SAE Alumni Convention2025 Schedule
21.10.2025 | Palladium Cologne
The seminars are transmitted via infrared, a headphone is required for this.
Please bring your own headphones with a small jack.
Doors Open at 9:00 a.m.
Welcome / How to Convention
09:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Opening Session with Thomas Zuchriegel
10:15 – 10:45
CGAI – The Future of Content Creation
Jann-Matis Armbröster
11:00 – 12:00
Evolving USD Workflows – An FX Artists perspective of working on Feature Films
Oliver Schütte
11:00 – 12:00
AI is changing how writers ideate, draft, and revise
Tim Heinrich
powered by Steinberg
powered by Steinberg
11:00 – 12:00
Trailer composition and premixing with Nuendo
Prof. Marion Plank
11:00 – 12:00
Unsettling Collaboration: Generative AI, Game Art, and the Aesthetics of Estrangement
Vladimir Hristov
powered by Blackmagic Design
powered by Blackmagic Design
11:00 – 12:00
DaVinci Resolve: One Platform, Endless Creativity
Break · 12:00 – 13:00
Experience hands-on demos, enjoy great networking opportunities, and discover new ideas together with Wacom, Canon, Abstract, united brands, and more in the Plaza Hall.
John Bucholtz
13:00 – 14:00
Capturing Tomorrow: AI & Motion Capture Shaping the Future of Entertainment
Alina Ludwig
13:00 – 14:00
Vertical video trends in the creator economy
Jan van der Toorn
13:00 – 14:00
Innovate. Produce. Disrupt.
Luke Savage
13:00 – 14:00
The State of the Art: A look at the games industry today and ten tips for navigating your way through it
Klaus Schwerwinski
powered by Wacom
powered by Wacom
13:00 – 14:00
Narrative in Action!
Break · 14:00 – 15:00
More Experience time, Networking and Inspiration with Austrian Audio, Canon, Lexvision and more in the Plaza Hall
Open Space (Topic: “FLINTA*, queer, Alleys… how open is the media industry ( truly)?”),
Open Space (Topic: “FLINTA*, queer, Alleys… how open is the media industry ( truly)?”),
Marius Milinski
powered by Canon
powered by Canon
15:00 – 16:00
How to gain actual experience as a filmmaker
Vivien Faber 🇩🇪
15:00 – 16:00
Viele Wege führen nach Rom – aber welcher ist der richtige, um Synchronsprecher*in zu werden?
Marie Westphal
15:00 – 16:00
Beyond the Stage – Creative Leadership and Collective Power in Music
Kathleen Chen
15:00 – 16:00
Bypass the Bullsh*t: Getting into Live Sound
Antonia Koop
15:00 – 16:00
Programming – Conquering the Language of Digital Reality in Times of AI
Break · 16:00 – 17:00
Experience hands-on demos, enjoy great networking opportunities, and discover new ideas together with Hollyland, Brandenburg Labs, Lexvision, and more in the Plaza Hall.
Fynn Kliemann 🇩🇪
17:00 – 18:00
How to start anything? Co-Create. Prototype Fast. Fail Loud. Build Again.
Olga Datsenko & Tom Hübner
17:00 – 18:00
Efficiency Meets Creativity: The Future of Music Search with FreshTracks
Andrea Drews & Anna Golopolosov
17:00 – 18:00
Futureproof Film Production – Powered by AI, Realtime & Code
Achim Dunker
17:00 – 18:00
Light and optics – building blocks for the film look
Antje Volkmann & Sabrina Naumann-Reichow
17:00 – 18:00
Original sound and sound post-production in film | workflow and communication
Come together · 18:00 – 19:30
Inspiration with Austrian Audio, Wacom, Abstract and more in the Plaza Hall. The Plaza Hall will close at 19:30 and the Award Show will start at 20:00.
