World VFX Day Announces Speaker Lineup
An annual free event to shine a spotlight on the visual effects and animation industry every 8th December via YouTube livestream
World VFX Day, founded by Hayley Miller in 2023, has confirmed its first confirmed speakers for this year’s program. The 2025 edition will feature a series of international roundtable discussions, bringing together leading professionals from across the VFX community. With an emphasis on inclusivity, collaboration, and industry-wide progress, World VFX Day aims to provide dynamic conversations and actionable insights that drive meaningful change.
The program so far includes:
- Founders Fireside Chat - with David Li - Founder at Dream Machine FX (ILP, FIN Design, Arc Creative, Zero VFX, Mavericks VFX) and William Sargent - Co-Founder at Framestore.
- VFX & Animation Supervisor Roundtable - with Denis Baudin, Genevieve Camilleri and Aidan Martin - WētāFX
- VFX: Hollywood’s Underdog - featuring Todd Vaziri - Compositing Supervisor at ILM and Valentina Sgro - Production Manager.
- VFX Innovation - Michael Ralla - Warner Bros., Johnny Han - HBO, Christina Caspers - Trixter & Cinesite, Kevin Baillie - Eyeline Studios, Christine Resch - Adobe. In association with the Visual Effects Society (VES) & View Conference.
- An Inside Look at the Future of VFX - with Alana Newell - CEO, Clare Cheetham - EP, Jonathan Cheetham - Senior VFX Supervisor and Jasper Kidd - Head of Studio at Crafty Apes (London)
- When 85 Artists Unite - with Delcio Gomes - Head of Department, Generalist and Environments at ILM - in association with Chaos Group
- 100 Years of Supporting the Film & TV Industry - with Marcus Ryder MBE, CEO
- Leadership Roundtable - with Laurens Ehrmann - Founder at The Yard VFX, Brian Carbin - Co-Founder at Stone Dogs, Lucy Cooper - MD at Union VFX, and Vikas Gandhi - MD at Gelaro Grace.
- Four Decades of VFX - with Neishaw Ali - CEO at Spin VFX
- And many more to be confirmed…