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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]October 29th, 2023
\nCasa del Cinema di Trieste
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A special session focusing on videogames and artificial intelligence, featuring a round table on the state of affairs and outlook of the local game development scene, and a meeting on the applications of AI to film production<\/p>\n

All events will take place in English<\/p>\n

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Programme<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text el_id=””]10.00<\/strong>
\nRound table discussion<\/em><\/p>\n

Press start to play: the state of affairs and outlook of the videogame industry in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The event will be held in Italian<\/em>
\nA focus on the local game development scene industry: a survey of the state of affairs of an audiovisual sector still largely uncharted \u2013 trying to spot out its features, problems and needs, and set up a discussion with the sector\u2019s regional and national representative bodies.<\/p>\n

Confirmed speakers: Davide Mancini<\/strong>, Developer Relations Manager, IIDEA \u2013 Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association; Paolo Vidali<\/strong>, Director, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG; Guido Cassano<\/strong>, Film Commissioner, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Film Commission; Jacopo Chessa<\/strong>, CEO, Veneto Film Commission; about ten game development studios or freelancers, including: Antonio Degrassi<\/strong>, IKON; Francesco Berton<\/strong>, Safe Place Studio; Daniele Banovaz<\/strong>, Sionera Entertainment; Dario Visaggio<\/strong>, Desarius Games; Antonio Giacomin<\/strong>, fluido.it; Andrea Tarondo<\/strong>, game developer; Alessio Visintin<\/strong>, Project Manager, SimCoVR; Giacomo Marini<\/strong>, SimCoVR – Stormborn Studio, Fabio Cristi<\/b>, Project Manager, Event Horizon School<\/p>\n

Session chair: Andrea Dresseno<\/strong>, President Associazione IVIPRO \u2013 Italian Videogame Program[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1666514691692{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]14.30<\/strong>
\nMeeting<\/em><\/p>\n

Artificial Intelligence as applied to audiovisual production<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tom Paton, a pioneer in the application of AI to audiovisual production, will discuss about this technology which, despite offering huge opportunities, is still largely mistrusted, and he will expose how AI tools (such as Pigeon Shrine\u2019s “synth-assisted production”) can in fact dramatically improve timings, costs and workflows, effectively putting independent films on par with major studio productions.<\/p>\n

Speaker
\nTom Paton<\/strong>, producer, director and CEO of Pigeon Shrine (UK).
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