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Lightning Talks & Suzanne Awards — BCON26
"Lightning Talks & Suzanne Awards" by Thomas Dinges at Blender Conference 2026
A series of quick and varied presentations 5 minutes (or less!), ending with the awards for the Suzanne Festival screened on the first day.
2026's talks:
1) Timothy Tan - BCON Shenzhen 2025 and 2026
2) Giovanni Gallo - TOUCH, a post Metropolis short movie
3) Frank Rousseau - Kitsu
4) Sam Van Hulle - Captain Redbeard and the Kraken - Geometry Nodes in a stylized adventure epic
5) Doris Rastinger - Crimes against topology - Blender for stylized fabric printing
6) Jacob - A Proper Lens Distortion Workflow for VFX in Blender
7) Christopher Strommer - Real Band meets Virtual Word
8) Sebastian König - Anthrolab
9) Robin-Yann Storm - What is OpenUSD?
10) Evan Spiridellis - New pipelines to produce and Independent animated film
11) Mark van de Ruit - Help, my area lights are leaking
12) Jan-Willem van Dronkelaar - Portable projection mapping with Blender
13) Calvin Romeyn - DIESEL SOLDAT - A Blender "Brickfilm" (preview)
14) Reserved
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To register for a Lightning Talk: contact Thomas Dinges at thomas@blender.org with all of the following information:
* Presentation title
* Short description (1-2 sentences)
* Link to Google Slides if you need a presentation (make sure the presentation is accesible for everyone with the link)
Please note: Presentations promoting commercial services or extensions will not be accepted.
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Learn more about Blender Conference 2026 at https://conference.blender.org/2026/
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