Program 2025
PIDS Enghien 2025 · Thursday, January 23

- PIDS Biz Wednesday, Jan. 22
- PIDS Conference Thursday, Jan. 23
- PIDS Conference Friday, Jan. 24
- PIDS Festival Saturday, Jan. 25
Thursday, January 23
Reception from 8:30 a.m.

PIDS Conference
Emerging Technologies
New industry trends
- Marc Bourhis (ICC Community Leader & program manager, Cap Digital)
9:30-10:00 a.m.

PIDS Conference
AI
How are Generative AI tools transforming the creation of visual effects?
- Savitri Joly Gonfard (Director, Trimaran)
- Kevin Pacini (COO Digital District)
- Alvaro Lamarche Toloza (co-founder of Mago.studio)
- Rodolphe Chabrier (CEO, Mac Guff)
- Moderator: Marc Bourhis (ICC Community Leader & program manager, Cap Digital)
10:00-11:00 a.m.

PIDS Conference
Pipeline
Creating 3D environments for docu-fiction?
- Robin Koprinski (CEO, Pole Nord Studio)
- Olivier Emery (CEO, Trimaran)

PIDS Conference
Digital humans
Metaverse: Reinventing entertainment
- Isaac Partouche (Studio Manager, Stage 11)
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Pitch session
PIDS XP by Cap Digital
For the third year running, PIDS Enghien has entrusted the programming of its demo area to Cap Digital. This is an opportunity to highlight the latest technological innovations shaking up the world of VFX. From spatial computing to GenAI, via real-time rendering and effects, virtual production and motion capture, these prototypes and cutting-edge solutions remind us that VFX and innovation rhyme more than ever with heterogeneity... and complementarity! Join us on Thursday January 23 (9.30am-8pm) to try out the 13 innovative solutions selected and meet their creators at the Centre des Arts d'Enghien-les-Bains.
The 13 selected companies: ARMADA, CG WIRE, CHAT 3D, KARLAB, LA PLANETE ROUGE, LES TONTONS TRUQUEURS, MAGO STUDIO, PERSISTANT STUDIOS, PIXELS CODER, PLETORY, RANCH COMPUTING, SPLINE, SCAN ENGINE
12:00-12:30 p.m.
Break

PIDS Conference
Case study - VFX
House of the Dragon Season 2
RodeoFX
- Oscar Carambano (Animation Supervisor, Rodeo FX)

PIDS Conference
Cloud Computing
Asterix, head in the cloud
Deployment of a cloud rendering farm for the "Asterix" series produced by TAT Studio.
Ranch Computing / TAT
- Boualem Nouri (IT Manager, TAT)
- Laurent Dijoux (Infrastructure Architect, Ranch Computing)
- Léo Marché (Software engineer, Ranch Computing)
Break

PIDS Conference
Case study - VFX
Halo S2: Halo Season 2 environments and visual effects
The Yard
- Harry Bardak (Head of VFX, The Yard)

PIDS Conference
Case study - VFX
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
One of Us
- James Brennan-Craddock (VFX Sup., One of US)
Session in English

