20min TalksIntersections of Buddhism, Art & Animation
Chair: Yin Ker
Graham Barton, Birgitta Hosea: Animation as Mindful Practice
Hu Tze-Yue Gigi: Animating the Buddha and His Teachings
Yin Ker: Animation for Teaching Buddhist Art History
Masao Yokota: Buddhism and Kawamoto’s the Book of the Dead
20min TalksThe Scope from New Wave to Pervasive Animation in Korea
Chair: Dallim Park
Jinny Hye Jin Choo: Challenge and New Vision for the future of the Korean Indie Animation
Yumi Kim: Animated Shorts in Korea
April Youngok Kim: Interactive Games/Animations for the Restoration of Communication in Digital Era
Seehee Kim: The Public Interest in Korea Animation
Yong Chu Suh: Experimented & Expanded
20-Min talksAnimation Aesthetics
Chair: Kirsten Thompson
Sabrina Schmid: Current global trends in animation productions by students: ideas, styles and techniques - what matters most?
Karen Kriss: Tactility and the Changing Close-up in CGI Animation
Yanyun Chen: On Blinking: Looking closely at Don Hertzfeldt’s animations
Chen Yun Shen: Integration of Sexual Representation and Warfare
20-Min talksAnimation and Sound
Chair: Juan Camilo Gonzalez
Sarah-Tabea Sammel: Drawn to Sound
Max Hattler: Visual Mahler
Francisco Ortega, Jorgelina Orfila: Mainstream Characters, Subaltern Voices: From "Top Cat" to "Don Gato"
Eric Adrian Patrick: Animating the Sonic Residue
20min TalksAsian Animation History
Chair: Hassan Muthalib
Daisy Yan Du: The Dis/appearance of Animals in Animated Films during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
Davide Benvenuti, Cheak Yen Hui: The Artist's Spirit: Ronald Searle in Singapore during World War 2
Donna Lee Brien: Troy Chin and the graphic memoir
20min TalksProducing, Distributing and Reimagining Animation in Turkey and Greece
Chair: Zeynep Akcay
Zeynep Akçay: The Turkish Animation Industry: What has changed in 15 years
Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos, Angelos Rouvas: 70 years of Greek Animation(1945-2015): How the Past informs the Future
20min TalksJapanese Animation
Chair: Erwin Feyersinger
Katharine Buljan: Religious Traces in Japanese Animation
Nurul Lina Mohd Nor: A Discourse on Puppet Animation: Kihachiro Kawamoto's The Book of The Dead
Richard J. Leskosky: Eat Fast, Fight Hard: The Role of Food and Its Preparation in Takahashi Rumiko’s Ranma ½ Japanese animation
20min TalksAsian Musings about Animation
Chair: Ben Seide
Ai-Ting Chung: From Dreamwork to Cyberspace: A Playground of Satoshi Kon
Chunning Guo: Exploration of Memories Through Animated Documentary
Constance Hui Peng Goh: Cinema of Cognition: Burton's Opening Sequences as Cultural Analyses
