divesh Naidoo, Edward Katzin, Mike Anderson
1:40 PM - Render for Virtual Production - Alex Pearce (Sim-Plates)
2:05 PM - Creating a Next Generation Studio - Barton Damer (Already Been Chewed)
2:30 PM - Introducing SUBMERGE Artechouse x Render - Riki Kim (Artechouse) with Blake Kathryn and Annibale Siconolfi
2:55 PM - Introducing Render Royale - Sunny Osahn (Render Foundation) and Matt Milstead
3:20 PM - Artist Panel: The Roddenberry Archive - Mike and Denise Okuda, Daren Dochterman, Neil Smith, Donny Versiga, Geoff Holman, Mark Spatny
4:10 PM - Immersive Media Production for the Archive - Leonidas Jaramillo, Jules Urbach, Carlos Baena
