We invite you to participate in

NPAR 2006

The 4th International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering June 5 - 7, 2006 Annecy, France in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH sponsored by Annecy Animation Festival in cooperation with Eurographics

Important dates Conference: June 5 - 7, 2006 International Animated Film Festival: June 5 - 10, 2006

NPAR 2006 is the 4th international symposium dedicated to non-photorealistic animation and rendering, held every other year in conjunction with the annual International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France. NPAR brings together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to showcase cutting-edge research in non-photorealistic animation and rendering systems and techniques. All registrants receive a pass to the International Animated Film Festival, which runs from June 5 - 10, 2006.

Registration is now open via the International Animated Film Festival web site; specifically via this PDF form: NPAR registration form. (The deadline for advance registration is May 20, 2006.)

Information about Hotel accommodations and travel to and from Geneva is also available via the Animation Festival page (click here). We recommend that you make your Hotel reservations early. (NPAR may not be big, but the Film Festival is!) The process of reserving a room involves faxing a form in which you state your preferences and provide payment information, and then a hotel is assigned to you. For convenience, here is a direct link to the PDF hotel reservation form.

Note: The hotel form does not contain any information about specific hotels. For that, consult this handy PDF file that shows the locations of various hotels in Annecy. Then feel free to write on your hotel reservation form the names of the hotels you prefer. If you already sent your form, you can send a note about which hotels you prefer to: organisation@annecy-congres.com.

Location

NPAR events will take place in Salle Pierre Martin in Conseil General on Monday and Tuesday, and in Bonlieu/ Petite Salle on Wednesday. For a map showing these locations, click here.

Program

Non-photorealistic animation and rendering (NPAR) refers to a set of techniques for creating representational images in which communication or artistic expression is the ultimate goal, rather than "adherence to reality" or "photorealism." NPAR techniques are thus indispensable in those (frequent!) cases where images are used to communicate, illustrate, or tell stories.  With this symposium, we bring together artists, animators, and researchers from academia and industry to present and discuss cutting-edge work in the field, view examples of NPAR in animated productions, and, together, attempt to identify the most interesting and challenging areas for new research and applications in the field. Specific themes of the conference include, but are not limited to:

Conference Co-Chairs

Program Committee

Organization Committee

Annecy is located in the French Alps, 45 minutes from the Geneva International Airport and 4 hours from Paris by TGV.

It is a beautiful town on the Lac d'Annecy, with sweeping views across the lake of the majestic French Alps. The Old Town is filled with beautiful medieval buildings connected by a labyrinth of narrow, car-free streets and bridges over the several canals that wind through town. Each year, Annecy organizes the International Animation Film Festival in which thousands of professional animators and designers gather to share their impressions during the screenings of the best animated productions of the year, which take place all day long in several theaters throughout the town and at an open-air giant screen.

Images from NPAR 2002 in Annecy, courtesy of Doug DeCarlo.

• NPAR 2004, June 7 - 9, 2004
  
• NPAR 2002, June 3-5, 2002
• NPAR 2000, June 5-7, 2000

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