Khronos standards are fundamental to many of the technologies on display at SIGGRAPH. The current presentations and events scheduled for SIGGRAPH 2024 are listed below. These events are taking place in two locations, the Colorado Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Denver, as noted with each event.

NOTE: The Khronos BOF session dates and times may be subject to change by the Siggraph organizers. Please check back for any updates.

Outline Agenda

Day	Time	Session Type / Title	Standards
Mon, Jul 29	3:30pm - 4:30pm	Khronos Fast Forward	3D Commerce, ANARI, glTF, OpenXR, Vulkan, WebGL
Tue, Jul 30	8:30am - 11:30pm	glTF: Innovations in 3D Content Delivery and Use	3D Commerce, glTF
Wed, Jul 31	9:00am - 9:30am	Advancements in WebGL and WebGPU ...	WebGL & WebGPU
Wed, Jul 31	10:00am - 11:00am	Exploring ANARI ...	ANARI
Wed, Jul 31	11:00am - 12:00pm	OpenXR: Transforming the Future of Cross-Platform XR	OpenXR
Wed, Jul 31	1:00pm - 3:00pm	glTF: Transforming 3D Asset Delivery for Real-Time Graphics	glTF
Wed, Jul 31	3:00pm - 6:00pm	Vulkan, Forging Ahead (including Slang talk)	Vulkan
Wed, Jul 31	6:00pm - 9:00pm	Social: Khronos Group Networking Reception	All
Thu, Aug 1	11:50pm - 12:15pm	Siggraph Talk: Neutral Tone Mapping for PBR Color Accuracy	glTF

Khronos Fast Forward

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Monday, July 29: 3:30 - 4:30 pm MDT
Registration: Let us know you're coming  (a SIGGRAPH registration is also required)
Location: Denver Convention Center (Room: 710)
Type: Khronos BOF 
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Listing
Description: Developers everywhere rely on Khronos open standards for cross-platform, high-performance 3D graphics, AR/VR, parallel computation, vision processing, machine learning acceleration and more. Khronos is a member-funded consortium that any organization can join. Come and hear the very latest updates from the Khronos working groups that are creating the standards to enable your next application or project!
Presenters:

• Neil Trevett (Khronos Group / NVIDIA): Fast Foward, OpenXR, 3D Commerce Updates
• Tom Olson (Vulkan Chair / Arm): Vulkan Update
• Jeff Amstutz (ANARI Chair / NVIDIA): ANARI Update
• Ken Russell (WebGL Chair / Google): WebGL Update
• Alexey Medvedev (3D Formats Chair / Meta): 3D Formats Update

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glTF: Innovations in 3D Content Delivery and Use

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Tuesday, July 30: 8:30 am - 11:30 am MDT
Registration: Let us know you're coming  (a SIGGRAPH registration is also required)
Location: Denver Convention Center (Room: 710)
Type: Khronos BOF  (SIGGRAPH Registration required)
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Listing
Description: Presentations, panels, demos, and attendee discussions on the activities at Khronos in support of 3D content creation including physics, interactivity, scene building and management, content creation pipeline, and others. All sub-sessions will include significant attendee participation and interaction with organizers and presenters.
Presenters:

• Eric Chadwick (DGG)
• Leonard Daly (Khronos Group, Daly Realism)
• Alexey Medvedev (glTF Chair / Meta)
• Adam Morris (Cesium)
• Sean Lilly (Cesium)
• Peter Martin (Adobe)
• Eoin Mcloughlin (Microsoft)
• Chintan Shah (Meta)
• Stephanie Hurlburt (Binomial)
• Richard Geldreich (Binomial)
• Emmett Lalish (Google)
• Eric Chadwick (DGG)

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Advancements in WebGL and WebGPU: Latest Updates & Innovations

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Wednesday, July 31: 9:00 - 9:30 am MDT
Registration: Let us know you're coming
Location: Hyatt Regency Denver (Room: Capitol Ballroom 1-3)
Type: Khronos BOF
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Listing
Description: Join us at SIGGRAPH for an exciting session hosted by the Khronos Group where we'll cover the latest on the WebGL and WebGPU APIs. Discover the newest features, learn about HDR support in Basis Universal for rich, memory-efficient visuals, and get introduced to Kotlin bindings for efficient WebGPU development. This session is ideal for developers, graphics enthusiasts, and industry professionals interested in the forefront of web graphics and portable application development. Engage with experts, ask questions, and network with peers to elevate your projects.
Presenters:

• Ken Russell (WebGL Chair / Google)
• Stephanie Hurlburt (Binomial)
• Richard Geldreich (Binomial)

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Exploring ANARI: Making the Future of 3D Rendering Available to Everyone

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Wednesday, July 31: 10:00 - 11:00 am MDT
Registration: Let us know you're coming
Location: Hyatt Regency Denver (Room: Capitol Ballroom 1-3)
Type: Khronos BOF
Session Link: View Siggraph Listing
Description: ANARI is the industry's first cross-platform API to describe scenes independently of rendering techniques, giving practioners in domains such as scientific visualization the ability to rapidly access the latest rendering engines without needing to be low-level graphics experts. Join researchers, developers, and industry experts as they share insights on ANARI's capabilities, discuss best practices for ANARI applications, and showcase innovative use cases. Don't miss this chance to understand ANARI's potential for shaping the future of easily accessing scalable and portable 3D rendering.
Presenter:

• Jeff Amstutz (ANARI Chair / NVIDIA)

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OpenXR: Transforming the Future of Cross-Platform XR Development

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Wednesday, July 31: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MDT
Registration: Let us know you're coming
Location: Hyatt Regency Denver (Room: Capitol Ballroom 1-3)
Type: Khronos BOF
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Listing
Description: OpenXR is the widely adopted open standard for portable virtual and augmented reality. Discover how OpenXR is transforming the landscape of cross-platform XR development, empowering creators and innovators to deliver seamless, high-quality experiences across a wide range of devices. Engage in lively discussions as we explore the latest advancements, challenges, and best practices in leveraging OpenXR's versatile framework. This BOF offers a unique opportunity to network, exchange ideas, and stay at the forefront of the ever-evolving XR ecosystem.
Presenters:

• Arjun Dube (NVIDIA)

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glTF: Transforming 3D Asset Delivery for Real-Time Graphics

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NVIDIA Hands-On Class: GPU Performance Analysis Using NVIDIA Nsight

Sunday, July 28: 1:30 - 2:30 pm MDT
Location: Exhibit Hall F
Type: Labs
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Lisiting
Description: Learn how to use NVIDIA Nsight Graphics and Nsight Systems to profile and optimize 3D applications that make use of hardware-accelerated ray tracing. In this hands-on lab, you will …

• Form a connection between graphics APIs and GPU hardware concepts.
• Analyze Direct3D and Vulkan traces.
• Discover GPU performance bottlenecks by inspecting timeline events and low-level perf stats.
• Become familiar with the “top-level triage” workflow for performance analysis.

Lecturers:

• Yuval Gamzon-Kapeller, NVIDIA
• Doron Ofek, NVIDIA
• Aurelio Reis, NVIDIA

NVIDIA Hands-On Class: Improving Shader Efficiency Using the NVIDIA Nsight Graphics Shader Profiler

Sunday, July 28: 2:30 - 3:30 pm MDT
Location: Exhibit Hall F
Type: Labs
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Lisiting
Description: Learn how to use NVIDIA Nsight Graphics to profile and optimize ray tracing shaders in HLSL and GLSL. In this hands-on lab, you will:

• Form a connection between high-level shader constructs and GPU hardware concepts.
• Analyze DirectX and Vulkan traces.
• Discover performance bottlenecks at the shader source-code level, on a line-by-line basis, and similarly, at the GPU assembly code level.
• Be one of the first in the world to use the new Flame Graphs feature to analyze GPU shaders.

Lecturers:

• Avinash Baliga, NVIDIA
• Yuval Gamzon-Kapeller, NVIDIA

NVIDIA Hands-On Class: Find and Fix Elusive Bugs Using the NVIDIA Nsight Graphics Shader Debugger and Nsight Aftermath

Sunday, July 28: 3:30 - 4:30 pm MDT
Location: Exhibit Hall F
Type: Labs
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Lisiting
Description: Learn how to use advanced NVIDIA Nsight tools to find and fix bugs in your ray tracing application. In this hands-on lab, you will:

• Learn how the Nsight Graphics Shader Debugger can be used to locate hard-to-spot bugs.
• Inspect variables and call stacks in order to identify defects in shader code.
• Analyze Nsight Aftermath GPU crash dumps to understand where a crash occurred and why.

Lecturers:

• Jeff Kiel, NVIDIA

NVIDIA Hands-On Class: Using the NVIDIA Nsight Graphics Ray Tracing Inspector to Fix Bugs and Improve Performance

Sunday, July 28: 4:30 - 5:00 pm MDT
Location: Exhibit Hall F
Type: Labs
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Lisiting
Description: Learn how to use the NVIDIA Nsight Graphics Ray Tracing Inspector to improve your ray tracing application. In this hands-on lab, you will:

• Learn how to view and analyze your acceleration structures for correctness.
• Use the Analysis modes to identify bugs and discover potential performance issues.
• Use the API inspector to view shader state and ensure proper API configuration.

Lecturers:

• Kyle Kiebel, NVIDIA
• Aurelio Reis, NVIDIA

The World Wide Webiverse Birds of a Feather

Tuesday, July 30: 2:30 - 4:00 pm MDT
Location: Room 710
Type: SIGGRAPH Talk (SIGGRAPH registration required)
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Listing
Description: The Webiverse is emerging as the new 3D Web ecosystem, focused on Interoperability for immersive and connected experiences. HTML, glTF, Web Audio, MIDI and 3D content with X3D. The latest member innovations and developments will be included. All presentations and demos will involve interactive attendee feedback and discussions.
Organizer:

• Anita Havele, Web3D Consortium

Metaverse Standards Forum: The Road to an Open Metaverse

Tuesday, July 30: 11:30 am - 2:30 pm MDT
Location: Room 710
Type: Siggraph Talk (SIGGRAPH registration required)
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Listing
Description: Presentations, panels, and discussions on the activities from the Metaverse Standards Forum. The session will include sub-sessions:

• 11:30-1:00 pm - State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF. Explore the most recent achievements including alignment of PBR materials, physics extensions, roundtripping between glTF and USD, interactivity, animation, FBX, and new geometric representations.
• 1:00-2:30 State of the Union Panel on the Next Iteration of 3D Web. Industry experts will discuss the evolving landscape of real-time, interactive content creation. Gain insights into the power of collaborative, open-source, and open standard approaches in driving the evolution of content creation for tomorrow’s audiences.

Presenters:

• Neil Rrevett, VP of Developer Ecosystems at NVIDIA, President at Metaverse Standards Forum, President at Khronos
• Guy Martin, Director of Open Source & Standards at NVIDIA, Founding Board Member & Steering Committee Vice Chair at AOUSD
• Patrick Cozzi, Working Group Co-Chair and CEO at Cesium
• Henrik Edström, Distinguished Architect, Graphics at Autodesk
• Michael Min, Adobe
• Janine Liu, 3D Software Developer at Cesium
• Nicholas F. Polys, PhD, Director of Visual Computing, Virginia Tech, USA
• Johannes Behr, Dr.-Ing, Co-Founder & CPO, Threedy GmbH, Germany
• Steven Gay, Mode Maison CEO
• Brandon Jones, WebGPU/WebXR/WebGL Developer at Google
• Sean Mann, CEO at RP1

ACM SIGGRAPH Cartographic Visualization Birds of a Feather

Monday, July 29: 12:00 - 1:30 pm MDT
Location: Room 710
Type: Siggraph Talk (SIGGRAPH registration required)
Session Link: View SIGGRAPH Listing
Description: The ACM SIGGRAPH Cartographic Visualization (Carto) session explores how viewpoints and techniques from the computer graphics community can be effectively applied to cartographic and spatial data sets. Speakers demonstrate their latest tools and application efforts.
Organizer:

• Theresa-Marie Rhyne, author and consultant