Computer graphics and interactive techniques are a constant presence in our everyday lives. Thanks to the phones in our pockets, we carry graphics with us on the go, impacting how we live, work, play, and travel, and this development reaches far beyond ourselves and our communities — it extends to how we interact with different levels of reality from the more intimate and personal to the global and public.

After celebrating 50 years of SIGGRAPH conferences, SIGGRAPH 2024 stands at the precipice of the next half century of computer graphics and interactive techniques distinction, encouraging us to keep our minds one step ahead of what we can only imagine will come next. This positions us to ask: How do we continue to push the boundaries of what is possible to build our desirable technological future?

Imagination lies at the heart of this endeavor — the spark that ignites creation, enabling us to envision worlds and experiences previously unattainable. Through our collective vision, we have the power to intervene in the current technical landscape to produce fresh ideas and fascinating worlds. This, in turn, creates a lasting impact on the smallest to the largest scales, like our cities, our planet, and even our narratives.

Reimagining the future of computer graphics and interactive techniques starts with your contributions to and participation in SIGGRAPH 2024. Please engage with us by considering how you will contribute to building a desirable future through your most creative innovations in digital art, animation, visual effects, new realities, artificial intelligence, research, and more.

I look forward to welcoming you to unleash your inventiveness and play a role in building the next age of computer graphics and interactive techniques together.