Pre-recorded Sessions: From 4 December 2020 | Live Sessions: 10 – 13 December 2020
4 – 13 December 2020
Pre-recorded Sessions: From 4 December 2020 | Live Sessions: 10 – 13 December 2020
4 – 13 December 2020
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Making working and experiential prototypes is a crucial step towards novel technological innovations. Therefore, the Emerging Technologies program plays a vital role within SIGGRAPH in driving the development of research communities and to make a great impact on the public.
At SIGGRAPH Asia we are looking for submissions that use novel interactive technologies that have possibilities to bring benefits, usefulness, or comfort into our future lives. These technologies may include, but are not limited to:
Feel free to submit your work even if it does not fall under the list of categories above. If it is new, amazing, and exciting, we want to see it at SIGGRAPH Asia!
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by experts in relevant fields on technical innovation and novelty, craftsmanship, and demonstration value. The Emerging Technologies program committee will make the final selection. We invite submissions in two tracks. In the academic track, we want to see the coolest and latest research prototypes and in the industry track, we aim for prototype products that are (almost) on the market and are expected to provide an impact to consumers. This year we encourage submissions from industry, and we strive to exhibit a good mix of both tracks.
The main form of presentation at Emerging Technologies is a working demonstration that provides a wow experience to the audience. Running an Emerging Technologies demo is hard work, but also rewarding. Your work will be experienced by thousands of people and widely reported in the media.
Accepted Emerging Technologies works will be presented as on-going demonstrations throughout SIGGRAPH Asia 2020. Technical support will be provided to make the most of each demo. If your work is accepted, you will have the opportunity to give a technical presentation, advertised in the conference program. Media outreach efforts will be organized to further increase awareness and publicity. A promotional video will be widely distributed, and an extended abstract and video of each exhibit will be distributed through the ACM Digital Library for SIGGRAPH Asia. Also, if you want to give an oral presentation about your work, you may do so during the Emerging Technologies Talks session at SIGGRAPH Asia.
The best submission will be rewarded with the "Best Tech Award" selected by the committee members. The best demonstration will be selected for the "Best Demo Award" by a jury.
Emerging Technologies is the most important inseparable wheels of both SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia, because SIGGRAPH is a conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. The goal of Emerging Technologies is to gather and show such submissions as novel interactive technologies that have possibilities to bring benefits, usefulness, or comfort, into our future lives.
The deadline for submission to the Emerging Technologies program is 31 July 2020, 23:59 UTC/GMT. Please return to this page often for further submission details and use the contact form if you have any questions.
Submissions are due on 31 July 2020, 23:59 UTC/GMT.
Use these instructions to ensure that your submission is complete and that it meets all applicable program requirements: Emerging Technologies proposals must be submitted electronically via the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System. No other method of submission will be accepted. Only the files and supporting material uploaded through the submission system will be considered for review.
Please review and carefully follow the submission requirements below. Incomplete or wrongly completed submissions will not be considered. When you begin the form, your submission will be assigned with a submission identification (ID) number that will be used to identify your submission throughout the review process. You can modify the form up until the deadline. If the required information is missing, your form will be marked Incomplete. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed or accepted.
We strongly encourage starting the submission form well before the deadline. Submit your work before the submission deadline 31 July 2020, 23:59 UTC/GMT. All forms must be completed, and all materials must be successfully uploaded by that time. The submission deadline will be strictly enforced. Please do not wait until the last minute to upload your files.
For more information about uploading files for your submission, please see Uploading Files
This is where you give a detailed text description of your demonstration. The form will ask you about:
On this page, you give detailed information about your needs for networking, electricity, set-up time, and other resources for a successful Emerging Technologies exhibit and describe your work including size, weight, as well as light and sound emission.
Here, you can upload files that complement your submission, including diagrams, images, and video. This includes:
Mandatory Files
On this page, you can manage the list of contributors to your submission and their affiliations.
Please note: All entries must be uploaded to the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System. No discs or drives will be accepted.
If English is not your first language; you may use the English Review Service to help with the text of submissions. Please note that this takes time, so your submission should be sent to the English Review Service well before the final deadline.
Those submitting content to a SIGGRAPH conference have the option of donating materials of educational value to ACM SIGGRAPH online resources for the benefit of the education community. Learn more.
For more information about uploading files for your submission, please see Uploading Files.
For additional submission information, please see the FAQs.
Online submission forms must be completed no later than 31 July 2020, 23:59 UTC/GMT | 31 July 2020, 16:59 Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California) | 1 August 2020, 01:59 Paris (France) | 1 August 2020, 08:59 Daegu (South Korea)
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SIGGRAPH Asia Emerging Technologies is a peer-reviewed demonstration. All submissions to the program will be reviewed by the program committee and external reviewers, which consists of industry, research, and academic professionals in the fields of graphics, computer-human interactions, display systems, computing, entertainment, design, systems engineering, interface devices, art, and related fields. Reviewing is single-blind, i.e., the names of the reviewers are hidden from the author. If your work is not accepted, that is not a reflection on its quality. Because of space limitations, we are able to accept only a limited number of pieces.
Submissions will be reviewed soon after the submission deadline. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent via email in 15 August 2020.
All contributors to SIGGRAPH Asia Annual Conferences are now required to use ACM's rights management system to grant rights to publish accepted content rather than through the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System. Essentially, submission tracking, jury review, and acceptance remain the same, but now the rights management is through ACM, the parent organization of SIGGRAPH Asia.
You will be asked to complete an ACM rights management form, which includes permission to record and distribute the audio and video of your recorded presentation through official channels of ACM/SIGGRAPH Asia. For most content types, this will be a Permission and Release form, which allows authors to retain copyright.
More Information on these options (the FAQ is particularly useful)
As a contributor to an ACM-sponsored event, the following expectations apply to you, should your content be accepted for presentation:
Once your contribution is accepted, you will receive a link via email to the appropriate form for your contribution.
Detailed information and instructions as well as deadlines will be sent to submitters along with the acceptance letter.
The main form of presentation in Emerging Technologies is a live demonstration, which will be available throughout the conference. You are responsible for ensuring that your demonstration is manned during all opening hours of the Emerging Technologies area. This is hard work, and over several days there will be thousands of people passing through your demonstration. Therefore, before submitting, make sure that you will have the resources to send sufficient staff to SIGGRAPH Asia. We recommend at minimum two people, but four or even more could be needed depending on the nature of your work. To facilitate this, SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 provides passes that allows access the Emerging Technologies demonstration area.
You will have the opportunity to give a short presentation, where you can explain your work in greater detail than it is possible in a demo situation. Details on this presentation will be included in the acceptance notification.
All accepted work will be documented in the SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 website and distributed through the ACM Digital Library.
Presenters / Contributors of each accepted submission have to register for at least one conference pass. Please visit our registration page to view the various registration categories for each program.
Please see the Recognition Benefits for a summary of what you will receive if your work and/or proposal are accepted by SIGGRAPH Asia.
You can apply for a 100% discount via the submission system, one presenter per accepted submission.
Once your contribution is accepted, you will receive a link via email to the appropriate form for your contribution. You will be required to prepare the final print-ready file following the specifications in the acceptance notification.
You will be able to update your basic submission information so that it can be included in the conference program and website. This information needs to be finalized two weeks after acceptance.
If your work is accepted, you will be required to prepare the final print-ready file following the specifications in the acceptance notification.
For instructions about preparation and delivery of your final content for publications, please carefully follow the instructions in the acceptance letter.
You will be able to update your basic submission information and any final materials so that it can be included in the conference program and web site. This information needs to be finalized two weeks after receipt of acceptance notifications. Please be prepared to deliver your final versions of your information and work on or before these dates.
Yes, if at all possible. Video documentation is highly recommended. Time-based documentation is the best way to illustrate how conference attendees will experience your project. We may also use the video in publicity for Emerging Technologies.
A work in progress may be submitted if it represents a large portion of the final version. However just a video prototype is not enough but a functional prototype should be needed before the deadline. Please explain in detail what additions will be made prior to the installation on the extended abstract. You will need to convince the reviewers that your work will be ready for demonstration in time for the conference.
If, due to bandwidth restrictions, you cannot upload a high-resolution image or supplemental movies, please instead upload a lower-resolution version. If we need to include a higher-resolution version for reviewers' review or publication stills, we will contact you to make arrangements.
You will be able to change your email address in the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System.
Yes. But you are allowed to edit your online submission account until the deadline: 31 July 2020 , 23:59 UTC/GMT.
Yes. For instance, you could submit a demonstration based on a paper published at a previous SIGGRAPH conference. Be sure to list these related submissions in your proposal and make clear how your Emerging Technologies proposal expands on and is different from these.
Some work might be relevant to multiple Programs (e.g. both Emerging Technologies and XR Showcase). For SIGGRAPH Asia 2020, we encourage you to submit the work to any Program that it could be accepted into. It will be reviewed separately by each Program. If it does get accepted to multiple Programs, that’s wonderful! We’ll be in touch with you shortly after the acceptance notifications go out in order to discuss which conference venue(s) will be most suitable for your presentation(s).
All deadlines are 23:59 UTC/GMT.
10 June 2020
English Review Deadline
Authors should aim to submit their work 2 weeks (or more) before the program deadline via the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System.
24 June 2020
31 July 2020 (Extended)
Submission Deadline
July - August 2020
Jury Reviews
2 September 2020
Acceptance Notification
30 September 2020
Final Materials Due
4 - 13 December 2020
SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 Virtual Event Days
*Publications content will be available in the ACM Digital Library one week prior to the conference.