The Power of the Pixel: A Keynote with Pixar Co-Founder Alvy Ray Smith
Silicon Valley Video Summit 2026
•
32m
Who could anticipate that a dot on a screen could revolutionize an industry? Together, Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith and journalist and author Barbara Robertson discuss the great digital convergence when, for the first time, all old media types disappeared to be replaced by pixels.
Keynote:
Alvy Ray Smith, Co-Founder, Pixar
Moderator:
Barbara Robertson, Former Senior Editor, Computer Graphics World
Up Next in Silicon Valley Video Summit 2026
-
New DMF/MXL Software-Defined Workflows
In the evolving world of video production, the real question isn’t what gear you’re using — it’s where your gear lives. Software-defined workflows now provide broadcasters and creators unprecedented freedom to run their operations on-prem, in private data centers, or across public cloud platforms...
-
Framing the Future: The AI Filmmaker’...
What happens when machine learning meets cinematography and virtual production? This panel of AI filmmakers focuses on how the new AI technology toolkit is changing the way they work and better serve the enterprise.
Panelists:
Christopher Probst, ASC, Chief Innovation Officer, Synapse Virtual P...
