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Brian Smith · February 5th, 2008

Personally I think it's a great idea to separate from Siggraph.
If I was running the DMVC I would eventually want to become a visualization version of Siggraph and the only way to make that happen is to break away. Too many people would be lost if it ran right before, during, or after Siggraph.

I think the only way to become a Siggraph is to get the sponsorship and the best way to get sponsorship is to have attendess that the sponsors would be catering to. I think a small booth at siggraph costs $10,000 minimum and larger one over $50,000. Very few vendors in our extremely young industry are able to afford that kind of money. If we want to see better vendors and better content, then sponsors have to be able to afford it. They will be able to afford DMVC sponsorship much easier and they will know that the attendees are more in line with their products than the majority of the Siggraph attendees.

It will probably take 20 years to reach the level that siggraph currently operates at (i think 10,000 attendees) but this would be the 1st step to getting there.

The DMVC needs to be treated like a business first and foremost. Otherwise it wont survive and will be abandoned like so many other conferences have in the past.

February 5th, 2008	#25 (permalink)
Brian Smith Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sarasota, FL Age: 36 Posts: 1,081 Name: Brian Smith	Re: DMVC 2008; Why Boston? Personally I think it's a great idea to separate from Siggraph. If I was running the DMVC I would eventually want to become a visualization version of Siggraph and the only way to make that happen is to break away. Too many people would be lost if it ran right before, during, or after Siggraph. I think the only way to become a Siggraph is to get the sponsorship and the best way to get sponsorship is to have attendess that the sponsors would be catering to. I think a small booth at siggraph costs $10,000 minimum and larger one over $50,000. Very few vendors in our extremely young industry are able to afford that kind of money. If we want to see better vendors and better content, then sponsors have to be able to afford it. They will be able to afford DMVC sponsorship much easier and they will know that the attendees are more in line with their products than the majority of the Siggraph attendees. It will probably take 20 years to reach the level that siggraph currently operates at (i think 10,000 attendees) but this would be the 1st step to getting there. The DMVC needs to be treated like a business first and foremost. Otherwise it wont survive and will be abandoned like so many other conferences have in the past. __________________ Brian Smith www.3dats.com 3D Architectural Training Solutions