Open Source Forum 2025: Full Schedule

February 13, 2025
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2:00pm PST

Welcome to the Open Source Forum 2025 - Nick Cannon, CTO, Walt Disney Animation Studios & David Morin, Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:10pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

A word from Nick Cannon, CTO at Walt Disney Animation Studios, about the history of the studio, followed by a short update from David Morin, Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation, about our goal for the Forum today.

Speakers

Nick Cannon

CTO, Walt Disney Animation Studios

David Morin

Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:10pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

2:10pm PST

Anatomy of a Studio - Nick Cannon, CTO, Walt Disney Animation Studios & David Morin, Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:10pm - 2:20pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

In this segment we introduce the "anatomy of a studio" , a map that illustrates the main stations in a modern studio pipeline. After discussing the ongoing process of developing this map, we proceed to overlay various technology parameters on it: current open source projects hosted at the Academy Software Foundation, and new technologies impacting studios.

Speakers

David Morin

Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation

Nick Cannon

CTO, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:10pm - 2:20pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

2:20pm PST

New Technologies Impacting Studios - Lincoln Wallen, Group Chief Technology Officer, Framestore Company 3 Group

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:20pm - 2:40pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

Media production has been the premiere motivator, leading developer and early market adopter of digital innovation since the late 1980s. This session will outline the challenges that appear to be roiling our market response to the latest innovations in data processing: legality, scope of application, cost of development, and fair value distribution throughout our supply chain of tool vendors, service providers, talent and IP owners. Perhaps no digital innovation to date has required the coherent response that is needed right now to ensure our market continues at the forefront of innovation.

Speakers

Lincoln Wallen

Group Chief Technology Officer, Framestore / Company 3

Lincoln has led and future-proofed diverse companies across entertainment, games, and technology, including the software unicorn Improbable, Dreamworks Animation and Electronic Arts (EA). With a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh and teaching experience... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:20pm - 2:40pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

2:40pm PST

Accelerating Workflows and Supporting Creativity with ML - Richard Kerris, GM and Vice President of Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:40pm - 2:50pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

This talk examines the practical applications of machine learning in film production, focusing on its role in automating repetitive tasks, improving workflow efficiency, and enabling more informed decision-making. We will also discuss how generative AI can be integrated as a collaborative tool to support creative processes without disrupting established workflows.

Speakers

Richard Kerris

GM and Vice President of Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA

Richard Kerris (he/him) is the industry general manager for media and entertainment at NVIDIA. With a career spanning Apple, Lucasfilm and Amazon/AWS, Richard’s experience combine driving marketing and product development with a focus on bringing new ideas to life. At Apple, he... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:40pm - 2:50pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

2:50pm PST

Open Source at Stability AI - Hanno Basse, CTO, Stability AI

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:50pm - 3:00pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

Stability AI supports the Open Source community, releasing all of their foundational models as open weights. This fosters a community of developers which provides tools, fine-tuned models and workflows on top of our core technology. We will talk about how Stability and the ASWF can work together on building a strong community of open-source developers related to generative AI and content production.

Speakers

Hanno Basse

CTO, Stability AI

Hanno Basse is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Stability AI, a leading generative AI company developing cutting-edge models and applications across image, video, 3D, and audio. With over 30 years of experience, Hanno has driven technological innovation across media, entertainment... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 2:50pm - 3:00pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

3:00pm PST

Open Source Opportunities - Mike Dolan, SVP and GM of Projects, The Linux Foundation

Thursday February 13, 2025 3:00pm - 3:10pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

LF projects in emerging technologies (AI and more)

Speakers

Mike Dolan

SVP and GM of Projects, The Linux Foundation

Michael Dolan is SVP and GM of Projects at the Linux Foundation supporting open source projects and legal programs He has set up and launched hundreds of open source and open standards projects covering technology segments including networking, virtualization, cloud, blockchain, Internet... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 3:00pm - 3:10pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

3:10pm PST

Model Openness Framework: The Path to Openness, Transparency and Collaboration in Machine Learning Models - Matt White, GM of AI, Executive Director, PyTorch Foundation, The Linux Foundation

Thursday February 13, 2025 3:10pm - 3:20pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

Generative AI (GAI) offers unprecedented opportunities for research and innovation, but its commercialization has raised concerns about transparency, reproducibility, and safety. Many open GAI models lack the necessary components for full understanding and reproducibility, and some use restrictive licenses whilst claiming to be "open-source"'. To address these concerns, the Generative AI Commons at the LF AI & Data Foundation has proposed the Model Openness Framework (MOF), a ranked classification system that rates machine learning models based on their completeness and openness, following principles of open science, open source, open data, and open access. The MOF requires specific components of the model development lifecycle to be included and released under appropriate open licenses. This framework aims to prevent misrepresentation of models claiming to be open, guide researchers and developers in providing all model components under permissive licenses, and help individuals and organizations identify models that can be safely adopted without restrictions.

Speakers

Matt White

GM of AI, Executive Director, PyTorch Foundation, Linux Foundation

Matt White is the Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation and GM of AI at the Linux Foundation. He is also the Director of the Generative AI Commons. Matt has nearly 30 years of experience in applied research and standards in AI and data in telecom, media and gaming industries... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 3:10pm - 3:20pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

3:20pm PST

C2PA and the Future of Content - Dr. Ilke Demir, Sr. Staff Research Scientist, Intel

Thursday February 13, 2025 3:20pm - 3:30pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) standard defines how to systematically provide provenance and history for digital media, enabling creators to claim authorship while empowering consumers to make informed decisions about what to trust. It focuses on tackling misinformation and disinformation by defining a model for storing and accessing cryptographically verifiable information whose trustworthiness can be assessed based on a defined trust model. This talk will summarize C2PA, the technical specifications, ongoing work by its technical workgroups, and the trust model underlying verifiable Content Credentials.

Speakers

Dr. Ilke Demir

Sr. Staff Research Scientist, Intel

Dr. Ilke Demir's research focuses on generative models for digitizing the real world, deepfake detection and generation techniques, content provenance and protection, and computational geometry for synthesis and fabrication. Dr. Demir earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science... Read More →

Thursday February 13, 2025 3:20pm - 3:30pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

3:45pm PST

Moderated Discussions

Thursday February 13, 2025 3:45pm - 5:10pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

1) Open Source Opportunities
2) Should studios pool their IP efforts

Thursday February 13, 2025 3:45pm - 5:10pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions

5:10pm PST

Closing Remarks - David Morin, Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation

Thursday February 13, 2025 5:10pm - 5:15pm PST

The Burny Mattinson Theater

Speakers

David Morin

Executive Director, Academy Software Foundation

Thursday February 13, 2025 5:10pm - 5:15pm PST
The Burny Mattinson Theater

Sessions