Industry Day 2016

The Fantoche Industry Day 2016 will bring together artistic and entrepreneurial creativity and act as a national platform for the creation of animated films in Switzerland, both now and in the future. Fantoche 2016 will be a meeting point for professionals and newcomers from the fields of animation (innovative, interactive, as well as linear animations), interaction design, multimedia, visual effects and game design.

The interdisciplinary symposium will showcase national studios, international case studies and the most successful animation campaigns. Here you can make contacts for the future and develop important expertise concerning everything from founding a new company to implementing an advertising campaign. Following the first successful Industry Talk in 2015, the podium discussions have been expanded into a day-long programme that meets the current needs of the animation industry.

Where & When

9th of September 2016, Druckerei Baden, Stadtturmstrasse 19, Baden/Switzerland

Overview

At 10:00 am the Industry Day will open it’s doors and offer a platform for national Studios, experts in enterprise foundation (Startup.ch) and software firms, to present their work, exchange information and network in a “market setting”.

In the afternoon, starting at 13:00 pm, the Techtalks with national and international animation experts will take place, aswell as the main programme item, the presentation and discussion of the most successful advertising campaigns.
The cooperation between customers, agents and studios will be presented and discussed to focus on the question: What does it take to keep more animation jobs in Switzerland?

Schedule

Market
10:00
- Studios present their work
- Advice for freelancers and students regarding insurance, wages, etc.
- Recruiting for bigger projects

Lounge Talks 
10:00 Simone Giampaolo - Animation Director at Blue-Zoo Animation Studio
11:00 Ursula Ulmi - Freelance Animation Producer
12:00 John Webber - animation department for the Savannah College of Art and Design 

Professionals
13:00  Physically-based Rendering (PBR)
PBR is a completely new approach for 3D artists to create textures and shaders.
- Pascal Achermann and Claudio Antonelli

Studio presentations
14:00 Le Truc (Genf) - Frédérique Gyuran
14:30 Blindflug Studios (Zürich) - Moritz Zumbühl 

Specialguest
15:00  Dreamworks - Simon Otto (Head of Animation, How To Train Your Dragon)

Industry Talk
16:30
How can national creation and production compete on an international level?
Tobias Fueter (Owner und Director von Stories AG)
Sascha Weisshaupt (Head of Brand Swisscom)
Jürg Brauchli (Creative Director Kommunikation, Swisscom)
Oliver Brunschwiler (Head of Brand FREITAG)
Moderator: Timo Wäschle, Founder of Corpmedia

17:45  Networking Apéro

Languages
German and French (with simultaneous translation), only the presentation of Simon Otto will be in English (with simultaneous translation in French).

Ticketing
Day ticket for professionals = CHF 40.00
Day ticket for accredited industry and students = CHF 20.00

> Buy a day ticket (including the talk of Simon Otto)
Separate ticket for Simon Otto’s presentation (limited number of seats) = CHF 10.00
> Buy a separate ticket for the presentation of Simon Otto