Speakers from ILM, Marvel, Coffee & TV, and multiple VFX houses will be among the speakers at a special online event to mark International Women’s Day 2024.
Hosted by World VFX Day and women’s foundation UpliftHER, the series of online talks will highlight some of the issues and developments within the VFX industry, and beyond.
The speakers will touch on various subjects such as why there are so few women in senior roles, juggling parenthood with a career, LGBTQ+ representation and inclusion, financial literacy, mentoring, building a career network, and more, said the organisers.
Speakers include Charmaine Chan (ILM), Tara DeMarco (Marvel Studios), Christina Graham (Lightrunner Studio), Kaitlyn Yang (Alpha Studios), Clare Cheetham (Coffee & TV), Donia Youssef (Monzda TV), and more.
“It is an uncomfortable truth, but men and women typically experience their careers differently. They are a product moulded by the societies we live in and the cultures we work in and that’s why these talks are important,” said Amy Mercer, co-founder of UpliftHER.
This online event starts at 9am (GMT) on Friday 8th March, on World VFX Day’s YouTube channel.
